1969 in the Philippines
1969 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1969.
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Incumbents
President Ferdinand Marcos at the White House in 1966.
Events
March
- March 29 – The New People's Army is formed by merging of Jose Maria Sison's revolutionary band with Bernabe Buscayno's Huk's peasant's army.[1]
May
- May 11 – Tuguegarao, Cagayan experienced a heatwave with a recorded temperature of 42.2 °C.
June
- June 21 – The province of Western Samar is renamed to Samar by virtue of Republic Act No. 5650.
July
- July 19 – Miss Philippines Gloria Diaz is crowned Miss Universe 1969.
- July 26 – United States President Richard Nixon visits the Philippines.[1]
September
- September 10 – The Cultural Center of the Philippines is inaugurated, located along Manila Bay.[1]
- September 12 – A Philippine Airlines plane hits a tree and crashes on a hill in Antipolo, Rizal, killing 45 of 47 people on board. It is then the country's second worst air accident.[2][3]
October
- October 15 – DZKB-TV Channel 9 is launched by Kanalon Broadcasting System (now Radio Philippines Network), a Philippine TV station, owned by Roberto S. Benedicto.
November
- November 11 – In the nationwide general elections held, incumbents Pres. Marcos and Vice Pres. Lopez are reelected in their respective positions, with the former as the first (and the last in electoral history) to win for a second full term as President of the Philippines,[1] and the latter elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines. The administration party, the Nacionalista Party, won 6 out of 8 seats in the Philippine Senate and 88 out of 110 seats in the House of Representatives.
Births
- January 3:
- Bayani Agbayani, actor, singer, and comedian
- Dean Francis Alfar, author
- January 14 – Vergel Meneses, basketball player and politician
- March 4 – Dawn Zulueta, Filipino actress
- March 10 – Rolando Andaya Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician
- March 20 – Ruffy Biazon, Filipino politician
- March 31 – Maritoni Fernandez, actress
- April 13 – Juan Miguel Zubiri, Filipino businessman and politician
- April 26 – Mikey Arroyo, Filipino politician and actor
- May 12 – Eileen Ermita-Buhain, Filipino politician
- May 31 – Ace Barbers, Filipino politician
- May 15 – Lovely Rivero
- June 19 – Nancy Catamco, Filipina politician
- June 30 – Mike Defensor, Filipino politician
- July 3 – Kaka Bag-ao, Filipina human rights lawyer and politician
- July 13 – Vicky Morales, Filipina television journalist and news anchor
- July 25 – Blakdyak, singer, actor and comedian (d. 2016)
- July 28 – Alice Dixson, Filipino actress
- August 3 – Lani Misalucha, Filipina singer
- August 5 – Romulo Peña Jr., Filipino politician
- August 12 – Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor
- August 22 – Jean Garcia, Filipino actress
- September 1 – Galo Ador Jr., Filipino comic writer (d. 2008)
- September 5 – Amy Perez, Filipino actress and TV host
- September 16 – Janno Gibbs, Filipino actor, comedian, and singer
- October 8:
- Arthur Defensor Jr., Filipino politician
- Freddie Abuda, Filipino basketball player
- October 10 – Francis Escudero, Filipino politician
- November 8 – Gardo Versoza, actor
- November 22 – Chin Chin Gutierrez, actress and environmentalist
- November 23 – Robin Padilla, Filipino actor, producer
- December 17 – Michael V., Filipino comedian and actor
- December 26 – JV Ejercito, Filipino politician
Deaths
- March 31 – Botong Francisco, Filipino muralist (b. 1914)
- June 5 - Simeon Toribio, Filipino athlete (b. 1905)
- August 26 – Alejandro G. Abadilla, Filipino poet and essayist (b. 1906)
References
- "Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People, Volume 10: Timeline of Philippine History" (PDF).
- "RP's worst air accidents" (April 20, 2000). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. 13. (Link) Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- Based on Aviation Safety Network database (Link), the said aviation accident was the 2nd worst at that time and currently the 6th. The worst at that time was the one which occurred in May 1964, now the 3rd deadliest, with 80 fatalities (including 1 on the ground). (See the details of May 1964 and Sept. 1969 accidents. Retrieved 02-11-2021.)
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