Today in the History of Cebu
JULY 20
1899 Birth of Margarito E. Revilles, Bohol congressman and president of the Cebu-based labor organization “Ang Katubaanan sa mga Mamumuo.” 1900 Residents of Pilar and Catmon, represented by their respective councils, file formal protest against the U.S. occupation of their towns. 1903 A cholera epidemic breaks out in Cebu. From this day until May 31, […]
JULY 19
1952 Lt. Col. Cornelio Bondad takes over as the III Military Area commander. The III MA was created on May 17, 1948, by virtue of General Order No. 166 of the National Defense Forces. Col. Juan Causing served as the first area commander.
JULY 18
1757 Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta of the secular clergy is appointed the 10th Bishop of Cebu. 1905 The pulahanes (irregular groups of political rebels and social bandits) attack the town of Minglanilla and burn the municipal building.
JULY 17
1901 The Philippine Commission passes Public Act. No. 173 which places under the military authorities the government insurgency in these areas. Civil government in Cebu was organized by the Commission on April 18, 1901. Military rule was lifted on Jan. 1, 1902. 1905 The first artesian well is drilled in Cebu.
JULY 16
1948 Arsenio Villanueva takes his oath of office as the first appointed Vice-Mayor of Cebu under Republic Act. No. 244, which provides for the appointment of the vice-mayor by the Philippine President.
JULY 15
1900 The residents of Aloguinsan, Cebu, through their Junta popular, register a formal protest against the American occupation of their town. On this same day, the government grants recognition to the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion as a normal school with the right to grant academic titles. This school was opened in 1880.
JULY 14
1893 Birth in Bogo, Cebu of Buenaventura Rodriguez (1893-1941), Cebu representative and governor and foremost Cebuano dramatist. 1907 Kauswagan, a Cebuano newspaper published in San Nicolas makes its first appearance.
JULY 13
1906 The pulahanes under the Tabal brothers surrender to Governor Sergio Osmeña in ceremonies in Guadalupe, Cebu. Thus ended the anti-American pulahan resistance in the province of Cebu.
JULY 12
1903 Gregorio Aglipay speaks at Plaza Rizal during a public rally which formally launches the Aglipayan movement in Cebu. 1952 A peace conference on board the presidential yacht, “Apo,” presided over by President Elpidio Quirino, brings together the feuding Sergio Osmeña, Jr., and Mariano Jesus Cuenco for reconciliation. The meeting brings about a truce of […]
JULY 11
1949 In the course of a highly-charged political campaign, Nacionalista Party presidential candidate Jose P. Laurel is cut short in a public speech when gunfire disperses the crowd gathered at an NP rally in Plaza Independencia, Cebu City.