Fr. Gregorio Aglipay y Labayan |
Imperialist U.S. President William McKinley |
1892 - Future outstanding Filipino historian, Rizalist, and educator Nicolas Zafra y Alviar is born in San Fernando, La Union during the Spanish colonial times; Zafra will earn two bachelor degrees and a masters degree, major in history, from the University of the Philippines and will soon become a Fullbright research grantee before leading the committee that will be tasked to review the biography of hero Jose Rizal, "The First Filipino," before submission to the Rizal Centennial Committee; Zafra will considerably contribute to the propagation of Philippine history, with works that will include Historicity of Rizal's Retraction (Bookmark, 1961); A Short History of the Philippines (1966); Philippine History Through Selected Sources (1967); and Oriental History (co-authorship with Ganzon).
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