August 13



AUGUST 13

Tsampiyon Komiks Taon 1 Blg. 10, Agosto 13, 1957
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang isang tagpo sa kuwentong “Domino” na kathang-isip ni Ruben Yandoc.

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Husband and wife, Eddie Fisher (1928-2010) and Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016)
on the cover of Movieland (August 1956),

just barely two months before the birth of their first-born, Carrie Fisher.

 

Agosto 13 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 13, 1898, bumagsak sa kamay ng puwersang mananakop ng mga Amerikano ang Manila. Si General Wesley Merritt (1836-1910) ang naging unang military governor ng Pilipinas. Datapuwa’t ang kaniyang termino ay tumagal lamang ng 16 na araw. Pinalitan siya ni General Elwell S. Otis.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 13:

1850 – Hipolito Magsalin, representative to the Malolos Congress – in Tondo, Manila.


1940 – Ike Lozada (full name Enrique Lozada), actor, comedian, singer and television host – in Iloilo City. (d. March 8, 1995)

1951 – Ernesto “Ernie” Garcia, actor – in Caloocan City.



Playboy bunny Carol Vitale on the cover
of Playboy (August 1972).

Picture Trivia

          Aside from being a model, Carol Vitale (1946-2008) is also a dancer, athlete, fashion designer, radio broadcaster, television host and Miss Florida finalist. She started as a Playboy bunny in the latter part of the 1960s in Miami Playboy Club before she graced the cover page of Playboy August 1972 issue (SEE attached picture), and later became July 1974 “Playmate of the Month.”
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