NINOY AQUINO TIMELINE

1952

Foreign Correspondent, Manila Times in Southeast Asia

OCTOBER 11, 1954

Married Corazon Cojuangco

1955

Elected as youngest mayor (22 years old) of Concepcion, Tarlac, his hometown

1959

Elected as youngest Vice-Governor of Tarlac Province (26 years old)

1967

Elected as the youngest Senator of the Philippines

SEPTEMBER 22, 1972

Arrested and detained by the Martial Law regime

NOVEMBER 25, 1977

Sentenced by Military Commission No. 2 to die by firing squad

1978

While in prison, ran for the Batasang Pambansa under the LABAN ticket. He was not allowed to campaign so 7-year old daughter, Kris campaigned for him

MAY 8, 1980

Released from Fort Bonifacio to undergo triple heart bypass surgery at Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A

AUGUST 21, 1983

Assassinated at then Manila International Airport seconds after disembarking a China Airlines plane from Taipei

AUGUST 31, 1983

Ninoy’s funeral march from Sto. Domingo Church, Quezon City to Manila Memorial Park, Parañaque, was one of the “longest funeral marches in world history” with around two million people in attendance