August 20



AUGUST 20

Damdamin Komiks Taon 2 Blg. 97
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwento ni Elena Patron na “Magpakailanman”
na iginuhit ni Louie Celerio

 

UNANG LABAS

Unang labas ng Extra Komiks
(Agosto 20, 1951),
tampok ang “Prinsipeng Kuba”
ni Nardo de Dios
na iginuhit ni Noly Panaligan

Ang Extra Komiks ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Agosto 20, 1951. Tampok sa babasahing ito ang mga kuwentong “Prinsipeng Kuba” (na isinulat ni Nardo de Dios at iginuhit ni Noly Panaligan, na siya ring nasa taklob-pahina ng unang isyu), “Barbero ng Sevilla” (isinulat ni Cris Cortez at iginuhit Antonio J. Ocampo), “Buhay ni Kuya Porong” (ni Joe La Men), “Bulaklak ng Malaya” (ni Narciso Miranda), “Bumibili ng Isang Ina” (isinulat ni Corazon Medina at iginuhit ni Tony de Zuñiga), “Doktor Sangredo” (isinulat ni Cristino Mata at iginuhit nina Juan Pangilinan at Antonio J. Ocampo), “Golem” (isinulat ni Mario del Mar at iginuhit ni Fred Alcantara), “Pompe” (ni Tony Barreto), at “Ang Paralitiko” (isinulat ni Ramon Marcelino at iginuhit ni Ruben Yandoc).

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Agosto 20 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 20, 1882, ang makabayang sanaysay ni Jose Rizal na Amor Patrio (“Pag-ibig sa Bayan”) na isinulat niya sa ilalim ng taguring “Laong Laan” ay inilimbag sa Diarong Tagalog. Ito ay inilimbag sa dalawang wika, ang orihinal na sinulat ni Rizal sa wikang Kastila at ang iniliwat sa Tagalog ni Marcelo H. del Pilar.

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The first Miss Universe Armi Kuusela with businessman

husband Virgilio Hilario.

          Ikinasal ang mangangalakal na si Virgilio “Gil” Hilario sa Finnish beauty queen at kauna-unahang Miss Universe na si Armi Kuusela sa Tokyo, Japan, noong Agosto 20, 1953.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 20:

1938 – Eddie Mercado (real name Eduardo Mercado), actor, singer, event host and director – in Manila (d. September 18, 2006).

Eddie Mercado (with Jeanne Young)

on the cover of TV Times (August 1-7, 1976)

1939 – Fernando Poe Jr (real name Ronald Allan Kelly-Gatbonton Poe), actor, director, film producer, cultural icon and National Artist for Cinema (2006) – in Manila (d. December14, 2004).

Fernando Poe Jr on the covers of Weekly Graphic (August 11, 1965), Expressweek (July 13, 1978),
and People Asia (June 2004).



1939 – Mike Velarde (full name Mariano Zuniega Velarde), founder of El Shaddai Movement – in Caramoran, Catanduanes.

1953 – Cesar A. X. Syjuco, painter, poet and art critic – in Manila.

1977 – Harry Tañamor, champion amateur boxer – in Zamboanga City.



Elke Sommer on the cover of Gent (August 1964).

Picture Trivia 

          Hollywood actress Elke Sommer was a German native born as Baroness Elke von Schletz. In 1964, she won the Golden Globe Award for “Most Promising Newcomer Actress” for her portrayal as Inger Lisa Andersson in the film The Prize, opposite paul ewman and Edward G. Robinson.

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