August 31



AUGUST 31

Pilipino Komiks Taon 20 Blg. 495, Agosto 31, 1967

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang iginuhit na pagsasalarawan ng kuwentong showbiz

tungkol sa awayang Lucita Soriano at Stella Suarez

Agosto 31 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 31, 1821, natapos ang paghihimagsik ng mga Boholano (Bohol Rebellion) laban sa mananakop na mga kastila. Ang himagsikan ito na tinatawag din sa kasaysayan na Dagohoy Revolt (Si Francisco Dagohoy ang nagsimula ng himagsikang ito) ang pinakamatagal sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas.

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Isang commemorative stamp ng

Pangulong Ramon Magsaysay na

naglalaman ng kaniyang diwa.

          Ang Kauna-unahang Gawad Gantimpalang Ramon Magsaysay (Ramon Magsaysay Award) ay ipinagkaloob sa mga larangan ng government service, public service, community leadership, journalism and literature, at international understanding noong Agosto 31, 1958. Mula sa araw na ito, taunan ng ipinagkakaloob ang gawad na ito sa mga karapat-dapat at natatanging mga tao sa pag-alaala kay Pangulong Ramon Magsaysay.

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          Ang Surigao (kabisera ng Surigao del Norte) ay idineklarang isa ng siyudad sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 6134 noong Agosto 31, 1970.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 31:

1893 – Vicente Salumbides, pioneer in the film industry of the Philippines and delegate to the 1934 Constitutional Convention – in Lopez, Quezon (d. August 6, 1979).


1907 – Ramon Magsaysay, Seventh President of the Philippines (1953-1957) – in Iba, Zambales (d. March 17, 1957).



Ramon Magsaysay (as Secretary of Defense during President Elpidio Quirino’s term, 1948-1953),
on the cover of Time (November 26, 1951).

1917 – Ramon C. Aquino, 15th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (November 20, 1985 – March 6, 1986) – in Lemery, Batangas.

1918 – Lucresia R. Kasilag, musician, composer, music teacher and National Artist for Music (1988).

1928 – Jaime Sin, cardinal of the Catholic Church and 13th Archbishop of Manila – in New Washington, Aklan (d. June 21, 2005).



Jayne Mansfield on the cover of
Beau August 1966 issue
(scan courtesy of anonymous contributor).

Picture Trivia

          Jayne Mansfield (real name Vera Jayne Palmer, 1933-1967) was the first female lead actress that appeared totally naked in a Hollywood mainstream film –  Promises! Promises! (1963). After her portrayal in the film, Mansfield was chosen to replace the then recently deceased Marilyn Monroe in Kiss Me Stupid (1964), a romantic-comedy, opposite Dean Martin. She declined because she was pregnant at the time. The role went to Kim Novak. In 1966, she did the film Single Room Furnished under the direction of her third husband Matt Cimber (real name Thomas Vitale Octaviano).
          Do you know where she get’s the name “Mansfield?” It’s from her first husband Paul Mansfield.  

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