April 11



April 11

Hiwaga Komiks Taon 1 Blg. 14, Abril 11, 1951
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong tapusan na “Melodina”
na isinulat ni Pablo S. Gomez at iginuhit ni Tony Zuñiga.

Abril 11 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong ika-11 ng Abril 1898, umupo sa kaniyang katungkulan ang gobernador-heneral na si Basilio Agustin. Sa kaniyang termino nagdeklara ng digmaan ang Espanya laban sa America.

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          Sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 603, pinalitan ang pangalan ng Capiz, kabisera ng lalawigan ng Capiz, ng Roxas City noong Abril 11, 1951.

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          Itinatag ang Radio Veritas bilang kauna-unahang Catholic-run Radio station sa Southeast Asia noong Abril 11, 1969.

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Personalities and celebrities born on April 11:

The Leonor Rivera that Rizal fell in love with.

1867 – Leonor Rivera, cousin and fiance of Philippine National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal, in Camiling, Tarlac (d. August 28, 1893).

 

1933 – Bienvenido Lumbera, literary critic, poet, educator and Ramon Magsaysay awardee (1993) – Lipa City, Batangas.

1948 – Conrad Mijares Poe, actor – in Manila (d. June 26, 2010).

1966 – Ronald “Ronnie” Magsanoc, basketball player, coach and game analyst.

 
 





Italian actress Silvana Mangano on the cover of
Life (April 11, 1960).

Picture Trivia

          Very few people today know who Silvana Mangano (1930-1989) is. She is an Italian actress who started to gain fame after doing the film Bitter Rice (1949), through which she became the wife of the rising film producer Dino de Laurentiis (1919-2010). Although Mangano may not have been as famous as her contemporary stars like Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, she is nonetheless considered a star for three decades (1950-1970).                             o     O     o