1961 in the Philippines

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Decades:

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1950s
1960s
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1980s

Incumbents

President: Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista Party) (until December 30), Diosdado Macapagal (Liberal) (starting December 30)
Vice President: Diosdado Macapagal (Liberal) (until December 30), Emmanuel Pelaez (Liberal) (starting December 30)
Chief Justice: Ricardo Paras (until February 17), César Bengzon (starting April 28)
Congress: 4th (until December 13)

Events

January

January 18 - Zapote street Massacre occurred, result of the deaths of Lydia Cabading-Quitangon and Leonardo Quitangon.
January 18 -- Baguio City experience cold at 6.3-degree Celsius, the country's lowest temperature ever recorded.

October

October 29 - DZBB-TV Channel 7 of Republic Broadcasting System (now GMA Network), the Philippines' third TV station, is launched.

December

December 7 - Diosdado Macapagal elected President of the Republic of the Philippines.
December 30 - Macapagal takes his oath of office.
December 31 - Inauguration of the new City of Lapulapu, created by Republic Act No. 3134 on June 17, 1961.

Births

January 27 -
- Willie Revillame, Filipino TV host/comedian
- Dina Bonnevie, Filipino Actress
March 31 - Jesus Crispin Remulla, Filipino politician
April 19 - Albert Martinez, Filipino Actor, Director
May 30 - Ricky Davao, Filipino actor and director
June 19 - Joel Torre, Filipino actor
September 23 - Joey Loyzaga, Basketball player.
October 5 - Rommel Amatong, Filipino politician
October 8 - Sandy Andolong, Filipino Actress
November 23 - Miguel Rodriguez (Born Miguel Benedict Rodriguez), Filipino Actor (Died in February 7, 1998) (Miguel Rodriguez Last Movie in 1995 Huwag Mong Isuko ang Laban).
December 13 - Amy Austria, Filipino actress
December 22 - Lan Medina, Filipino comic book artist

Death

October 19 – Sergio Osmeña, Philippine president (born 1878)

References

1961 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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Films

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Sports

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