May 23

MAY 23

Hiwaga Komiks Taon 12 Blg. 304, Mayo 23, 1962
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang nobela ni Pablo S. Gomez na “Cara Cruz”



UNANG LABAS

Unang labas ng Pinoy Komiks (Mayo 23, 1963).

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwento ni

Damy Velasquez na “Rogel Maglaya.”

Ang Pinoy Komiks ang pang-apat na komiks na inilimbag ng Graphic Arts Services, Inc. Ito ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Mayo 23, 1963. Sa komiks na ito unang lumabas si Captain Barbell, ang popular superhero na likha ni Mars Ravelo at iginuhit ni Jim Fernandez. Itinampok sa pabalat ng unang isyu ang kuwento ni Damy Velasquez na “Rogel Maglaya” (1963-1965) na iginuhit ni Celso Trinidad.

Events that happened on May 23

1899 – Retreating Spanish forces burned down the building in Zamboanga City after suffering defeat from Chavacano troops led by Vicente Alvarez.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 23:

1946 – Diosdado “Dado” Banatao, electrical engineer, computer scientist and inventor of the first Windows accelerator chip, controller chip and graphic user interface – in Iguig, Cagayan.

1977 – Nina Ricci Alagao, model and beauty queen – in Pasay City.

Nina Ricci Alagao
on the cover of FHM Philippines (November 2001)

 

1982 – Rochelle Pangilinan, actress, singer and lead dancer of the Sex Bomb – in Malabon, Metro Manila.

Rochelle Pangilinan
on the cover of FHM Philippines (July 2014)

 

1995 – Eula Caballero (full name Eula May Caballero Simo), actress – in Cebu City.

Eula Caballero
on the cover of Bannawag (May 13, 2013)

Sean Connery, the lead actor
in the film The Hunt for Red October,
on the cover of Empire (May 1990).

Picture Trivia

       Do you know that the film The Hunt for Red October (1990), starring Sean Connery (as Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius) and Alec Baldwin (as CIA analyst Jack Ryan), was based on the novel of the same title authored by Tom Clancy in 1984? It is in this novel that Clancy started his rise to fame, especially when former U.S. President Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) said he liked reading the novel and even called it “unputdown-able.”

       Do you also know the verse and chapter of the Bible passage that Ivan Putin (played Peter Firth) quoted at the start of the film? It is from Revelation 16:16-17, which narrates about Armageddon.

First edition (1984) of the novel
1The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy.

       In 1991, when the film was released in VHS format, the color of the tape was red.

       The director of The Hunt for Red October, John McTiernan, is also the director of Die Hard (1988) that starred Bruce Willis. Because of McTiernan’s obligation to The Hunt for Red October, he passed the opportunity of directing the sequel of the Willis starrer Die Hard II (1990).

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