1984 in the Philippines

1984 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1984.

← 1983 1982 1981 1984 in the Philippines → 1985 1986 1987
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	List of years in the Philippines films

Incumbents

Ferdinand Marcos

• President: Ferdinand Marcos (KBL)
• Prime Minister: Cesar Virata (KBL)
• House Speaker: Nicanor Yñiguez
• Chief Justice: Enrique Fernando

Events

• January 27 – National plebiscite and local plebiscites for the approval of the proposed constitutional amendments and local bills made by the Interim Batasang Pambansa was held.
• May 14 – Parliamentary elections were held. The opposition ran for the Regular Batasang Pambansa under the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) and the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) against the ruling Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) of Ferdinand Marcos. The KBL won a majority with 114 seats, but markedly down from 163 seats last election.
• July 28-August 2 – The Philippines participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.[1]
• September 1 – Typhoon Nitang struck the Philippines. It killed 1,492 people and 1,856 more were injured. Roughly 1.6 million people were affected in the country. A total of 108,219 homes were destroyed and 142,653 more were damaged.[2] However, President Ferdinand Marcos declared a state of calamity only after Nitang's onslaught.
• December 1 – Manila LRT Line 1 opened as the Southeast Asia's first rail line.

Births

• January 20 – Toni Gonzaga, Filipina singer, television host and actress
• January 21 – Richard Gutierrez,[3] Filipino actor and commercial model and his twin brother Raymond Gutierrez, actor and television host
• February 11 - Jeff Chan, basketball player
• March 6 - Joseph Christian Rubin, Knights of the Altar (KOA) President (1998-2003)
• March 10 - Paolo Contis, actor and comedian
• March 11 - Bernard Cardona, television host and actor
• April 22 - Raymond "Emong" Quodala Vallarta , Philanthropist
• May 23 – Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor, commercial model, and recording artist
• June - Angela Lagunzad, Filipina journalist, TV host
• July 9 - LA Tenorio, basketball player
• July 16 – Ginger Conejero
• July 19 – Alessandra De Rossi, actress
• July 24 -
  • Pia Gutierrez, news reporter
  • Boy 2 Quizon, comedian and actor
• August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina commercial model, television host and actress
• August 12 – Marian Rivera,[4] Filipina commercial model and actress
• September 22 - Marcelito Pomoy, singer
• September 27 - Macky Escalona, former basketball player
• November 19 – Janus del Prado, actor
• November 28 – Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
• November 29 – Sitti Navarro,[5] Filipina bossa nova singer
• December 10 – Krista Ranillo, Filipina actress
• December 20 – Liezel Garcia, Filipina singer-songwriter and actress
• December 30 – Rico Barrera

Deaths

• February 10 - Claudia Zobel, Filipino actress
• February 18 – Alejo Santos, Filipino soldier and World War II hero (b. 1911)
• May 24 – Gen. Tomas B. Karingal,[6] Former chief of Quezon City Police Department. (b. 1915)
• November 14 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (d. 1916)

Deaths Unknown

• Ading Fernando
• Cipriano P. Sandoval

References

1. "Official Olympic Reports". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
2. Staff Writer (November 9, 2004). "Destructive Typhoons: 1970–2003". National Disaster Coordinating Council. Archived from the original on November 9, 2004. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
3. "Richard Gutierrez". Retrieved March 4, 2012.
4. "GMA profile on Marian Rivera". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
5. "When the city falls in love with Sitti this Valentine's". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
6. "QCPD COMMEMORATES GEN. KARINGAL'S 31ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY". Metro Manila Today. May 26, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2016.