1877 - Cecilio Apostol, future Filipino poet, lawyer, and newspaperman, is born in Santa Cruz, Manila during the colonial Spanish period; he would write for the revolutionary newspaper La Independencia (official organ of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo's Philippine Republic) under the pen name Catulo and later espouse Filipino independence from imperialist American rule; writing in Spanish and, later, English, his "Pentelicas" would be regarded as a masterpiece of Filipino writing in the Spanish language.
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| Jose Corazon de Jesus y Pangilinan |
1894 - Jose Corazon de Jesus y Pangilinan, future Filipino nationalist Tagalog writer, poet and "King of Balagtasan" (duplo joust), is born in Santa Cruz Manila; de Jesus would also be known as "Huseng Batute," his pen name for his Buhay Maynila column in the Taliba where he satirize society under the imperialist American rule and also espouse independence for the Philippines; to finish but not practice law, de Jesus, along with his contrived opponent Florentino Collantes, would re-popularize balagtasan and would also write musical lyrics for Nicanor Abelardo, Crispino Reyes (Arimundingmunding), and others.
1902 - One year and nine months into the bloody and protracted Filipino-American War (1899-1914), the colonial United States invaders lays the 121-kilometer submarine cable from Romblon, Romblon, to Boac, Marinduque.
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