1951 in the Philippines

none March 2015 February 2015 1951 1936 1951 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1951 Incumbents thumb|120px|President Elpidio Quirino President: Elpidio Quirino (Liberal) Vice President: Fernando Lopez (Liberal) Chief Justice: Manuel Moran (until March 20) Ricardo Paras (starting April 2) Congress: 2nd Events January January 9 – Twenty-eight Hukbalahap members are killed by government forces while 15 more are captured in three separate battles nationwide.January 10, 1951 28 Huks slain https://books.google.com/books?id=4CQ_AAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communist&pg=PA19&article_id=5765,2214195 Associated Press The Windsor Daily Star Windsor, Ontario January 24, 2025 19 Google Books January 12 – Hukbalahap conducts series of raids in Luzon.January 12, 1951 Reds kill 16 https://books.google.com/books?id=4SQ_AAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communist&pg=PA19&article_id=3712,2902667 United Press The Windsor Daily Star Windsor, Ontario January 24, 2025 19 Google Books In Hermosa, Bataan, an estimated 200 rebels ambush three buses, burn houses, and kill nineteen; two Huks are later killed in an encounter with the army. Separate incidents are also reported in Tuy, Batangas; Nueva Ecija; and Santa Ignacia, Tarlac; 25 people are killed overall.January 12, 1951 Huks loot, fire towns https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SRPD19510112.1.2&srpos=1&e=01-01-1951-01-02-1951--en--20--1--txt-txIN-manila+herald+arrested------- Associated Press The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California January 25, 2025 2 California Digital Newspaper Collection January 18 – The national government launches Operation Saber, ordering 15,000 troops to neutralize 5,000 communist Huks in northern and central Luzon. Within the first three days, 28 rebels are killed.January 21, 1951 28 red Huks are slain in 'operation saber' https://books.google.com/books?id=HlspAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communist&pg=PA3&article_id=7169,1381276 Associated Press The Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington January 24, 2025 2 Google Books The Army offensive, being concentrated in Huk locations in Pampanga particularly near Mount Arayat, ends in FebruaryGreenberg Lawrence 1986 The Hukbalahap Insurrection: A Case Study of a Successful Anti-Insurgency Operation in the Philippines, 1946-1955 https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD1112093.pdf Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Center of Military History January 25, 2025 Defense Technical Information Center with the insurgents successfully driven out. January 24 – Intelligence sources report that a group of alleged Chinese communists, including a businessman and four others who have been aiding the Huks and plotting to assassinate government officials including President Quirino, have been captured.Citations (assassination plot): January 24, 1951 Several Arrests Reported In Plot To Slay Quirino https://books.google.com/books?id=EywaAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communist&pg=PA1&article_id=6239,870522 United Press The Times-News Henderson, North Carolina January 24, 2025 1 Google Books January 24, 1951 Red Plot Fails in Philippines https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4b-LE5UluQcC&dat=19510124&printsec=frontpage&hl=en United Press The Windsor Daily Star Windsor, Ontario January 24, 2025 10 Google News Archive Mid- or Late January – President Quirino sign a bill for ten additional battalion combat teams, in another effort to eliminate the Huk rebels.White Frank January 29, 1951 Philippines set to end Huk menace https://books.google.com/books?id=wmlAAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communist&pg=PA6&article_id=1079,5898771 Associated Press Youngstown Vindicator Youngstown, Ohio January 24, 2025 11 Google Books February February 16 – Ten soldiers are reported killed when an Army patrol is ambushed by the Huks at the foot of Mount Arayat in Pampanga.February 17, 1951 Huks Kill 10 Filipino Soldiers In Ambush https://books.google.com/books?id=t-ROAAAAIBAJ&dq=huk++pampanga&pg=PA3&article_id=3658,465135 Associated Press Toledo Blade Toledo, Ohio January 25, 2025 3 Google Books February 22 – President Quirino formally launches EDCOR (Economic Development Corps) projects, whose objective is establishing settlements for former Huks, with the opening of the country's first—the Arevalo ECDOR farm in Kapatagan Valley, Lanao. It will be inaugurated on March 6; and about two months later, the first batch of settlers will be brought to the site. March March 1 – Government-run periodical The Philippine Herald fires 64 employees being alleged subversives, mostly members of the communist Philippine Newspaper Guild, among them Jose Lansang, Teddy Benigno, and 12 other members of the editorial staff.March 2, 1951 Manila Newspaper Fires 64 As Pinks https://books.google.com/books?id=xfVOAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communists&pg=PA2&article_id=5462,470983 Chicago Daily News Service Toledo Blade Toledo, Ohio January 24, 2025 2 Google Books March 4–11 – The Philippines participates in the first ever Asian Games held in New Delhi, India. With 3 gold medals, the country is ranked 5th in the medal tally and 3rd place in the over-all medal count.First Asian Games medal tally https://web.archive.org/web/20081008024647/http://www.ocasia.org/1AG.asp October 8, 2008 March 6 – Fort Santiago is declared a National Shrine. May May 11 – Ending a half-a-year trial of 29 communist leaders, judge Oscar Castelo gives death sentences to five Huk leaders and a field commander; life imprisonment to nine and lower to eleven; all for rebellion with murder, arson, and robbery. Three more are acquitted. The defendants have been convicted, particularly for the 1949 ambush of former First Lady Aurora Quezon and nine other individuals, and the 1950 burning of an army hospital in Makabulos that killed 32.Citations (verdict on Huks): May 12, 1951 Death penalty given six reds https://books.google.com/books?id=Rn5eAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communist&pg=PA10&article_id=1126,2371315 Associated Press St. Joseph Gazette St. Joseph, Missouri January 24, 2025 10 Google Books The New York Times May 17, 1951 Among the editors — Verdict in Manila https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=f1xuXVtw34IC&dat=19510517&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Washington Reporter Washington, Pennsylvania January 24, 2025 4 Google News Archive May 12 – Roxas becomes a city in the province of Capiz through Republic Act 603.Roxas City http://roxascity.gov.ph/roxas-city/ live February 17, 2022 Roxas City Official Website September 27, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20220212005342/http://roxascity.gov.ph/roxas-city/ February 12, 2022 June June 18 – Thirteen leaders of the Congress of Labor Organizations, a defunct communist group, including its former president and Manila city councilor Amado Hernandez who have been detained since January, are charged of planning a rebellion.June 19, 1951 Philippine communists face overthrow charges https://books.google.com/books?id=XDBQAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communists&pg=PA1&article_id=6659,4845244 United Press Eugene Register Guard Eugene, Oregon January 24, 2025 28 Google Books July July 31 — A military encounter against the Hukbalahap in Laguna results in the deaths of 15 guerrillas and two army soldiers.August 1, 1951 17 Die in Battle https://books.google.com/books?id=vuRXAAAAIBAJ&dq=huk++laguna&pg=PA59&article_id=1096,320100 Associated Press Spokane Daily Chronicle Spokane, Washington January 25, 2025 1 Google Books August Early August: Independent election monitoring group NAMFREL, then as the National Movement for Free Elections, is established in time for the elections with the induction of its first officers and board members, which involve members of service organizations.Citations (NAMFREL): Hedman Eva-Lotta July–September 1998 Public Policy (Vol. 2 No. 3) Whose Business Is It Anyway? Free and Fair Elections in the Philippines https://cids.up.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Whose-Business-Is-It-Anyway-vol.2-no.3-July-Sep-1998-7.pdf 148–151 January 25, 2025 Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Cordenillo Raul Ellis Andrew 2012 The Integrity of Elections: The Role of Regional Organizations https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/publications/integrity-of-elections.pdf Stockholm International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 43 978-91-86565-63-3 January 25, 2025 International IDEA website The United States Department of State releases pamphlets on their inquiry which reveals the attempt by Hukbalahap guerillas to overthrow the government between November and May 1952.August 3, 1951 Communists Plot Philippines Revolt https://books.google.com/books?id=N6c1AAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communists&pg=PA3&article_id=4550,3313941 Australian Associated Press The Age Melbourne January 24, 2025 4 Google Books August 30: The Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and the United States is signed in the Washington, D.C., the first among other agreements in the Pacific region that generally aims to prevent any aggression.Citations (PHL–US treaty): August 16, 1951 U.S. Philippines Agree To Mutual Defense Pact https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=SrsqWtBqNIQC&dat=19510816&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Associated Press The New London (Evening) Day New London, Connecticut January 25, 2025 1, 9 Google News Archive August 26, 1951 U.S. Nears Completion of Security Network in Pacific https://books.google.com/books?id=y0QuAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+treaty&pg=PA11&article_id=4033,2054874 Associated Press Reading Eagle Reading, Pennsylvania January 25, 2025 (2) 11 Google Books August 31, 1951 United States Signs New Mutual Defense Pact With Philippine Islands https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=SFOYbPikdlgC&dat=19510828&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Associated Press The Spartanburg Herald Spartanburg, South Carolina January 25, 2025 1 Google News Archive It will be implemented in 1954. The military reports that 26 individuals, among them 20 Huks, are killed in a battle between several army companies and a hundred guerrillas at the Laguna–Batangas boundary.August 30, 1951 Late Bulletins https://books.google.com/books?id=HI1aAAAAIBAJ&dq=huk++laguna&pg=PA1&article_id=2367,3485387 Associated Press Prescott Evening Courier Prescott, Arizona January 25, 2025 1 Google Books September September 13 – President Quirino signs Proclamation No. 274, establishing the National Fund and Educational Drive of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society September 28 – Guillermo Capadocia, the second-ranking Huk official, is killed following a battle between his group and an Army task force in San Remigio, Antique.September 29, 1951 Filipino Rebel Leader Killed https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140338523 Australian Associated Press Newcastle Morning Herald Newcastle, New South Wales January 27, 2025 1 Trove October October 7 – Asiong Salonga, a popular gangster in Tondo, Manila, is fatally shot by a henchman linked to his rival Carlos "Totoy Golem" Capistrano, also a gang leader, in a drinking spree. https://www.filipiknow.net/famous-filipino-criminals-and-gangsters/ 9 Extremely Notorious Pinoy Gangsters February 6, 2016 November November 12 – Huks launch an evening raid at Santa Ana, Pampanga, burning the municipal hall and a marketplace; nine are killed, including seven rebels and an army soldier.November 12, 1951 Philippine Army Battles Guerrillas https://books.google.com/books?id=GTtEAAAAIBAJ&dq=huk++pampanga&pg=PA1&article_id=6849,6351014 United Press The Altus Times-Democrat Altus, Oklahoma January 25, 2025 1 Google Books Heavy fighting ensues at Mount Arayat between the Philippine Army and an estimated 300 rebels.November 12, 1951 Huks Attack City On Eve On Election https://books.google.com/books?id=aV0pAAAAIBAJ&dq=huk++pampanga&pg=PA1&article_id=1932,1901039 Associated Press Daytona Beach Morning Journal Daytona Beach, Florida January 25, 2025 1 Google Books November 13 – Elections for nine senators and local officials are held;November 13, 1951 Huks Harrass [sic] Filipino Voters https://books.google.com/books?id=YO8sAAAAIBAJ&dq=huk++laguna&pg=PA1&article_id=3045,2956125 United Press The Bend Bulletin Bend, Oregon January 25, 2025 1 Google Books at the same time the first mayoral election for Manila. The opposition Nacionalista Party would win the majority of the legislative seats against the Liberals; claiming all in the Senate.Ryan Allyn 2007 RM: A Biographical Novel of Ramon Magsaysay https://books.google.com/books?id=wragGAOkugYC&dq=philippine+operation+saber+of+1951&pg=PA128 United States Xlibris Corporation 978-1-4257-9161-2 January 26, 2025 Google Books Meanwhile, 21 are killed in violent incidents, including five Huks in clashes in Nueva Ecija and Laguna, bringing the toll to 116 since the start of campaigning two months prior.November 13, 1951 Nine Killed in Philippine Election Day Violence https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=oQQVFBP0nzwC&dat=19511113&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Associated Press Lewiston Evening Journal Lewiston, Maine January 25, 2025 1, 14 Google News Archive November 21 – A typhoon hits Visayas, killing 82 and causing massive damages. December December 2–3 – Huks conduct three separate raids in the municipalities of Santa Rita, Hermosa, and Infanta, burning the municipal halls; four are killed and 14 are kidnapped. In Santa Rita, more than a hundred residents are held captive in the town square and escape following an explosion in the hall.December 3, 1951 Philippine Communists Kill Four, Kidnap 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=X38oAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+communists&pg=PA2&article_id=4466,3969221 Associated Press The Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau, Missouri January 24, 2025 2 Google Books December 4 – Series of eruptions of Mount Hibok-Hibok in Camiguin island (then part of Misamis Oriental) begin, causing massive ash falls and lava flows that affect half of twelve surrounding sitios.December 4, 1951 141 Die as Volcano Buries Villages in Ashes and Lava https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19511204.1.1&srpos=6&e=01-01-1951-01-01-1952--en--20--1--txt-txIN-manila+gangster+killed------- Oakland Tribune Oakland, California January 23, 2025 1 California Digital Newspaper Collection Confirmed deaths reportedly range at 206–266 while estimating the possible toll up to as high as 2,000.December 7, 1951 200 Are Trapped In Philippine Lava https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SRPD19511207.1.1&srpos=4&e=01-01-1951-01-01-1952--en--20--1--txt-txIN-manila+gangster+killed------- United Press The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California January 23, 2025 1 California Digital Newspaper Collection December 9 – Typhoon Amy landfalls at the island provinces of Samar and Leyte;December 10, 1951 Typhoon perils volcano sector in Philippines https://books.google.com/books?id=uEgpAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+accident&pg=PA10&article_id=772,6522371 Associated Press The Lewiston Daily Sun Lewiston–Auburn, Maine January 25, 2025 1, 10 Google Books affecting the entire Visayas and parts of Luzon and, by December 15, killing at least 626 with hundreds reported missing.December 16, 1951 Philippine Disaster Toll Set At 1,714 https://books.google.com/books?id=hNEwAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+disaster&pg=PA8&article_id=2994,66947 United Press Toledo Blade Toledo, Ohio January 25, 2025 (1) 8 Google Books Leyte is the worst-hit with at least 457 deaths; casualties are also reported in the islands of Samar, Cebu, Negros, and Panay.December 13, 1951 569 Killed as Philippines Wait Return of Gale https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19511213.1.34&srpos=1&e=01-01-1951-01-01-1952--en--20--1--txt-txIN-manila+gangster+killed------- Associated Press Oakland Tribune Oakland, California January 23, 2025 34E California Digital Newspaper Collection Damages are estimated at $20 million, in the country's strongest tropical cyclone at that time with winds up to 130 mph.December 11, 1951 Strongest Typhoon of Years Leaves Death, Devastation https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19511211.1.1&srpos=3&e=01-01-1951-01-01-1952--en--20--1--txt-txIN-manila+gangster+killed------- Associated Press The San Bernardino Daily Sun San Bernardino County, California January 23, 2025 1 California Digital Newspaper Collection December 12–13 – Twenty-five persons, 19 of them Huks, are reportedly killed in series of violent incidents involving the said communist group in the entire Luzon.December 13, 1951 25 Killed as Huk Violence Flares Anew https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19511213.1.34&srpos=1&e=01-01-1951-01-01-1952--en--20--1--txt-txIN-manila+gangster+killed------- Associated Press Oakland Tribune Oakland, California January 23, 2025 34E California Digital Newspaper Collection December 12 — President Quirino, through a proclamation, declares state of public calamity in Camiguin island due to the impact of the eruption of Mount Hibok-Hibok; and in the entire Visayas and the provinces of Romblon and Masbate due to Typhoon Amy.Proclamation of the existence of public calamity in certain areas PP 296 December 12, 1951 https://lawphil.net/executive/proc/proc1951/proc_296_1951.html January 25, 2025 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 21, 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 21, 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 January 1 – New Year's Day February 22 – Legal Holiday March 29 – Maundy Thursday March 30 – Good Friday May 1 – Labor Day July 4 – Philippine Republic Day August 13 – Legal Holiday August 26 – National Heroes Day November 22 – Thanksgiving Day November 30 – Bonifacio Day December 25 – Christmas Day December 30 – Rizal Day Births January 28 – Oscar Orbos, Philippine TV Personality February 18 – Isabel Preysler, Filipina socialite and television host. February 28 – Oscar Moreno, Filipino politician. March 10 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino model and actress, Miss Universe 1969 March 17 – Junix Inocian, Filipino stage, television and film actor (died 2015) March 29 – Tina Monzon-Palma, Filipino news anchorwoman. April 18 – Ricardo Fortaleza, Filipino-Australian Olympic amateur boxer/amateur boxing coach and boxing instructor. April 27 – Fredenil Castro, Filipino politician. (d. 2020) May 4 – Manuel Buising, screenwriter May 15 – Benny Abante, Filipino politician and pastor. May 22 – Edgardo Labella, Filipino politician (d. 2021) May 26 – Bogs Adornado, Filipino basketball player and coach. June 4 – Francis Arnaiz, basketball player June 29 – Billy Hinsche, musician (died 2021) July 1 – Florencio Miraflores, Filipino politician. July 10 – Romulo Valles, Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Davao July 22 – Marte Samson, Filipino basketball player August 3 – Aleem Said Ahmad Basher, Filipino-Muslim Alim, an active Islamic preacher, broadcaster, lecturer and Islamic consultant August 10 – Menggie Cobarrubias, Filipino actor (d. 2020) August 27 – Jocelyn Bolante, Filipino politician August 30 – Jim Paredes, Filipino musician, producer, educator, writer, photographer, television personality, workshop facilitator, and activist September 9 – Adelina Barrion, entomologist and geneticist (died 2010) September 29 – Mike Enriquez, Filipino radio and television newscaster (died 2023) October 3 – Hussin Ututalum Amin, Filipino politician, scholar and current mayor of Jolo October 8 – Jimmy Santos, Filipino actor, comedian, TV host and a basketball player. October 10 – Boboy Garovillo, member of the APO Hiking Society October 14 – Salvador Medialdea, executive secretary October 15 – Atoy Co, Filipino basketball player October 17 - Marissa Delgado, actress November 4 – Eugenio Torre, chess grandmaster November 8 – Basil Valdez, Filipino balladeer. November 10 – Lim Eng Beng, Filipino-Chinese professional basketball player (d. 2015) November 27 – Danilo Palomer Santiago, Filipino Eclectic painter, professor and Department Chair of University of Santo Tomas - College of Fine Arts and Design (UST-CFAD) November 30 – Jessup Bahinting, Filipino pilot December 5 - Zandro Zamora, Former Filipino Actor December 22 – Joey Lina, Filipino Politician Unknown Rosauro "Uro" Q. Dela Cruz, actor, writer, and director (d. 2016) Deaths June 1 – José Alejandrino, general and senator (b. 1870) June 6 – Tomás Confesor, politician and governor of Iloilo (b. 1891) June 21 – Juan Cailles, commander (b. 1871) July 15 – Florentino Collantes, poet (b. 1896) September 28 – Guillermo Capadocia, one of the founders of Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas; labor leader (CLM, CLO); and a commander of Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan in the Visayas (b. 1909)1979 The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition Capadocia, Guillermo https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Capadocia%2C+Guillermo The Gale Group January 27, 2025 The Free Dictionary October 7 – Asiong Salonga, gangster (b. 1924) October 23 – Fernando Poe, Sr., actor (b. 1916) References 1951 Category:Long stubs with short prose