6. Independence Day Date Change In 1962, President Diosdado Macapagal changed the date of Philippine Independence Day from July 4th to June 12th to honor the original declaration from 1898. 7. The ...

When the United States and Spain went to war over Cuba, the Philippines joined the side of the U.S. On June 12, 1898, Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippine islands, and in January ...

Quezon had become President of the Philippine Senate and de facto leader of the Philippine independence movement. The friendship between the Quezon and MacArthur deepened in Manila in the late ...