* 1898 – Spanish – American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.

* 1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army was liberated in Baguio City and they fought against the Japanese forces under by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

* 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.

Among notable recipients below flag rank are: X-1 test pilot Chuck Yeager and X-15 test pilot Robert M. White, who both received the DSM as U. S. Air Force majors ; Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson, the U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis ; director Frank Capra, decorated in 1945 as an Army colonel ; actor James Stewart, decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel ( later Air Force Brigadier General ); Col. Wendell Fertig, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines ; Col. ( later Major General ) John K. Singlaub, who led partisan forces in the Korean War ; and Maj. Maude C. Davison, who led the " Angels of Bataan and Corregidor " during their imprisonment by the Japanese, and Colonel William S. Taylor, Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System.

* 1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.

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

** Combined American and Filipino forces recapture the Bataan Peninsula.

** Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita surrenders to Filipino and American forces at Kiangan, Ifugao.

* April 3 – WWII: Japanese forces begin an all-out assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.

* May 6 – WWII: On Corregidor, the last American and Filipino forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.

Filipino Martial Arts are considered the most advanced practical modern blade system in the world and are now a core component of the U. S. Army's Modern Army Combatives program and used by the Russian Spetsnaz ( special forces ).

The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the invasion and conquest of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American and Filipino guerrilla forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita from 20 October-31 December 1944.

On January to December 1944, Some of all local Filipino ground troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army 6th, 10th, 101st, 102nd and 105th Infantry Division and the Philippine Constabulary 10th Infantry Regiment began sending local combat military operations and they arrival the recaptured and liberated around the province of Zamboanga and aiding the Zamboangueño Christian and Muslim resistance groups attacks the Imperial Japanese military forces from the couple of twelve months and one year before the liberation.

In the right of Eastern Zamboanga was they entered and local sending military combat operations by the local Filipino troops, military officers and tank commanders under the 6th, 10th, 101st, 102nd and 105th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and 10th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary was liberated and recaptured on January to March 1945 and aided the local Zamboangueño Christian and Muslim guerrilla resistance was attacked and defeating Japanese Imperial ground forces from the couple of three months and one year before the arrival of American liberation military forces under by Major General Jens A. Doe of the U. S. Army ’ s 41st Infantry Division on March 1945 in Zamboanga City.

On March 1945, American liberation forces of the U. S. Army ’ s 41st Infantry Division was arrival and landing beaches in Zamboanga City and Western Zamboanga province and started the clearing operators and aided by the local Filipino Christian and Islamic troops and military officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army 6th, 10th, 101st, 102nd and 105th Infantry Division and the Philippine Constabulary 10th Infantry Regiment and attacking Imperial Japanese armed force and begins the main battle commands.

The clearing operations in the main province of Zamboanga was include the main battle commands of all stronghold joint military force of the Filipino troops and officers of the 6th, 10th, 101st, 102nd and 105th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and 10th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary and the American troops and officers of the United States Armed Forces and aided by the local Zamboangueño Christian and Muslim guerrilla resistance groups was main recaptures and invaded to attack side by side from the Imperial Japanese forces for the six months and one year liberating battle commands on March to August, 1945.

On August 15, 1945, the Imperial Japanese military forces was betrayed to down of founding defeated and surrendered by the joint American and Filipino ground forces including the Zamboangueño resistance after the main battles and they captured in the province.

While the combined military forces of local Filipino soldiers and officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary units and the American soldiers and officers of the United States Armed Forces units was saluted the major victories and they taken and capturing in the province of Zamboanga and ending aftermath in World War II.

Japanese troops forced the surrender of the remaining American and Filipino forces on May 6, 1942, under the command of Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright.

The battle for the recapture of Corregidor occurred between 16 and 26 February 1945, by American and Filipino forces which liberated the island fortress from the Japanese hands.

Aguinaldo arrived on May 19 and, after assuming command of Filipino forces on May 24, initiated land campaigns against the Spanish.

The first Filipino military casualty during the Second World War was serving as an aviator with British forces.

The Allied Liberation army, helped by recognized guerrillas and by combined military forces of the Filipino troops and sailors of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Commonwealth Navy ( the Off-Shore Patrol ) and American troops, sailors and pilots of the United States Army, United States Navy and United States Army Air Forces from 1944 to 1945 are the following:

The Moro pirates of the southern Philippines harassed Spanish shipping and terrorized Christian Filipino settlements.

The American and Filipino soldiers on Corregidor and the neighboring islets held out against the Japanese to deny the use of Manila Bay, but the Japanese Army brought heavy artillery to the southern end of Bataan, and proceeded to block Corregidor from any sources of food and fresh water.

The Moro Rebellion was an armed insurgency between Muslim Filipino tribes in the southern Philippines between 1899 and 1913.

The City of San Pablo ( Filipino: Lungsod ng San Pablo ), a first class city in the southern portion of Laguna province, Philippines, is one of the country's oldest cities.

Living descendants of the Oda Clan are currently in southern and south-western Japan, as well as Taiwan, The Philippines, South Korea, USA, Canada and the United Kingdom, mostly retained their Japanese descend through Japanese / Chinese / Taiwanese / Filipino line.

Most of the Filipino migrants are Suluks coming from the southern parts of Philippines.

The City of Dipolog ( Filipino: Lungsod ng Dipolog, Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Dipolog, Spanish / Chavacano: Ciudad de Dipolog ) ( Subanen: Gembagel G ' benwa Dipuleg / Bagbenwa Dipuleg ) is a 3rd class city and the capital of the province of Zamboanga del Norte on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

Seattle has many Filipino enclaves, especially in the southern part of the city.

As he took over the affairs of the Republic, Malvar reorganized Filipino forces in southern Luzon and renamed the combined armed forces as " Army of Liberation ", which possessed around 10, 000 rifles at the time.

In Mindanao, the southern part of Palawan island, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, dishes are richly flavored with the spices common to Southeast Asia: turmeric, coriander, lemon grass, cumin, and chillies — ingredients not commonly used in the rest of Filipino cooking.

The majority of Chinese sojourners, traders, and settlers in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period came from southern Fujian and spoke Hokkien, as well as leaving their mark on Filipino language and culture ( especially the cuisine ).

* 1900 – Philippine – American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U. S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.

* 1937 – The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage ; over 90 % would vote in the affirmative.

* 1878 – Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino politician, 2nd President of the Philippines ( d. 1944 )

To counter what he perceived as imperialism on the part of the United States, Carnegie personally offered $ 20 million to the Philippines so that the Filipino people could buy their independence from the United States.

In 1876, the Spanish governor-general of the Philippines José Malcampo coined the term juramentado for the behavior ( from juramentar-" to take an oath "), surviving into modern Filipino languages as huramentado.

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In the Philippines, the Commission on the Filipino Language declared all the indigenous languages in the Philippines as dialects despite the great differences between them, as well as the existence of significant bodies of literature in each of the major " dialects " and daily newspapers in some.

* 1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.

* 1949 – Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines

A number of Filipino migrants brought with them their own ' minus-one ' music from cassette music tapes and video tapes purchased mainly in the Philippines.

* 1945 – World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila in the Philippines.

* The flag of the Philippines is the only flag which may be hoisted upside-down when the Filipino Congress has declared the nation to be in a " state of war ".

Cagayan Valley ( Lambak ng Cagayan in Filipino ; Tana ' nak Cagayan in the Ibanag language ; Tanap ti Cagayan in the Ilocano language ) is a region of the Philippines, also designated as Region II or Region 02.

A great deal of Filipino international affairs are influenced by the Philippines ' ties to its Southeast Asian neighbors, United States, and the Middle East.

When the Japanese took control of the country, several American special operations groups stationed in the Philippines were introduced to the Filipino Martial Arts and swordsmanship, leading to this style reaching America despite the fact that natives were reluctant to allow outsiders in on their fighting secrets.

* 1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino politician, 10th President of the Philippines ( d. 1989 )

Its standardized form, commonly called Filipino, is the national language and one of two official languages of the Philippines, the other being English.

* July 6 – Noli de Castro, Filipino broadcast journalist and radio commentator, Vice President 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.

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

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

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