Kammala wannan jumlar: A ranar 21 ga Agusta, 1983, babban abokin hamayyar Marcos, shugaban adawa Benigno Aquino Jr.,
aka kashe a kan titin saukar jiragen sama a Manila International Airport. Marcos ya yi kira ga zaben shugaban kasa a shekarar 1986. An ayyana Marcos a matsayin wanda ya yi nasara, amma sakamakon da aka samu ya zama yaudara. Sakamakon zanga-zangar ya haifar da juyin juya halin ikon jama'a, wanda ya tilasta Marcos da abokan kawancensa su gudu zuwa Hawaii, kuma aka nada gwauruwar Aquino, Corazon Aquino, a matsayin shugaban kasa.