1969 in the Philippines

1969 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1969.

← 1968 1967 1966 1969 in the Philippines → 1970 1971 1972
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in the Philippines films

Incumbents

Former President Ferdinand Marcos at the White House in 1966.

• President: Ferdinand Marcos (Nacionalista Party)
• Vice President: Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista Party)
• House Speaker: José Laurel, Jr.
• Chief Justice: Roberto Concepcion
• Congress: 6th (until June 17)

Events

• March 29 – The New People's Army is formed by merging of Jose Maria Sison's revolutionary band with Bernabe Buscayno's Huk's peasant's army.[1]
• May 11 – Tuguegarao, Cagayan experienced a heatwave with a recorded temperature of 42.2 °C.
• July 19 – Miss Philippines Gloria Diaz was crowned Miss Universe 1969.
• July 26 – United States President Richard Nixon visits the Philippines.[1]
• September 10 – Inauguration of the Cultural Center of the Philippines along Manila Bay.[1]
• September 12 – A Philippine Airlines plane hits a tree and crashes on a hill in Antipolo, Rizal, killing 45 of 47 people on board. It is then the country's worst air accident since 1960.[2]
• October 15 – DZKB-TV Channel 9 of Kanalon Broadcasting System (now Radio Philippines Network), the Philippines TV station, owner by Roberto S. Benedicto, is launched.
• November 11 – In the nationwide general elections held, incumbents Pres. Marcos and Vice Pres. Lopez are reelected in their respective positions, with the former as the first (and the last in electoral history) to win for a second full term as President of the Philippines,[1] and the latter elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines. The administration party, the Nacionalista Party, won 6 out of 8 seats in the Philippine Senate and 88 out of 110 seats in the House of Representatives.

Births

• January 3 – Dean Francis Alfar, Filipino author
• March 4 – Dawn Zulueta, Filipino actress
• March 20 - Ruffy Biazon, Filipino politician
• July 13 – Vicky Morales, Filipina television journalist and news anchor
• July 28 – Alice Dixson, Filipino actress
• August 3 – Lani Misalucha, Filipina singer
• August 12 – Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor
• August 22 – Jean Garcia, Filipino actress
• September 5 – Amy Perez, Filipino actress and TV host
• October 10 – Francis Escudero, Filipino politician
• November 23 – Robin Padilla, Filipino actor, producer
• December 17 – Michael V., Filipino comedian and actor

Deaths

• March 31 – Botong Francisco, Filipino muralist (b. 1914)
• June 5 - Simeon Toribio, Filipino athlete (b. 1905)
• August 26 – Alejandro G. Abadilla, Filipino poet and essayist (b. 1906)

References

1. "Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People, Volume 10: Timeline of Philippine History" (PDF).
2. "RP's worst air accidents" (April 20, 2000). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. 13. (Link) Retrieved August 16, 2019.