July 15



JULY 15

Pilipino Komiks # 596, Hulyo 15, 1971
Tampok sa taklob-pahina sina Maritess Revilla at Nora Aunor

 

Events that happened on July 15:

1890 – The first installment of Jose Rizal’s article “The Indolence of the Filipinos” was published in La Solidaridad. There were five installments and the last was published in September 15, 1890.

1927 – The first issue of Graphic, a weekly magazine was released for circulation.

1939 – Station KZRH began airing after Hal Bowie greeted the listener “Good Morning Manila.”

1948 – Calbayog (in Samar) was declared a city by virtue of Republic Act No. 328.

1958 – The Philippine Atomic Commission was established.

 

Personalities and celebrities born on July 15:

1920 – Cicero D. Calderon, educator, lawyer and labor leader – Dumaguete. (d. May 27, 2004)

1951 – Iggy Arroyo (full name Ignacio Tuason Arroyo), politician – in Quezon City (d. January 26, 2012).

1972 – Sonny Angara (full name Juan Edgardo M. Angara), lawyer and politician – in Manila.

1974 – Chot Ulep (real name Ramoncito Dayawon Ulep), songwriter, bassist and financial trader – in Quezon City.

1985 – Chris Tiu (full name Chritopher John Alandy-Dy Tiu), Filipino-Chinese professional basketball player, TV host and model – in Manila.

Chris Tiu on the cover of Men’s Health
November 2011 issue.

 

Silvester Stallone (as Judge Joseph Dredd),
on the cover page of Cinescape (July 1995).

Picture Trivia

          The fictional character Judge Dredd was conceptualized by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezguerra. Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in the future that has the authority to arrest, judge and impose the death penalty to the convicted. In the 1995 film Judge Dredd, it was Silvester Stallone who portrayed the character. The role, however, was first offered to Arnold Schwarzenegger, who refused it because in the film the character’s face was most of the time covered.

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