1973 in the Philippines

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1973 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1973.

Incumbents

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President Ferdinand Marcos at the White House in 1966.

Events

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January

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July

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  • July 2728National referendum is held wherein 90.77% of the Citizen Assemblies voted for the ratification of the 1973 Constitution and the continuation of Martial Law, as well as continuation of Pres. Marcos' term beyond 1973.[1][6][7]

August

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September

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  • September 27 – Eight municipalities of Sulu are removed from its jurisdiction to create the new province of Tawi-Tawi (Presidential Decree No. 302), with Bato-Bato, Balimbing as its capital.[8]

November

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December

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Holidays

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As per Act No. 2711 section 29,[9] issued on March 10, 1917, any legal holiday of fixed date falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be observed as legal holiday. Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921.[10] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.[11] As per Republic Act No. 3022,[12] April 9 was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) last August 4, 1964.[13]

Entertainment and culture

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Sports

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People, Volume 10: Timeline of Philippine History"
  2. ^ Durdin, Tillman (January 11, 1973). "Supervised Citizens' Units Are Polled in Philippine 'Referendum'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  3. ^ Ocampo, Ambeth (July 13, 2016). "Lim Seng remembered". Inquirer.net. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Originally from the news article by Teddy Africa and Max Buan, Jr., published in The Journal on 01-16-1973. Republished by Bagong Lipunan website (Link) on 02-09-2017. Retrieved 07-29-2019.
  5. ^ Ariate, Joel Jr. (July 14, 2019). "How we kill: Notes on the death penalty in the Philippines (Part 1 of 2)". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Presidential Decree No. 1229". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. October 30, 1977. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  7. ^ Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines: The Political Economy of Authoritarianism
  8. ^ a b c "Presidential Decrees - 1973". The Lawphil Project. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  9. ^ "AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "Bonifacio Day in Philippines in 2022". Official Holidays. Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  11. ^ "Act No. 3827". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "AN ACT PROCLAIMING THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL AS BATAAN DAY AND DECLARING IT AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. April 6, 1961. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  13. ^ "AN ACT CHANGING THE DATE OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY FROM JULY FOUR TO JUNE TWELVE, AND DECLARING JULY FOUR AS PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC DAY, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. August 4, 1964. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  14. ^ Aragon, Ian Carlo (June 26, 2020). "Blatant distortion of history". Inquirer.
  15. ^ "mimi miyagi". iafd.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2015.