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August 8 – Romulo Davide is proclaimed as a National Scientist of the Philippines by President Marcos for his work in nematology and plant pathology. [446] August 12 – President Marcos declares August 13, 2024 to August 12, 2025, the centennial year for Ilocano master weaver and national living treasure Magdalena Gamayo. [447]
Due to the disputed date, and with the consensus that the cry occurred in late August, the holiday was then set for the last week of August. [4] The observance of National Heroes Day was already present during the American colonial period. Act No. 3827 by the Philippine Legislature enacted on October 28, 1931, designated every last Sunday of ...
Adjusted from August 21 by virtue of Proclamation No. 665, series of 2024. August 26 (2024) National Heroes Day: Araw ng mga Bayani: Movable Regular Anniversary of the 1896 Cry of Pugad Lawin by the Katipunan which began the Philippine Revolution and commemorates all the nation's heroes. Held on the last Monday of August.
A photo of Ninoy Aquino. Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on August 21 commemorating the assassination of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr., the husband of Corazon Aquino, who later became the eleventh Philippine President.
From Boeing's turbulence and a catastrophic hurricane, to Donald Trump's election victory, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a year that was monumental.
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup (August 25-September 3, 2023) [12] 2023 Batang Pinoy Philippine National Games (December 17–22, 2023) John Riel Casimero vs. Filipus Nghitumbwa (May 13, 2023) Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson (June 9, 2002) IAAF World Championships in Athletics (2007, 2009, 2013) MBA Games (2001–2002) (with ABS-CBN Sports)
August 2024 Lebanon strikes. The Israel Defense Forces says that it has launched preemptive strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon ahead of an expected major missile and drone attack on Israel. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant declares an "emergency situation" in Israel for the next 48 hours due to the "special situation in the home front".
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