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A period of exile took place during World War II from 1942 to 1945, when Japan occupied the Commonwealth. On July 4, 1946, the Commonwealth ended, and the Philippines attained full sovereignty as provided for in Article XVIII of the 1935 Constitution .
The cinema releases of 1935 were highly representative of the early Golden Age period of Hollywood. This period was punctuated by performances from Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the first teaming of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. A significant number of productions also originated in the UK film industry.
June 27 – Ramon Zamora, film actor (d. 2007) June 29 – Pedro Romualdo, politician. (d. 2013) July 4 – Cielito del Mundo, host (d. 2016) July 13 – Eduardo Ermita, Executive Secretary of the Philippines; August 16 – Carlos Badion, basketball player (d. 2002) August 29 – Luis Villafuerte, politician (d. 2021)
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina [b] GCGH KGCR (UK: / ˈ k eɪ z ɒ n /, US: / ˈ k eɪ s ɒ n,-s ɔː n,-s oʊ n /, Tagalog: [maˈnwel luˈis ˈkɛson], Spanish: [maˈnwel ˈlwis ˈkeson]; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in ...
The commonwealth as established in 1935 featured a very strong executive, a unicameral national assembly, and a supreme court composed entirely of Filipinos for the first time since 1901. Quezon's priorities were defense, social justice, inequality and economic diversification, and national character. [ 112 ]
This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...
A number of countries have had a period of history during which they were a Commonwealth: Commonwealth of England (1649-1660) Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935-1946) Icelandic Commonwealth (930-1262)
October 3 – Kidlat Tahimik, film director and writer; October 31 – Eduardo Castrillo, sculptor (d. 2016) November 5 – Elias Tolentino, basketball player (d. 2017) November 24 – Freddie Webb, actor, basketball player, and politician; December 18 – Salvador Escudero, politician and veterinarian (d. 2012) December 20 – Danilo Suarez ...