26 July, 1969

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TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:

United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon arrived in Manila for a state visit, the same day Gloria Diaz left for New York en route to Manila via Honolulu for her homecoming after winning the Miss Universe pageant.

It was President Nixon who said: “The US conquered the moon but the Philippines has conquered the universe,” as Ms. Gloria Diaz won Miss Universe pageant on July 19, 1969, the same day the first man (astronaut Neil Armstrong) landed on the moon.

Díaz was only 18 when then she was crowned Miss Universe after outshining – and outsmarting – other candidates.

(Ref: Ref: Philippine News Agency; Photo from filipiknow.net)

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