August 24



AUGUST 24

TV Guide August 24, 1991 (2 covers)

On the Cover: Shannen Doherty as Brenda Walsh for the TV series Beverly Hills 902

Agosto 24 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 24, 1896, matapos ang “Sigaw sa Pugadlawin,” nagpulong ang mga Katipunero sa pamumuno ni Gat Andres Bonifacio sa tahanan ni Mechora “Tandang Sora” Aquino.

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          Sa araw na ito – ika-24 ng Agosto, 2012 – si Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Aranal-Sereno ang napili ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III na maging Punong Mahistrado ng Kataas-taasang Hukuman. Si Sereno ang kauna-unahang babaeng naupo sa puwestong ito.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 24:

1890 – Jorge B. Javier, President Manuel L. Quezon’s executive secretary, Manila mayor and chairman of the Philippine Executive Committee during the Japanese Occupation – in Bago, Negros Occidental (d. February 22, 1980).

1948 – Tito Sotto (real name Vicente Sotto III), actor, musician and politician.

Tito Sotto (with Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon) during there rise as the comedic trio “Tito, Vic & Joey”
(Taken from Expresseweek November 8, 1979 issue, p. 12).

1963 – Kiko Pangilinan (real name Francis Nepomuceno Pangilinan), senator – in Manila.

Mga Ligaw na Bulaklak

Ang “Mga Ligaw Na Bulaklak” ni Carlos Gonda
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Pilipino Komiks
(Agosto 24, 1957).

          Ang “Mga Ligaw na Bulaklak” (1956-1957) ay nobelang-komiks na isinulat ni Carlos Gonda at iginuhit ni Petronillo Z. Marcelo para sa Pilipino Komiks. Isinapelikula ito ng Sampaguita Pictures sa ilalim ng direksiyon ni Tony Cayado bago pa man matapos ang nobela sa komiks, at unang lumabas sa sinehan noong Agosto 2, 1957. Itinampok ang mga bituing sina Susan Roces, Romeo Vasquez, Daisy Romualdez, Tony Marzan, Eddie Garcia, Bella Flores, Martin Marfil, Nelly Baylon at Bert Olivar. Introducing si Marlene Dauden sa pelikulang ito na ang screenplay ay isinulat ng noon ay nagsisimula pa lamang na makilala na si Emmanuel Borlaza.

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Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway
for the TV series Star Trek: Voyager,
on the cover of TV Guide (August 24, 1996).

Picture Trivia

          The science fiction television series Star Trek, which began on September 8, 1966, was the product of the creative mind of the pilot-turned-writer Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991). Though the series lasted only two years and seven months (79 episodes), it became so popular that it was followed by several films and in the next decades by succeeding TV series. Among them, Star Trek: Voyager, which premiered on January 16, 1995, and starred Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway, the first woman commanding officer of a starship, the Voyager. The series lasted seven seasons up to May 23, 2001.
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