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  1. Aug 23, 1983 · Marcos said such rumors were the work of "vultures" in the opposition ranks who wanted to use Aquino's death to stir up antigovernment hatred. "I appeal to the opposition to help us maintain calm ...

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  2. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., a former Philippine senator, was assassinated on Sunday, August 21, 1983, on the tarmac of Manila International Airport (now named Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor). A longtime political opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos, Aquino had just landed in his home country after three years of self-imposed ...

  3. Feb 23, 1986 · Oct. 22, 1983 - A five-member civilian fact-finding board headed by Corazon J. Agrava, former Philippine Court of Appeals judge, is named by Mr. Marcos to investigate the Aquino assassination. Mrs.

  4. Aug 20, 2012 · Follow us. Manila: Former President Ferdinand Marcos has been blamed again for the assassination of former Senator Benigno Aquino in 1983, which paved the way for a people-backed military mutiny ...

  5. Aug 21, 2017 · August 21, 1983: Voices tell the story. This piece originally ran in 2013. We are republishing it on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the assassination of former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. The tape recording starts with the sound of the plane landing and people talking among themselves. “Everybody remains on board,” one ...

  6. Jul 31, 1986 · A Supreme Court commission said today that deposed President Ferdinand E. Marcos “stage-managed” the acquittals of 26 men last year for the assassination of opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino ...

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  8. The Assassination of Benigno Aquino The fatal shooting of Benigno Aquino, Jr. at the Manila airport on 21 August 1983, brought the succession struggle in Philippine politics to world-wide attention and gready accelerated the ?lite breakup. To understand that event one must first try to appreciate Aquino's motives for return.