assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr.

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21. Aug. 1983

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14.51° N, 121.02° E

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1983 murder of Filipino senator and opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr.

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1983 murder in Manila, Philippines

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.

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