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Commemorations

The days the CCIS community remembers every year: the people's struggles, PUP and CCIS history, and the free and open technology we build on. Each one is on the CCIS Calendar, on its day.

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8 November 1986 · 39 years agoBirth of Aaron SwartzAaron Swartz was born in Chicago. He helped make RSS, Creative Commons and Reddit, and fought for open access to knowledge.Tech

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January9 days

6 January 2011 · 15 years agoAaron Swartz arrested over the JSTOR downloadsAaron Swartz was arrested near MIT for downloading millions of academic articles from JSTOR to share knowledge freely. He faced up to 35 years in prison.Hacktivism
11 January 2013 · 13 years agoDeath of Aaron SwartzAaron Swartz, programmer and activist for open access to knowledge, died at 26 while facing federal charges over the JSTOR downloads.Tech
15 January 2001 · 25 years agoWikipedia launchedWikipedia went online: a free encyclopedia that anyone can read and edit, now one of the most used sites in the world.Tech
18 January 2012 · 14 years agoSOPA and PIPA internet blackout protestThousands of websites, Wikipedia among them, went dark for a day against two US bills that threatened free expression online. Both bills were shelved.Tech
19 January 2012 · 14 years agoAnonymous #OpMegauploadAfter US authorities shut down the file-sharing site Megaupload, Anonymous attacked the websites of the US Justice Department and of music and film industry groups in protest.Hacktivism
19 January 2022 · 4 years agoDND terminates the PUP-DND AccordThe Department of National Defense ended the 1990 PUP-DND Accord without dialogue with the university. The letter became public only in April 2023.PUP
22 January 1987 · 39 years agoMendiola MassacreState forces opened fire on farmers marching to Malacañang for genuine land reform. At least 12 were killed and 51 were hurt.Activism
26 January 1970 · 56 years agoFirst Quarter Storm beginsPolice violently dispersed a protest outside Congress during the State of the Nation Address, starting the First Quarter Storm of 1970. Students of the Philippine College of Commerce, now PUP, were among the protesters.ActivismPUP
30 January 1970 · 56 years agoBattle of MendiolaState forces fired on protesters near Malacañang. Four students were killed: Ricardo Alcantara, Fernando Catabay, Feliciano Roldan and Bernardo Tausa.ActivismPUP

February10 days

1 February 1971 · 55 years agoDiliman Commune startsStudents, faculty and workers barricaded UP Diliman against military entry, beginning a nine-day occupation of the campus.Activism
1 February 1981 · 45 years agoGuinayangan Massacre, QuezonSoldiers fired on coconut farmers marching to the Guinayangan town plaza against the coco levy and militarization. Two farmers were killed and many were wounded.Activism
1 February 2001 · 25 years agoVLC media player becomes free softwareVLC, begun as a student project at the Ecole Centrale Paris, was released under the GNU GPL. It is now one of the most used free programs in the world.Tech
6 February 2011 · 15 years agoAnonymous hacks HBGary FederalAfter HBGary Federal's chief said he would unmask Anonymous, the group broke into the security firm and published its emails, which revealed plans to discredit WikiLeaks and its supporters.Hacktivism
7 February 1974 · 52 years agoBurning of Jolo, SuluJolo burned during fighting between government forces and the Moro National Liberation Front. Estimates of the civilian dead run into the thousands, and many more lost their homes.Activism
9 February 1971 · 55 years agoDiliman Commune endsThe nine-day Diliman Commune at UP Diliman ended.Activism
10 February 1987 · 39 years agoLupao MassacreSoldiers killed 17 civilians, among them children and old people, in Sitio Padlao, Lupao, Nueva Ecija.Activism
10 February 2008 · 18 years agoProject Chanology protestsMasked protesters of Anonymous rallied outside Church of Scientology centers in cities around the world against its efforts to censor the internet.Hacktivism
25 February 1986 · 40 years agoEDSA People PowerAfter four days of mass protest on EDSA, the Marcos dictatorship fell and the family fled the country.Activism
25 February 1989 · 37 years agoGNU GPL version 1 releasedRichard Stallman published the first GNU General Public License, which keeps software free to use, study, share and change.Tech

March12 days

7 March 1906 · 120 years agoBud Dajo Massacre, JoloUS colonial forces attacked Moro families who had taken refuge in the crater of Bud Dajo. Hundreds of men, women and children were killed.Activism
7 March 2021 · 5 years agoBloody SundayPolice and military raids across Calabarzon killed nine activists and led to the arrest of six others.Activism
8 March 1917 · 109 years agoInternational Women's DayWomen workers in Petrograd went on strike for bread and peace on 8 March 1917. The day has since been marked worldwide for women's rights.Activism
9 March 1997 · 29 years agoBIT becomes BS Computer Science, BCDPM becomes BS Information TechnologyUnder CHED Memorandum Order No. 60, Series of 1996, the college, then CCMIT and now CCIS, proposed turning BIT into BS Computer Science and BCDPM into BS Information Technology.CCIS
15 March 2013 · 13 years agoDeath of Kristel TejadaKristel Tejada, a 16-year-old UP Manila student, took her life after being made to go on leave over unpaid tuition. Her death led UP to lift its no-late-payment policy.Activism
18 March 1968 · 58 years agoJabidah Massacre, CorregidorMoro recruits training on Corregidor were reportedly killed by their military trainers. The massacre fueled the Moro struggle in Mindanao.Activism
19 March 2010 · 16 years agoPUP protest against the tuition hike from P12 to P200Thousands of PUP students walked out of classes against a proposal to raise tuition from P12 to P200 per unit. The increase did not push through.PUP
27 March 2016 · 10 years agoComeleak: the Comelec hackAnonymous Philippines defaced the Commission on Elections website to demand better election security. LulzSec Pilipinas then leaked its voter database.Hacktivism
28 March 2008 · 18 years agoDeath of Dr. Nemesio PrudenteDr. Nemesio Prudente, president of PUP and its earlier form the Philippine College of Commerce, died. He was jailed three times under Marcos and is honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani.PUP
29 March 1994 · 32 years agoThe Philippines connects to the internetThe Philippines made its first full connection to the internet, through PHNet.Tech
30 March 2019 · 7 years agoNegros 14 Massacre, Negros OrientalPolice operations killed 14 people in Canlaon, Manjuyod and Santa Catalina. Rights groups and families said the dead were farmers.Activism
31 March 1998 · 28 years agoNetscape's source code is freedNetscape released its browser's source code to the public. The project became Mozilla, which later made Firefox.Tech

April9 days

1 April 2016 · 10 years agoKidapawan dispersal of farmersPolice opened fire on drought-stricken farmers asking for rice in Kidapawan, Cotabato. At least three were killed.Activism
5 April 1973 · 53 years agoDeath of Liliosa Hilao in detentionLiliosa Hilao, a student journalist, died in military custody at Camp Crame. She is remembered as the first political detainee to die under martial law.Activism
5 April 2010 · 16 years agoWikiLeaks releases the Collateral Murder videoWikiLeaks published video of a 2007 US helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed civilians, among them two Reuters journalists.Hacktivism
7 April 1950 · 76 years agoMaliwalu Massacre, Bacolor, PampangaOn Good Friday, government troops killed farmers in the village of Maliwalu, Bacolor. Reports of the dead range from 21 to about 100.Activism
10 April 1998 · 28 years agoFloodNet virtual sit-in for the ZapatistasElectronic Disturbance Theater held its first FloodNet virtual sit-in, against the Mexican president's website, in support of the Zapatistas of Chiapas.Hacktivism
19 April 2026 · This yearNegros 19 MassacreNineteen people were killed in Toboso, Negros Occidental, in what the military called an armed encounter. Rights groups identified at least nine of the dead as civilians, among them a community journalist and two UP students.Activism
24 April 1980 · 46 years agoMacli-ing Dulag killedMacli-ing Dulag, Kalinga leader of the fight against the Chico River dams, was shot dead in his home.Activism
28 April 2007 · 19 years agoJonas Burgos abductedActivist Jonas Burgos was abducted from a restaurant in Ever Gotesco Commonwealth, Quezon City. The van was traced to an army camp. He has not been found.Activism
30 April 1993 · 33 years agoCERN makes the World Wide Web free for allCERN put the World Wide Web in the public domain, so anyone could use and build on it without paying.Tech

May4 days

1 May 1886 · 140 years agoInternational Workers' DayWorkers in the United States went on strike for an eight-hour workday on 1 May 1886, the start of the struggle remembered on Labor Day.Activism
5 May 2020 · 6 years agoABS-CBN taken off the airA cease-and-desist order from the National Telecommunications Commission took ABS-CBN's free TV and radio off the air.Gov Block
6 May 2025 · 1 year agoCCIS protest against deptals in 43 degree heatLed by the CCIS Student Council, students protested on the fourth floor of the PUP Main Building against holding midterm departmental examinations under a 43 degree Celsius heat index.CCIS
10 May 1996 · 30 years agoInternet Archive foundedBrewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive, a free digital library that keeps copies of the web. Some sources give 12 May.Tech

June13 days

5 June 1991 · 35 years agoPhil Zimmermann releases PGPPhil Zimmermann released PGP, a free program that let ordinary people encrypt their messages.Tech
5 June 2013 · 13 years agoSnowden surveillance revelations beginThe first stories from documents leaked by Edward Snowden showed that the US government was collecting the phone records of millions.Tech
8 June 2022 · 4 years agoNTC orders 27 websites blockedA National Telecommunications Commission memo ordered internet providers to block 27 websites, among them the alternative news sites Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly.Gov Block
10 June 2026 · This yearCCIS walkout against the hands-on departmental examinationsMore than 200 CCIS students walked out of the hands-on departmental examinations, called unjust and anti-student, under the call "Deptals, Pahirap! Baguhin! Baguhin!"CCIS
11 June 1913 · 113 years agoBud Bagsak Massacre begins, JoloUS colonial forces began their attack on Tausug families at Bud Bagsak in Jolo. Hundreds were killed in five days.Activism
11 June 2026 · This yearCCIS Student Council wins concessions from the OVPAAIn a dialogue with the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the council won a week for departmental examinations only, no zero grade for those who walked out, and an agreement to work on removing the P7.50 examination fee.CCIS
12 June 1898 · 128 years agoPhilippine Independence DayPhilippine independence from Spain was declared in Kawit, Cavite.Activism
14 June 1981 · 45 years agoDaet Massacre, Camarines NorteGovernment forces fired on coconut farmers marching for better copra prices and against the coco levy. Four died on the spot and at least 50 were hurt.Activism
14 June 2023 · 3 years agoFausto family massacre, HimamaylanFour members of a farming family, among them two children, were shot dead in their home in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental.Activism
19 June 1971 · 55 years agoManili Massacre, Carmen, North CotabatoArmed men killed about 70 Moro Muslims, among them women and children, inside a mosque in Manili.Activism
21 June 1982 · 44 years agoPulilan Massacre, BulacanSoldiers raided a meeting of peasant organizers in Pulilan. Five were taken away and later found dead.Activism
26 June 2006 · 20 years agoKaren Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan abductedUP students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan were abducted by soldiers in Hagonoy, Bulacan. They have never been found.Activism
29 June 2007 · 19 years agoGPL version 3 releasedThe Free Software Foundation released version 3 of the GNU General Public License.Tech

July1 day

5 July 2015 · 11 years agoPhineas Fisher leaks Hacking Team's filesThe hacker Phineas Fisher leaked the files of Hacking Team, an Italian company that sold spying tools to governments.Hacktivism

August9 days

3 August 2017 · 9 years agoFree Higher Education Act signedRepublic Act 10931, the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, was signed. It made tuition free in state universities and colleges like PUP, a win of years of student campaigns.PUP
9 August 2004 · 22 years agoOpenStreetMap foundedSteve Coast started OpenStreetMap, a free map of the world made by volunteers.Tech
15 August 1997 · 29 years agoGNOME desktop announcedMiguel de Icaza and Federico Mena announced GNOME, a free desktop for Linux and other systems.Tech
16 August 1993 · 33 years agoDebian announcedIan Murdock announced Debian, one of the oldest free operating systems still made by volunteers.Tech
21 August 1971 · 55 years agoPlaza Miranda bombingGrenades were thrown onto the stage of a Liberal Party rally at Plaza Miranda, killing nine people and wounding about 95.Activism
21 August 1983 · 43 years agoNinoy Aquino assassinatedOpposition leader Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was shot dead at the Manila International Airport on his return from exile.Activism
21 August 1990 · 36 years agoPUP-DND Accord signedPUP president Nemesio Prudente and Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos signed the accord that requires notice to the university president before police or military operations on PUP campuses.PUP
23 August 1896 · 130 years agoCry of Pugad LawinAndres Bonifacio and the Katipunan tore their cedulas and began the revolution against Spain.Activism
25 August 1991 · 35 years agoLinus Torvalds announces LinuxStudent Linus Torvalds announced a free operating system he called "just a hobby". It became Linux.Tech

September19 days

1 September 2015 · 11 years agoLianga Massacre, Surigao del SurParamilitary men killed Lumad school director Emerito Samarca and leaders Dionel Campos and Bello Sinzo in Lianga, and thousands of Lumad fled their homes.Activism
5 September 2011 · 15 years agoSci-Hub launchedAlexandra Elbakyan started Sci-Hub, a site that gives free access to millions of research papers behind paywalls.Tech
9 September 1998 · 28 years agoFloodNet action against the PentagonElectronic Disturbance Theater aimed FloodNet at the websites of the Pentagon, Mexico's President Zedillo and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in support of the Zapatistas.Hacktivism
11 September 1973 · 53 years agoCoup in Chile ends Project CybersynThe military coup against Salvador Allende ended Project Cybersyn, Chile's early computer network for running the economy.Tech
12 September 1981 · 45 years agoChaos Computer Club foundedThe Chaos Computer Club, Europe's largest group of hackers working for privacy and freedom of information, was founded in Berlin.Hacktivism
15 September 1981 · 45 years agoSag-od Massacre, Las Navas, Northern SamarArmed men tied to a paramilitary group killed 45 villagers of Sag-od, among them children.Activism
17 September 1991 · 35 years agoLinux 0.01 releasedLinus Torvalds released the first version of the Linux kernel.Tech
19 September 1987 · 39 years agoLean Alejandro assassinatedStudent leader Lean Alejandro was shot dead in Quezon City after a press conference.Activism
20 September 1985 · 41 years agoEscalante MassacreParamilitary forces fired on a rally in Escalante, Negros Occidental, on the anniversary of martial law. At least 20 were killed.Activism
21 September 1972 · 54 years agoMartial law declaredFerdinand Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081, putting the whole country under martial law. He announced it on 23 September.Activism
21 September 1982 · 44 years agoEdgar Jopson killedStudent leader Edgar Jopson was killed in a military raid on his home in Davao City.Activism
21 September 2025 · 1 year agoAnti-corruption rallies at Luneta and MendiolaTens of thousands joined the Baha sa Luneta rally and the Trillion Peso March against corruption in flood control projects. Protesters clashed with police near Mendiola.ActivismPUP
22 September 2026 · This yearCICC gives Reddit and Discord 24 hoursThe Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center gave Reddit and Discord 24 hours to set up a presence in the Philippines.Gov Block
23 September 2026 · This yearDiscord blocked in the PhilippinesDiscord was blocked across the Philippines.Gov Block
24 September 1974 · 52 years agoMalisbong Massacre, Palimbang, Sultan KudaratGovernment forces burned the village of Malisbong and killed Moro men held at its Tacbil mosque. Estimates of the dead run from 1,000 to 1,500.Activism
24 September 2026 · This yearDiscord ban lifted; DICT apologizesThe block on Discord was lifted less than a day after it began, and the CICC and the DICT apologized to the users affected.Gov Block
26 September 2012 · 14 years agoAnonymous Philippines protests the Cybercrime LawAnonymous Philippines defaced government websites, the Bangko Sentral and MWSS among them, against the newly signed Cybercrime Prevention Act.Hacktivism
27 September 1983 · 43 years agoGNU Project announcedRichard Stallman announced the GNU Project to build a completely free operating system.Tech
28 September 2010 · 16 years agoLibreOffice and The Document Foundation foundedVolunteers left OpenOffice.org and started LibreOffice, a free office suite, under The Document Foundation.Tech

October12 days

3 October 2012 · 14 years ago#OpPhilippines as the Cybercrime Law takes effectOn the day the Cybercrime Prevention Act took effect, hacktivists defaced more government websites under #OpPhilippines.Hacktivism
4 October 1985 · 41 years agoFree Software Foundation foundedRichard Stallman founded the Free Software Foundation to support the free software movement.Tech
6 October 2016 · 10 years agoMastodon announcedEugen Rochko publicly announced Mastodon, a free and decentralized social network.Tech
9 October 2012 · 14 years agoSupreme Court stops the Cybercrime Prevention ActThe Supreme Court issued a 120-day temporary restraining order against the Cybercrime Prevention Act after petitions against its online libel provisions.Tech
10 October 2022 · 4 years agoSIM Card Registration Act signedRepublic Act 11934 was signed, requiring every SIM card to be registered under the owner's real name.Gov Block
10 October 2025 · 1 year agoPUP system-wide walkoutMore than 15,000 students, faculty and staff across PUP campuses walked out against corruption and cuts to the PUP budget.PUP
13 October 2002 · 24 years agoBlender becomes free softwareAfter a community fundraiser bought its rights, the 3D program Blender was released under the GNU GPL.Tech
14 October 1996 · 30 years agoKDE desktop announcedStudent Matthias Ettrich announced KDE, a free desktop for Linux and other systems.Tech
16 October 1989 · 37 years agoWANK worm hits NASAThe WANK worm, carrying an anti-nuclear message, spread through NASA and US Department of Energy computers.Hacktivism
19 October 1904 · 122 years agoPUP founded as the Manila Business SchoolPUP began as the Manila Business School on 19 October 1904. The university now marks its founding anniversary every October.PUP
20 October 2018 · 8 years agoSagay 9 MassacreGunmen killed nine sugarcane farmers, among them four women and two children, as they ate dinner in a farm tent in Sagay, Negros Occidental.Activism
24 October 1971 · 55 years agoTacub Massacre, Lanao del NorteGovernment troops killed Moro voters at a military checkpoint in Tacub as they came back from trying to vote.Activism

November7 days · this month

3 November 2022 · 4 years agoUS seizes Z-Library's domainsUS authorities seized the web addresses of Z-Library, a large free library of books and articles.Tech
8 November 1986 · 39 years agoBirth of Aaron SwartzAaron Swartz was born in Chicago. He helped make RSS, Creative Commons and Reddit, and fought for open access to knowledge.Tech
16 November 2004 · 21 years agoHacienda Luisita MassacrePolice and soldiers fired on striking farm workers at Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac. At least seven were killed.Activism
21 November 2005 · 20 years agoPalo Massacre, LeyteSoldiers killed seven peasants in San Agustin, Palo, at dawn, in what the military called a gunfight.Activism
23 November 2009 · 16 years agoAmpatuan MassacreFifty-eight people, among them at least 32 journalists, were killed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, while on their way to file a certificate of candidacy. It is the deadliest single attack on journalists on record.Activism
28 November 2010 · 15 years agoWikiLeaks begins CablegateWikiLeaks began publishing more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables.Hacktivism
30 November 1863 · 162 years agoBirth of Andres BonifacioAndres Bonifacio, founder of the Katipunan and father of the Philippine Revolution, was born in Tondo, Manila.Activism

December9 days

8 December 2010 · 15 years agoOperation Payback against Mastercard and VisaAnonymous took down the websites of Mastercard and Visa after the companies cut off donations to WikiLeaks.Hacktivism
10 December 1948 · 77 years agoInternational Human Rights DayThe United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948.Activism
10 December 2023 · 2 years agoCCIS students submit a five-point demand on deptalsCCIS students submitted a paper of five demands on the departmental examinations.CCIS
12 December 2023 · 2 years ago#CancelTheDeptals mobilizationStudents gathered on the fifth floor of the South Wing under #CancelTheDeptals. The examinations were moved to January and the fee lowered from P20 to P7.50.CCIS
19 December 1927 · 98 years agoBirth of Dr. Nemesio PrudenteDr. Nemesio Prudente, president of PUP and a defender of academic freedom and human rights, was born.PUP
19 December 1981 · 44 years agoBacong Bridge Massacre, Culasi, AntiqueConstabulary forces fired on about 400 residents marching across the Bacong Bridge. Five farmers were killed.Activism
24 December 2011 · 14 years agoStratfor hackJeremy Hammond and AntiSec broke into the private intelligence firm Stratfor. Its emails were later published by WikiLeaks.Hacktivism
27 December 2018 · 7 years agoFirst Oplan Sauron killings, Negros OrientalSix people were killed in simultaneous police raids in Negros Oriental, the first wave of Oplan Sauron.Activism
30 December 2020 · 5 years agoTumandok Massacre, Capiz and IloiloPolice and soldiers killed nine Tumandok indigenous leaders in raids in Tapaz, Capiz and Calinog, Iloilo.Activism