On January 31, 1917, Jose M. Maceda, pianist, ethnomusicologist, and National Artist for Music (1997), was born in Manila. Maceda graduated with a music diploma at...
On January 30, 1911, Taal Volcano erupted killing approximately 1,500 people and millions of pesos worth of damage was wrought. Post mortem examination of the victims seemed...
On January 29, 1889, Francisco Santiago, the Father of Kundiman Art Song, was born to musically-minded peasant parents, Felipe Santiago and Maria Santiago, in Santa Maria,...
On January 28, 1861, Julián Felipe, music teacher, band leader and composer of the Philippine national anthem, “Lupang Hinirang,” was born in Cavite City, Cavite. Inheriting...
On January 27, 1867, Juan Crisostomo Soto, journalist, poet, playwright and known as the Father of Pampanga Literature, was born in Santa Ines, Bacolor, Pampanga. Soto,...
On January 25, 1933, Maria Corazon “Cory” Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino, the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold such office, was born...
On January 22, 1878, Baron de Overbeck was conferred the title Datu Bandahara and Rajah of Sandakan by Sultan Mahomed Jamal Al Alam, Sultan of Sulu. The...
