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#TodayinHistory in 1871, Filipino revolutionary general, poet, & playwright Francisco Macabulos y Soliman was born in La Paz, #Tarlac #PH. He fought in the Philippine Revolution vs. Spain & in the Philippine-American War. (THREAD) 
Born to Alejandro Macabulos of Lubao, & Gregoria Soliman of Tondo, Francisco Macabulos was well-versed in classical Spanish literature, & the corrido (#PH metrical romance w/ 8 syllables per line). His plays were staged in Gerona, Camiling, and in many parts of Nueva Ecija.
He joined the #Katipunan via Ladislao Diwa in 1896 just before the outbreak of #PH Revolution, & became a general. While having been picked by Aguinaldo to accompany him in voluntary exile to Hong Kong as per the Pact of Biak-na-Bato in 1897, he chose to stay behind.
#TodayinHistory in 1920, 100 yrs ago, Eva Estrada Kalaw, #Filipina senator, assemblywoman & democracy advocate, is born in Murcia (now Concepcion), #Tarlac, #PH. She was the 1st Filipina senator to win reelection (1971). Kalaw was known for her independent voice. (THREAD) 🇵ðŸ‡
Kalaw was acknowledged as one of the few women to have enrolled in @upsystem during the Commonwealth period, going against the grain of Filipina students trained in the Catholic secondary schools that saw UP as too secular for an educational institution.
In 1944, she married Teodoro Kalaw Jr., son of Teodoro & Pura V. Kalaw, known advocates of education and women's rights. She decided to run for politics, supported by her husband. Kalaw clinched a surprising win in the Senate in 1965, under the Nacionalista Party ticket.
