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ON THIS DAY - 1986: Corazon Aquino Is Philippines President

World  (tags: Philippines, Corazon Aquino, Ferdinand Marcos, dictatorship, constitution, 1986, on this day )

Chrissy
- 229 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The new Philippines president Corazon Aquino is sworn in today, bringing to an end years of dictatorship under Ferdinand Marcos. Former leader Mr Marcos, who changed the constitution in 1973 to give himself absolute power, was threatening to go ahead with
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