February 7

 

FEBRUARY 7

Pilipino Komiks Blg. 305, Pebrero 7, 1959

On the Cover: Pablo S. Gomez’s komiks novel “Tanikalang Apoy”

 

Pebrero 7 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ang petsa nakalagay sa kahuli-hulihang nailimbag na sipi ng payagang Del Superior Govierno, ang kauna-unahang pahayagan sa Pilipinas, ay Pebrero 7, 1812.

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          Noong Pebrero 7, 1945, pumasok sa Manila ang mga tropang Amerikano na pinamumunuan ni General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon mula nang tumakas ang heneral patungong Australia noong gabi ng Marso 12, 1942, sa kasagsagan ng paglusob ng mga Hapon sa Pilipinas.

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          Tumawag ng snap election para sa pangulo at pangalawang pangulo si Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos noong Pebrero 7, 1986 upang patunayan sa foreign media na nasa kaniya pa rin ang tiwala at mandato ng sambayanang-Filipino.

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Personalities and celebrities born on February 7:

1889 – Jose C. Zulueta, bibliographer, lawyer, legislator, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1945), and Senate President (1953) – in Molo, Iloilo City. (d. September 23, 1972)

           Nicanor Abelardo

              on the face of

Philippine postage stamp (1993).

1893 – Nicanor Abelardo, composer, singer, teacher and “Father of the Kundiman” – in San Miguel, Bulacan. (d. March 21, 1934)

1933 – Zenaida Angara Amador, stage and film actress, and director – in Manila.  

1952 – Wyngard Tracy, talent manager – in Quezon City (d. November 16, 2010).

1962 – Elizabeth "Liz" Alindogan, actress  – in Sorsogon.   







Liz Alindogan
on the front inside cover of Wet Vol. 3 No. 37 (c. 1980s)



1974 – Cheryl Kathleen Cosim, newscaster, journalist and television host – in Malolos, Bulacan.

Cheryl Cosim
on the cover of Health Today Philippines (September 2012).





1976 – Alfonso “Chito” Miranda Jr, singer-sonwriter and lead singer of Parokya ni Edgar – in Manila.

1980 – Luis Alandy (Adrian Louis Alandy), actor and model  – in Manila .



1990 – Neil Etheridge (full name Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge), English-Filipino football player – in Enfield, London, England.

Neil Etheridge
on the cover of Men’s Health Philippines (September 2011).





Sina Fernando Poe Jr at Susan Roces
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Kislap
(February 7, 1969).

Larawang Tribiya

          Sina Fernando Poe Jr at Susan Roces ay unang ikinasal sa civil wedding noong December 25, 1968, bago sila ikinasal sa simbahan ng Santuario de San Jose sa Greenhills, San Juan, kung saan naging ninong pa nila sa kasal sina Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos at Unang Ginang Imelda R. Marcos. Naging mag-asawa sila sa loob ng mahigit 37 taon, mula 1967 hanggang sa pagpanaw ni FPJ noong 2004, matapos siyang dayain sa pangpanguluhang halalan. Ito ay bagama’t hindi sila nagkaroon ng biological na anak.

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