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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 427, August 3, 1965 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1965, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.

WHEREAS, the eighty-seventh birthday of the late President Manuel L. Quezon falls on Thursday, August 19, 1965;

WHEREAS, the Filipino people should be given full opportunity to render homage to the memory of our illustrious leader; and

WHEREAS, the nineteenth day of August of every year is also Citizenship Day under Proclamation No. 331 dated August 4, 1952;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Thursday, August 19, 1965, as a special public holiday throughout the Philippines. I enjoin the observance of the day with appropriate ceremonies designed to inculcate upon our people, especially the youth, the rights and duties of good citizenship.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila., this 3rd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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