Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).

On August 21, 1983, on the apron of what was then Manila International Airport, Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., a former Philippine senator, was assassinated with a gunshot to the head. Aquino, a longtime opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., had just returned from three years of self-imposed exile in the United States, and was being taken to a vehicle which would return him to prison.

Also killed was Rolando Galman, accused of murdering him.

Ninoy Aquino
Ninoy Aquino (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Ferdinand Marcos (cropped)
Ferdinand Marcos (cropped) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas Dedicada al Rey Nuestro Señor por el Mariscal d. Campo D. Fernando Valdes Tamon Cavallº del Orden de Santiago de Govor. Y Capn
Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas Dedicada al Rey Nuestro Señor por el Mariscal d. Campo D. Fernando Valdes Tamon Cavallº del Orden de Santiago de Govor. Y Capn (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Aquino Assassination Plaque 213121
Aquino Assassination Plaque 213121 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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