October 16



OCTOBER 16

MOD Filipina Vol. 20 No. 842 (Chinese Special), October 16, 1987

On the Cover: Milder Fung Ka-yin

Oktubre 16 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 16, 1852, ang Distillera Limtuaco Co., Inc., ang kauna-unahang at pinakamatandang gawaan ng alak sa buong Southeast Asia, ay itinatag.

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          Ang kauna-unahang Philippine Assembly ay pinasinayahan noong Oktubre 16, 1907. Si Sergio Osmeña Sr ang una nitong nahirang na Speaker.

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          Idineklarang isang lungsod ang Davao (sa Davao del Sur) noong Oktubre 16, 1936.

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          Noong Oktubre 16, 1947, ang hurisdiksyon at soberaniya ng Turtle Islands (sa Tawi-Tawi) ay naibalik sa Pilipinas sa pamamagitan ng Treaty of Paris matapos ang maraming taong ipinaupa itosa British North Borneo Company ng Sultan ng Jolo.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Two faces of Shirley Temple:
When she was seven years old on the cover of Movie Mirror (October 1935)
and when 32 years old on the cover of TV-Radio Mirror (October 1960).

Personalities and celebrities born on October 16:

1844 – Florentino Torres, lawyer and jurist – in Santa Cruz, Manila.

1896 – Florentino Collantes, Tagalog poet and leading exponent of the Balagtasan during the American Occupation – in Dampol, Pulilan, Bulacan (d. July 15, 1951).

1913 – Galo Ocampo, artist and one of the pioneers modernism in Philippine art – in Santa Rita, Pampanga (d. September 12, 1985).


1931 – Rosa Rosal (birth name Florence Lansang Danon), award-winning actress, public servant and 1999 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service – in Manila.



Rosa Rosal
on the cover of Literary Song-Movie Magazine (March 1956).



1935 – Sugar Pie Desarto (real name Umpeylia Marsema Balinton), American-Filipino rhymth and blues singer – in Brooklyn, New York. 

1952 – Perla Adea (full name Perla Theresa Era Adea), actress – in Paracale, Camarines Norte. 

Perla Adea, the “Princess of Song.”

 1981 – Jean Marc Prado Pingris Jr, basketball player – in Pangasinan.

Si Regine Velasquez tampok sa taklob-pahina
ng MOD (October 16, 2006).

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Regine Velasquez ay tinaguriang “Asia’s Songbird.” Noong October 13-14, 2006, ipinagdiwang niya ang kaniyang ika-20 taon sa showbiz – mula sa isang payak na simula bilang kalahok sa mga patimpalak awitan sa mga lalawigan hanggang tanghalin siyang pinakanatatanging mang-aawit ng bansa.

          Alam niyo ba kung ano ang kaniyang inawit na nagpanalo sa kaniya sa Bagong Kampeon? Ito ay ang awit ni George Benson na “In Your Eyes.” Inawit naman niya ang “You’ll Never Walk Alone” at “And I’m Telling You” sa kaniyang pagwawagi bilang grand champion sa Asia-Pacific Singing Contest.

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