Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
JUNE 19, 1861
Jose Protacio Rizal (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896), the national hero of the Philippines and pride of the Malayan race was born in Calamba, Laguna.
He was the seventh of the nine children of Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonzo y Quintos.
Rizal was a novelist, poet, journalist, opthalmologist and a nationalist.
His two books, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo exposed the injustices of the civil and church officials that led to his arrest, trial and execution.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
Photo credit: RIchard Allan B. Uy Collection
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