Today in the History of Cebu
DECEMBER 3
Fiesta of Pilar, Cebu. Fiesta of Alegria, Cebu. 1628 Death of Christobal Gimenez, S.J., linguist, who came to the Philippines in 1596 and spent 32 years in the Visayan missions. 1901 Cebu insurgent leader Melquiades Lasala of Danao surrenders to the Americans.
DECEMBER 2
1886 Bishop Martin Alcocer, the last of the Spanish Bishops of Cebu, takes formal possession of the diocese of Cebu. 1928 Progress, an English magazine published in Cebu by Vicente Rama, comes off the press.
DECEMBER 1
1908 Birth of Cebuano writer-politician Natalio B. Bacalso. 1965 Col. Albert B. Friedlander, deputy III Military Area commander, is appointed Acting III MA commander.