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The Battle of Mactan (Filipino: Labanan sa Mactan; Spanish: Batalla de Mactán) was fought on a beach in Mactan Island (now part of Cebu, Philippines) between Spanish forces led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan along with local allies, and Lapulapu, the chieftain of the island, on the early morning hours of April 27, 1521.
Lapulapu [2] [3] [4] (fl. 1521) or Lapu-Lapu, whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, [5] was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines.Lapulapu is known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated Spanish forces led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his native allies Rajah Humabon and Datu Zula.
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Two New York City police officers were shot as they struggled with a domestic violence suspect who grabbed one officer's gun, officials said Tuesday. All were hospitalized after a shooting that ...
Mactan Shrine, also known as Liberty Shrine or Lapulapu Monument, is a memorial park on the island of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines.It hosts two monuments, namely the Magellan Monument, which is dedicated to Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and the Lapu Lapu Monument, a bronze statue which commemorates Lapu Lapu, a native leader who defeated Spanish soldiers led by Magellan in ...
A man who was wanted for a double murder in Brooklyn, New York, was shot and killed during a confrontation with police.. Jason Pass, 47, was shot and killed by police on Wednesday morning after he ...
The Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues subway station, where Brinsley killed himself after fatally shooting two NYPD officers. Before Brinsley arrived in Brooklyn by bus, he shot and seriously wounded his 29-year-old ex-girlfriend, Shaneka Nicole Thompson, in the Baltimore suburb of Owings Mills, Maryland, on Saturday morning.
An armed murder suspect was fatally shot and his girlfriend wounded when police opened fire after a wild chase through the streets of Brooklyn on Thursday, cops said. A 3-year-old baby girl in the ...