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Oct 11 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
#TodayinHistory in 1954, then journalist & peace negotiator, & future #PH senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. and Corazon S. Cojuangco, future 11th #PH president, were married in Pasay City, #PH. Their union was one of the consequential marriages in PH History. THREAD.
Ninoy was one of the promising & ambitious journalists of the time—the youngest correspondent in the Korean War for Manila Times. He was conferred the Philippine Legion of Honor by Pres. Elpidio Quirino in 1950 at the young age of 18.
Due to Ninoy's achievements, crossing enemy lines & diffusing tense situations, in early 1954, then #PH President Ramon Magsaysay appointed Ninoy as his representative to Huk rebel leader Luis Taruc. Soon after, Magsaysay was a volunteer sponsor of Ninoy & Cory's wedding.
#OnThisDay in 1954, the two said "I do" at Our Lady of Sorrows Church along FB Harrison St., Pasay City. In the reception, it was said that a dove landed on Cory's head. Many of the guests assumed that this was a sign that Ninoy would soon take the mantle of high leadership.
During the Marcos dictatorship, while in prison, Ninoy wrote the famous "I Have Fallen In Love With The Same Woman Three Times" in 1973, for Cory, w/c Jose Mari Chan put to music.
The couple supported each other even in trying times.
As Ninoy was on his way back to #PH in 1983 from a long exile w/c led to his assassination, he took the time to write a letter to his wife one last time while on a short stopover in Taipei bound for #Manila.
"All the things I want to tell you may be capsulized in one line–I love you! You’ve stood by me in my most trying moments and there were times I was very hard on you. But if anyone will ever understand me, it is you and I know you will always find it in your heart to forgive..."
"....There will only be one thing in the world I will never accept — that you love me more than I love you — because my love though unarticulated for you will never be equaled."

Their marriage was one of the consequential marriages in Philippine history.
Corazon Aquino, went on to become the 11th President of the Philippines following the ousting of the Marcos Sr. regime in 1986. Meanwhile, the couple's son, the late Benigno S. Aquino III, was elected the 15th President, in 2010.
Photos:
- Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino and Benigno Aquino at their wedding, 1954, Malacañang Museum
- During the Cojuangco-Aquino nuptials, beside Ninoy stood Pres. Ramon Magsaysay, as principal sponsor, Malacañang Museum
- Aquino-Cojuangco wedding reception, 1954, from
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- Cory & Ninoy on their 25th anniversary, 1979, Malacañang Museum

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#TodayinHistory in 1901, at the town plaza of #Balangiga, Samar #PH, Company C of the U.S. 9th Infantry Regiment was ambushed by the Filipino townspeople for the abuses on them. This would be known as the Balangiga Massacre. The Americans would retaliate excessively. THREAD.
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That tweet of Junior about Henry Kissinger reminded me of this memo Kissinger sent to POTUS when Martial Law was declared in #PH in 1972.

“As to our position, I believe we should refrain from comment on Marcos’ action, regarding it as a Philippine matter.” #ML50 #MartialLaw50
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#TodayinHistory in 1865, Filipino revolutionary general, Miguel Malvar, one of the last generals to surrender to the Americans in the Philippine-American War, was born in Barrio San Miguel, Santo Tomas, #Batangas #PH.

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