1984 in the Philippines
1984 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1984.
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Events
- January 27 – National plebiscite and local plebiscites for the approval of the proposed constitutional amendments and local bills made by the Interim Batasang Pambansa was held.
- May 14 – Parliamentary elections were held. The opposition ran for the Regular Batasang Pambansa under the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) and the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban) against the ruling Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) of Ferdinand Marcos. The KBL won a majority with 114 seats, but markedly down from 163 seats last election.
- July 28-August 2 – The Philippines participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.[1]
- September 1 – Typhoon Nitang struck the Philippines. It killed 1,492 people and 1,856 more were injured. Roughly 1.6 million people were affected in the country. A total of 108,219 homes were destroyed and 142,653 more were damaged.[2] However, President Ferdinand Marcos declared a state of calamity only after Nitang's onslaught.
- December 1 – Manila LRT Line 1 opened as the Southeast Asia's first rail line.
Births
- January 6 – Jared Dillinger, basketball player
- January 12 – Oyo Boy Sotto, actor, model
- January 19 – Kelvin dela Peña, basketball player
- January 20 – Toni Gonzaga,singer, television host and actress
- January 21:
- Richard Gutierrez,[3] Filipino actor and commercial model
- Raymond Gutierrez, actor and television host
- January 24 – DJ Jasmin Jasmin Basar, dj, actress, model (died of 2019)
- February 11 – Jeff Chan, basketball player
- February 14 – John Prats, actor, comedian, and dancer
- March 6:
- Joseph Christian Rubin, Knights of the Altar (St. Joseph Parish)(KOA) President (1998-2003)
- Sol Mercado, basketball player
- March 11 – Bernard Cardona, television host and actor
- March 14 – Paolo Contis, actor
- March 23 – Ryan Araña, basketball player
- April 3 – Antoinette Jadaone, film director
- April 22 – Raymond "Emong" Quodala Vallarta , Philanthropist
- May 7 – Vandolph Quizon, actor, model
- May 18 - Aleck Bovick, actress, model, and singer
- May 19 – Ken Bono, basketball player
- May 23 – Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor, commercial model, and recording artist
- May 25 – Junjun Cabatu, basketball player
- June – Angela Lagunzad, journalist, TV host
- June 4 – Gretchen Fullido, anchor and model
- June 29 - Paula Peralejo, actress and model
- July 9 – LA Tenorio, basketball player
- July 16 – Ginger Conejero, journalist and television personality
- July 19 – Alessandra De Rossi, actress
- July 24:
- Pia Gutierrez, news reporter
- Boy 2 Quizon, comedian and actor
- August 10:
- Mariel Rodriguez, commercial model, television host and actress
- Anna Theresa Licaros, beauty queen
- August 12 – Marian Rivera,[4] commercial model and actress
- August 18 – Sam Y.G., radio and television personality
- August 23 – Eric Tai, actor, host, and rugby player
- August 27 – Macky Escalona, basketball player
- September 22 – Marcelito Pomoy, singer
- September 27 – Macky Escalona, former basketball player
- September 29 – Karen delos Reyes, actress, model
- October 7 – Anna Larrucea, actress
- November 13 – Dimples Romana actress
- November 16 – Janelle Jamer actress model singer
- November 19 – Janus del Prado, actor
- November 23 – Gianna Lynn, actress, model
- November 28 – Joross Gamboa, actor
- November 29 – Sitti Navarro,[5] Filipina bossa nova singer
- December 8 – Hero Angeles, actor
- December 10 – Krista Ranillo, Filipina actress
- December 20 – Liezel Garcia, Filipina singer-songwriter and actress
- December 30 – Rico Barrera
- December 31 – Marvin Cruz, basketball player
Deaths
- February 10 - Claudia Zobel, Filipino actress
- February 18 – Alejo Santos, Filipino soldier and World War II hero (b. 1911)
- May 24 – Gen. Tomas B. Karingal,[6] Former chief of Quezon City Police Department. (b. 1915)
- November 14 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (d. 1916)
Deaths Unknown
- Ading Fernando
- Cipriano P. Sandoval
References
- "Official Olympic Reports". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- Staff Writer (November 9, 2004). "Destructive Typhoons: 1970–2003". National Disaster Coordinating Council. Archived from the original on November 9, 2004. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
- "Richard Gutierrez". Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- "GMA profile on Marian Rivera". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- "When the city falls in love with Sitti this Valentine's". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- "QCPD COMMEMORATES GEN. KARINGAL'S 31ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY". Metro Manila Today. May 26, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
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