14 March, 1947
TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY
The Military Bases Agreement was signed by President Manuel A. Roxas and Paul V. McNutt, the United States high commissioner in the Philippines and concurred in by the Philippine Senate on March 26, 1947, and accepted and ratified by the US on January 21, 1948.
Pursuant to the 1947 Military Bases Agreement, the United States maintained and operated major facilities at Clark Air Base until November 1991, and at Subic Bay Naval Complex and several small subsidiary installations in the Philippines until November 1992.
(Ref: Phil-US Relations Wikipedia/Kahimyang Project; Photo from malacanang.gov.ph)
