February 6



February 6



Sports World Vol. 10 No. 3, February 6, 1982
On the Cover: Jean Saburit
with inset of President Ferdinand Marcos and champion marathoner Waldemar Cierpinski



Events that happened on February 6

1899 – The U.S. Senate formally ratified the Treaty of Paris between the U.S. and Spain. This gave the U.S. military a free hand in the subjugation of the Philippines.

1905 – The title of “Civil Governor” for the American administrator of the Philippines was replaced with “Governor-General” by the U.S. Congress. Luke Edward Wright was the first American governor-general of the Philippines.

1957 – Claro M. Recto made his historic speech against American colonialism.

1964 – Camp Murphy was renamed Camp Emilio Aguinaldo.

2012 – A Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Negros and Cebu islands devastating several towns causing landslide, the collapse of bridges and buildings. Its epicenter was on the town of Tayasan. It also revealed a new fault line running about 30 to 50 kilometers underwater between the two islands.

Personalities and celebrities born on February 6:

The Life and Works of Marcelo Adonay, Volume 1.

 

1848 – Marcelo Adonay, musician and composer of church music during the Spanish era – in Pakil, Laguna. (d. February 8, 1928)

 

1902 – Juan M. Elizalde, guerilla leader and World War II hero. (d. August 30, 1944)

1931 – Ricardo Jamin Vidal, Catholic cardinal priest – in Mogpog, Marinduque (d. October 18, 2017).

Picture of Eddie Gutierrez during his mid-20s

1942 – Eddie Gutierrez (full name Jorge Eduardo Pickett Gutierrez), actor – in Manila.

 

 

 

1984 – Daisy Marie (real name Brittania Ochoa), American-born Filipina-Mexican dancer, music video performer, nude model and porn actress – in Oregon.

Daisy Marie
on the cover of Penthouse (June 2008)

30-year-old Eva Gabor on the cover of
Life (February 6, 1950).

Picture Trivia

          Eva Gabor (1919-1995) was the first among the three Gabor sisters (Zsa Zsa and Magda are the other two) to come to the United States. She went with her husband, Eric Valdemar Drimmer, a Swedish osteopath, in 1939, after their marriage in London.
          Do you know the first American film she appeared in? This was in Forced Landing (1941), starring Richard Arlen (1899-1976), where Eva Gabor played the role of Johanna van Deuren.


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