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December 12 is the 346th ... 1999 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits the Philippines's main ... making him the 18th and the youngest champion in chess history. ...
December 12 A petition, seeking permission for a night school, is submitted by 21 young women of Malolos, Bulacan, to the Governor-General. [34] 1889 La Solidaridad is first published in Spain as the Propaganda Movement's organ. [45] [86] El Ilocano is established; country's first local newspaper (1889–1896). [45] [86] [clarification needed]
On December 12, 1999, a M w 7.3 earthquake struck the northern coast of Zambales in the Philippines. [1] It was felt in various provinces on the island of Luzon including as far north as Ilocos Norte and as far south as Quezon. [3]
The Philippine 51st Division sent an engineering battalion south into the Bicol Peninsula to destroy bridges and to prevent railroad equipment from falling into the hands of the Japanese. The first American counterattack was a strafing attack on 12 December by two fighter aircraft of the Far East Air Force on the newly captured airstrip at ...
Philippine flags on display. Prior to 1964, June 12 was observed as Flag Day in the country. In 1965, President Diosdado Macapagal issued Proclamation No. 374, which moved National Flag Day to May 28 (the date the Philippine Flag was first flown in the victory by Filipino forces in the Battle of Alapan located in Imus, Cavite in 1898).
In 1955, President Ramón Magsaysay issued Presidential Proclamation No. 212, s. 1955, which established the observance of Philippine–American Day every November 15, which was the anniversary of the 1935 inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. [12] [13] Sometime during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine ...
December 8 – Taguig becomes a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila through Republic Act 8487 which was enacted since December 8, 1998, following a recount of votes granted by the Supreme Court. [8] December 12 – A bombing in the main public market in General Santos kills at least 15 people and injures 69
The Philippines currently celebrates its Independence Day on June 12, the anniversary of Emilio Aguinaldo's declaration of independence from Spain in 1898. The declaration was not recognised by the United States which, after defeating the Spanish in the Battle of Manila Bay in May that year, acquired the Philippine Islands via the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish–American War.