24: Number of paintings by Cory Aquino that are posted on her website.

1986: Year that Sr. Lucia dos Santos gave Aquino (through Jaime Cardinal Sin) a rosary which she made herself. Sister Lucia was one of three children to whom the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima appeared. The rosary saw Aquino through several coup attempts.

11: Number of times that Aquino?s speech before a joint session of Congress in Washington D.C. in September 1986 was interrupted by applause.

15+: Number of honorary degrees conferred on Aquino by universities in the Philippines, the U.S., Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Italy.

2: Number of conditions laid down by Aquino before running against Marcos in 1986 ? an actual call for snap elections declared by Marcos himself, and one million signatures urging her to run.

9,291,761: Total number of votes garnered by Aquino in the 1986 snap elections, according to the Commission on Elections. Marcos reportedly got 10,807,197. Aquino rejected the results and called for a non-violent protest movement now known as ?People Power.?

Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research

Sources: coryaquino.ph, time.com, Inquirer Archives