Mathematics: Who invented logarithms ?

Questions

In 1986 Philippines President Ferdinand E. ---------- flees in defeat, takes up residence in Hawaii with wife Imelda. ?

In 1993 World Trade Centre bombing. ---------- terrorists detonate a bomb in the World Trade Centre. 168 people killed in the first terrorist attack on United States soil. ?

In 1995 Barings Bank disaster. Nick ---------- loses billions of Pounds Sterling in offshore investments, ruining Barings Bank. ?

In 1807 Henry Wadsworth ---------- (in Portland, Maine), poet, born. ?

In 1844 ---------- Republic gains it's independence. ?