when did aquino became a president of the philippines
On Aug. 21, 1983, Benigno Aquino, a Philippine politician opposed to President Ferdinand Marcos, was assassinated as he got off an airplane in Manila. On Feb. 25, 1986, his widow, Corazon Aquino, became the first woman president of the Philippines. In so doing she ended the 20-year corrupt rule of Marcos (see Marcos).