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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reported a total of 1,759 accidents in 2019, along major roads within its jurisdiction, which increased to 2,503 accidents in 2020 and slightly decreased to 2,397 accidents in 2021. Most of these accidents were non-fatal, and a third were reported as damage to property. [76]
1919 - The United States Air Service established Camp Nichols near Fort William McKinley, just south of Manila. 1920 - Ramón Fernández became mayor. 1923 - The Peking Council, Tokyo Council and the Manila Council - the first Boy Scouts of America Councils in Asia, were organized. (The 1973 Golden Jubilee Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of the ...
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin [f] (born Dzhugashvili; [g] 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician, revolutionary and political theorist who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
The Motorcycle Riding-in-Tandem Ordinance is an ordinance enacted by the City Council (Sangguniang Panlungsod) of Mandaluyong, a city in Metro Manila, Philippines.. It was enacted as a counter-measure against snatch thievery and other crimes by restricting motorcycle pillion riding, which is colloquially known as "riding in tandem" in the Philippines.
The motorcycle stood itself up and continued along the motorway, periodically scraping the median barrier, thereby keeping balance. It was found in Bercy, 9 km (5.6 mi) from the location of the collision. The riderless motorcycle was witnessed and filmed by passing drivers. [257] June 25 – Pakistan – Bahawalpur explosion. A tanker truck ...
Maynila, also known commonly as Manila, was a major Islamic Tagalog bayan ("country" or "city-state") [6] [1] situated along the modern-day district of Intramuros in the city of Manila, at the southern bank of the Pasig River.
Stalin funeral crush: Soviet Union: Moscow: A crush in Trubnaya Square during the state funeral of Joseph Stalin. [26] 500–800: 3 February 1954: 1954 Prayag Kumbh Mela stampede: India: Allahabad: A surging crowd broke through the barriers separating them from a procession of sadhus and holy men of various akharas, resulting in a crush. 124: 1 ...
The earliest recorded History of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, dates back to the year 900 AD, as documented in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription.By the thirteenth century, the city consisted of a fortified settlement and trading quarter near the mouth of the Pasig River, which bisects the city into the north and south.