November 26

 

NOVEMBER 26



MOD Girl November26, 2004
On the Cover: Glen Camille de Asis

Nobyembre 26 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 26 1899, nasakop ng puwersang mananakop ng mga Amerikano ang Vigan, kabisera ng ng Ilocos Sur.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

A photograph (by Paul Schutzers) of a Vietnamese captured by American soldiers
on the cover of Life (November 26, 1965).
Images like this depicting American atrocities during the Vietnam War
were among the reasons why majority of the American public
were against American involvement in that war.

Personalities and celebrities born on November 26:

1862 – Mariano Dacanay –secular priest, writer and translator of religious works (d. October 2, 1930.

1960 – Randy Santiago (full name Randy Gerard Legaspi Santiago), singer-songwriter, actor, television host, director and entrepreneur – in Manila.


Randy Santiago
on the cover of The Youngster (October 1987)

1989 – Angeline Quinto, singer and actress – in Sampaloc, Manila.

Angeline Quinto
on the cover of Flique (October-November 2012).

 

1993 – Margaret Marie Necio Ortega, singer-songwriter – in Manila.

 

Si Imogene de Coca tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
Colliers’s (November 26, 1954).

Larawang Tribiya

          Alam niyo ba kung sino si Imogene de Coca? Hindi man bukang-bibig ang kaniyang pangalan, si Imogene de Coca (1908-2001) ay isang magaling na American actress-comedienne sa television. Nagsimula siya bilang isang child acrobat sa vaudeville, naging singer, dancer at noong 1940s ay pumasok sa larangan ng television comedy. Mula 1950 hanggang 1954, sumikat siya sa television katambal ang comedian na si Sid Caesar sa Your Show of Shows. Nagwagi siya ng Emmy Award Best Actress (1951) at Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting (1953). Nagkaroon siya ng self-titled TV program – The Imogene Coca Show – bagama’t tumagal lamang ito mula 1954 hanggang 1955. May pagkakataon sa kaniyang career na siya ang bida sa anim na television programs. Tumagal ang kaniyang career ng anim na dekada, mula 1940s at hanggang sa 1990s ay meron pa rin siyang guesting sa iba’t-ibang TV shows. Katunayan na-nominate pa siya ng Emmy Award sa ikaanim na pagkakataon sa edad na 80-anyos sa kaniyang pagganap sa isang episode ng Moonlighting noong 1988.

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