1980s
May 8, 1980
Released from Fort Bonifacio to undergo a triple heart bypass at Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A
May 13, 1980
Operated and successfully given a triple bypass in Dallas, Texas
1980 – 1982
Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs.
1982 – 1983
Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for International Studies.
Aug. 21, 1983
Assassinated at the airport seconds after disembarking a China Airlines plane from Taipei.
Aug. 31, 1983
Ninoy’s funeral march from Sto. Domingo Church, Quezon City to Manila Memorial Park, Parañaque, was the “longest funeral march in world history”. Around two million people joined the funeral.