May 17



MAY 17

Pilipino Komiks Blg. 286, Mayo 17, 1958

Tampok ang guhit-pabalat ni Fred Carillo na may pamagat na “Kasoy sa Antipolo”

 

Events that happened on May 17

1899 – The Gaceta de Filipinas, the official publication of Aguinaldo’s revolutionary government was released for circulation. It was earlier called El Heraldo de la Revolucion, Heraldo Filipino and Indice Oficial.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 17:

1843 – Pascual Ledesma, Visayan revolutionary leader – in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental (d. June 6, 1917).

1857 – Pascual H. Poblete, journalist, playwright, patriot, “Father of Philippine Journalism” and one of the founder of the Nationalista Party – in Naic, Cavite (d. February 5, 1921).

1940 – Reynato Serrano Puno, 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (December 8, 2007 – May 17, 2010) – in Manila.

Reynato Puno
on the cover of Philippines Free Press (January 24, 2009)

 

1949 – Manuel “Manny” Paner, basketball player – in Cebu City.

Manny Paner (with Vilma Santos and wife Daisy Romualdez)

on the cover of Sixteen Magazine (November 23, 1973)

1952 – Rey Malonzo (full name Reynalso Valencia Malonzo), actor and politician – in Caloocan City.

1968 – Danilo Gomez Marquez, writer, journalist and newspaperman.

1982 – Mocha Uson (real name Esther Margaux Justiniano Uson), dancer, singer, model, blogger and public official – in Dagupan, Pangasinan.



Mocha Uson (at the center with the Mocha Girls)

on the cover of Playboy Philippines (September 2012)

and on Page 96 of Maxim Philippines (December 2006)

1989 – Kris Bernal (full name Kristine Ann Tan Bernal), actress and model – in Quezon City.

Kris Bernal
on the cover of MOD (August 2009).

1994 – Julie Ann San Jose (full name Julie Ann Peñaflorida San Jose), singer and actress – in Novaliches, Quezon city.

Julie Anne San Jose

on the covers of Preview (August 2015) and Speed (November 2017)



 





Samuel L. Jackson (as Jedi Mace Windu)

and Ewan McGregor (Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi)

wielding Lightsabers (for the film

Star War: Episode II – Attack of the Clones,

on the cover of Entertainment Weekly

(May 17, 2002).

Picture Trivia

          The lightsaber is an extraordinary weapon used by Jedis and Siths in the Star Wars film series. In the original lightsaber in the first Star Wars (1977) film, a blade of light 1.33 meter in length will extend once it is wielded. It can cut through almost anything and can cut a wound like being scorched by an extremely hot metal. There are no two lightsabers exactly alike, but Obi-Wan Kenobi’s lightsaber was similar to the one given to Luke Skywalker.

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