October 23



OCTOBER 23

Sports Weely Magazine Vol. 7 No. 386, October 23-30, 1981
On the Cover: Alberto Guidaben (Crispa), Robert Jaworski (Toyota), Federico Israel
and Bernard Fabiosa (Crispa) during a Crispa-Toyota game.

 

Oktubre 23 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 23, 1953, Ang Station DZAQ, sa ilalim ng pamamahala ng Alto Broadcasting System, ay nagsahimpapawid ng kauna-unahang television broadcast sa Pilipinas.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Martha Raye, Bing Crosby and Shirley Rose,
on the cover of vintage Film Pictorlal (October 1937).

Personalities and celebrities born on October 23:

1857 – Juan Novicio Luna, patriot, painter and winner of the gold medal at the ExposicionGeneral de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain, for his painting Spoliarium – in Badoc, Ilocos Norte (d. December 7, 1899).

Juan Luna
on the cover of Espesyal Komiks (October 26, 1959).

1913 – Miguel “Mike” Guison Velarde Jr, composer (among his compositions are “Buhat” and “Dahil Sa Iyo”) – in Manila (d. 1986).

1962 – Eufrocina Atabay, veterinary scientist.



Celine Dion on the cover of
People Weekly (October 23, 2000).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that Canadian singer Celine Dion first met her husband Rene Angelil when she only 12 years old? It was in 1980 and Angelil was 38 years old at that time. Angelil became Dion’s manager and their relationship started in 1987. They were married on December 17, 1994.

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