RSSToday in the History of Cebu

MARCH 19

| March 19, 2024

Fiesta of San Francisco, Cebu 1954 The Salesian Society of Don Bosco is established in Cebu City.

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MARCH 18

| March 18, 2024

1957 Carlos P. Garcia of Bohol is formally sworn in as President of the Philippines after the tragic death of Ramon Magsaysay in a plane crash in Central Cebu.

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MARCH 17

| March 17, 2024

1957 President Ramon Magsaysay dies in the tragic crash of presidential plane “Mount Pinatubo” in Manunggal Mountain in Central Cebu. Other fatalities include Senator Tomas Cabili and Congressman Pedro Lopez. Carlos P. Garcia assumes the Philippine presidency.

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MARCH 16

| March 16, 2024

1906 Birth in Naga, Cebu, of Cebuano writer and labor leader Florentino D. Tecson (1906-1962). He also served as Cebu City Vice-Mayor. 1949 Julio R. Rosales of the secular clergy is appointed as the 2nd Archbishop (and 22nd Bishop) of Cebu.

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MARCH 15

| March 15, 2024

1905 A big fire levels Cebu’s commercial district, damage is placed at 1.7 million pesos. 1952 Sergio Osmeña, Sr., receives the Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from the University of Southern Philippines. He delivers a speech on the value of education in national development.

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MARCH 14

| March 14, 2024

1899 Lt. Col. Thomas H. Hamer is assigned as the first American military governor of Cebu. Cebu is designated as a subdistrict under the Department of the Visayas with headquarters in Iloilo. On this day, the Americans also establish in what is now Freedom Park the Post of Cebu, later called Warwick Barracks. 1902 Birth […]

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MARCH 13

| March 13, 2024

1898 On this day (and the whole month of March), the Katipunan is busy clandestinely recruiting members in Cebu, especially among seamen and the workers of Smith-Belle. Among the Katipunan organizers are Anastacio Oclinario, Mariano Hernandez, and Florencio Gonzales.

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MARCH 12

| March 12, 2024

Fiesta of Ginatilan, Cebu 1946 President Sergio Osmeña creates the National Urban Planning Commission to coordinate the reconstruction and development of urban areas throughout the Philippines.

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MARCH 11

| March 11, 2024

1898 A secret meeting of the Katipunan in Cebu is held with Candido Padilla, Luis Flores, Francisco Llamas, Jacinto Pacaña, and others, attending. The Katipunan leaders decide to start the local anti-Spanish uprising on April 8, Good Friday. 1904 In ceremonies held in the Cebu Cathedral, Thomas A. Hendrick is installed as Bishop of Cebu.

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MARCH 10

| March 10, 2024

1863 Pardo, Cebu, is established as a parish by royal decree. Its patron saint is Santo Tomas de Villanueva.

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