April 19

April 19


Voodoo Illustrated Magasin Taon 1 Blg. 2, Abril 19, 1971
Tampok sa taklob-pahina sina Edgar Mortiz at Vilma Santos

UNANG LABAS

Unang labas ng Ligaya Komiks (Abril 19, 1960),
tampok sa taklob-pahina
ang guhit ni Alfredo P. Alcala.

Ang Ligaya Komiks na inilimbag ng G. Miranda & Sons (GMS) Publishing Corporation ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Abril 19, 1960. Ang unang patnugot nito ay si Raymundo G. Aure. Itinampok sa unang labas nito ang mga kuwentong “Buhay Maynila” ni Maning de Leon, “Pamana ni Bathala ni Rico Bello Omagap at “Walang Anino” ni Ludovico Soriano.

Events that happened on April 19:

1901 – The Proclamation of Surrender of Genral Emilio Aguinaldo, printed in English, Spanish and several Philippine dialects, were distributed throughout the Philippines, through which he proclaimed that independence can be obtained through the magnanimity of the United States.

1987 – New People’s Army contingent composed of around 300 men clashed with the military in Sitio Akle, San Ildefonso, Bulacan. The battle lasted four days. The military estimated at least 40 NPA men were killed while the rebels claimed the military suffered 18 casualties.

Personalities and celebrities born on April 19:

1849 – Leona Florentino, poet and “Mother of Philippine Women’s Literature,” in Vigan, Ilocos Sur (d. October 4, 1884).

1866 – Hermogenes Bautista, revolutionary general – in Marikina (then part of Rizal Province) (d. October 17, 1917).

1869 – Gregorio Araneta, Secretary of the Malolos Congress and Emilio Aguinaldo’s Secretary of Justice – in Molo, Iloilo City (d. May 9, 1930).

1873 – Hermogenes Ilagan, Tagalog playwright, musician and author of play Dalagang Bukid – in Bigaa (now Balagtas), Bulacan (d. February 27, 1943).

1939 – Joseph “Erap” Estrada (full name Jose Marcelo Ejercito), film actor, city mayor,  senator, vice-president and 13th president of the Philippines, in Tondo, Manila.

President Joseph Estrada
on the cover of Asiaweek (January 31, 1997)

1958 – Janice Jurado (real name Maria Cristina Jurado), actress – in Manila.

Janice Jurado
on the cover of Boobs at Keps (March 1990)

 

1959 – Teofisto Guingona III, politician and lawmaker.

1961 –Albert Pineda Martinez, actor, director and film producer – in Cebu.

Albert Martinez (with daughter Alyssa)
on the cover of MOD (June 17, 2005)

1990 – Kim Chiu (full name Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu; Chinese name, Zhang Jinzhu), Chinese-Filipino actress – in Tacloban City, Leyte.

Chinese-Filipino actress Kim Chiu

on the covers of Bannawag (February 1, 2010) and Total Fitness (October 2012)

 

 




The Silver Surfer on the cover of
Empire (April 2007).

Picture Trivia

          The Marvel Comics cosmic superhero Silver Surfer (a.k.a. Norrin Radd of the Planet Zenn-La) was conceptualized by Jack Kirby and first appeared on Fantastic Four #48 (March 1966). Do you know that the character was unintentionally made? Even at the beginning, writer-editor Stan Lee was hesitant of including a character riding on a surfboard.
          Silver Surfer’s silver screen debut was in the 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Do you know that two actors portrayed the character in the said film? The physical actor was Doug Jones, and the one who voiced the character was Laurence Fishburne. At the beginning, the production team was not sure if the Silver Surfer will have a dialogue. Fishburne was first chosen to be the voice of Galactus. In the finality, Galactus was not given a talking physical form but merely a cloudlike shape, and Fishburne eventually ended up voicing the Silver Surfer. One additional trivia – Doug Jones once worked as a contortionist.
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April 18



April 18

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 23 No. 49, April 18, 2000

On the Cover: Leonardo DiCaprio



Events that happened on April 18:

1952 – The propaganda chief of the Huk was captured by government forces.

Personalities and celebrities born on April 18:

1877 – Vicente Sotto, lawyer, lawmaker, journalist and founder of Ang Suga, the first Cebuano daily newspaper – in Cebu City (d. March 28, 1950).

1918 – Claudio Teehankee, 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and ambassador to the United Nation – in Manila (d. November 27, 1989)

1951 – Ricardo Mendoza Fortaleza, Olympic amateur boxer and boxing trainer in Malate, Manila.

1963 – Crecencio “Dondon” Ampalayo, basketball player – in Cebu City.

1966 – Leni Santos, actress – in Valenzuela, Metro Manila.






The new 3D Super Mario

of the Nintendo 64 video game series

on the cover of Asiaweek (April 18, 1997).

Larawang Tribiya

          Ang Super Mario 64 (nilikha noong 1996) ang kauna-unahang three-dimensional (3D) game sa Ninetendo 64 series. Ito rin ang kauna-unahang Super Mario video game kung saan si Mario ay binigyang boses ni Charles Martinet. Naging best-selling Nintendo 64 game ito (2003) at pangalawang pinaka-popular na game sa Wii virtual console (2007).

          Noong May 5, 2011, ang Super Mario 64 ay napili bilang isa sa 80 video games ng Smithsonian American Art Museum bilang bahagi ng “The Art of Video Games” exhibit.

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April 4




April 4

Moviestar No. 1379, April 4, 2011
On the cover: Richard Gutierrez as Captain Barbell,
Geoff Eigenmann, Carla Abellana, Sarah Geronimo, et al.

Events that happened on April 4

1871 – Governor-general Rafael de Izquierdo y Gutierrez assumed office. Under his term, the first steamship line and telegraph lines were opened.

Personalities and celebrities born on April 4:

1868 –Felipe Roca Calderon, lawyer, politician, statesman, author of Encyclopedia Filipina (1908) and “Father of the Malolos Constitution” – in Santa Cruz de Malabon (now Tanza), Cavite. (d. July 9, 1908).

1936 – Louie Beltran (full name Luis Diaz Beltran), broadcast journalist and newspaper columnist and editor – in Manila.(d. September 6, 1994).
1947 – Eli Soriano (full name Eliseo Fernando Soriano), televangelist and religion leader – in Pasay City.

1962 – Roderick Paulate, actor and comedian, in Manila.

1966 – Snooky (real name Maria Milagros Serna), actress – in Manila.

Snooky Serna at three-and-half years old
on the cover of Sixteen (December 14, 1970).

1978 – Berwin Meily. Actor-comedian and magician – in Manila.

Ang “Tipin” ni Larry Alacala

Isang isyu ng cartoon strip ni Larry Alcala na “Tipin”

na lumabas noong Abril 4, 1958 sa Hiwaga Komiks Blg. 144.

          Ang cartoon strip na “Tipin” ay isang nakatutuwang likhang-isip ni Larry Alcala (1926-2002) na lumabas sa mga pahina ng Hiwaga Komiks (1951-1965). Si Tipin na tinaguriang “Yur Peborit Tinedyer” ay larawan ng isang nagdadalaga noong 1950s na laging nakapanamit ng simpleng pang-itaas at pantalong maong. Naglalarawan din ang cartoon strips ng mga nakatutuwang karanasan ng mga kabataan at ng kanilang pamilya noong Dekada 1950s. Ito ay ginawang pelikula ng Sampaguita Pictures noong 1956.

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Ang Tala ni Haring David

The “Star of David” on the cover of
Time April 4, 1988 issue,
the symbolic representation of the Israel nation.

          Ang tala ni Haring David (Star of King David) ay ang tinaguriang sagisag ng bansang Israel. Ito ay binubuo ng dalawang tatsulok (triangle) na may magkakaparehong siha (angle) na magkapatong at magkabaliktaran. Ang sagisag na ito na may bughaw na kulay ay matatagpuan sa pagitan ng dalawang bughaw na guhit sa puting watawat ng Israel. Unang inaladlad ang watawat na ito noong Oktubre 28, 1948, limang buwan matapos itatag ang Israel bilang isang malayang bansa. Datapuwa’t ang watawat na ito ay unang nabuo sa First Zionist Congress noon pang 1897.

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Industrial tycoon John Gokongwei
and his eldest son Lance,
on the cover of Asiaweek (April 4, 1997)

Larawang Tribiya

          Ang industrial tycoon na si John Gokongwei ay ipinanganak (sa pangalang John Go) sa Fujian, China, subalit lumaki sa Cebu kung saan ang lolo niyang si Pedro Gotianco ay may-ari ng isang trading company. Naubos ang kayamanan ng kaniyang pamilya nang masawi ang kaniyang ama at sa pagsalantang dulot ng Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig.

          Sa apelyido ng kanilang pamilyang “Go” ay idinagdag niya ang “kongwei” na ang ibig sabihin ay “maliwanag” at nagsimula muli sa isang maliit na trading business. Sa edad ng 38-anyos itinatag niya ang Universal Corn Products, na pinalitan niya ng pangalang Universal Robina Corporation noong 1970 para sa kaniyang panganay na anak na babae.

          Noong 1997, pumangalawa ang JG Summit, na pagmamay-ari ng mga Gokongwei, sa total sales (699.5 million dollars) sa mga kumpanya sa Pilipinas.

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March 7



MARCH 7


Bulaklak Komiks Blg. 65, Marso 7, 1953

Nasa taklob-pahina ang “Ang Bandolero” na isinulat ni Agustin B. dela Cruz

at iginuhit ni Leonardo Raysag.



Marso 7 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong ika-7 ng Marso, 1820, ang mga Spanish ports ay binuksan sa pakikipagkalakalan sa Pilipinas na tatagal ng sampung taon.

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          Ang mga pinuno ng Nationalista Party ay nangampanya upang tutulan ang Parity Amendment noong Marso 7, 1947.

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Personalities and celebrities born on March 7:

1867 – Tomas A. Remigio, playwright and revolutionary writer – in Sampaloc, Manila (d. August 1, 1916)

1899 – Francisca Reyes Aquino, educator and scholar on Filipino folk dances and music – in Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan (d. November 21, 1984) 


1981 – Rica Peralejo (Regina Carla Bautista Peralejo), actress, singer and television host. 

Rica Peralejo

on the cover of Liwayway (July 26, 1999) and GM (Gentlemen’s Magazine, March, 2002).

Gerard Anderson
on the cover of Total Fitness (July 2012).

 

 

1989 – Gerard Anderson, Filipino-American actor and model – in Subic Bay, Zambales.

 

WIKApedia

Movie ads ng pelikulang Malikmata (2003)

ni Jose Javier Reyes na nagtampok kay 
Rica Paralejo, kasama sina Marvin Agustin
at Dingdong Dantes.

MALIKMATA – Isang ilusyon (illusion). Ginagamit din ang salitang ito (ayon sa aklat na Bagong Diksyunaryong Pilipino-Pilipino ni Julio F. Silverio) bilang kasing-kahulugan ng transpigurasyon (transfiguration) o pagbabagong-anyo, o pag-iibang anyo, at maging anyong likha ng salamangka (magic) o kababalaghan (supernatural). Halaw sa MA(unlaping nagbabadya ng katangian) + LIKha + MATA.



Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping on the cover
of Asiaweek (March 7, 1997).

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997) ay Chinese diplomat, politician at statesman na namuno sa People’s Republic of China mula 1978 hanggang 1992. Utang sa kaniya ng China ang tinaguriang “socialist market economy” at ang pagtataas ng standard of living ng bilyong mamamayan nito. Dahil sa pundasyong itinatag niya napabilang ang China sa “fastest growing economy” at “market leader” sa maraming pangunahing produkto sa buong mundo. Sa kaniyang bayan sa Guang’an, Sichuan Province, ipinagtayo siya ng isang monumento kung saan makikita ang kaniyang estatuwang nakaupo at nakangiti. Pinasinayaan ito noong Agosto 2004 bilang parangal sa kaniyang ika-100 kaarawan.

          Alam niyo bang sa Bishkek, kabisera ng bansang Kyrgyzstan ay makikita ang isang anim na linyang kalsada (25-meter ang luwang at may habang 3.5 kilometers) na pinanganlang Deng Xiaoping Prospekt. Pinasinayahan ito bilang parangal sa kaniya noong Hunyo 1997. Isang dalawang metrong taas na monumento gawa sa pulang granite ang makikita sa silangang dulo ng kalsada. Narito makikita ang isang epigraph ng pag-alaala kay Deng na nasusulat sa wikang Chinese, Russian at Kirghiz.

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