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#TodayinHistory in 1878, President Manuel L. Quezon, second #PH #president (in official roster), & first president of the 10-year-transitional gov, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, is born in Baler, Tayabas (now, part of Aurora). (THREAD) tmblr.co/ZtGCUx1Oeup3W #QuezonDay 
Quezon was half Spanish (His father Lucio Quezon was a Spanish sergeant). He joined Emilio Aguinaldo in the #PH Revolution vs. Spain and #PH-US War, w/ rank of Major. He was commanded to surrender to the Americans, to confirm Aguinaldo's capture in 1901.
But like other revolutionaries that never gave up on #PH independence, Quezon brought this aspiration from the battlefield to politics. Under the American regime, he finished law in @UST1611official (1903), became a Councilor, then Governor of Tayabas (now Quezon Province) (1906)
