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Aug 21, 2013 · Thirty years ago, Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. stepped off a plane and into the firing line of an assassin. It was the end of a life lived in courage, and the beginning of the end for a powerful dictatorship. Below, a timeline of the events from Ninoy's days as a young senator—and already a thorn in Marcos's side—until his death. Some ...
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 ...
Aug 21, 2023 · by Bullit Marquez August 21, 2023. Credit: BM. The Philippines on Monday, August 21, commemorated the 40 th death anniversary of Ninoy Aquino. He was the leading opposition senator during the presidency of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Aquino was gunned down on the tarmac of Manila International Airport — now Ninoy Aquino ...
The Death of a Hero. On August 21, 1983, Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. was fatally shot to the ground as he exited the plane. Rolando Galman, the alleged assassin, was also immediately gunned down by personnel of the Aviation Security Command. Upon investigation, however, another passenger named Rebecca Quijano testified that she saw a man, who was ...
Aug 20, 2013 · Thirty years ago, August 21, 1983, one man's courage confronted the cowardice of a dictatorship and changed the course of Philippine history. The Philippines gained a martyr. We, the Aquino family, lost a brother, a father, a husband. A single bullet signaled the beginning of the end of tyranny.
- Ken Kashiwahara
Aug 20, 2023 · Keeping his legacy alive. Ninoy’s legacy also serves as a reminder of the value of speaking truth to power, standing up for justice and defending the rights of the oppressed. Every Aug. 21, we are reminded to look back at the past and the events that changed the trajectory of our nation’s future. The sacrifices that key people in Philippine ...
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FilAms remember Ninoy Aquino on 40th death anniversary | TFC News New York, USA - Video by ABS-CBN News. Filipino-Americans in New York remember the late senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Junior on the 40th anniversary of his assassination. Don Tagala reports.