21 September 1972 September 20, 2022 Author: Staff Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age." Charles Caleb Colton — Click here for more from Charles Caleb Colton Related posts: 25 February 1986 25 February 1986 30 December 1965 20 March 1990 11 September 1972 13 April 1972 9 August 1854 4 September 1972 5 September 1972 23 June 1972 Categories: History Tags: 1972, 21 September