DID YOU KNOW: Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo

On Feb. 6, 1964, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Philippine Republic, died of a heart attack at the age of 95.

On Feb. 11, his remains were transferred from his residence in Kawit, Cavite, to Malacañang.

On Feb. 14, the body was moved from Malacañang to the Metropolitan Cathedral in Intramuros where Rufino J. Cardinal Santos offered a Requiem Mass.

On Feb. 16, Aguinaldo was buried in the garden of his Kawit home. —Marielle Medina

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