1973 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1973.
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July
- July 27–28 – National referendum is held wherein 90.77% of the Citizen Assemblies voted for the ratification of the 1973 Constitution and the continuation of Martial Law, as well as continuation of Pres. Marcos' term beyond 1973.[1][6][7]
September
- September 27 – Eight municipalities of Sulu are removed from its jurisdiction to create the new province of Tawi-Tawi (Presidential Decree No. 302), with Bato-Bato, Balimbing as its capital.[8]
As per Act No. 2711 section 29,[9] issued on March 10, 1917, any legal holiday of fixed date falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be observed as legal holiday. Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921.[10] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.[11] As per Republic Act No. 3022,[12] April 9 was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) last August 4, 1964.[13]
- January 8 – Keempee de Leon, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and TV host
- January 22 – John Apacible, actor (d. 2011)
- January 23 – Epy Quizon, actor
- January 30 - Michael Locsin, former actor
- January 31 – Jay Manalo, actor and model
- February 7 – Angel Aquino, film and television actress
- March 2 – Asi Taulava, Filipino-Tongan basketball player
- March 8 – Mickey Ferriols, Filipino actress
- March 13 – Bojo Molina, actor
- March 17 - Rico Blanco, musician, singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, endorser
- May 5 – Maey Bautista, actress and comedian
- May 11 – Cesar Apolinario, broadcast journalist (d. 2019)
- May 12 – Nancy Binay, politician
- May 25 – Gelli de Belen, actress
- June 13 - John Estrada, actor
- June 14 – Pekto, actor and comedian
- July 3 – Mimi Miyagi, Filipino model, pornographic actress, film director and actress[15]
- July 7 – John Lapus, actor, host, and comedian
- July 19 – Diether Ocampo, actor, singer, model, and military officer
- July 20 – Raymart Santiago, TV host, actor, and comedian.
- September 6 – Oliver Agapito, basketball player
- September 12 – Kara David, broadcast journalist
- September 26 – Rovilson Fernandez, television host
- November 23 – Jun Sabayton, actor, comedian, host, and director.
- December 8 – Richard Poon, singer
- December 13 – Adeline Dumapong, Paralympic weightlifter.
Originally from the news article by Teddy Africa and Max Buan, Jr., published in The Journal on 01-16-1973. Republished by Bagong Lipunan website (Link) on 02-09-2017. Retrieved 07-29-2019.
"Act No. 3827". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.