People Power: Marcos Flees, Aquino Takes Philippines
Marcos fled the Philippines with 22 crates of cash, jewelry, and his wife Imelda's 3,000 pairs of shoes. They took a U.S. helicopter to Hawaii. He'd ruled for 20 years, declared martial law, and stolen billions. What ended him wasn't a coup — it was two million Filipinos blocking tanks with their bodies on EDSA highway. Nuns handed soldiers sandwiches. The military defected. Corazon Aquino, whose husband Marcos had assassinated, became president. She'd never held office.
February 25, 1986
40 years ago
Key Figures & Places
Philippines
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President
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Ferdinand Marcos
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Corazon Aquino
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People Power Revolution
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People Power Revolution
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Ferdinand Marcos
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Corazon Aquino
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Philippines
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Resistencia civil
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Historia de Filipinas
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President of the Philippines
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Fidel V. Ramos
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List of presidents of the Philippines
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