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3 days ago · In the election of 1953, Magsaysay was decisively elected president over the incumbent Elpidio Quirino. He was sworn into office wearing the barong tagalog , a first by a Philippine President. He was then called "Mambo Magsaysay".
3 days ago · Quezon died there at 10:05 a.m. ET on 1 August 1944, at age 65. His remains were initially buried in Arlington National Cemetery, but his body was brought by former Governor-General and High Commissioner Frank Murphy aboard the USS Princeton and re-interred in the Manila North Cemetery on 17 July 1946.
3 days ago · On August 9, he was accorded a state funeral, which was the first for former Philippine president since Diosdado Macapagal in 1997, and his remains were inurned at the Libingan ng mga Bayani between former presidents Elpidio Quirino and Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.
Jul 19, 2024 · country year Yvert mint used; Elpidio Rivera Quirino Elpidio Quirino; president of the Philippines, 1948-1953.
Jul 2, 2024 · Roxas died in office in 1948 and was succeeded by his vice president, Elpidio Quirino. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Manuel Roxas was a political leader and the first president (1946–48) of the independent Republic of the Philippines.
Jul 9, 2024 · Death: February 29, 1956 (65) Novaliches, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines (Heart attack) Immediate Family: Son of Mariano Quebral Quirino and Gregoria Quirino. Husband of Alicia Syquia-Quirino.
3 days ago · After his regime was toppled by a popular uprising in 1986, Marcos died in exile in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 28, 1989.
