November 7



 

NOVEMBER 7

People Weekly November 7, 1977
On the cover: Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers and John Ritter (for the sit-com Three’s Company)

 

Nobyembre 7 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 7, 1898, ang Republica Cantonal de Negros ay itinatag kasabay ng paglalahad ng sarili nitong saligang-batas, isang araw matapos na sumuko ang puwersa ng pamahalaang koloniyal ng mga Kastila.

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          Noong panahon ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, layunin ng pamahalaan na itaguyod ang kapakanang pang-ekonomiya ng bansa sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaroon ng kuryente sa buong kapuluan, kaya inilabas ng pangulo ang Presidential Decree No. 40 na nagbibigay tungkulin sa National Power Corporation na magtayo ng mga island grids na mag-uugnay sa mga generating facilities at cooperatives para sa power distribution.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

A vintage My Weekly Reader/Picture Reader (November 7-11, 1955)
featuring a young girl that “reads a book.”

Personalities and celebrities born on November 7:

1914 – Jesus Villamor, multi-decorated World War II fighter pilot – in Manila (d. October 28, 1971).

1958 – Yoyoy Villamin, basketball player – in Labo, Camarines Norte.
1994 – Hiro Magalona (full name Hirojenel Benz Magalona Peralta), Filipino-German actor – in Manila.




Chris Hemsworth as Thor
on the cover of Empire (November 2010).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that before Chris Hemsworth got the lead role of Thor (2011), he appeared in the 2009 film Star Trek? Hemsworth played the role of George Kirk, the father of Captain James T. Kirk (played by Chris Pine), who dies aboard the USS Kelvin while battling Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from the future. Incidentally, Eric Bana played the role of the earlier version of Bruce Banner a.k.a. the Hulk (2003)

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