June 11 – Former presidentCarlos P. Garcia, a delegate fromBohol, is elected president of the Constitutional Convention, serving only until his death onJune 14.[5]
July 8 – Presidential Arm on National Minorities (Panamin), represented by its directorManuel Elizalde Jr. and its research directorRobert B. Fox, announcing the discovery of theTasaday tribe—described as apparently existed inStone Age isolation, reports contacting 24 of "no more than 100" of them in a forest inSouth Cotabato onJune 7–8 and16.[8]
July 17 or18 – A group consisting of anthropologists and journalists, and being led by Elizalde, makes an interview with 25 of about 100 members of the "Tasadays" in the southernMindanao.[9]
September 5 – On the day of scheduled peace conference called by President Marcos to seek an end the ongoing sectarian violence inLanao del Norte, an opposition politician is killed in his residence; while 20 armed men allegedly from the Moslems'Barracudas are killed in a gun battle with government troops.[13]
September 19 –Philippine Statehood, U.S.A., a movement being headed by former congressman Rufino Antonio, surfaces publicly through a newspaper advertisement on its nationwide campaign for the Philippines to be the51st state of theUnited States by 1973. Since then, its membership reportedly doubled to 2.5 million within a month.[14]
Senatorial elections were held in thePhilippines. The oppositionLiberal Party took 5 seats in the Philippine Senate while 3 seats were taken by the Nacionalista Party, the administration party.
Army members, searching for Moslem voters inLanao del Sur, open fire on civilians, killing 39 and injuring 36. Fourteen military personnel would later be charged ofmurder in April 1972.[17]
As per Act No. 2711 section 29,[19] 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.[20] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.[21] As per Republic Act No. 3022,[22] April 9 was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964.[23]
^According toAviation Safety Network database (Link), the said aviation accident was the 3rd worst at that time and currently the 7th. The worst at that time was the one which occurred in May 1964, now the 3rd deadliest, with 80 fatalities (including 1 on the ground).(See the details ofMay 1964 andApr. 1971 accidents. Retrieved 02-11-2021.)
