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TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:

Ramon Magsaysay, seventh President of the Philippines, hailed by his countrymen as the “Champion of the Masses”, was born in Iba, Zambales from a blacksmith father and a school teacher mother.

Elected president of the Philippines in November 1953, with campaign slogan “Magsaysay is my Guy” capitalized on his charismatic leadership. He created the President’s Complaint Action Committee (PCAC) as his action line for assisting the masses where people found the courage to air their complaints as he allowed them to send telegrams to the PCAC free of charge.

Magsaysay did not finish his term as president when his plane crashed in Cebu on March 17, 1957 after speaking before an educational institution in Cebu. He died at the age of 49.

The gravesite of President Magsaysay is at the Manila North Cemetery.

(Ref: Philippines News Agency)

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