** Africa: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

** Governors-General of Sierra Leone

** Presidents of Sierra Leone

** Heads of government of Sierra Leone

** Riverside-La Sierra ( Metrolink station )

** A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.

** A boat carrying market traders capsizes outside Freetown harbour, in Sierra Leone, killing at least 86.

** Sierra Leone recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

** Sierra Leone becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

** Sierra Leone becomes a republic.

** Siaka Stevens is elected the first president of Sierra Leone.

** Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former President of Sierra Leone

** 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone.

** local group ( lived in NE Sonora and adjacent Arizona, in Guadalupe Canyon, along the San Bernardino River, northwestern parts of the Sierra San Luis, in the Batepito Valley with the Sierra Pitaycachi, east of Fronteras, as their stronghold )

** local group ( lived east of Fronteras in der Sierra Pilares de Teras in Sonora )

** local group ( lived in the Sierra de los Ajos northeast of the Sonora River, along the Bavispe River towards Fronteras in the north )

** Janeros ( lived in NW Chihuahua, SE Arizona and NE Sonora in the Animas Mountains, Florida Mountains, south into the Sierra San Luis, Sierra del Tigre, Sierra de Carcay, Sierra de Boca Grande, west beyond the Aros River to Bavispe, east along the Janos River and Casas Grandes River toward the Lake Guzmán in the northern part of the Guzmán Basin and traded at the presidio of Janos, likely called Dzilthdaklizhéndé-‘ Blue Mountain People ’, northern local group )

** Pinaleños ( lived south of Bavispe, between the Bavispe River and Aros River in NE Sonora and NW Chihuahua, controlled the Sierra Huachinera, Sierra de los Alisos and Sierra Nacori Chico, the mountains had a large stock of pine forest – hence they were called Pinery Apaches, southwestern local group ).

** Sequoiadendron giganteum, giant sequoia, found on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada of California

** NA0302 Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests

** NA0303 Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests

** NT0308 Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests

** NT0309 Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests

** Sierra Madre Mountains, Southern California

** Sierra Madre Occidental, a mountain range in northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona

** Sierra Madre Oriental, a mountain range in northeastern Mexico

** Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, a mountain range in south-central Mexico

** Sierra Madre del Sur, a mountain range in southern Mexico

** Sierra Madre de Chiapas, a mountain range which extends from southeastern Mexico

** Sierra Madre de Chiapas, the continuation of this mountain range crossing southern Guatemala, northern El Salvador, and western Honduras

** Sierra Madre Mountains ( California ), a mountain range in the state of California

** Sierra Madre, California, a town in Los Angeles County located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains

** Sierra Madre Range ( Wyoming ), a mountain range in the south central portion of the state

** Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, in Santiago de los Caballeros

** Arcadia, Monrovia, Sierra Madre, Azusa, Bradbury, Duarte, Irwindale, and Temple City.

** La Merced Hill, Madre de Dios, Madre de Dios Region

** Our Lady of Good Success of Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines

** The first day of Simbang Gabi ( Philippines )

** Spanish Royal Governor of the Philippines

** American Governor-General of the Philippines

** Presidents of the Philippines

** Datus, Rajas, and Sultans of the Philippine Islands, see Sultanate of Sulu and History of the Philippines

** National Capital Region ( Philippines )

** Survivor Philippines

** After originating in the Philippines, the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.

** Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines ( d. 1989 )

** Gloria Diaz wins the Miss Universe Pageant, with the Philippines receiving its first title.

** William Howard Taft becomes Governor-General of the Philippines.

** Raid at Cabanatuan: 121 American soldiers and 800 Filipino guerrillas free 813 American POWs from the Japanese-held camp at Cabanatuan City, Philippines.

** American and Filipino ground forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.

** The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined American and Filipino ground troops.

** United States and Filipino troops take Manila, Philippines.

** President José P. Laurel issues an Executive Proclamation putting an end to the Second Philippine Republic, thus putting an end to his term as President of the Philippines.

** Josefa Llanes Escoda, Filipino advocate of women's suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines ( b. 1898 )

** After over 381 years of Western dominance, the Philippines attains full independence.

** WWII: General Douglas MacArthur is named commander of all U. S. forces in the Philippines ; the Philippines Army is ordered nationalized by President Roosevelt.

** The Empire of Japan launches invasions in Hong Kong, Malaya, Manila, Singapore and the Philippines.

** The Kimura Detachment of the Japanese Imperial forces is occupied in Legaspi, Albay in Eastern Philippines.

** The devastating Marcopper mining disaster on the island of Marinduque, Philippines takes place.

** Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines.