* 1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport ( now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport ).

* Ninoy Aquino Day ( Philippines )

Aquino, a former Senator and a leading figure of the political opposition, was assassinated in 1983 at the Manila International Airport ( now the Ninoy Aquino International Airport ) upon returning home from exile.

* Benigno " Ninoy " Aquino, husband of the first female president of the Philippines was shot dead at the Manila International Airport on 21 August 1983.

* Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, Manila, Philippines, 1997

Reviving Manila's waterfront through the Baywalk injected vibrance and historic appreciation into the public space with the statues of Arsenio Lacson, Ninoy Aquino and Evelio Javier placed in key areas.

The complex is located at Andrews Avenue by the north, Domestic Road by the west, Airport Road and Ninoy Aquino Avenue by the southwest, Multinational Avenue by the south ( the future C5 Extension ), South Luzon Expressway by the east, and Sales Street by the northeast.

The base is now the site of Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

* Ninoy Aquino International Airport-also shared with Pasay City, NAIA Road, Sto.

Parañaque is also the location of one of Ninoy Aquino International Airport's terminal.

This terminal is Terminal 1 located along Ninoy Aquino Avenue.

Tarlac is the home province of the Cojuangco and Aquino families, particularly Ninoy and Cory Aquino, as well as their son, President Noynoy Aquino.

Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg has the same layout ; Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, Sydney Airport in New South Wales, Australia, Perth Airport in Western Australia, Ferihegy in Budapest and Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines are other examples.

On August 21, 1983, however, Ninoy ended his stay in the United States and returned without his family to the Philippines, only to be assassinated on a staircase leading to the tarmac of the Manila International Airport, which was later renamed in his honor ( see Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr .).

* Benigno Aquino, Jr. ( 1932 – 1983 ), also known as Ninoy Aquino, popular oppositionist senator in the Philippines, son of the above

Unknowingly, President Corazon Aquino's office was the bedroom of President Marcos at the time that Benigno S. " Ninoy " Aquino, Jr. met an untimely end in 1983.

They were led by the popular public figure, incarcerated opposition senator Benigno " Ninoy " Aquino Jr, who Marcos accused as leaning to a left-wing solution.

However, in 1983, Ninoy Aquino announced of his plans to return to the Philippines as a challenge to Marcos's government.

The Manila Bulletin headline of Aquino's assassination on August 21, 1983Despite warnings from the military and other pro-Marcos groups, Ninoy Aquino was determined to return to the Philippines.

As the plane was about to touchdown Doy headed for the tube to meet Ninoy but all the doors leading to it were locked.

The feisty Pimentel, a relentless critic of the Marcos regime, was often seen with Ninoy ’ s widow, Cory, as they rallied the opposition.

The assassination of Ninoy Aquino caused the economy of the country to deteriorate even further, and the government plunged further into debt.

* September 21-As the government celebrates Barangay Day / National Thanksgiving Day to commemorate the declaration of martial law, thousands of Ninoy supporters hold a " National Day of Sorrow " and call for unity in the ranks to topple the Marcos regime.

Their friendship which began during World War II when Doy ’ s father was President of the Republic and Ninoy ’ s father, Benigno Aquino, Sr. was Speaker of the House of Representatives.

On February, 1979, Doy wrote a letter to President Marcos asking him to release Ninoy to help unify the people.

Ninoy Aquino, Ferdinand Marcos ' top political nemesis, was shot dead by an alleged assassin in 1983, who was later killed by military escorts of Aquino.

When Ver was implicated in the assassination of Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. who is also known as Ninoy on 1983, Ramos became the acting AFP chief of staff for a short time only because on 1985, Ver was reinstated after he was acquitted by the court on the charges against him with regards to the assassination of the Marcos regime's chief political enemy and renowned opposition leader.

The duo also declared their support to Corazon Aquino, the wife of the late Ninoy and Marcos ' main election rival.

Then, in the aftermath of the assassination of Marcos ’ s chief rival, Benigno “ Ninoy ” Aquino in 1983, Pimentel won a seat in the Batasan Pambansa elections of 1984.

A member of the Liberal Party, Aquino's husband Ninoy rose to become the youngest governor in the country and eventually became the youngest senator ever elected in the Senate of the Philippines in 1967.

During his incarceration, Ninoy sought strength from prayer, attending daily mass and saying the rosary three times a day.

In 1978, despite her initial opposition, Ninoy decided to run in the 1978 Batasang Pambansa elections.

She began to assume the mantle of leadership left by her husband Ninoy and started to become the symbolic figurehead of the anti-Marcos political opposition.

The growing opposition movement encouraged Ninoy Aquino's widow, Corazon Aquino, to run for the presidency with Salvador Laurel as running mate for vice-president.

Aquino then entered an agreement to have rock promoter and television producer Dirk Dirksen book punk and new wave bands there, bringing an increased level of professionalism to the venue ; it soon became the premier venue for punk rock in San Francisco in the late 1970s and early 1980s ( a sort of west coast CBGBs ).

After her husband's assassination on August 21, 1983, upon returning to the Philippines after three years in exile in the United States, Corazon Aquino emerged as the leader of the opposition against the Marcos administration.

The Commission on Elections ( COMELEC ) tally board shows Marcos leading while the National Citizen's Movement for the Free Elections ( NAMFREL ) consistently shows Cory Aquino ahead by a comfortable margin.

Magazine, Aquino was considered top or the leading celebrity endorser, ranking number one among the twenty popular celebrity endorsers.

Even in exile, Manglapus remained as one of the leading Filipino opposition figures along with Benigno Aquino, Jr., Jovito Salonga and Jose Diokno.

Anastasio " Indio " Aquino, gained fame leading an uprising against the Spanish in 1832-3.

A self-proclaimed " plain housewife ", Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., the staunchest critic of then President Ferdinand Marcos.

Nestor Torre, a known critic of the Philippine Entertainment industry, pointed out that Aquino took a lot of risks when she chose to give up her two former shows.