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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.
First president to die outside the Philippines, dying in New York on August 1, 1944. First president to die before the age of 70 as he died at the age of 65. First president to meet a US president in the person of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt. [12] First president to die before his predecessor.
March 17 - President Roosevelt holds a press conference in which he speaks against a congressional movement to abolish the 40 hour work week. [105] Roosevelt also states his intent to ask Congress the following day for an increase of seventeen and a half billion toward army warplanes.
Militants organized a second "People’s March" on March 17, in what would come to be recognized as the last major demonstration during the First Quarter Storm proper. [14] This second March was longer than the March 3 event. Since the protest focused on the issue of poverty, the march's route took it through the poor ghettos of Manila.
March 17: Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (b. 1907) Tomas Cabili, journalist, educator and assemblyman from Lanao (b. 1903) June 14 - Maria Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo, Filipino nun and the founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines (b. 1884) August 4 - Eugenio Pérez, Filipino politician (b. 1896)
On the same day, the Treaty of Manila was signed. However, the economy remained dependent on the United States. [ 25 ] As a precondition for receiving war rehabilitation grants from the United States, the Philippines agreed to the Bell Trade Act , otherwise known as the Philippine Trade Act.
Historic town originally named San Francisco de Malabon and the town's band became the first who played the national anthem on Independence Day on June 12, 1898, in Kawit, Cavite. General Trias Filipino March 17, 1990 Hen. Baldomero Aguinaldo y Baloy (1869–1915) Emilio Aguinaldo's first cousin and a cabinet member of the revolutionary government.
On October 11, 1945, the Philippines became one of the founding members of the United Nations. [134] [135] On July 4, 1946, the Philippines was officially recognized by the United States as an independent nation through the Treaty of Manila between the governments of the United States and the Philippine islands, during the presidency of Manuel ...