Manuel L. Quezon / Library of Congress The first president of the Philippine Commonwealth was born on August 19, 1878, in Baler, Aurora Province. He was born into modest and humble means, but his parents stressed the importance of a rigorous educati
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People walk in front of a rising supermoon at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) The phrase “once in a blue moon” is something we often hear, usually to describe an event that happens ver