Permanent year factsheet

Philippines in 1972

Historical records for Philippines in 1972, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

7Records
5Events
3Named people
1Places
3Categories

Historical records

Other Events

1972Constitution of PhilippinesFerdinand Edralin Marcos

Revolution / Revolution of Philippines

Begins a 14 year dictatorship

1972CoupFerdinand Edralin Marcos

Revolution / Revolution of Philippines

Dissolves Congress, suspends habeus corpus & removes freedom of the press. Begins a 14 year dictatorship

1972CoupFerdinand Edralin Marcos

Revolution / Revolution of Philippines

Dissolves Congress, suspends habeus corpus & removes freedom of the press

1972Deputy Chief of StaffFidel Ramos

Warfare / Military

Appointed Deputy Chief of Staff

1972Martial LawFidel Ramos

Warfare / Military

Rises to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff of the armed forces

1972Martial LawCarlos Pena Romulo

Manila · Government / Government of Philippines

Spports the declaration of martial law

1972Prime Minister of PhilippinesFerdinand Edralin Marcos

Government / Government of Philippines

Appointed Prime Minister of the Philippines

Names involved

Carlos Pena RomuloFerdinand Edralin MarcosFidel Ramos

Places involved

Manila

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.