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Today marks Dr. Jose Rizal 's 163rd birth anniversary. A physician, novelist, polyglot, and naturalist, Rizal has long been acclaimed a national hero for fighting for sociopolitical reforms and the equality between Filipinos and Spaniards.Rizal is not recognized as the official national hero of the Philippines. In fact, the country does not have any because no law has been passed to recognize one.
While in Mindanao, Rizal worked as a rural physician, created a school, taught the locals, discovered four fauna species, and even won the lottery, among others. Today, the public may visit the Museo ni Jose Rizal at the Rizal Shrine in Dapitan, where visitors can have a glimpse of the national hero's life in exile.
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