Historical place archive

Philippines in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Philippines in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1944–1957

Historical events in Philippines

1944

October 1944
Air Support for Leyte
George C. Kenney · World War, 2nd

Kenney directs Fifth Air Force operations supporting the Allied return to the Philippines and the ground campaign on Leyte.

1957

20 November 1957
Philippine Maneuvers Deployment
Lee Harvey Oswald · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Five days after leaving the hospital, Lee's squadron embarked for military maneuvers in the Philippine Islands.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Philippines. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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