1949 in the Philippines

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1949 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1949.

Incumbents

President Elpidio Quirino

Events

January–March

April–June

  • April 28 – Sixteen individuals are killed in two ambush incidents in Nueva Ecija. In Bongabon, 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, killing 12 including former First Lady Aurora Quezon, 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 route 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. 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 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

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. 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, 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. 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.
  • 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.

Holidays

Main article: Public holidays in the Philippines

As per Act No. 2711 section 29, 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. On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.

Births

Deaths

References

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  2. ^ "Philippine Planes Kill 30 Guerrillas". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. Associated Press. March 23, 1949. p. 21. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Quezon massacre stirs Philippines". The Townsville Daily Bulletin. Townsville, Queensland. April 30, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Trove.
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  6. ^ a b c "Guerrilla ambush murders shock Filipino nation". The Daily Mercury. Mackay, Queensland. April 29, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Trove.
  7. ^ a b c "Something fishy in air-crash disaster". The Mirror. Perth. May 14, 1949. p. 16. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Trove.
  8. ^ "[Untitled news aticle]". The Warwick Daily News. Warwick, Queensland. May 9, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Trove.
  9. ^ a b "Air disaster caused to get rid of husband". The Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Australian Associated Press. June 3, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Trove.
  10. ^ Mazareno, Rodolfo (August 11, 1949). "Divorce Abolished In Philippines Under New Rigid Civil Law Code". Oceanside Daily Blade-Tribune. Oceanside, California. United Press. p. (2) 2. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  11. ^ "Troops kill Huk outlaws". The Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. United Press. July 27, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ Citations (C. Romulo):
  13. ^ a b "Philippines Will Not Extend Refugee Deadline". Hanford Daily Sentinel. Hanford, California. United Press. November 26, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  14. ^ a b c Citations (Central Phil. typhoon); although their sources are the same, details differ:
  15. ^ a b "200 die in storm". The Bathurst National Advocate. Bathurst, New South Wales. November 5, 1949. p. 3. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Trove.
  16. ^ a b c d "Three Killed In Ambush". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. United Press. November 7, 1949. p. 26. Retrieved February 1, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  17. ^ Citations (Sulu incident); although some of their sources are the same, details differ:
  18. ^ "AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  19. ^ "Bonifacio Day in Philippines in 2022". Official Holidays. Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  20. ^ "Act No. 3827". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  21. ^ Quezon, Manuel III (April 28, 2019). "Timeline of an ambush, 1949–2019". MLQ3, The Explainer. Manuel L. Quezon III. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  22. ^ a b "Philippine Killers Sought by Angry Constabulary". Prescott Evening Courier. Prescott, Arizona. Associated Press. April 29, 1950. pp. 1–2. Retrieved January 29, 2025 – via Google Books.
  23. ^ a b Citations:


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