Week of February 22, 1986

Mutiny - The Philippines defense minister and the deputy armed forces chief

seize control of that nation’s military headquarters and demand that President

Ferdinand E. Marcos resign because his Feb. 7 election victory was fraudulent

and pledged their support to opposition leader Corazon Aquino.

Army and citizens against him - After 20 years of rule, Philippine president

Ferdinand E. Marcos quits and is flown go Guam, then to Honolulu to take up

temporary residence. Thousands and thousand of citizens cheer.

nationwide state of emergency aimed at shutting

down radio and television stations broadcasting

reports that his government had been

overthrown. He orders troops to use force to

defend government installations after a rebel

force of about 2,000 soldiers claimed that I had

defeated Marcos and driven him from the

country.

President Reagan calls on Philippine strongman

Ferdinand E. Marcos to step down.

The Reagan Administration said they would offer

him asylum in the United States.

New president Corazon Aquino of the Philippines names a Cabinet and urges

her countrymen to be patient with her government as it ‘rebuilds the ruins” left by

deposed President Ferdinand E. Marcos.

to their deaths in a the gas chambers of a World War II

concentration camp.

President Reagan, after cutting off reporters’ persistent questions

during a photo session, turned to a White House guest and

remarked “Sons of bitches.” Reagan was trying to end the session

with chairman David Packard and other members of the

President’s Blue Ribbon Commission on defense Management.

Week of February 22, 1986

Proclaiming that “reason and compassion have

prevailed,” The United States extends recognition to

the new Philippine government of Corazon Aquino and

praised the Filipino people as the “true heroes” in the

rapid events that ended the rule of Ferdinand E.

Marcos.

President Reagan complained to congressional

leaders about the televised forum given Radio Moscow

reporter Vladimir Posner after the President’s TV

address to the nation on military spending this week. “I

don’t know why the hell the media are so willing to lend support to the soviets,

Reagan was quoted as telling a bipartisan leadership gathering.”

President Reagan authorizes secret service protection for deposed Philippine

leader Ferdinand E. Marcos who is in Hawaii.

Authorities say that former vice presidential candidate Geraldine A. Ferraro’s

son, John A. Zaccaro Jr., supplied drugs to a majority of cocaine users at

exclusive Middle College in Vermont.

Passing- Entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe, who took a little-known carnival attraction

and turned it into Bingo. He was 75.

Music news

Best Record - “We Are The World” - USA

For Africa

Best Album - “No Jacket Required” - Phil

Collins

Best Song - “We Are The World”

New artist - Sade - Diamond Life

Best male pop vocal - Phil Collins - “No

Jacket required.”

Best female pop vocal - Whitney Houston

- “Saving All My Love For You.”

Best male rock vocal - Don Henley - “The

Boys of summer.”

Best female rock vocal - Tina Turner “One

of the Living.’

agreement on a compromise plan that would require cable systems to set aside

Week of February 22, 1986

about one-fourth of their capacity to carry local over-the-air channels. The

landmark plan comes after a federal curt last July threw out 20-year-old FCC

rules that forced cable system to carry local broadcast channels. Since the court

decision, there have been no rules requiring cable systems to carry the

broadcast channels, even in areas where viewers were unable to pick up TV

signals with ordinary antennas, although most cable systems have continued to

carry the stations.

the A’s, Dave Parker of the Reds and four other major

league players implicated in drug use are conditionally

suspended for a year by Baseball Commissioner peter

Ueberroth.

Michael Ray Richardson of the New Jersey Nets is barred

from the NBA for at least 2 years because he has a drug

problem.

Ken Norton, former boxing champ, is listed in stable but

serious condition after he suffered a fractured skull and a broken jaw in a traffic

accident.

On Saturday Night Live - Jay Leno hosts with musical guests the Neville

Brothers.

Monday night television -

CBS - Kate and Allie, Newhart, Blood & Orchids

NBC - Movie, TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes

ABC - Hardcastle & McCormick, Crossings, Nightline, Eye on Hollywood

PBS - Wonderworks, American Playhouse

USA - WWF Prime-Time Wrestling

Lifetime - Dr Ruth, Everybody’s Money Matters

Week of February 22, 1986