JOURNALIST AND FORMER SENATOR VICENTE SOTTO, SR.

April 18, 1877

Today is the 144th birthday of the former Senator of our Republic and ancestor of the current mayor of Pasay city Mayor Vico Sotto and current Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Vicente Yap Sotto, Sr. He is the son of Marcelino Sotto and Pascuala Yap.

He graduated from the University of San Carlos with a high school diploma, where he also studied a Bachelor of Laws and Judicial Science. While in college, he became the chief editor of the newspaper La Justicia, the first newspaper in Cebu with a Filipino as its chief editor, which was immediately suspended by the American military Governor of Cebu because of Sotto's writings in the newspaper about Philippine independence. He founded the newspaper Ang Suga (Ang Liwanag) in 1900 and published its first copy in 1901, the first newspaper written in the Cebuano language. He also passed the Bar Examination in 1907. Before that, Sotto had been a member of his city’s municipal council. Even in Hong Kong as a result of his involvement in the kidnapping case filed against him by the political opponent he was still elected as mayor of Cebu city.

While in Hong Kong, Sotto composed the newspaper The Philippine Republic which was written in English and Spanish, but the publication also stopped when Sotto was arrested. He requested his extradition to our country but was denied several times by a British court in Hong Kong, but only a month later Sotto was able to publish again. He only returned to the country in 1914. He began publishing in the weekly journal The Independent, campaigning again for the country's independence from America.

In 1925, he was elected congressman of the second district of Cebu, and ran for the position of Governor of his province but was defeated. It was 1946 when he was elected Senator of our Republic. His work Sotto Law or Republic Act no. Will be affixed to his name. 53, which protects the rights of journalists and media personnel, especially by not exposing their name in their news sources.

Senator Sotto is known as a principled and courageous public servant. Senator Sotto passed away at the age of 73 on May 28, 1950.

ADMIRAL ISOROKU YAMAMOTO OF JAPAN KILLED IN PLANE CRASH

April 18, 1943

If ever there was one person behind the assassination attack of the fleet of Japanese planes on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, it was none other than the Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy Isoroku Yamamoto. And on this day in 1943, the 59-year-old Admiral was killed when American planes crashed the plane he was on during the heat of the campaign in the Solomon Islands. The assassination of Admiral Yamamoto was part of a strategic U.S. operation Operation Vengeance. By intercepting and breaking American military intelligence into the Japanese secret code, they tracked down the whereabouts of Yamamoto’s plane, and American planes chased two Mitsubishi fighter planes of which one of them was aboard the Admiral.

The planes crashed in the forests of the Bougainville Islands in New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, and tracked down the dead Yamamoto in the wreckage on the island the next day. Yamamoto's remains were immediately cremated and transported to his final destination with full military honors in the city of Nagaoka in Japan on June 5, 1943.

Yamamoto was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum and the highest Japanese official was awarded the Knights Cross medal of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, the second-highest Iron Cross medal of Nazi Germany.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto became the chief general of the Imperial Japanese Navy, assigned to oversee the Pacific War and the mastermind of the daring invasion of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Admiral Yamamoto also led the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Battle of Midway in June. 1942. He also became captain of the ship Musashi. The assassination of Admiral Yamamoto left a huge breach in the morale of the Japanese Navy and became a huge advantage to the strength of the U.S. Navy. Japan lost one of its great naval generals during World War II.

RMS CARPATHA LANDS IN NEW YOK WITH RESCUED TITANIC PASSENGERS

April 18, 1912

Three days after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the remaining 705 passengers and crew of the Titanic finally arrived at the Titanic's expected port in New York City aboard the rescue ship RMS Carpathia, on this day in 1912. Pass 9: 25 pm, despite heavy rain, Carpathia landed at Pier 54 to safely unload the first and second-class passengers of the Titanic, then unload the third-class passengers after undergoing immigration inspection. officer. At the harbor they were greeted by the influx of families, relatives and friends of those aboard the Titanic, hoping that among those rescued from the sinking would be the disembarking passengers. Emotions poured into the harbor. Carpathia crews then unloaded at the pier owned by White Star Liner the lifeboats of the Titanic that were temporarily unloaded on the Carpathia deck after rescuing the passengers of the wrecked ship in the middle of the sea. As many as 13 large wooden lifeboats were docked in New York, while seven others were left at sea because all the Titanic's lifeboats could no longer fit on deck. After performing his important mission the Carpathia continued on its journey to Rijeka, Croatia.

April 11, 1912 when the Carpathia also sailed under Captain Arthur Rostron, leaving New York and heading for Rijeka. While at sea, 12:15 a.m. on April 15 it received the distress signal from the sinking Titanic, and it also saw distress flares from a distance of 107 km, and it was the only ship nearby on the Titanic to respond to the disaster. More than four hours later, the Carpathia arrived at the site of the Titanic sinking to pick up the passengers in their lifeboats. They were supported by Carpathian passengers and crew, and provided with immediate necessities. It was 8:30 a.m. on April 15 when they picked up the last passengers of the Titanic, but they had not yet been able to immediately sail back to New York due to bad weather. On April 17, the American cruiser USS Chester set sail for New York to take the passengers of the Titanic to their destination.

Six years later, a German submarine sank the Carpathia in the waters covered by Ireland on July 17, 1918.

Why History?

What is the significance of our study of history? Does it have an effect on our lives today? The truth is that there is. It is important to know the history of our past so that we can understand what will happen in the present. We can also learn the difference between then and now by comparing events. Take for example people, places and equipment or things. Back then, people did not know much about what was going on in the world. It's just like what the real shape of the world is, why are there events that are mysterious to them that are actually only natural. People back then gave meaning to the things that were happening around them.

Perhaps also out of their curiosity, they discover objects or equipment that help them to make their lives easier. It can also be considered an ancient technology. Just like today, people now know a lot when it comes to technology. Using computers, cellphones, or high -tech things. I guess all the work is now using technology. You used to just wa lk or ride animals used for transportation, but now there are vehicles. You can pay for its service, and if you are able or rich, you can buy your own.

They are just one of the importance of why we need to know history.

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