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| Imperialist Civil Gov.-Gen William Forbes (right, back row) |
1909 - Ten years into the bloody and protracted Philippine-American War, the imperialist United States-installed colonial civil government of Gov.-Gen. Cameron Forbes recommends the reconstruction of Jose Rizal's house in Dapitan where the Filipino hero was exiled during the Spanish colonial era; 54 years earlier, on July 28, 1855, Juan B. Marcaido is granted a gold medal for his efforts and studies on the method of banana fiber extraction by the Economics Society of Friends of the Country; on July 28, 1963, 24 Philippine Boy Scouts and Scouter delegates to the 11th Boys Scout World Jamboree in Marathon, Greece, perish in a airplane crash in the Arabian Sea.
Photo credit: http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwjq561.jpg
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