1964 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1964.
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Incumbents
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edit- May 20 - Philippine Airlines Flight 26/25 crashed en route to Zamboanga Airport, Zamboanga killing all 11 people.[1][2][3]
- August 4 - Diosdado Macapagal signed the Republic Act No. 4166, thus proclaimed June 12 as "Philippine Independence Day".
Holidays
editAs per Act No. 2711 section 29,[4] issued on March 10, 1917, any legal holiday of fixed date falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be observed as legal holiday. Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921.[5] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.[6] As per Republic Act No. 3022,[7] April 9 is proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964.[8]
- January 1 – New Year's Day
- February 22 – Legal Holiday
- April 9 – Bataan Day
- April 15 – Maundy Thursday
- April 16 – Good Friday
- May 1 – Labor Day
- June 12 – Independence Day
- July 4 – Philippine Republic Day
- August 13 – Legal Holiday
- August 29 – National Heroes Day
- November 26 – Thanksgiving Day
- November 30 – Bonifacio Day
- December 25 – Christmas Day
- December 30 – Rizal Day
Births
edit- August 6 - Gary Valenciano, Filipino singer
- October 4 - Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper (d. 2009)
- November 5 - Gabby Concepcion, Filipino actor
Deaths
edit- February 6 - Emilio Aguinaldo, Philippine president (born 1869)
References
edit- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter PI-C51 Sibuco Point". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "Accident details". www.planecrashinfo.com. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, c/n 068, c/r PI-C51". aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ "Bonifacio Day in Philippines in 2022". Official Holidays. Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ "Act No. 3827". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ "AN ACT PROCLAIMING THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL AS BATAAN DAY AND DECLARING IT AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. April 6, 1961. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ "AN ACT CHANGING THE DATE OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY FROM JULY FOUR TO JUNE TWELVE, AND DECLARING JULY FOUR AS PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC DAY, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. August 4, 1964. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
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