February 23





FEBRUARY 23

Pilipino Illustrated Stories Taon 57 Blg. 3207, Pebrero 23, 2004
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Balbon” ni Rod Santiago

Pebrero 23 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong ika-23 ng Pebrero, 1763, si Sultan Alimud-Din ng Jolo ay lumagda sa tratado ng pakikipagkasundo sa bansang Espanya.

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          Tuluyang napalaya ng magkasib na puwersa ng mga gerilyang Filipino at sundalong Amerikano ang kabiserang lungsod ng Maynila noong Pebrero 23, 1945.

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          Si Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, commanding general ng Japanese Imperial Forces in the Far East, ay binitay sa Los Baños, Laguna, noong Pebrero 23, 1946, matapos mahatulan ng military court sa mga war crimes na kaniyang ginawa.

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Personalities and celebrities born on February 23:

1861 – Florencio Lerma, musician and one of the Bicol Martyrs executed by the Spaniards – in Quiapo, Manila. (d. January 4, 1897)

1878 – Pedro Guevara, politician, writer and resident commissioner of the Philippines in the U.S. – in Laguna. (d. January 19, 1938)

Ang “Totit” Ni Mars Ravelo

Mars Ravelo’s “Totit” on the pages of Sinagtala Year 5 Issue No.19, February 23, 1950.

          Ang “Totit” ay obrang sinimulang gawin ni Marcial “Mars” Ravelo (1916-1988) noong late 1940s. Ayon kay Ravelo, mula ito sa palayaw ng kaniyang kababatang si Restituto Umali, na kung tawagin niya ay Totit. Batay sa kuwento ni Ravelo, si Totit ay isang batang maabilidad bagama’t may kalikutan sa galaw at maging sa pag-iisip. Dahil bibihira ang makikitang kopya ng obrang ito, katulad ng “Ponchong” at “Bemboy,” ibinibilang ito sa mga “nawawalang obra” ni Ravelo. Mapapansing bilang isang cartoonist, ang mga guhit ni Ravelo ay kahalintulad ng kay George McManus (1884-1954) na nakilala sa mga cartoon strip na “Rosie’s Beau,” “Bringing Up Father’ at “The Newly Weds.” Sinabi sa akin ni “Uncle Mars” nang akin siyang makapanayam noong 1985-1986, na naka-impluensiya ng malaki sa kaniyang istilo ng pagguhit si McManus.

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Portrait of Karl Heinrich Marx
on the cover of Time (February 23, 1948).

Picture Trivia

          The ideology founded by German philosopher Karl Heinrich Marx (1818-1883) – Marxism – spread to many countries at the start of the 20th century. This paved the way for the foundation and establishment of socialist countries throughout the world. Although there are similar ideological philosophy such as Leninism and Maoism, it is Marx that is recognized as one of the three architects of modern social science (The other two were French sociologist David Émile Durkheim, 1858-1917, and German political economist Karl Maximillan Weber, 1864-1920).

          Karl Marx is also considered as one of the “most influential people in the history of the world.” In a BBC poll made in 1999, he was voted as the foremost “thinker of the millennium.”

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