August 22



AUGUST 22

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 24 No. 16, August 22, 2000
On the cover: Chubi del Rosario and Anne Curtis

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Sophia Loren (real name Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone),
at 20 years old, is Europe’s number 1 cover girl,
on the cover of Life (August 22, 1955).

 

Agosto 22 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 22, 1977, inanunsyo ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos na kaniya ng aalisin ang curfew sa gabi at ang pagbabawal sa paglalakabay bilang unang hakbang upang magkaroon ng kaluwagan sa mga paghihigpit na bunga ng Martial Law.

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          Ang MV Don Juan, isang barkong pampasahero na patungong Bacolod ay bumangga sa tanker na Tacloban City ng Philippine National Oil Corporation (PNOC) malapit sa baybayin ng Tablas Island.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 22:

1861 – Timoteo Paez, revolutionary hero and one of the founders of the La Liga Filipina – in Tondo, Manila (d. September 18, 1939).

1863 – Marcial Calleja, lawyer, delegate to the Malolos Congress and representative to the Philippine Assembly – in Malinao, Albay (d. May 5, 1914).

1921 – Romeo Villalva Tabuena, painter and printmaker – in Iloilo City.  

1937 – Pilita Corrales (real name Pilar Garrido Corrales), singer and actress, known as “Asia’s Queen of Song” – in Lahug, Cebu.



Pilita Corrales
on the cover of Celebrity World (March 20, 1995).



1953 – Phillip Salvador (full name Phillip Mikael Reyes Salvador), award-winning actor.

Phillip Salvador (with Susan Roces)
on the cover of Mr. & Ms (September 12, 1978).






1969 – Jean Garcia (real name Michaela Rosario Maitim), actress – in Angeles City, Pampanga.









Jean Garcia
on the cover of FHM Philippines (October 2008).

 

1979 – Angelu de Leon (full name Maria Luisa Angela Martinez de Leon), actress – in Manila.



Angelu de Leon

on the cover of Savvy (July 14, 1997).

1989 – Chariz Solomon (Full name Charyze Pagotan Solomon), actress, comedian and television host – in Manila.




Ang Pangulong Manuel Luis Quezon,
ang “Ama ng Wikang Pambansa,”
sa taklob-pahina ng magasing Liwayway
na may petsang Agosto 22, 2005,
bilang sagisag ng “Buwan ng Wika.”

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Manuel Luis Quezon (1878-1944) ang kauna-unahang nahalal na Pangulo ng Pilipinas (1935-1944, nang panahon ng Commonwealth). Bago ito, siya rin ang kauna-unahang naging Senate President ng Pilipinas (October 16, 1916 – October 17, 1935). Si Quezon din ang tinaguriang “Ama ng Wikang Pampbansa.”

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