1951 in the Philippines

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See also:	List of years in the Philippines films

1951 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1951

Incumbents

• President: Elpidio Quirino (Liberal)
• Vice President: Fernando Lopez (Liberal)
• Chief Justice: Manuel Moran (until March 20), Ricardo Paras (starting April 2)
• Congress: 2nd

Events

• March 4-11 – The Philippines participated in the first ever Asian Games held in New Delhi, India. With 3 gold medals, this country was ranked 5th in the medal tally and 3rd place in the over-all medal count.^[1]
• March 6 – Fort Santiago was declared a National Shrine.
• August 30 – The Mutual Defense Treaty between Philippines and United States was signed.
• October 8 – Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, branded as Tondo’s Public Enemy No. 1 and the kingpin of Manila, was killed during a drinking spree when he was shot by Ernesto Reyes, a henchman of Salonga’s rival and also-notorious gang leader Carlos “Totoy Golem” Capistrano.^[2]

Date unknown

• August – The National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) is established

Births

• January 22 - Shalala, TV host and radio personality
• January 28 - Oscar Orbos, Philippine TV Personality
• February 18 - Isabel Preysler, Filipina socialite and television host.
• February 28 - Oscar Moreno, Filipino politician.
• March 10 - Gloria Diaz, Filipino model and actress, Miss Universe 1969
• March 17 - Junix Inocian, Filipino stage, television and film actor (died 2015)
• April 18 - Ricardo Fortaleza, Filipino-Australian Olympic amateur boxer/amateur boxing coach and boxing instructor.
• April 27 - Fredenil Castro, Filipino politician.
• May 4 - Manuel Buising, screenwriter
• May 26 - Bogs Adornado, Filipino basketball player and coach.
• June 4 - Francis Arnaiz, basketball player
• June 29 - Billy Hinsche, musician
• July 1 - Florencio Miraflores, Filipino politician.
• July 10 - Romulo Valles, Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Davao
• July 22 - Marte Samson, Filipino basketball player
• August 3 - Aleem Said Ahmad Basher, Filipino-Muslim Alim, an active Islamic preacher, broadcaster, lecturer and Islamic consultant
• August 27 - Jocelyn Bolante, Filipino politician
• August 30 - Jim Paredes, Filipino musician, producer, educator, writer, photographer, television personality, workshop facilitator, and activist
• September 9 - Adelina Barrion, entomologist and geneticist (died 2010)
• September 29 - Mike Enriquez, Filipino radio and television newscaster
• October 3 - Hussin Ututalum Amin, Filipino politician, scholar and current mayor of Jolo
• October 8 - Jimmy Santos, Filipino actor, comedian, TV host and a basketball player.
• October 10 - Boboy Garovillo, member of the APO Hiking Society
• October 15 – Atoy Co, Filipino basketball player
• November 4 - Eugenio Torre, chess grandmaster
• November 8 - Basil Valdez, Filipino balladeer.
• November 10 - Lim Eng Beng, Filipino-Chinese professional basketball player
• November 27 - Danilo Palomer Santiago, Filipino Eclectic painter, professor and Department Chair of University of Santo Tomas - College of Fine Arts and Design (UST-CFAD)
• November 30- Jessup Bahinting, Filipino pilot
• December 1 - Philip Cezar, Filipino professional basketball player

Births Unknowned

• Marissa Delgado, actress

Deaths

• June 1 - José Alejandrino, Filipino general and senator (born 1870)
• June 21 - Juan Cailles, Filipino commander (born 1871)
• July 15 - Florentino Collantes, Filipino poet (born 1896)
• October 8 - Asiong Salonga, Filipino gangster (born 1924)
• October 23 - Fernando Poe, Sr. Filipino actor (born 1916)

Deaths Unknowned

• Guillermo Capadocia, Filipino politician and labour leader

References

1. First Asian Games medal tally
2. "9 Extremely Notorious Pinoy Gangsters". Retrieved February 6, 2016.