1941 - During the imperialist American Occupation, blackout practices in Manila and other parts of the Philippines are held in anticipation of the Pacific Theatre phase of World War II; apart from the blackouts wherein lights are dimmed so as not to make a certain place conspicuous and easy target for attacks, the colonial United States and Filipino officials also establish evacuation centers and "air-aid drills" in the Southeast Asian archipelago some five months before the Japanese Imperial Army begins invading the US-occupied Philippines following the Asian power's bombing of the Bald Eagle's naval base at Pearl Harbor (December 1941).
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