Ferdinand marcos biography timeline project

Former Philippines Senate president Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated president of the Southeast Asian archipelago nation. Marcos’ regime would span 20 years and become increasingly authoritarian and corrupt.

Ferdinand Marcos was a law student in the late 1930s, when he was tried for the assassination of a political opponent of his politician father. Convicted in 1939, he personally appealed the case before the Philippine Supreme Court and won an acquittal. During the Japanese occupation in World War II, he allegedly served as leader of the Filipino resistance movement, but U.S. government records indicate he played little role in anti-Japanese activities.

In 1949, he was elected to the Philippines House of Representatives, thanks in large part to his fabricated wartime record. In 1959, he moved up to the Senate and from 1963 to 1965 served as Senate president. In 1965, he broke with the Liberal Party after failing to win his party’s presidential nomination and ran as the candidate of the Nationalist Party. After a bitter and decisive campaign, he was elected president. In 1969, he was reelected.

Marcos’ second term was marked by increasing civil strife and violence by leftist insurgents. In 1972, following a series

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Timeline of the Ferdinand Marcos presidency

YearDateEventSource 1972September 17 or 21 (accounts vary)Pres. Marcos signs the Proclamation No. 1081 document, placing the entirety of the Philippines under Martial Law.^[2][3][26]September 22Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile survives an "assassination" attempt.^[2][12]Pres. Marcos announces that he had placed the entire country under martial law, with the earlier "ambush" as a pretext.^[2][12]Marcos issues Letter of Instruction no. 1, which orders the closure of media establishments and wire agencies. ^[2][26]Sen. Ninoy Aquino is the first person to arrested under Proclamation No. 1081, at a late-night meeting of opposition legislators, shortly before midnight. ^[2][12]September 23

In the early morning hours following Aquino Jr.'s arrest, media practitioners and opposition figures are arrested, including Senators Francisco Soc Rodrigo, Jose Diokno, and Ramon Mitra Jr. ||^[2][12][26]

Government forces shut down media outlets, including broadsheets the Manila Times; Daily Mirror; Manila Chronicle; Manila Daily Bulletin; Philippine Daily Expres

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