1972 in the Philippines

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Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in the Philippines films

1972 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1972.

Incumbents

Former President Ferdinand Marcos at the White House in 1966.

• President: Ferdinand Marcos (Nacionalista Party)
• Vice President: Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista Party) (until September 23)
• House Speaker: Cornelio Villareal
• Chief Justice: Roberto Concepcion
• Congress: 7th (until September 23)

Events

• June 25 – Typhoon Konsing landfalls on Luzon. It caused 131 deaths and $15 million worth of damage (year 1972).
• August 26 to September 10 – The Philippines participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
• September 21
  • Martial law was declared by President Marcos as Proclamation No. 1081 signed by law led to the establishment of his dictatorship and was simulcasted through national radio and television broadcasts nationwide by midnight of September 23, causing series of round-ups by police and military forces, forced ban on public rallies, tight security, strict censorship on all forms of mass media, closures of business establishments and dissolution of bicameral congress (senate and house of representatives); as well as arrest of critiques of Marcoses (like media people and politicians), notable people who are arrested such as Ka Louie Beltran, Maximo Soliven, Satur Ocampo, Benigno Aquino, Jr., Chino Roces (the founder of Manila Times and ABC-5) and the Lopez family (of ABS-CBN and Manila Chronicle, including Eugenio Lopez, Sr.)
  • Assassination attempt of Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile.
• September 23
  • Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. was arrested.
  • ABC 5 (Associated Broadcasting Corporation, now TV5 Network) and ABS-CBN shut down radio-television operations due to Martial law.
  • Manila Chronicle shuts down newspaper operations.

Unknown

• Marikina hosts the 1972 ISF Men's World Championship in which ten nations participated.

Births

• January 30 – Zoren Legaspi, Filipino actor and film director
• March 15 – Michelle van Eimeren, Australian beauty queen and actress
• March 21 – Mikee Romero, Filipino businessman and politician
• April 27 – Manilyn Reynes, Filipina actress and singer
• April 28 – Romnick Sarmenta, Filipino actor
• May 3 – Wally Bayola, Filipino comedian and actor
• May 8 – Candy Pangilinan, Filipino actress and comedian
• June 25 – Chokoleit, comedian (d. 2019)
• July 15 – Sonny Angara, Filipino politician
• July 26 – Ramil Hernandez, Filipino politician
• August 23 – Bal David, Filipino basketball player
• September 11 – Mujiv Hataman, Filipino politician
• September 12 – Jeffrey Cariaso, Filipino basketball player and coach
• October 7 – Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player
• October 10 – Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter
• November 10 – Carlos Celdran, cultural activist and performance artist (d. 2019)
• November 21 – John Rey Tiangco, Filipino politician
• December 11 – Janette Garin, physician and politician

Deaths

• April 26 – Fernando Amorsolo, portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes (1972 National Artist of the Philippines) (b. 1892)
• December 6 – José Zulueta, lawyer and politician (b. 1889)