Did you know: Ramon Magsaysay | Inquirer News

Did you know: Ramon Magsaysay

/ 01:16 AM March 20, 2012

Ramon Magsaysay was the first president to wear a barong to his inaugural rites in 1953. He died in a plane crash on March 17, 1957. An estimated two million people attended his burial. After his death, Vice President Carlos P. Garcia, assumed the presidency.—Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research

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