October 6



OCTOBER 6

Savvy Vol. 1 No. 15, October 6, 1997
On the Cover: Regine Tolentino

and Lady Diana Spencer (inset)

 

Oktubre 6 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 6, 1913, ang American statesman na si Francis Burton Harrison (1873-1957) ay hinirang at itinalaga ni Pangulong Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) upang maging kauna-unahang Democrat governor-general ng Pilipinas.

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Personalities and celebrities born on October 6:

1898 – Sergio Navarro Jr, playwright and poet – in San Fernando, Pampanga (d. March 12, 1972).

 

1935 – Charito Solis (real name Rosario Violeta Solis Hernandez), award-winning actress, in Tondo, Manila (d. January 9, 1998).

Charito Solis
on the cover of Darna Komiks (April 9, 1971).

 

1946 – Eddie Villanueva (full name Eduardo Cruz Villanueva), religious and political leader – in Bocaue, Bulacan.

1978 – Donald David Geisler, German-Filipino Taekwondo competitor.

 

Carly Simon on the cover of People Weekly
(October 6, 1980).

Picture Trivia

          American singer-songwriter Carly Simon has 13 Billboard Top 40 hits in her career including “You’re So Vain,” “Nobody Does It Better,” and “Coming Around Again.” Her song “Let the River Run” was the first ever to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song written and rendered by the same artist.

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