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1976 in the Philippines
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1976 1936
1976 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1976.
Incumbents
thumb|120px|President Ferdinand Marcos at the White House in 1966.
President: Ferdinand Marcos (Independent)
Chief Justice: Roberto Concepcion
Events
April
April 30 – At least 28 persons are killed in a bus crash near Manila.The 1977 World Book Year Book Field Enterprises Educational Corporation 1977 0-7166-0477-9 Chicago, IL registration https://archive.org/details/1977worldbookyea00fiel
May
May 20–24 – Flooding in the wake of a typhoon kills 215 persons and left 60,000 homeless in Luzon Island.
May 21–23 – Six terrorists hijack a Philippine Airlines plane, which lands later on the Zamboanga Airport; hostage crisis ends on May 23 as they explode a plane and a shootout followed, killing 3 of them as well as 10 passengers."Hijackers blow up jet as troops attack" (05-24-1976) UPI via Lodi News-Sentinel, p. 1. (Link) Retrieved 02-24-2022.
August
August 17 – The Moro Gulf earthquake take place near the islands of Mindanao and Sulu, in the Philippines. The magnitude was calculated as being as high as 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale. According to reports, the earthquake was recorded around 16:10 UTC.The Earthquake and Tsunami of August 16, 1976, in the Philippines: The Moro Gulf Tsunami" At least 5,000 people died during the earthquake followed by tsunami.http://www.ringsurf.com/online/2412-tsunamis_through_history.html History of Tsunami Devastation March 12, 2012 July 4, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080704165837/http://www.ringsurf.com/online/2412-tsunamis_through_history.html dead
August 26 - Bernabe Buscayno also known as Kumander Dante of the New People's Army is arrested.
August 29 – A boat capsized in Davao River, leaving 19 persons missing and presumed dead.
October
October 16–17 – National referendum-plebiscite was called in which the majority of the barangay voters approved that Martial Law should be continued and ratified the proposed amendments to the Constitution substituting the Interim Batasang Pambansa for the Regular Batasang Pambansa, pursuant to Presidential Decrees Nos. 991, 1031, and 1032.
December
December 23 – The Tripoli Agreement is signed.
Holidays
Public holidays in the Philippines
As per Act No. 2711 section 29,AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1917/03/10/act-no-2711/ live February 22, 2022 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines https://web.archive.org/web/20171025043316/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph:80/1917/03/10/act-no-2711/ October 25, 2017 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.Bonifacio Day in Philippines in 2022 https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/philippines/bonifacio-day live February 22, 2022 Official Holidays https://web.archive.org/web/20200705124615/https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/philippines/bonifacio-day July 5, 2020 On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.Act No. 3827 https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1931/10/28/act-no-3827/ live February 22, 2022 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines https://web.archive.org/web/20170828111303/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph:80/1931/10/28/act-no-3827/ August 28, 2017 As per Republic Act No. 3022,April 6, 1961 AN ACT PROCLAIMING THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL AS BATAAN DAY AND DECLARING IT AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY. https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1961/04/06/republic-act-no-3022/ live February 22, 2022 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines https://web.archive.org/web/20210217093423/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1961/04/06/republic-act-no-3022/ February 17, 2021 April 9th was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964.August 4, 1964 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 https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1964/08/04/republic-act-no-4166/ February 22, 2022 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
January 1 – New Year's Day
February 22 – Legal Holiday
April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)
April 15 – Maundy Thursday
April 16 – Good Friday
May 1 – Labor Day
June 12 – Independence Day
July 4 – Philippine Republic Day
August 13 – Legal Holiday
August 29 – National Heroes Day
September 11 – Barangay Day
September 21 – Thanksgiving Day
November 30 – Bonifacio Day
December 25 – Christmas Day
December 30 – Rizal Day
Entertainment and culture
For the events related to Philippine television in 1976, see 1976 in Philippine television.
Sports
July 17–August 1 – The Philippines competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. The country sends only eleven athletes to Montreal, its smallest delegation since 1932, to compete in track and field, boxing, shooting, swimming and weightlifting.
Births
January 29 – Arnulf Bryan Fuentebella, politician
February 2 – Ana Roces, singer and actress
February 7 – Chito Miranda, singer-songwriter and frontman of Parokya ni Edgar
February 18 – Bernadette Sembrano, broadcast journalist
February 19 – Victor Neri, actor and chef
February 26 – Alex Crisano, basketball player
March 3 – Isabel Granada, actress and singer (d. 2017)
March 5 – Maricel Morales, actress, singer and beauty queen
March 19 - Ana Abad Santos, actress
March 21 – Bamboo Mañalac, singer and musician
March 31 – Vice Ganda, comedian, host, and singer
April 2 – Geneva Cruz, singer and actress
April 4 – Bearwin Meily, actor, comedian, and magician
April 21 – Rommel Adducul, basketball player
May 2 – Alicia Mayer, model and actress
May 24 – Joseph De Leon, actor and Streetboys member
May 30 – Ebe Dancel, singer-songwriter and music arranger
June 4 – Buwi Meneses, Musician
July 22 – Nino Alejandro, actor, musician and Voice Unlimited member
July 28 – Nikka Valencia, actress
August 11 – Jhong Hilario, actor and politician
August 15 – Paolo Marcoleta, politician
August 28 – Acel Bisa, singer-songwriter and musician
September 3 – Karlo Nograles, lawyer and politician
September 6 – Mylene Dizon, actress
October 3 – Alfredo Garbin, politician
October 10 – Mary Rose "Tenten" Munoz, singer and actress
October 14 – Jayjay Helterbrand, basketball player
November 10:
Sarah Discaya, businesswoman and politician
Chedi Vergara, singer, member of Smokey Mountain
November 27 – Humerlito Dolor, politician
November 28 – Wynne Arboleda, basketball player
November 30 – Bobby Andrews, actor
December 2 – Boom Labrusca, actor
December 3 – Bernard Palanca, actor
December 7 – Derek Ramsay, actor and model
December 8 - Brian Furlow, dancer, actor
December 8 – Danny Ildefonso, basketball player
December 10 – Clem Castro, musician
December 17 - Jao Mapa, actor
December 17 – Ethel Booba, comedian and singer
December 24 – Donbel Belano, basketball player
Deaths
May 20 – Camilo Osías, politician (b. 1889)
June 12 – Guillermo Tolentino, sculptor and National Artist of the Philippines (b. 1890)
October 27 – José Yulo, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1894)
References
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