#historyonleo #onthisday On February 25th 1986 Ferdinand Marcos, president of Philippines, flees the country after twenty years of rule. Marcos, who, due to his staunch anti-Communism, ruled as authoritarian with US support, is removed due to mass street protests, motivated by the 1983 slaying of popular opposition figure Benigno Aquino and fraudulent presidential elections. Aquino's widow Corazon Aquino becomes new president, marking the restoration of Philippine's democracy.