August 24



AUGUST 24

TV Guide August 24, 1991 (2 covers)

On the Cover: Shannen Doherty as Brenda Walsh for the TV series Beverly Hills 902

Agosto 24 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 24, 1896, matapos ang “Sigaw sa Pugadlawin,” nagpulong ang mga Katipunero sa pamumuno ni Gat Andres Bonifacio sa tahanan ni Mechora “Tandang Sora” Aquino.

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          Sa araw na ito – ika-24 ng Agosto, 2012 – si Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Aranal-Sereno ang napili ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III na maging Punong Mahistrado ng Kataas-taasang Hukuman. Si Sereno ang kauna-unahang babaeng naupo sa puwestong ito.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 24:

1890 – Jorge B. Javier, President Manuel L. Quezon’s executive secretary, Manila mayor and chairman of the Philippine Executive Committee during the Japanese Occupation – in Bago, Negros Occidental (d. February 22, 1980).

1948 – Tito Sotto (real name Vicente Sotto III), actor, musician and politician.

Tito Sotto (with Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon) during there rise as the comedic trio “Tito, Vic & Joey”
(Taken from Expresseweek November 8, 1979 issue, p. 12).

1963 – Kiko Pangilinan (real name Francis Nepomuceno Pangilinan), senator – in Manila.

Mga Ligaw na Bulaklak

Ang “Mga Ligaw Na Bulaklak” ni Carlos Gonda
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Pilipino Komiks
(Agosto 24, 1957).

          Ang “Mga Ligaw na Bulaklak” (1956-1957) ay nobelang-komiks na isinulat ni Carlos Gonda at iginuhit ni Petronillo Z. Marcelo para sa Pilipino Komiks. Isinapelikula ito ng Sampaguita Pictures sa ilalim ng direksiyon ni Tony Cayado bago pa man matapos ang nobela sa komiks, at unang lumabas sa sinehan noong Agosto 2, 1957. Itinampok ang mga bituing sina Susan Roces, Romeo Vasquez, Daisy Romualdez, Tony Marzan, Eddie Garcia, Bella Flores, Martin Marfil, Nelly Baylon at Bert Olivar. Introducing si Marlene Dauden sa pelikulang ito na ang screenplay ay isinulat ng noon ay nagsisimula pa lamang na makilala na si Emmanuel Borlaza.

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Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway
for the TV series Star Trek: Voyager,
on the cover of TV Guide (August 24, 1996).

Picture Trivia

          The science fiction television series Star Trek, which began on September 8, 1966, was the product of the creative mind of the pilot-turned-writer Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991). Though the series lasted only two years and seven months (79 episodes), it became so popular that it was followed by several films and in the next decades by succeeding TV series. Among them, Star Trek: Voyager, which premiered on January 16, 1995, and starred Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway, the first woman commanding officer of a starship, the Voyager. The series lasted seven seasons up to May 23, 2001.
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June 13

JUNE 13

Pioneer Komiks Taon 4 Blg. 93, Hunyo 13, 1966

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Dar Agila” na nobela ni Greg Igna de Dios
na iginuhit ni Jesse F. Santos.



UNANG LABAS

Ang nobelang “Torkwata” na nilikha nina Carlos Gonda at Pablo Gomez at iginuhit ni Nestor Redondo ay unang lumabas sa Hiwaga Komiks Blg. 143 noong Hunyo 13, 1956. Isinapelikula ito ng Sampaguita Pictures sa ilalim ng direksiyon ni Rosa Mia at screenplay ni Chito B. Tapawan. Si Susan Roces ang gumanap bilang ang dalagang Torkwata, samantalang si Marilou Cuadrado ang batang Torkwata. Kasama rin sa pelikula sina Eddie Arenas, Aruray, Tito Gala, Precy Ortega at Zeny Zabala. Unang itinanghal ang pelikulang Torkwata noong Mayo 14, 1957.

Ang unang labas ng nobelang “Torkwata” (Hunyo 13, 1956) nina Carlos Gonda at Pablo S. Gomez

na iginuhit ni Nestor Redondo sa Hiwaga Komiks.

Events that happened on June 13:

1899 – American troops ambushed Filipino soldiers in Zapote Bridge, Bacoor, Cavite. It is consisdered one of the bloodiest battle in the Philippine-American War.

1910- The University of the Philippines College of Engineering was established.

1950 – Mindora was divided into two provinces – Oriental Mindoro (with Calapan as capital) and Occidental Mindoro (with mamburao as capital) – by virtue of Republic Act No. 305

 

Personalities and celebrities born on June 13:

1937 – Raymundo Santiago Punongbayan, first PHIVOLCS director (d. April 28, 2005).

Critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros,

on the cover of Time June 13, 2011 issue

Larawang Tribiya

          Ang Sumatran rhinoceros (pangalang-agham Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) ang pinakamaliit sa lahat ng nabubuhay na lahi o species ng rhinoceros. Ang pangalang-agham o scientific name nito ay ibinigay ng German scientist at curator ng State Darwin Museum sa Moscow, Russia na si Johann Fischer von Waldheim noong 1814. Ang Dicerorhinus ay mula sa mga salitang Griyego na di (dalawa), cero (sungay) at rhinus (ilong), at ang sumatrensis ay nagpapahiwatig na mula ito sa Sumatra kung saan ito unang nakita. Mayroong tatlong subspecies ang hayop na ito: D. s. sumatrensis, D. s. harrissoni at D. s. lasiotis.

          Noong sinaunang panahon ang Sumatran rhinoceros ay laganap sa mga kagubatan ng South at Southeast Asia mula India, Bhutan, Bangladesh Burma at southern China hanggang sa Malaysia at Indonesia. Ngayon, sanhi ng pangangaso upang makuha ang kanilang mga sungay na pinaniniwalaang isang uri ng gamot at aphrodisiac, lubhang nanganganib na silang maubos (critically endangered) at tinatayang humigit-kumulang 200 na lamang ang nalalabing nabubuhay sa Sumatra, Borneo at Malay Peninsula.

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May 15




MAY 15

Teens Weekly, Taon 1 Blg. 43, Mayo 15, 1971
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang tambalang “Guy & Pip” (Nora Aunor at Tirso Cruz III).

Events that happened on May 15:

1961 – The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Personalities and celebrities born on May 15:

1893 – Jose Nepomuceno, pioneer filmmaker who made the first full-length movie in the Philippines, Dalagang Bukid – in Manila (d. December 1, 1959)

1969 – Rachel Lobangco, actress, dancer and model.



Rachel Lobangco
on the cover of Men’s Edge (February 1995).





 

1972 – Andy Seigle (full name Andrew John Yadao Seigle), basketball player – in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 

1987 – Jennylyn Mercado (full name Jennylyn Anne Pineda Mercado), actress, model and singer – Las Piñas City.

Jennylyn Mercado
on the covers of FHM Philippines (November 2009), Rogue (November 2010),
and Women’s Health Philippines March 2011 (Courtesy of Mrs. Susan Ang-Sy Dy)

Ang Kurdapya



Ang nobelang-komiks na “Kurdapya”
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
Tagalog Klasiks Blg. 127, Mayo 15, 1954.

          Isang nakatutuwang nobelang-komiks ang “Kurdapya” (1953-1954) na pinagtulungang isulat nina Pablo S. Gomez at Carlos Gonda para sa Tagalog Klasiks. Dalawa rin bantog na ilustrador, sina Nestor Redondo at Afredo Alcala, ang naitokang gumuhit ng kuwentong ito tungkol sa isang tila pangit na batang babae na naging isang magandang binibini, si Kurdapya.

          Ginawa itong pelikula ng Sampaguita Films noong 1955, na nagtampok sa tambalang Gloria Romero (bilang Kurdapya) at Ric Rodrigo. Kasama rin sa pelikula sina Dolphy, Ramon Revilla, Aruray, Eddie Garcia, Rebecca del Rio at Etang Discher.

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Linda Lovelace on the cover of
Esquire (May 1973).

Picture Trivia

          According to porn actress Linda Lovelace (real name Linda Susan Boreman, 1949-2002), although she enjoyed the sex with the countless men in her life, the only two men she “made love” were David Winters, which she described in her autobiography The Intimate Diary of Linda Lovelace (1974) as “the man in my life, and Larry Marchiano, her second husband which she had two children.

          Lovelace is well-known in her portrayal in the porno film Deep Throat (1972). It is said that she began the trend of acomoclitism or pubic depilation in porno films, which had been the preference of most porno film enthusiasts since then. The film Deep Throat also showcased her fellatio technique, which is now called “deep throat.”
          The film Deep Throat, which Lovelace starred, on the other hand, is now considered as the “most successful x-rated film of all time.” The film, with a full length of 61 minutes, had a production cost of barely 50,000 dollars. Today, it is estimated that the film already accumulated more than half-a-billion dollars in revenue. Despite this, however, according to Lovelace’s book Ordeal (1980), she was only paid 1,250 dollars for the film and all of it was taken by his live-in manager at the time, Chuck Taylor. Lovelace died in 2002, still unable to benefit from the monumental success of Deep Throat, not even a tiny amount from its profits.


Linda Lovelace’s 1974 autobigraphy

The Intimate Diary of Linda Lovelace.

          In the Times Guide to Films list of “100 Landmark Movies of All Time,” Deep Throat was labeled among the classic films like Citizen Kane. The film even became the inspiration for the code name of Rob Woodward’s secret informant in the Watergate Scandal, FBI agent William Mark Felt.        
 
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