Historical eventMay 52020

ABS-CBN

Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN was forced to go off-air by the National Telecommunications Commission after Congress failed to renew its franchise granted in 1995.

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When
Tuesday, May 5 20206 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
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Dates: From 2020.

What happened

Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN was forced to go off-air by the National Telecommunications Commission after Congress failed to renew its franchise granted in 1995.

May 5 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1985Ronald Reagan
  2. 1987Iran–Contra affair
  3. 19911991 Washington, D.C., riot
  4. 1992Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
  5. 1994Bishkek Protocol
  6. 1994Caning of Michael Fay
  7. 2006Sudan
  8. 2007Kenya Airways Flight 507
  9. 2010Anti-austerity movement in Greece
  10. 2020ABS-CBN
  11. 2023World Health Organization

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When did ABS-CBN happen?

May 5 2020 — 6 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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