1949 in the Philippines

none January 2025 February 2015 1949 1936 1949 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1949. Incumbents thumb|120px|President Elpidio Quirino President: Elpidio Quirino (Liberal) Vice President: Vacant (until December 30) Fernando Lopez (Liberal) (starting December 30) Chief Justice: Manuel Moran Congress: 1st (until December 13) 2nd (starting December 30) Events January–March February 21 – Jose Avelino is ousted as the Senate president, in one of the events that lead to the splitting of the ruling Liberal Party (LP). March 21 – The Philippine Air Force conducts what would be the first reported strafing raid on a several hundred communist Huk peasants on the Sierra Madre mountains of central Luzon, killing 30 guerrillas.March 23, 1949 Philippine Planes Kill 30 Guerrillas https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19490323.1.21&srpos=1&e=01-01-1949-01-01-1950--en--20--1--txt-txIN-philippine+disaster------- Associated Press Oakland Tribune Oakland, California January 30, 2025 21 California Digital Newspaper Collection April–June April 28 – Sixteen individuals are killed in two ambush incidents in Nueva Ecija. In Bongabon,People of the Philippines vs. B. Cruz, et al., defendants; F. Tolentino, B. Cruz & P. Cruz, defendants-appellants GR L-11870 October 16, 1961 https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1961/oct1961/gr_l-11870_1961.html January 31, 2025 communist guerrillas—Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (HMB; formerly Hukbalahap and is commonly called Huks) commander Alexander Viernes and his 200 men—ambush a 12-vehicle motorcade on its way to Baler, Quezon, on the Sierra Madre,Greenberg Lawrence 1986 The Hukbalahap Insurrection: A Case Study of a Successful Anti-Insurgency Operation in the Philippines, 1946-1955 IV: The Insurrection - Phase I (1946–1950) https://www.history.army.mil/books/coldwar/huk/ch4.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090408083025/http://www.history.army.mil/books/coldwar/huk/ch4.htm dead April 8, 2009 Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Center of Military History January 29, 2025 killing 12 including former First Lady Aurora Quezon,April 29, 1949 Guerrilla ambush murders shock Filipino nation https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171109630?searchTerm=philippine%20tragedy The Daily Mercury Mackay, Queensland January 30, 2025 1 Trove her daughter, a Quezon City mayor, and constabulary troops. Maj. Gen. Rafael Jalandoni, former military chief, is among those injured. May 7 – A Philippine Airlines C-47 with Daet–Manila flight routeMay 9, 1949 [Untitled news aticle] https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187412537?searchTerm=philippine%20accident The Warwick Daily News Warwick, Queensland January 30, 2025 2 Trove explodes in mid-air; all 13 persons on board are reported killed, with only a body later recovered, along with the plane's debris at Alabat Island.May 14, 1949 Something fishy in air-crash disaster https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76188375?searchTerm=philippine%20disaster The Mirror Perth January 30, 2025 16 Trove The explosion is later revealed being caused by a time bomb which has been planted by a couple. At least four suspects are arrested.June 3, 1949 Air disaster caused to get rid of husband https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145452317?searchTerm=philippine%20disaster Australian Associated Press The Daily Advertiser Wagga Wagga, New South Wales January 30, 2025 1 Trove June 1 – Eleven guerrillas are killed by government forces in an Huk outpost on a camp in the Sierra Madre. The following day, the base-camp near Mount Guiniat, which turns out to be "Stalin University", is captured; 37 more Huks are killed in the ensuing week-long operation. Since May, joint Constabulary and Army forces have been pursuing Huks involved in the ambush of Quezon's group. July–September The country's new civil code is enacted, and would be effective by 1950. The law abolishes divorce and allows legal separation instead.Mazareno Rodolfo August 11, 1949 Divorce Abolished In Philippines Under New Rigid Civil Law Code https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=BT19490811.1.1&e=01-01-1949-01-01-1950--en--20--1--txt-txIN-philippine+massacre------- United Press Oceanside Daily Blade-Tribune Oceanside, California January 30, 2025 (2) 2 California Digital Newspaper Collection September 11 – Huk commander Alexander Viernes is killed by the Philippine Army near Kangkong in the Sierra Madre, following a two-month search, ending the four-month operation with an entire Huk regional command dismantled, 146 insurgents killed and 40 more captured. The death toll might be higher as the constabulary has estimated this at 500 by late July.July 27, 1949 Troops kill Huk outlaws https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19490727&printsec=frontpage&hl=en United Press The Telegraph-Herald Dubuque, Iowa January 30, 2025 8 Google News Archive September 20 – War veteran Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo is elected president of the United Nations General Assembly at the beginning of its fourth session in Lake Success, New York.Citations (C. Romulo): September 20, 1949 Philippine War Hero Elected Head of UN Assembly https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LGT19490920.1.6&srpos=2&e=01-01-1949-01-01-1950--en--20--1--txt-txIN-philippine+disaster------- United Press Los Gatos Daily Times Los Gatos, California January 30, 2025 6 California Digital Newspaper Collection September 21, 1949 UN President (photo) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NCT19490921&e=01-01-1949-01-01-1950--en--20--1--txt-txIN-philippine+calamity------- Daily Times-Advocate Escondido, California January 30, 2025 2 California Digital Newspaper Collection October–December October 31 – The date, which has been set by the national government, as the deadline for the evacuation of persons in an International Refugee Organization (IRO) refugee camp in Sturbabao Island off Samar, which has been established in February and houses more than 5,000 people. By late November, there are still 3,800, mostly white Russians, in the said resettlement camp. November 1–3 – Visayas is hit within two days by what would be the worst typhoon in 12 years before leaving for South China Sea. Damages are estimated at $25 million.Citations (Central Phil. typhoon); although their sources are the same, details differ: November 3, 1949 Roaring Typhoon Leaves 26 Dead, Hurts Hundreds https://books.google.com/books?id=A9dRAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+disaster&pg=PA1&article_id=2550,144890 Associated Press Lewiston Morning Tribune Lewiston, Idaho January 30, 2025 1 Google Books April 11, 1949 At least 26 dead in Philippine storm https://books.google.com/books?id=j5Q0AAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+disaster&pg=PA14&article_id=1285,3149822 Associated Press The Lewiston Daily Sun Lewiston–Auburn, Maine January 30, 2025 14 Google Books November 3, 1949 Storm rakes Philippines Gird For Fight https://books.google.com/books?id=doFeAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+disaster&pg=PA1&article_id=3753,163991 Associated Press St. Joseph Gazette St. Joseph, Missouri January 30, 2025 1 Google Books Affected islands are Cebu, where a 100-mph wind is the worst in 37 years, and 15 people are killed; and Negros, where 200 additional deaths are reported,November 5, 1949 200 die in storm https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/161651654?searchTerm=philippine%20disaster The Bathurst National Advocate Bathurst, New South Wales January 30, 2025 3 Trove and Panay being stricken 12 hours earlier than forecast. The Philippine Red Cross reports 201 deaths and 461 missing persons, as of November 7. November 8 – The first presidential election under the post-colonial republic is held, with a four-year presidency, third of the Senate with a 6-year term, and the 97-seat House of Representatives with a 4-year term, being at stake.Teatsorth Ralph April 11, 1949 Philippines Gird For Fight https://books.google.com/books?id=mM1HAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+calamity&pg=PA7&article_id=6426,993614 United Press Warsaw Daily Union Warsaw, Indiana January 30, 2025 7 Google BooksNovember 7, 1949 Three Killed In Ambush https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ZuSUVyMx-TgC&dat=19491107&printsec=frontpage&hl=en United Press Reading Eagle Reading, Pennsylvania February 1, 2025 26 Google News Archive Incumbent president Quirino of the LP successfully defends his seat against former president Jose P. Laurel of the Nacionalista Party and former Senate president Avelino who has founded an LP faction; his new term will start on December 30. November 26 – The national government formally rejects a request by the IRO for an extension for settling political refugees from China encamped in the country.November 26, 1949 Philippines Will Not Extend Refugee Deadline https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HS19491126.1.10&srpos=2&e=01-01-1949-01-01-1950--en--20--1--txt-txIN-philippine+calamity------- United Press Hanford Daily Sentinel Hanford, California January 30, 2025 10 California Digital Newspaper Collection December 15 – Fifteen constabulary personnel are slain by Moro bandits in an ambush on Mount Luuk in Jolo island, Sulu. There are 25–62 more being presumed dead.Citations (Sulu incident); although some of their sources are the same, details differ: December 16, 1949 Moros Kill 15 Constabulary Men on Philippine Isle of Jolo https://books.google.com/books?id=Oa40AAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+ambush&pg=PA35&article_id=576,2465063 Associated Press Schenectady Gazette Schenectady, New York February 1, 2025 2 Google Books December 16, 1949 Ambush on Filipinos https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/273585304?searchTerm=philippine%20ambush Associated Press The Daily Mirror Sydney February 1, 2025 2 Trove December 16, 1949 Outlaws ambush, kill 14 in Philippines https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DNLA19491216.1.1&srpos=4&e=01-07-1949-01-02-1950--en--20--1--txt-txIN-philippine+ambush------- United Press Daily News Los Angeles February 1, 2025 2 California Digital Newspaper Collection 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 April 9 - Day of Valor April 14 - Maundy Thursday April 15 - Good Friday April 16 - Black Saturday April 17 - Easter Sunday 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 2 - Samuel Martires, Former Ombudsman and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines May 24 - Val Iglesias, Actor Stuntman Film Director and Writer July 6 – Noli de Castro, journalist and politician September 17 – Didith Reyes, actress and singer (d. 2008) September 26 - Francis Jardeleza, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. October 18 - Lucas Bersamin, Former Executive Secretary of the Philippines October 20 - Gina Pareño, Actress October 26 – Antonio Carpio, chief justice and Lead Convenor 1Sambayan October 31 - Liza Lorena, actress December 13 - Manny Villar, Businessman and former President of the Senate of the Philippines Deaths April 28: Among those killed in the Bongabon incident:Quezon Manuel III Manolo Quezon April 28, 2019 Timeline of an ambush, 1949–2019 https://www.quezon.ph/2019/04/28/timeline-of-an-ambush-1949-2019/ MLQ3, The Explainer Manuel L. Quezon III January 31, 2025 Aurora Aragon–Quezon, former First Lady Ponciano Bernardo, mayor of Quezon CityCitations: Ramon Farolan Ramon Farolan April 28, 2013 Reveille — Quezon and Guingona https://opinion.inquirer.net/51645/quezon-and-guingona Philippine Daily Inquirer January 29, 2025 Ramon Farolan Ramon Farolan March 31, 2014 Reveille — In defense of the state https://opinion.inquirer.net/73125/in-defense-of-the-state Philippine Daily Inquirer January 31, 2025 Col. Primitivo San Agustin, chief of the army intelligence service Maj. Antonio San Agustin, assistant manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office David Ventura, mayor of Santa Rosa, Nueva EcijaApril 30, 1949 Quezon massacre stirs Philippines https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63448790?searchTerm=philippine%20massacre The Townsville Daily Bulletin Townsville, Queensland January 30, 2025 1 TroveApril 29, 1950 Philippine Killers Sought by Angry Constabulary https://books.google.com/books?id=oycnAAAAIBAJ&dq=death+viernes&pg=PA1&article_id=5809,5036763 Associated Press Prescott Evening Courier Prescott, Arizona January 29, 2025 1–2 Google Books August 17 – Gregorio Perfecto, journalist and jurist (b. 1891) References 1949 Category:Long stubs with short prose