August 25



AUGUST 25

Savvy Vol. 3 No. 12, August 25, 1997
On the cover: Donita Rose

 

Agosto 25 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 25, 1601, itinatag ni Pedro Chirinio ang Colegio Seminario de San Jose sa Intramuros, Manila.

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          Sumiklab ang unang apoy ng himagsikan sa Pilipinas nang makipaglaban ang mga Katipuneros sa mga guardia civil sa Pasong Tamong noong Agosto 25, 1896.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 25:

1846 – Luis Enciso Villareal, clerk of court and one of the “13 Martyrs of Bagumbayan” (d. January 11, 1897).

1924 – Gerry Roxas (full name Gerardo Manuel de Leon Roxas), politician – in Manila (d. April 19, 1982).

1934 – Eddie Ilarde, radio and television host, and politician – in Iriga City, Camarines Sur.


1943 – Peque Gallaga (real name Maurice Ruiz de Luzuriaga Gallaga), multi-awarded filmmaker – in Bacolod City.

Film director Peque Gallaga (with model Amber Dy)
on the the cover of Playboy Philippines (January-February 2010).

 

Country-pop singer-songwriter Shania Twain,
on the cover of Country Weekly (August 25, 1998).

Picture Trivia

          Canadian country-pop singer-songwriter Shania Twain was born Eileen Regina Edwards. Her parents separated when she was two years old and her mother remarried. That is why she grew up using the name Eileen Twain, from her stepfather, Jerry Twain.
          When she signed her first recording contract in 1991, she changed her first name to Shania, from the Ojibwa word that means “on my way.” Her stepfather, who is a full-blooded Ojibwa Indian, had a strong influence in Shania’s life.
          In 1998, Shania’s album “Come On Over” became the “best-selling country album of all time by a female singer” and the “second best-selling album of any genre by a female singer” after The Bodyguard soundtrack album by Whitney Houston.  

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