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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]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:56, 15 August 2008: 960 × 1,280 (1.19 MB): Stalmannen: A photo of Ninoy Aquino's bloodied jacket that he wore upon his return from exile.
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 .
The Last Journey of Ninoy is a 2009 Philippine documentary film directed by Jun Reyes that premiered on August 21, 2009, in commemoration of Ninoy Aquino Day and on August 23 at ABS-CBN. [1] The film includes the final interview given by Aquino 's wife who then became the first woman to Philippine presidency, Corazon Aquino .
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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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 ...
August 21, 1983, has gone down in history as the day former Senator Ninoy Aquino was assassinated. But 12 years before Ninoy’s death, another event happened that left a deep mark on history: the Plaza Miranda Bombing.