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6 Surprising Pinoy Historical Facts You ProbablyDont Know

Philippine history is a box full of mysteries. ust when you thought historians ha! it all figure! out" you

come across with stories that arent fre#uently !iscusse! in history boo$s. Hec$" some of them are

too surprising that you start thin$ing maybe you were asleep or !ay!reaming when they were first

taught in your school.

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%ut hey" !ont fret. For people li$e me who &ust !i!nt ha'e the energy to stu!y history boo$s from

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Here are some of the most fascinating but little,$nown facts that might re$in!le your interest in

Philippine history5

%, P)ili$$ines coul" )ave been a German colony,

1n a Manila Timesarticlepublishe! on September -" -6" author 7ugusto !e 8iana re'eals that the

Philippines woul! ha'e been a 0erman colony ha! a secon! battle of )anila %ay ta$en place.

During the Spanish,7merican 2ar in 9:9" Kaiser 2ilhelm sent the 0erman s#ua!ron to )anila to

protect German interests and her citizens. %ut unli$e other countries who also sent their na'al

'essels to )anila" 0ermany ha! plans of ta$ing o'er the Philippines if the 3.S. aban!one! the islan!s.

7fter +ommo!ore 0eorge Dewey from the 3.S. or!ere! a bloc$a!e of )anila" the 0ermans starte!

supplying trappe! Spaniar!s with flour an! e'en treate! some of the woun!e! sol!iers aboar! the

0erman 'essels. 4his inci!ent infuriate! the 3.S. but it was when the 0ermans refuse! to let the

7mericans inspect their gunboat +ormoran that resulte! into a heate! confrontation.

4he conflict between 0ermany an! the 3.S. only en!e! when the %ritish ship Immortalitechose to

&oin Deweys flagship Olympia. 4he combine! forces outnumbere! the 0ermans" forcing them to stop

their pro'ocations.

*ater" the )cKinley a!ministration formali;e! their control o'er the Philippines through the 4reaty of

Paris which refuse! to recogni;e 7guinal!os !eclaration of 1n!epen!ence an! permanently en!e!

0ermanys aspiration of ma$ing our country one of its colonies.

, A blac. American /ou()t /or t)e 0ili$inos "urin( t)e P)ili$$ine-American

*ar,


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4roop +" :th +a'alry" at +amp *awton" 2ashington" before being sent

to the Philippines in :. Source5 3ni'ersity of 2ashington

His name is +orporal Da'i! Fagen" one of the men to capture an! sei;e cargo of guns from an

7merican steam launch on ?io !e 0ran!e !e la Pampanga ?i'er.

7fter 0eneral 7le&an!rino surren!ere! to the 7merican army in :" Fagen escape! to the mountains

of =ue'a @ci&atogether with his Filipina wife an! another Filipino sol!ier.

7 man name! 7nastacio %artolome woul! later appear on December >" : with a sac$ containing a

!ecompose! hea! allege!ly of Fagen. Howe'er" this !isco'ery has been hea'ily conteste! an! there

was no recor! pro'ing %artolome recei'e! his rewar!.

1, 2n %3456 a nuclear bomb /ell into t)e P)ili$$ine sea, 2ts still missin(,

4he 7merican )ar$,AB nuclear bomb. Source5 3S Department of

Defense.

Cn December >" :6>" a month after the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderogas !eparture from a 3.S.

na'al base in Subic %ay" a Broken Arro inci!ent Ei.e. an acci!ent in'ol'ing a nuclear weapon


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occurre!.

4he attac$ &et 3nite! States =a'y Douglas 7,A@ S$yhaw$" manne! by 7merican pilot *ieutenant

Douglas ). 2ebster" acci!entally fell off the carrier while being rolle! from the le'el - hangar to the

le'el - ele'ator. 3nfortunately" the S$yhaw$ was carrying a nuclear weapon at that time" specifically

the )$. AB free,fall bombwhich contains at least a megatons worth of nuclear explosi'e.

4he acci!ent happene! &ust 9 miles from C$inawa. 4he pilot as well as the aircraft an! the nuclear

bomb were ne'er reco'ere!" an! its not until the :9s that the Pentagon re'eale! the loss of such

weapon.

7, A 0er"inan" +arcos loo.-ali.e "ouble" /or t)e late $resi"ent "urin( many

occasions,

esus Gue'enco Eleft with Presi!ent Fer!inan!

)arcos

esus Gue'enco" a nati'e of =egros" first met Fer!inan! )arcos when his frien!" Silay )ayor ?omulo

0ole;" accompanie! him to the late !ictators house in the :6s. During that time" then Senator

)arcos &ust ma!e his bi! for the presi!ency.

2hile he was waiting at the li'ing room" Gue'enco met =P !elegates from )in!anao who woul! later

sha$e his han!s" thin$ing that he was the real )arcos. 1t was the start of Gue'encos part,time &ob as

a )arcos !ouble. He woul! ta$e the place of Fer!inan! to meet with people" accompany the First *a!y

1mel!a )arcos" an! atten! e'ents in times when the late presi!ent was either too busy or tire!.


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For his efforts" Gue'enco was offere! a position in the go'ernment which he then refuse!. %ut

!esperate to get him bac$ as a )arcos !ouble" 1mel!a )arcos offere! a go'ernment position once

again" this time to Gue'encos wife" 4helma" who woul! become a 0S1S employee an!

later" operations manager of the )inistry of Human Settlements in 2estern 8isayas.

@'entually" )arcos popularity !ecrease! in the : years. Gue'enco !ie! of pneumonia at a %acolo!

+ity hospital at the age of :.

5, A statue in Pam$an(a was built to )onor t)e /irst 8a$anese .ami.a'e

$ilots o/ *orl" *ar 22,

Source5 wgor!on.web.wesleyan.e!u

4he life,si;e statue" cast an! pai! for in apan" was erecte! at )abalacat next to the former +lar$ 7ir

%ase. 1t shows *t Yu$io Se$i" consi!ere! as the worl!s first official human bombwho le! the first

$ami$a;e rai! in Cctober :AA. 4he fiberglass statue represents thousan!s of apanese suici!e pilots

who !amage! or sun$ 7llie! ships from Cctober :AA to 7ugust :A>.

@'ery Cctober" hun!re!s of apanese tourists " stu!ents" war 'eterans" an! e'en %u!!hist mon$s 'isit

the place to offer prayers" flowers" an! incense to all the suici!e pilots who perishe! !uring the war.

7lthough it face! a lot of protests from comfort women an! other 'ictims of apanese brutalities" the

life,si;e statue has helpe! boost )abalacats tourism in!ustry.

4, 9niversity o/ :anto Tomas was establis)e" be/ore calculus was invente",


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2e all $now 3S4 is ol! but only few reali;e &ust how ol! it is. @stablishe! on 7pril -9" 6by

)anilas thir! 7rchbishop" )sgr. )iguel !e %ena'i!es" C.P." the 3ni'ersity of Santo 4omas pre!ates

7mericas Har'ar! 3ni'ersity an! e'en the calculus. 1n fact" both Har'ar! an! 3S4 were not teaching

calculus !uring their first few years because calculus at that time wasnt in'ente! yet.

+alculus was first intro!uce! in 69A through 0ottfrie! *eibni;s !o"a Method#sI followe! by 1saac

=ewtons $rincipiaI in 69


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