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Bataan Death March Memorial Park in Spokane, Washington. Bataan and Corregidor Streets next to Scott Circle in Washington, D.C., adjacent to the Embassy of the Philippines. Camp San Luis Obispo Bataan Memorial in San Luis Obispo, California. Plaque in Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia.
Name Date Location Deaths Notes Chinese Massacre of 1603: October 1603 Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines: 15,000–25,000 [1] Fearing an uprising by the large Chinese community in the Philippines, the Spanish colonists carried out the massacre, largely in the Manila area. [2] Chinese Massacre of 1639: 1639
The Bataan Death March[ a] was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 75,000 [ 1] American and Filipino prisoners of war (POW) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando . The transfer began on 9 April 1942 after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines ...
The Philippines being one of the major theaters of World War II, has commissioned a number of monuments, cemeteries memorials, preserved relics, and established private and public museums, as well as National Shrines, to commemorate battles and events during the invasion, occupation, and liberation of the country.
The Manila North Cemetery(Spanish: Cementerio del Norte) is one of the oldest cemeteries in Metro Manila, Philippines. The cemetery is owned by and located in the City of Manila, the national capital, and is one of the largest in the metropolis at 54 hectares (130 acres). It is located alongside Andrés Bonifacio Avenueand borders two other ...
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 ...
Casualties. 113 dead, [ 4][ 5] 112 injured. The 2012 Negros earthquake occurred on February 6 at 11:49 PST, with a body wave magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum intensity of VII ( Destructive) off the coast of Negros Oriental, Philippines. The epicenter of the thrust fault earthquake [ 6] was approximately 72 kilometres (45 mi) north of Negros ...
Murders of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez. Murder of Christine Silawan. Categories: Deaths by person and country. Deaths by person in Asia. Deaths in the Philippines.