Significant Events in June in Filipino History

On June 12, 1898, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, head of the Philippine Revolutionary Republic, formally proclaimed Philippine Independence from the central second-story window of the Aguinaldo ancestral house in Kawit, Cavite.

On June 13, 1896, Casimiro V. del Rosario, who was recognized in 1984 as National Scientist in Physics, Astronomy and Meteorology, was born in Bantayan, Cebu.

The Battle of Mount Puray, also known as the Battle of Mount Purog, was a significant event in the Philippine Revolution. Fought on June 14, 1897, this battle marked a turning point in the struggle for independence from Spanish rule.

On June 14, 1960, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Manila on a plane from Clark Air Field late in the afternoon for a 3-day state visit. His visit marked the first ever made by any US President to the country. He was met by President Carlos Garcia and other Filipino and American officials at the airport. President Garcia in his welcoming statement said that he is welcoming the US President home. Eisenhower also stated that this is indeed for him, a homecoming.

On June 14, 1945, combined forces of Filipino and American soldiers defeated the Japanese troops of General Tomoyuki Yamashita in the epic Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.

On June 15, 1945, Miriam Defensor Santiago, a public servant, a judge and legal scholar, and an outstanding Philippine senator, was born in the city of Iloilo.

On June 15, 1594, Governor-general Luis Perez Dasmariñas informed the King of Spain Felipe II about the establishment of Santa Potenciana, a seminary for girls, and the confraternity of La Misericordia.

On June 16, 1911, nine brothers from Europe and the United States representing the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (abbreviated FSC, from the Latin: Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) or the De La Salle Brothers, opened in the district of Paco, just outside the walls of the old city of Manila, the first La Salle school in the Philippines.

On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, Beer Tycoon Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco Jr., who led San Miguel Corporation (SMC), a food and beverage empire that produced San Miguel beer, died of heart failure and pneumonia at the St. Luke's Medical Center. Cojuangco served as chairman and chief executive officer of SMC for decades. He was 85.

On June 16, 1920, Eva Estrada Kalaw was born in Murcia, Tarlac (present day Concepcion, Tarlac) to Dr. Salvador Estrada and Demetria Reynada. She was a legislator, educator, civic club member, social worker, homemaker and athletic shooter.