February 25



FEBRUARY 25

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 8, February 25, 1988
On the Cover: Marjorie “Gigi” Isaguirre

Events that happened on February 25

1785 – Spain issued a royal decree ordering all Chinese nationals to live in the Parian, outside Manila.

1986 – Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel was sworn by Justice Claudio Teehankee as president and vice-president at the Club Filipino. Ferdinand Marcos held his own inauguration at Malacañang Palace, officiated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Ramon Aquino. Later, U.S. black hawk helicopters attacked the Palace. Marcos fled but was forcibly taken by the Americans to Clark Air Base and then to Guam.

Personalities and celebrities born on February 25:

1852 – Victorino Mapa, lawyer, jurist and the second Filipino Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (July 1, 1920 – October 31, 1921) – in Kalibo, Aklan. (d. April 12, 1927)

1911 – Rita Rica (real name Florence de los Santos Little), American-Filipino actress of the 1930s and 1940s –  in Jolo, Sulu (d. January 22,1997)

1965 – Maricel Soriano (full name Maria Cecilia Dador Soriano), award-winning actress and comedian – in Parañaque, Metro Manila.

Maricel Soriano
on the covers of Mr. & Ms. (with her sons Marron and Sebastien April 28, 1998)
and Good Housekeeping Philippines (December 2006)

 

1966 – Pepsi Paloma (real name Delia Dueñas Smith), Filipino-American dancer and actress – in Manila (d. May 31, 1985).

Pepsi Paloma
on the covers of Sports World (June 23, 1984) and Cartada 9 (May 4, 1987)

   

1970 – Maricel Laxa (full name Maria Cecilia de la Cueva Laxa), actress – in Pasay City.

Maricel Laxa
on the cover of Plus! (May 1996)





40-year-old Elizabeth Taylor on the cover of
Life (January 25, 1972).

Picture Trivia
          Do you know the title of the film where Elizabeth Taylor first appeared? Taylor (full name Elizabeth Rosemond Warmbrodt Taylor, 1932-2011) was first seen in the film There’s One Born Every Minute (1942) when she was around 10 years old. Her rose to fame started after her performance in the film National Velvet (1944). Taylor won the Academy Best Actress Award twice. This was for the films Battlefield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
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