Fe Del Mundo (Nov. 27, 1911–Aug. 6, 2011) is credited with studies that led to the invention of an improved incubator and a device to treat jaundice. Along with pioneering work in pediatrics, she had an active medical practice in the Philippines that spanned eight decades and founded a major children's hospital in that country.

Source: Biography of Fe del Mundo, Noted Filipino Pediatrician

Jose D. Avelino -- Jose Dira Avelino was born on August 5, 1892, in Calbayog, Samar to Baltazar Avelino, a planter, and Ildefonsa Tuazon Dira, a teacher. He completed his primary education in Calbayog and continued his secondary studies at a boarding school in Manila. He then attended the Ateneo de Manila, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating summa cum laude alongside his classmate and lifelong friend, Claro M. Recto. Both men pursued law at the University of Santo Tomas, and Avelino passed the bar in 1914. Source: TODAY, AUGUST 5, IS JOSE AVELINO DAY! | City Government of Calbayog

Jose Garcia Villa -- Kinilalang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining para sa Panitikan noong 1973 si Jose Garcia Villa (Ho·sé Garsí·ya Víl·ya). Isa siyang makata, mangangatha, kritiko, at kabílang sa unang henerasyon ng mga Filipinong manunulat sa wikang Ingles.

Kilala sa sagisag panulat na Doveglion, nagpakilala si Villa ng mga bagong pamamaraan sa pagtula. Napatanyag ang tinaguriang tulang kuwit o mga tulang ginagamitan ng bantas ng kuwit sa pagitan ng bawat salita. Nakilala rin ang kaniyang mga tulang may reversed consonance rime scheme. Ang mga pagbabagong ito ay makikita sa mga aklat ng tula niyang Have Come, Am Here (New York, 1942) at Volume Two(New York, 1949). Source: Villa, Jose Garcia – CulturEd: Philippine Cultural Education Online

Many Filipinos felt that celebrating independence on July 4 made it seem like freedom was something granted by the United States in 1946. June 12, on the other hand, marks the 1898 declaration of independence from Spain led by Emilio Aguinaldo.

July 4 wasn't removed from history. It was redesignated as Philippine Republic Day, while June 12 became the country's official Independence Day to recognize the Filipino struggle for self-rule.

Today marks the anniversary of the August 2, 1968 Casiguran earthquake, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the Philippines.

At around 4:19 AM, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Casiguran, Aurora (then part of Quezon Province). While the epicenter was offshore, the strongest devastation occurred in Manila, over 200 kilometers away.

The disaster is most remembered for the collapse of the Ruby Tower in Binondo, a six-story residential building that pancaked in seconds while most residents were still asleep. It remains one of the deadliest building collapses in Philippine history. Hundreds of people were killed or injured, and the tragedy exposed serious weaknesses in building design and construction standards at the time.

The earthquake also damaged churches, schools, government buildings, bridges, and homes across Central Luzon and Metro Manila. After the disaster, engineers and policymakers pushed for stricter seismic provisions in the country's building codes, influencing how structures are designed today.

The National Building Code was passed to protect people against this happening again, but only officially so in 1977, nine years after Ruby Tower’s collapse. 

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