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By Cyril Bonabente
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:33:00 05/15/2008

Filed Under: Local authorities, history

On May 12, 1962, then President Diosdado Macapagal issued Proclamation No. 28 changing the date of the country’s independence day from July 4 – the date the Philippines won its independence from the United States in 1946 – to June 12, when Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo declared the country free from Spain in 1898.

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