AUGUST 28
Fiesta of Alcantara, Cebu
Fiesta of Carmen, Cebu
1945
Lt. Gen. Tadashu Kataoka, commander of the Japanese 1st Division, surrenders his troops to Gen. William Arnold, Americal Division commander, in field rites held at Kilometer 82 in northeastern Cebu (in the vicinity of Borbon). This marks the end of the Japanese occupation in Cebu.
1956
Ludabi, an organization of Cebuano vernacular writers in Visayas and Mindanao, is founded.
Category: Today in the History of Cebu