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1971 In The Philippines
1971 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1971. Incumbents * President: Ferdinand Marcos (Nacionalista Party) * Vice President: Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista Party) * House Speaker: ** José Laurel, Jr. ''(until April 1)'' ** Cornelio Villareal ''(starting April 1)'' * Chief Justice: Roberto Concepcion * Congress: 7th Events February * February 1– 9 – Diliman commune April * April 15 – A Philippine Air Force plane crashes into a rice field near an air base in Pampanga, killing all 40 people on board. June * June 1 – The Constitutional Convention assembles to rewrite the 1935 Constitution. The Convention elects former President Carlos Garcia as its head. * June 14 – Garcia dies and former President Diosdado Macapagal takes over the top position at the Convention. * June 19 – Manili massacre August * August 21 – The Plaza Miranda bombing occurred during a political campaign rally of the Liberal Party at Plaza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diliman Commune
The Diliman Commune was an uprising led by the students, faculty members, and residents of the University of the Philippines Diliman, together with transport workers, on February 1–9, 1971, in protest of the three centavo increase in oil prices midway through the second term of the Marcos administration—about a year after the events of the First Quarter Storm and about a year before Marcos' eventual declaration of Martial Law. It also refers to an intentional community established by the protesters patterned after the Paris Commune of 1871. Like the supporters of Paris Commune, the protesters referred to themselves as Communards. They renamed the University of the Philippines Diliman campus to "Malayang Komunidad ng UP Diliman" ("Free Commune of UP Diliman"). They also took control of the DZUP radio station and the UP Press, and ran their own publication called the ''Bandilang Pula'' ("Red Flag"). See also * University of the Philippines Diliman * Martial Law under Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
