JULY 9

| July 9, 2024

1909
Death at the age of 48 of Mariano Albao Cuenco (1861-1909), publisher-writer and father of such prominent Cuencos as Mariano Jesus and Jose Maria.

1942
The first issue of Japanese organ Visayan Shinbun (1942-1944) comes out. Its editor is Napoleon Dejoras.

1961
Gen. Douglas MacArthur returns to Cebu City in the course of a “sentimental journey” to the Philippines.

Category: Today in the History of Cebu