1972 in the Philippines

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1972 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1972.

Incumbents

President Ferdinand Marcos at the White House in 1966.

• President : Ferdinand Marcos (Nacionalista Party)
• Vice President : Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista Party) (until September 23)
• House Speaker : Cornelio Villareal
• Chief Justice : Roberto Concepcion
• Congress : 7th (until September 23)

Events

June

• June 25 – Typhoon Konsing landfalls on Luzon. It caused 131 deaths and $15 million worth of damage.

July

• July 5 – A team of Philippine Constabulary elements discovers in the shoreline of Digoyo Point in Palanan, Isabela the MV Karagatan which providing supplies to the New People's Army. The outnumbered team is later involved in a three-day gunfight with the NPA, with two Constabulary men injured and preventing the NPA from taking the ship. The operation captured several firearms and ammunition. The incident is one of the reasons of the imposition of Martial Law. ^[1]

September

• September 21
  • Martial law is declared by President Marcos ^[2] as Proclamation No. 1081 signed by law led to the establishment of his dictatorship and was simulcasted through national radio and television broadcasts nationwide by midnight of September 23, causing series of round-ups by police and military forces, forced ban on public rallies, tight security, strict censorship on all forms of mass media, closures of business establishments and dissolution of bicameral congress (senate and house of representatives); as well as arrest of critiques of Marcoses (like media people and politicians), notable people who are arrested such as Ka Louie Beltran, Maximo Soliven, Satur Ocampo, Benigno Aquino Jr., Chino Roces (the founder of Manila Times and ABC-5) and the Lopez family (of ABS-CBN and Manila Chronicle, including Eugenio Lopez, Sr.)
  • The celebration of Thanksgiving Day as a regular holiday is moved to September 21 from every fourth Thursday of November. ^[3]
• September 22 – Assassination attempt of Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile. ^[4]
• September 23
  • Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. was arrested.
  • ABC 5 (Associated Broadcasting Corporation, now TV5 Network) and ABS-CBN shut down radio-television operations due to Martial law.
  • Manila Chronicle shuts down newspaper operations.

Holidays

Main article: Public holidays in the Philippines

As per Act No. 2711 section 29, ^[5] issued on March 10, 1917, any legal holiday of fixed date falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be observed as legal holiday. Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921. ^[6] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. ^[7] As per Republic Act No. 3022, ^[8] April 9th was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964. ^[9]

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• February 22 – Legal Holiday
• March 30 – Maundy Thursday
• March 31 – Good Friday
• April 9 – Bataan Day
• May 1 – Labor Day
• June 12 – Independence Day
• July 4 – Philippine Republic Day
• August 13 – Legal Holiday
• August 27 – National Heroes Day
• November 30 – Bonifacio Day
• December 25 – Christmas Day
• December 30 – Rizal Day

Entertainment and culture

For the events related to Philippine television in 1972, see 1972 in Philippine television.

Sports

• March 20–28 – Marikina hosts the 1972 ISF Men's World Championship in which ten nations participated. ^[10]
• August 26–September 10 – The country participates in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Births

• January 30 – Zoren Legaspi, Filipino actor and film director
• March 15 – Michelle van Eimeren, Australian beauty queen and actress
• March 21 – Mikee Romero, Filipino businessman and politician
• April 27 – Manilyn Reynes, Filipina actress and singer
• April 28 – Romnick Sarmenta, Filipino actor
• May 3 – Wally Bayola, Filipino comedian and actor
• May 8 – Candy Pangilinan, Filipino actress and comedian
• July 15 – Sonny Angara, Filipino politician
• July 26 – Ramil Hernandez, Filipino politician
• August 23 – Bal David, Filipino basketball player
• August 27 – Pokwang, comedian
• September 11 – Mujiv Hataman, Filipino politician
• September 12 – Jeffrey Cariaso, Filipino basketball player and coach
• October 7 – Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player
• October 10 – Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter
• November 10 – Carlos Celdran, cultural activist and performance artist (d. 2019)
• November 21 – John Rey Tiangco, Filipino politician
• December 11 – Janette Garin, physician and politician

Deaths

• April 26 – Fernando Amorsolo, portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes (1972 National Artist of the Philippines) (b. 1892)
• December 6 – José Zulueta, lawyer and politician (b. 1889)

References

1. "Historical development of the Province of Isabela" (PDF) Province of Isabela. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
2. Full Text – Proclamation 1081 Archived August 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Thanksgiving in the Philippines". Presidential Museum and Library. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
4. Bueza, Michael (September 23, 2018). "Enrile's 'ambush': Real or not?". Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
5. "AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
6. "Bonifacio Day in Philippines in 2022". Official Holidays. Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
7. "Act No. 3827". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
8. "AN ACT PROCLAIMING THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL AS BATAAN DAY AND DECLARING IT AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. April 6, 1961. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
9. "AN ACT CHANGING THE DATE OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY FROM JULY FOUR TO JUNE TWELVE, AND DECLARING JULY FOUR AS PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC DAY, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. August 4, 1964. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
10. "Softball Loop lures 18 nations". Manila Standard. January 23, 1992. Retrieved February 17, 2022.