Group 3: Group Wednesday

Leader:
Princess Nicole G. Blando
Members:
Joshua Shaun O. Dolotina
Aaron Job Daguman
Lawrence Duran
Roselle Gumera
Rea Gonzalo
Jessica Cruz

Philippine Timeline
1564
Filipinos had their first taste of Mexican chili and corn during the Manila-Acapulco
galleon trade. In return, Mexico's people had their initial taste of tamarind, Manila
mango and a Filipino banana called racatan or lakatan.

Founded in 1595 by Spaniards, the University of San Carlos in Cebu City,

Philippines is older than Harvard and is the oldest university in Asia. University of
Santo Tomas in Manila, established in 1611, is Asia's second oldest.

1762
In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by
British invaders, not Americans.

1897
The Tejeros Convention (alternate names include Tejeros
Assembly and Tejeros Congress) was the meeting held between
the Magdiwangand Magdalo factions of the Katipunan at San Francisco de
Malabon, Cavite which on March 22, 1897.

This is the first presidential and vice presidential elections in Philippine history,
although only the Katipuneros (members of the Katipunan) and not the general
populace were able to take part. Bonifacio then became a fugitive of the
Revolutionary Movement. Bonifacio fled to the Morong and was tried in absentia.
He was found to be guilty of treason and was sentenced to die. An arresting party
caught up with him at Cavite where he was arrested.

Although Aguinaldo wanted to simply banish Bonifacio instead of executing him,

Bonifacio and his brother Procopio were shot by firing squad onMay
10, 1897 at Maragondon, Cavite.

1899
President Aguinaldo had two cabinets in the year 1899. Thereafter, the war
situation resulted in his ruling by decree.

Emilio Aguinaldo 1899–1901

President
Vice-President Mariano Trias 1897
Prime Minister Apolinario Mabini January 21 - May 7, 1899
Pedro Paterno May 7 - November 13, 1899

1900’s
The symbolic name for the Philippines, Juan dela Cruz, is not a Filipino invention? It
was coined by R. McCulloch-Dick, a Scottish-born journalist working for the Manila
Times in the early 1900s, after discovering it was the most common name in
blotters
1941
Philippine Airlines took to the skies on March 15, 1941, using a Beech Model 18
aircraft amid the specter of a global war. It became Asia's first airline.
1964

Gemma Cruz was the first Filipina to win an international beauty title - Miss
International 1964

1949
Abelardo Aguilar, a Filipino scientist, sent some soil samples to his employer Eli
Lilly in 1949. Eli Lilly’s research team, led by J. M. McGuire, managed to isolate
Erythromycin from the metabolic products of a strain of Streptomyces
erythreus (designation changed to "Saccharopolyspora erythraea") found in the
samples.

Lilly filed for patent protection of the compound and U.S. patent 2,653,899 was
granted in 1953. The product was launched commercially in 1952 under the brand
name Ilosone (after the Philippine region of Iloilo where it was originally collected
from). Erythromycin was formerly also called Ilotycin.

1999
Latina-American pop star Christina Aguilera lost to Filipina vocalist Josephine
Roberto aka Banig during the International Star Search years ago. In a mid-1999
MTV chat, she said that competing against someone of Banig's age was "not fair."

Sources:
http://www.lakbaypilipinas.com/philippines_trivia.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejeros_Convention
http://www.thepinoy.com/html/fil_trivia.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythromycin