José Rizal Day is celebrated every December 30, the anniversary of his execution at Bagumbayan in Manila. It was first instituted with a decree by President Emilio Aguinaldo issued December 20, 1898. In 1901, the American Governor-General William Howard Taft in 1901 named RZal a Philippine national hero.
About Rizal Day in brief
José Rizal Day is celebrated every December 30, the anniversary of his execution at Bagumbayan in Manila. It was first instituted with a decree by President Emilio Aguinaldo issued December 20, 1898. In 1901, the American Governor-General William Howard Taft in 1901 named RZal a Philippine national hero. In 1936, Rzal Day was also the inauguration day of the incoming president. In 2011, President Benigno Aquino III declared June 19, 2011, a special one-time non-working holiday in commemoration of the 150-year-old hero’s birth and death.
In 2000, local terrorists bombed five areas in Manila, killing 100 and injuring more than 100. Being that December 30 is sandwiched between Christmas and New Year’s Day, National Historical Commission chairperson Ambeth Ocampo pushed for the move from December 30 to June 19. The House of Representatives approved a bill that would have changed it on December 10, 2008, but was not acted in time by the Senate.
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