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In 1987, Manila International Airport, where the assassination occurred, was renamed "Ninoy Aquino International Airport". The spot on the apron where his body lay sprawled is now marked by a brass plaque. August 21 was declared Ninoy Aquino Day, a national holiday, through the passage of Republic Act No. 9256. [85]
Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who became the 11th president of the Philippines after his assassination, and father of Benigno Aquino III, who became the 15th president of the Philippines. Aquino, together with Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga , helped form the leadership of the opposition toward then President Ferdinand Marcos .
A photo of Ninoy Aquino's bloodied jacket that he wore upon his return from exile. Taken from the Aquino Center museum in Tarlac Province, Philippines last July 26, 2008. From the photo collection of Jon Voltaire B. Aquino (me), which can also be found h
Rolando Galman, suspect in the assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. Rogelio Moreno (confirmed) AVSECOM members (accomplices) Killed by soldiers immediately after Aquino's assassination and accused by the Marcos regime of being a hitman for the New People's Army, but was posthumously acquitted as a fall guy. [42] See Assassination of Ninoy Aquino.
Designated Nichols Air Base after Philippine independence, in 1997, the base was reduced to make way for construction of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 and Newport City. In 2010, the AVSECOM van (called by some as "Ninoy Aquino's death van") which had carried the body of Ninoy Aquino to the hospital after his assassination in ...
Victims include Ninoy Aquino, Danilo Vizmanos, CPP/NPA leaders Victor Corpus, Bernabe Buscayno, and Jose Maria Sison, and World War II Hunter's Guerrilla forces commander Terry Adevoso, who was accused of plotting a coup. [4] [27] Sleep deprivation. [2] [19] Victims include Ninoy Aquino and Maria Elena-Ang. Playing loud, repetitive music. [19]
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