August 12




AUGUST 12

Continental Komiks Magasin Blg. 92, August 12, 1969
Tampok sa harapang taklob-pahina ang nobelang-komiks na “Baluga” ni Pablo S. Gomez
Nasa likuran naman sina Luis Gonzales at Gloria Romero na gumanap bilang
Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos at Unang Ginang Imelda R. Marcos
para sa pelikulang Pinagbuklod ng Langit.

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Loretta Young (1913-2000) on the cover of Life (August 12, 1946),
one year before she won the Academy Best Actress Award for her portrayal in the film Farmer’s Daughter.

 

Agosto 12 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 12, 1887, ang Museo-Biblioteca de Filipinas (Museum-Library of the Philippines) ay itinatag sa pamamagitan ng royal decree. Pinasinayaan ito at nagbukas noong Oktubre 24, 1891 sa Casa de Moneda sa Intramuros, Manila. Ito ang naging Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas (National Library of the Philippines).

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 12:

1969 – Aga Muhlach (full name Ariel Aquino Muhlach), actor and television host – in Manila.

Aga Muhlach
on the cover of of Mr. & Ms. (December 16, 1995 –January 2, 1996).

 

1982 – Iza Calzado (full name Maria Izadora Ussher Calzado), actress, television host and model – in Quezon City.

Iza Calzado
on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (May 2008), Runner’s World (September 2010),
Esquire Philippines (November 2011), Breakfast (April-May 2012), and Rogue (July 2012).

1984 – Marian Rivera (full name Marian Gracia Rivera Alonso), actress and commercial model – in Madrid, Spain.

Marian Rivera
on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (March 2009), Rogue (July 2009),
Speed (January-February 2010), and Bannawag (January 2, 2012).



1990 – Enzo Pineda (full name Enrico Lorenzo Macam Pineda), dancer and actor – in Quezon City.




Rebecca Romjin-Stamos on the cover of

Cosmopolitan Philippines (August 1999).

Picture Trivia

          Rebecca Romjin-Stamos (nee Rebecca Alie Kuizenga Stamos) was born in Berkeley, California (on November 6, 1972), but she is of Dutch lineage. Her father, Jaap Romjin is a furniture maker from Barneveld, the Netherlands, while her mother, Elizabeth Kuizenga, is an American of Dutch and English ancestry.
          Do you know that she appeared in a 1999 film as herself but uncredited? It was in the film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.  

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