March 31



MARCH 31

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 13, March 31, 1988
On the Cover: Melanie Trinidad

SULYAP SA NAKARAAN 

Ang nobela ni Alfonso Sujeco na Ikalimang Utos ng Diyos,
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng magazine na Aliwan (Marso 31,1947).
Sa Bibliya, ang Ikalimang Utos ng Diyos ay “Igalang Mo ang Iyong Ama’t Ina” at
hindi “Huwag Kang Papatay” katulad ng inilalahad dito ng nobela.

Events that happened on March 31

1521 – First Mass was held in the Island of Limasawa, in Leyte. Magellan officially claimed possession of the lands which he named Archipelago of Saint Lazarus.

1957 – An estimated five million people attended President Ramon Magsaysay’s burial, the biggest ever in Philippine history.

Personalities and celebrities born on March 31:

1860 – Teodoro Sandiko, educator, labor leader and politician – in Pandacan, Manila (d. October 19, 1939)

1884 – Teodoro M. Kalaw, writer, historian, teacher, politician, and Director of the National Library – in Lipa, Batangas (d. December 5, 1940)

1969 – Maritoni Fernandez (Antonia Maria Carmen Fernandez Moynihan), actress model, entrepreneur and magazine columnist.

Maritoni Fernandez
on the cover of Sunday Inquirere (December 23, 2007)

1976 – Vice Ganda (real name Jose Marie Borja Viceral), actor-comedian and television host.

2003 – Carl Alexander Acosta, actor, dancer and commercial model – in Calamba City, Laguna.

Ang Balbon ni Rod Santiago

Ang “Balbon” ni Rod Santiago
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Pilipino Komiks
(Marso 31, 2003).

          Isang kakaibang crimefighter superheroine ang character na “Balbon” na nilikha ni Rod Santiago para sa Pilipino Komiks noong 2003. Malakas, nakalilipad at lumalaban sa mga iba’t-ibang makapangyarihang nilalang. Hindi nagkaroon ng katapusan ang kuwentong ito sapagkat tumigil ang Atlas Publishing ng pag-limbag ng Pilipino Komiks noong 2004.

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Rachel Leigh Cook, Tara Reid and Rosario Valentine,
as Josie and the Pussycat, on the cover
of TV Guide (March 31–April 6, 2001).

Picture Trivia

          The 2001 musical-comedy film Josie and the Pussycats was based of the popular comics series created by American cartoonist Daniel “Dan” S. DeCarlo (1919-2001) and first published in February 1963. The series was adapted into a Saturday morning cartoon by Hanna-Barbera Production in 1970. The film version by Universal Pictures and MGM stars Rachel Leigh Cook as Josie McCoy, Tara Reid as Melody Valentine, and Rosario Dawson as Valerie Brown.

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March 22




MARCH 22

Pilipino (Komiks) Illustrated Stories Taon 57 Blg. 3211, Marso 22, 2004
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Balbon” na katha ni Rod Santiago

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

On the cover of vintage Picture Show Vol. 10 No. 265, March 22, 1924,
Pola Negri (1897-1987) and Conrad Nagel (1897-1970) for the film Bella Donna (1923),
Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) and Alice Terry (1900-1987) for Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921),
and Ramon Novarro (1899-1968) at Alice Terry for Where the Pavement Ends (1923).

Marso 22 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Marso 22, 1897, ang Tejeros Convention ay ginanap sa Barrio Tejeros, San Francisco de Malabon, Cavite. Dito, nagpulong ang dalawang lapian ng Katipunan sa lalawigan ng Cavite, ang Magdalo at ang Magdiwang upang pag-usapan kung nararapat ng magtatag ng bagong pamahalaan na kahalili ng Katipunan. Sa naturang pagpupulong, naihalal na pangulo si Emilio Aguinaldo, pangalawang pangulo si Mariano Trias, Kapitan-Heneral si Artemio Ricarte, Punong-Tagapangasiwa ng Digmaan si Emiliano Riego de Dios at Tagapangasiwa ng Usaping Pangloob si Andres Bonifacio. Subalit tinutulan ni Daniel Tirona ang pagproklama kay Bonifacio sa dahilang hindi ito isang abugado. Nainsulto si Bonifacio sa ginawa ni Tirona, kaya Tagapangulo ng pagpupulong at Pangulo ng Konseho Supremo ng Katipunan, pinawalang bisa niya ang Tejeros Convention at ang halalang naganap sa pagpupulong.

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          Ang pamamahala at kapangyarihan ng Sultanate ng Jolo ay nagwakas noong ika-22 ng Marso, 1915.

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          Ang mga pamilya ng mga pro-Japanese collaborators na si President Jose P. Laurel Sr at House Speaker Benigno S. Aquino Sr ay lumisan patungong Japan noong Marso 22, 1945 upang humingi ng asylum at political refuge.

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Personalities and celebrities born on March 22:

1863 – Mariano Ponce, writer, folklorist, member of the Propaganda Movement, diplomat, and among the founders of La Solidaridad and Asociacion Hispano-Filipino – in Baliwag, Bulacan (d. May 23, 1918).

1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the First Philippine (Malolos) Republic – in Kawit, Cavite (d. February 6, 1964). Note: According to Aguinaldo’s Partida de bautismo (birth certificate), he was born on March 26, 1869, but according to his mother’s account his birthdate is March 22, 1869. Aguinaldo himself celebrated his birth on March 22. Consequently, this is credited as his birthday.

1981 – Karylle (full name Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari), singer, actress and television host – in Manila.

Karylle
on the cover of MOD (June 23, 2006), Mega (April 2009) and Bannawag (November 28, 2011)

Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh on the cover of Life

(March 22, 1968).

Picture Trivia

          Ho Chi Minh (born Nguyen Sinh Cung, 1890-1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist-Lenninist leader that became prime minister (1945-1955) and president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). Ho was an instrumental foundation in the establishment of the People’s Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong at the height of the Vietnam War until his death. He fought for unity and independence of North and South Vietnam against invading countries like France and the United States.
          On Mayo 1, 1975, after the Vietnam War, to honor him and his works, the capital city of the Republic of Vietnam, Saigon, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. Even the UNESCO gave honor and recognition for his heroism and works for Vietnam in the fields of education, arts and culture, and for his dedication for the attainment of independence, unity and democracy in Vietnam.         

 

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February 23





FEBRUARY 23

Pilipino Illustrated Stories Taon 57 Blg. 3207, Pebrero 23, 2004
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Balbon” ni Rod Santiago

Pebrero 23 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong ika-23 ng Pebrero, 1763, si Sultan Alimud-Din ng Jolo ay lumagda sa tratado ng pakikipagkasundo sa bansang Espanya.

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          Tuluyang napalaya ng magkasib na puwersa ng mga gerilyang Filipino at sundalong Amerikano ang kabiserang lungsod ng Maynila noong Pebrero 23, 1945.

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          Si Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, commanding general ng Japanese Imperial Forces in the Far East, ay binitay sa Los Baños, Laguna, noong Pebrero 23, 1946, matapos mahatulan ng military court sa mga war crimes na kaniyang ginawa.

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Personalities and celebrities born on February 23:

1861 – Florencio Lerma, musician and one of the Bicol Martyrs executed by the Spaniards – in Quiapo, Manila. (d. January 4, 1897)

1878 – Pedro Guevara, politician, writer and resident commissioner of the Philippines in the U.S. – in Laguna. (d. January 19, 1938)

Ang “Totit” Ni Mars Ravelo

Mars Ravelo’s “Totit” on the pages of Sinagtala Year 5 Issue No.19, February 23, 1950.

          Ang “Totit” ay obrang sinimulang gawin ni Marcial “Mars” Ravelo (1916-1988) noong late 1940s. Ayon kay Ravelo, mula ito sa palayaw ng kaniyang kababatang si Restituto Umali, na kung tawagin niya ay Totit. Batay sa kuwento ni Ravelo, si Totit ay isang batang maabilidad bagama’t may kalikutan sa galaw at maging sa pag-iisip. Dahil bibihira ang makikitang kopya ng obrang ito, katulad ng “Ponchong” at “Bemboy,” ibinibilang ito sa mga “nawawalang obra” ni Ravelo. Mapapansing bilang isang cartoonist, ang mga guhit ni Ravelo ay kahalintulad ng kay George McManus (1884-1954) na nakilala sa mga cartoon strip na “Rosie’s Beau,” “Bringing Up Father’ at “The Newly Weds.” Sinabi sa akin ni “Uncle Mars” nang akin siyang makapanayam noong 1985-1986, na naka-impluensiya ng malaki sa kaniyang istilo ng pagguhit si McManus.

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Portrait of Karl Heinrich Marx
on the cover of Time (February 23, 1948).

Picture Trivia

          The ideology founded by German philosopher Karl Heinrich Marx (1818-1883) – Marxism – spread to many countries at the start of the 20th century. This paved the way for the foundation and establishment of socialist countries throughout the world. Although there are similar ideological philosophy such as Leninism and Maoism, it is Marx that is recognized as one of the three architects of modern social science (The other two were French sociologist David Émile Durkheim, 1858-1917, and German political economist Karl Maximillan Weber, 1864-1920).

          Karl Marx is also considered as one of the “most influential people in the history of the world.” In a BBC poll made in 1999, he was voted as the foremost “thinker of the millennium.”

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