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1968
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8.2.1968
An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
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1971
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8.21.1971
A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti- Marcos political candidates injured. |
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1972
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1973
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1975
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1976
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7.22.1976
Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during the imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War
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1986
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2.22.1986
Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
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2.25.1986
People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president. |
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2.25.1986
People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president. |
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2.26.1986
People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
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1987
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2.2.1987
After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
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2.11.1987
Philippines constitution goes into effect.
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11.25.1987
Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
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12.20.1987
History's worst peacetime sea disaster, when the passenger ferry ''Doña Paz'' sinks after colliding with the oil tanker ''Vector 1'' in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
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1990
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7.16.1990
Luzon Earthquake stroke in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7.7. |
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1996
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3.18.1996
A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162. |
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1998
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2.2.1998
A Cebu Pacific Flight 387 DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104. |
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2000
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11.13.2000
Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
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12.30.2000
Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
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2001
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2004
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2.27.2004
A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
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2005
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2.14.2005
Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines' Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City. |
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2006
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2.17.2006
A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
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2007
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10.19.2007
Philippines. Amidst corruption controversies hounding the Arroyo administration, a bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati. The blast killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.
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11.13.2007
An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.
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12.31.2007
Bocaue Fire: Seven people are injured when a fire results in the explosions of several fireworks stores in the municipality of Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines.
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2009
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11.23.2009
The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines
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