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Kristoffer Pasion

@indiohistorian.bsky.social

IndioHistorian on FB, Threads, IG, & X. Senior History Researcher of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. I post about Philippine history & contemporary issues. I believe in empathy, equality, rights, & the democratic space.

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#TodayinHistory in 1868, Teresa Magbanua, teacher and Filipino revolutionary leader, was born in Pototan, Iloilo, Philippines. She fought for her people in the Philippine Revolution vs. Spain, the Philippine-American War, and in World War II. #HistorySky #EduSky
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13.10.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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#TodayinHistory in 1603, a Chinese uprising vs. Spaniards began in Manila, #PH. Spanish forces quelled the rebellion 17 days later, culminating in the massacre of approximately 20-25k Chinese. This is known in Philippine history as the Sangley Rebellion of 1603.

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03.10.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1975, 50 years ago, Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines, became the center of the boxing world as 36,000 spectators watched boxingโ€™s legendary match: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, in the bout famously dubbed "Thrilla in Manila."
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01.10.2025 06:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1899, the Kiram-Bates Treaty was signed, promising mutual peace between the Sulu Sultanate & the United States. The agreement was initiated by U.S. forces in the Philippines to buy time until Philippine-American War was over. #Edusky #HistorySky www.facebook.com/share/p/1G6q...

20.08.2025 07:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1878, Manuel L. Quezon, 2nd President of the Philippines, was born in Baler, Tayabas (now part of Aurora), #PH. He was the leading political campaigner for Philippine independence from the United States in the early 20th century.

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19.08.2025 07:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1898, the Spanish-American War ends with peace talks. Filipinos, who had fought to overthrow Spanish rule, would be excluded from the negotiations between the two powers, ending in the ceding of the Philippines to the U.S. #HistorySky #Edusky

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12.08.2025 05:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1945, 80 years ago, at exactly 8:15 a.m. JN local time (7:15 a.m. PH local time), an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the Allied forces. The attack instantly killed approximately 70k-80,000 people, most of them civilians.
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06.08.2025 05:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1946, the Philippine Airlines became the first Asian airline to cross the Pacific Ocean, taking off from Nielson Airport Makati and making stopovers in Guam, Wake Island, Kwajalein, and Honolulu, reaching Oakland, California. www.facebook.com/share/p/1K6s... #Edusky #Historysky

31.07.2025 04:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1963, 24 Filipino Boy Scouts and members of the Philippine contingent to the 11th World Scout Jamboree in Marathon, Greece, perished when their plane crashed into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai. There were no survivors.
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28.07.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A quote to remember tonight after the very controversial Supreme Court decision was announced.

#Impeachment
#qotd

25.07.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1814, Apolinario de la Cruz, also known as Hermano Pule, was born in Lucban, Tayabas (now Quezon Province), Philippines. He was a leader who founded a religious movement and was martyred for leading it to challenge Spanish colonial administration.

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22.07.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1815, Margarita Roxas de Ayala, foremost Filipina philanthropist of the 19th century, and founder of La Concordia College, was born in Manila, Philippines. She would become the matriarch of the Roxas-Zobel de Ayala-Soriano family.
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20.07.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stay safe and dry, friends. Itโ€™s raining cats and dogs in Metro Manila.

Ang lala.

19.07.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1923, Filipino leaders in the U.S. administration in the Philippines tendered their resignation in defiance of U.S. Governor-General Leonard Wood. It would be known in Philippine history as the Cabinet Crisis of 1923.

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17.07.2025 05:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This happened the day after my 7th birthday and my memories of this day are still clear. Can't forget that footage of students trapped underneath the rubble of what was once their classroom.

16.07.2025 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1990, 4:26 pm, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Luzon, Philippines, the strongest in the region in a century. The ground shook violently for a minute, wrecking havoc in Agoo, Baguio, Cabanatuan, Dagupan, & surrounding areas.

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16.07.2025 05:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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August is #HistoryMonth in the Philippines, marked by a remarkable number of significant dates related to Philippine history this month. Here are the upcoming events of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) for August.

#HistorySky #Kasaysayan

15.07.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1890, Josรฉ Rizalโ€™s essay โ€œOn the Indolence of Filipinos" was published. It was a scathing rebuttal of the Spanish myth that Filipinos were inherently lazy, a perception rooted in racism & colonialism.

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15.07.2025 05:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

โ€œBut to live like a bullet, to touch people with such intention. To be born going one way, toward everything alive. To walk into the world you never asked for and choose a place where your wanting endsโ€”which part of war do we owe this knowledge?โ€

- Ocean Vuong

15.07.2025 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Seriously, James Gunnโ€™s Superman is so good! After several attempts in recent years, I think the franchise has finally found its second wind. What an incredibly moving story. It was never about the flashy visual effects. Itโ€™s always been about the authenticity of the story.

13.07.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ. ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ: ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜  ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ด."

-Philippine Pres. Noynoy Aquino delivering his 2nd State of the Nation Address to Congress, 25 July 2011

12.07.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 2016, the Philippines won its case vs. China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration when the court declared Chinaโ€™s so-called Nine-Dash Line illegal in international law. It was a historic victory for all coastal states.

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12.07.2025 04:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins."
- Soren Kierkegaard

11.07.2025 09:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1860 & 1869, two key figures of the Philippine Revolution, both named Pio, were born: Pio del Pilar and Pio Valenzuela. They would later rise as prominent leaders in the Katipunan, the secret society that ignited the Revolution. #Edusky #HistorySky www.facebook.com/share/p/19JJ...

11.07.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1921, William Henry Scott, Episcopalian missionary and historian on Prehispanic Philippines, was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. His works contributed to what we know now about the Philippines before Spanish colonization.

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10.07.2025 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1940, the #PH National Assembly began tabulating the results of the national plebiscite to amend the 1935 Constitution. The majority voted in favor of: reducing the presidential term to 4 year, restoring the Senate, & establishing Comelec.

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09.07.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1820, Valerio Malabanan, secular priest and educator, was born in Lipa, Batangas, Philippines. His life devoted to teaching proved consequential for having had many of his students become leading Filipino leaders in the late 19th century. www.facebook.com/share/p/1AkE... #Edusky

08.07.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1892, the Katipunan was formally established as a secret revolutionary society. It was founded in Manila, organized to launch a nationwide armed revolution vs. Spain with the aim of creating an independent Filipino nation.

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07.07.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1946, the Philippines finally became an independent nation when U.S. formally withdrew its sovereignty, recognized Philippine independence, & invited states to establish diplomatic relations with the newly inaugurated Republic.
www.facebook.com/share/p/16mY... #Edusky #HistorySky

04.07.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TodayinHistory in 1892, Rizal est. La Liga Filipina, the 1st of its kind--neither a secret society nor a political party, but an open, organized effort to create a civil society that promoted mutual protection, support for the oppressed & pursuit of reform. www.facebook.com/share/p/155W... #EduSky

03.07.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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