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1945 in the Philippines

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1945
in
the Philippines

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Philippine Commonwealth

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President Sergio Osmeña
President Jose P. Laurel

Second Philippine Republic

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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June

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July

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  • July 5 – The Philippines is declared liberated.

August

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September

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  • September 2 – Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita surrenders to Filipino and American forces at Kiangan, Ifugao.
  • September 26 – The province of Catanduanes is created through Commonwealth Act No. 687.

Holidays

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As per Act No. 2711 section 29,[2] issued on March 10, 1917, any legal holiday of fixed date falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be observed as legal holiday. Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921.[3] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.[4]

Births

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Unknown birth

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "100 significant events in Philippine history". Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bonifacio Day in Philippines in 2022". Official Holidays. Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "Act No. 3827". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.