August 8



AUGUST 8

Pioneer Komiks Taon 4 Blg. 97, Agosto 8, 1966

Nasa taklob-pahina ang nobela ni Pablo Gomez na iginuhit ni Nestor Leonidez

UNANG LABAS

Ang Del Suprior Gobierno, ang kauna-unahang pahayagan (newspaper) sa Pilipinas, ay lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Agosto 8, 1811.

Agosto 8, 1920 naman ng itatag ang payagang Philippine Herald, ang kauna-unahang daily newspaper sa Pilipinas.

SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Say (The Weekly Magazine on Business, Money and People)
Vol. 1 No. 23, August 8, 1989
ang portrait illustration ni Imelda Ongsiako Cojuangco (1932-2016)
bilang ang pinakamayaman sa “Ten Richest Widows” sa Pilipinas.

Agosto 8 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 8, 1901, binuo ng American cavalryman na si Captain Henry T. Allen ang Philippine Constabulariy, at ito ay itinatag sa pamamagitan ng Act 175 ng Philippine Commission bilang isang local police force sa ilalim ng pamamahala ng Civil Governor.

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          Ang Quezon Institute ay itinatag noong Agosto 8, 1938,

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          Ang Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ay itinatag sa Bangkok, Thailand, noong Agosto 8, 1967 upang patatagin ang economic at cultural development, at mapanatili ang kapayapaan sa rehiyon. Ang mga founding members nito ay ang Pilipinas, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore at Thailand.

Sa paggunita ng ika 43-anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag ng ASEAN,
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Philippine Panorama (August 8, 2010)
ang ASEAN Secretariat at ang mga watawat
ng 10 kasaping bansa ng kapisanan.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 8:

1928 – Luis Gonzales (real name Luis Mercado), actor – in Tondo, Manila (d. March 15, 2012).

On the left: Luis Gonzales during his early twenties.

On the right: Luis Gonzales as Senator Ferdinand E. Marcos in the film Iginuhit ng Tadhana (1965).

1931 – Delia Razon (real name Lucy May Grytz), actress – in Manila.

Delia Razon

on the cover of Liwayway (November 7, 1955)

 

1948 – Presbitero J. Velasco Jr, jurist – in Pasay City.



1963 – Carmi Martin (full name Maria Carmita Martin), actress and model – in Manila.

Carmi Martin

on the covers of Tik At Tik (August 26, 1983), and H&L (Health and Lifestyle, November-December 2008).

 

1973 – Morris East, American-Filipino boxing champion – in Olongapo, Zambales.

 




Donna Reed on the cover of

TV Guide (August 9-14, 1959).

Picture Trivia

          The ABC situation-comedy television series, The Donna Reed Show, started in 1958. The series revolved around the life of Donna Stone (portrayed by Donna Reed), her pediatrician-husband Dr. Alex Reed (Carl Betz), and their two children Jeff (Paul Petersen) and Mary (Shelley Fabares). The sitcom lasted for eight seasons where Donna Reed got four Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award for her performance.

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