Corazon Aquino was born on 25 January 1933 in Paniqui. A Filipina politician, Aquino became president of the Philippines in 1986 after the People Power Revolution, which ended the long rule of Ferdinand Marcos. She was the widow of the opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., who was assassinated at Manila airport in 1983 on his return from exile, an event that galvanized the opposition. She ran against Marcos in a snap election marred by fraud allegations, and mass protests and defections by the military forced him to leave. As president she restored democratic institutions and oversaw a new constitution, while surviving several coup attempts. She did not seek a second term.
Before and after
- 1933Construction of Heydar Aliyev International Airport
- 1933Karl Jansky detects radio waves from the Milky Way
- 1933Fritz Zwicky infers dark matter
- 5 January 1933Death of Calvin Coolidge
- 25 January 1933Birth of Corazon Aquino
- 30 January 1933Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
- 18 February 1933Birth of Yoko Ono
- 21 February 1933Birth of Nina Simone
- 27 February 1933Reichstag fire
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