October 28



OCTOBER 28

MOD Girl Holloween issue, October 28, 2005

On the Cover: Rebecca Rose

 

Oktubre 28 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 28, 1977, ang Health Science Center ay nilikha sa pamamagitan ng Presidential Executive Order 519 bilang isang hiwalay na institusyon bagama’t nasa loob ng campus ng University of the Philippines.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Ann Sheridan (1915-1967) for the film Navy Blues,
on the cover of vintage Song Hits (October 1941).



 

Personalities and celebrities born on October 28:

1934 – Doreen Gamboa Fernandez, food critic, author and columnist (d. June 24, 2002).

1970 – Alan Cayetano (full name Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano), politician and senator – in Mandaluyong, Rizal.

 

Charlize Theron on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (October 28, 2005).

Picture Trivia

          Charlize Theron won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster (2003). She is the first South African to win an Academy Award in a major category. Subsequently she became one of the highest paid actress in Hollywood. In 2005, Theron was paid 10-million dollars each for the films North Country and Aeon Flux. She got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 30, 2005.



The movie poster of
Aeon Flux (2005)
starring Charlize Theron.

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August 1



ALAM MO BA 'TO?

(Do You Know This?)

Ang Buwan ng Agosto

          Ang Agosto o August ang pangwalong buwan ng taon. Noong panahon ng Kalendaryong Romano (Roman Calendar), ito ay tinawag na Sextilis o ang Pang-anim na buwan. Bagama’t naging ikawalong buwan ito nang baguhin ni Julius Caesar (c. 100 – 44  B.C.) ang lumang kalendaryo noong 44 B.C., nanatili ang tawag na Sextilis. Noong 27 B.C., si Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C. – A.D. 14), ang inampong grandnephew ni Julius Caesar at humalili sa kaniya sa pamumuno sa Roma, ay pinarangalan at tinatawag na “Augustus” o “ang dakila.” Sa pangalang Augustus Caesar higit siyang nakilala sa kasaysayan. Mula rin sa pangalang ito, pinalitan ang tawag sa Sextilis na August bilang parangal sa kaniya.

          Sa Pilipinas, ang Agosto ay buwan ng Moro-Moro at Sumbali festivals. Sa buwan ding ito ipinagdiriwang ang Linggo ng Wikang Pambansa.

          Nang sinaunang panahon, ang Carnelian ang birthstone para sa buwan ng Agosto. Sa modernong panahon tatlo ang kinikilalang birthstones na sumasagisag sa buwang ito – moonstone, sardonyx at peridot. Ang poppy naman ang flower of the month.

AUGUST 1

Superyor Komiks Magasin Taon 1 Blg. 26, Agosto 1, 1965
Tampok sa harapang pabalat ang kuwentong “Kundiman ng Pag-ibig” ni Chuchi Rebleza
Nasa likuran pabalat naman ang paanyayang subayabayan ang “Eben Bonaben”
na kuwentong kinatha at iginuhit ni Rosauro Heras Matienzo

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

American actress Ann Sheridan (1915-1967)
On the cover of Look (August 1, 1939).

 

Agosto 1 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 1, 1851, itinatag ng Junta de Autoridades ng pamahalaang Kastila ang Banco Español-Filipino de Isabel II, ang kauna-unahang commercial bank sa Pilipinas at sa Malayong Silangan (Far East).

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          Ika-1 ng Agosto 1900 nang itatag ni Mariano F. Jocson ang Colegio Filipino, isang primary school para sa mga batang lalaki at babae. Ang pangalan ng paaralang ito ay napalitan ng Colegio Mercantil noong 1905, at noong 1921, ito ang naging National University at si Jocson ang kauna-unahan nitong pangulo.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 1:

1901 – Pancho Villa (real name Francisco Guilledo), champion professional boxer – in Ilog, Negros Occidental (d. July 14, 1925).

1971 – Kristina Paner (real name Annah Karina Salunoy Gomez), actress and singer – in Quezon City.

1995 – Derrick Monasterio (full name Derrick Lllander Climarco Monasterio), actor, dancer and singer – in Quezon City.

Derrick Monasterio

on the cover of Garage (May 2016).



The August 1, 1988 cover of Time
illustrating “Our Filthy Seas,”
how pollution is threatening sea life.

Picture Trivia

          More than 20 million tons of garbage are being disposed and deposited in different bodies of water throughout the world every year. This single act is killing rivers, lakes and even the world’s seas and oceans. This is the main cause of pollution of the underground aquifers, which are the world’s sources of drinking water. This is also polluting shorewaters, which is the cause of red tide, fish kill, and destruction of coral reefs, and now threatens sea life itself.

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