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(Corazon Aquino, with her hand resting on a bible held by her late husband’s mother Doña Aurora Aquino, recites the presidential oath, administered by Associate  Justice Claudio Teehankee)
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This day is often referred to as The Philippines' "longest day", as it started the day with virtually no president, had two presidents by noon, and one president just around midnight.
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Prior to the EDSA "revolution", Cory was known as the self-proclaimed "plain housewife" of former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., the popular opposition leader and staunchest critic of the Marcos administration who was assassinated on August 21, 1983 upon returning to the Philippines after his exile in the United States.
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This tragic event united the then fragmented opposition against the authoritarian Marcos regime. It called for widowed Cory to enter into political arena against Marcos to run for President in a snap election on February 7, 1986.
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February 25, 1986: Corazon C. Aquino and Ferdinand E. Marcos were sworn in as Presidents of the Philippines