Ninoy Aquino timeline: How he lived and died

His death led to the downfall of a dictatorship and the restoration of Philippine democracy. His widow Cory went on to become the Philippine Republic's 11th president. Last June 30, his son and namesake Noynoy became the 15th president. There is now little argument that Ninoy Aquino is up there with Rizal and Bonifacio as among the Philippines' most important and esteemed historical figures. While he is best known for how he died -- at the hands of military assassins as soon as he arrived in Manila after three years of exile -- Ninoy also led a colorful and accomplished life.

click to view larger version Historian and GMANews.TV contributor Lisandro Claudio uncovered yet another facet of this life in his account of Ninoy's relationship with the leading Communist leaders of his time. On the occasion of Ninoy Aquino's 27th death anniversary on August 21, we have prepared the timeline above that describes how Ninoy lived and how he died. - HS, GMANews.TV