APRIL 11

| April 11, 2024

1899
Apolinario Mabini writes to Cebuano leader Arcadio Maxilom congratulating him on “your fixed determination not to accept the American yoke” and urging him to cultivate the support of the populace for the Republic.

1942
Justice Jose Abad Santos is captured by the Japanese in Carcar, Cebu. Later executed, he became one of the important heroes of this period in Philippine history.

Category: Today in the History of Cebu