June 3



JUNE 3

Mr. & Ms. Magazine Vol. 27 No. 7, June 3, 2003

On the Cover: Richard Gutierrez and Chynna Ortaleza

Events that happened on June 3:

1571 – Battle of Bangkusay between Filipinos led by Rajah Soliman and Spaniards led by Martin de Goiti.

1898 – Spanish troops stationed in Calamba surrendered to Filipino forces led by Paciano Rizal.

1907 – The Centro Escolar de Señoritas (now Centro Escolar University) was founded.

Personalities and celebrities born on June 3:

1876 – Jose Palma, poet, writer, revolutionary worker and author of the Philippine National Anthem – Tondo, Manila (d. February 12, 1903)

1887 – Maximo de los Reyes, Tagalog writer, editor and congressman of Bataan.  

1905  – Isaac Tolentino, newspaper columnist, cartoonist, painter and komiks editor.

1945 – Ramon Pereyra Jacinto, musician, entrepreneur and founder of DZRJ radio stattion – in Makaty City.

1948 – Bong Coo (full name Olivia Garcia Coo), champion bowler and “Asia’s Bowling Queen” – in Manila.



The Statue of Liberty on the cover of Life

June 3, 1940 issue

Larawang Tribiya 

          Ang Statue of Liberty sa Liberty Island sa New York harbor ay isang rebulto ng babaeng may hawak ng sulo at ng Tabula ansata o tapyas ng batong nagpapaalaala ng batas, at sumasagisag kay Libertas, ang diyosa ng kalayaan ng mga Romano. 



The Statue of Liberty and
its designer Frédéric
Bartholdi on the cover of 

 vintage Frank Leslie’s

Illustrated Newspaper,

June 13, 1883 issue
(scan courtesy of Ana

Marinette S. Abe, from

the Hironoki Collections).

         Ang statue ay idinisenyo ng French scuptor na si Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) at may taas, mula sa ground level hanggang sa pinakadulo ng liyab ng sulong hawak ni Libertas, na 305 talampakan at isang pulgada (humigit-kumulang 93 metro). Ito ay may bigat na 450,000 pounds (204.1 metric tons).

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