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Ninoy Aquino Day


	Place:	Sta. Catalina
	Event Date:	8/21/2008
	Posting Duration	8/1/2008 - 8/21/2008

	Details:	The Philippines observes the death of prominent Marcos opponent Benigno S. "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. on this day. After three years of exile in the United States, Aquino made the journey home only to meet an assassin's bullet at the Manila airport that now bears his name in 1983. It is created by the enactment of Republic Act No. 9256 on February 25, 2004 during the 18th anniversary of the first EDSA Revolution.