October 31



OCTOBER 31

Picture Show (and TV Mirror) October 31, 1959

On the Cover: Doris Day and Rock Hudson (1925-1985) for the film Pillow Talk

Noong Oktubre 31, 1936, itinatag ang samahang Boy Scouts of the Philippines.

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          Ang Gintong Alay, isang sports program ng pamahalaan ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos ay itinatag noong Oktubre 31, 1979. Ang training camp nito ay itinayo sa Baguio City kung saan nagsasanay ang mga atletang Filipino. Naging matagumpay ang programang ito sa paghubog ng kamalayan sa palakasan ng mga ordinaryong mamamayan bukod sa paghahanap at pagsasanay ng mga magagaling na atletang nabigay karangalan sa Pilipinas sa mga pandaigdiggang paligsahan.

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Personalities and celebrities born on October 31:

1870 – Quintin Salas, revolutionary leader in Panay during the American Occupation – in Dumangas, Iloilo (January 24, 1917).

1877 – Carlos V. Ronquillo, writer and newspaperman – in Floridablanca, Pampanga (October 18, 1941).

1942 – Eduardo de los Santos Castrillo, award-winning sculptor – in Santa Ana, Manila.

1946 – Helen Vela, actress, broadcaster and producer – in Manila (d. February 14, 1992).

1955 – Connie Angeles (full name Fe Consuelo Angeles), actress and politician – in Quezon City.

1956 – Christopher de Leon (full name Christopher Strauss de Leon), actor and politician – in Manila. 

Christopher de Leon
on the covers of TSS Komiks Weekly (with Vilma Santos, November 12, 1975)

and Jingle Extra Hot (with Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos, January 14, 1980)

1968 – Roy V. Aragon, poet and fictionist – in Mabasa, Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizacaya.



Audrina Patridge on the cover of
Maxim (October 2009).

Picture Trivia

          Actress-model Audrina Patridge was dabbed the “Queen of The Hills” by Maxim magazine. She is the longest serving original cast member of the MTV reality series The Hills (2006-2010). Counting tht episodes, however, Heidi Montag appeared in 105 episodes, one more than Patridge.

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February 21



February 21

Weekly Movie Specials, Blg. 287, Pebrero 21, 1976
Tampok sa harapang-pabalat sina Christopher de Leon, Nora Aunor
at ang kanilang mga anak na sina Lotlot at Kristoffer
Nasa likurang-pabalat naman ang print ad ng pelikulang Mrs. Teresa Abad.... Ako Po si Bing (1976)
na nagtatampok kina Christopher de Leon at Charito Solis

Events that happened on February 21:

1920 – Marinduque was declared a province by virtue of National Assembly Act No. 2880.

1938 – The Santol Sanatorium was renamed Quezon Institute (Q.I.) in honor of then Pres. Manuel L. Quezon.

1950 – The first issue of Aksyon Komiks was released.

1964 – A PAL DC-3 on a flight from Malabang to Iligan City, with 29 passengers and four crew members aboard, struck a hill in Piagapo, Lanao de Sur. Only one male passenger survived.

Personalities and celebrities born on February 21:

1855 – Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, award-winning painter and propagandist – in Binondo, Manila. (d. March 13, 1913, in Sarrea, Spain)

1866 – Felix Napao Galura, revolutionary leader, Pampango writer, playwright and “Father of Pampango Grammar” – in Bacolor, Pampanga. (d. July 20, 1919)

Ang Prinsipe Amante ni Mario del Mar

Unang pahina ng pangunang labas ng

“Prinsipe Amante” sa Aksiyon Komiks Blg. 1,

Pebrero 21, 1950.

          Ang “Prinsipe Amante” ay orihinal na likha ni Mario del Mar. Una itong narinig sa radyo tuwing hapon sa DZRH mula sa script na isinulat ni Clodualdo del Mundo noong 1949. Nai-serialized ito sa komiks na iginuhit ni Alfredo Alcala at unang lumabas sa unang isyu ng Aksiyon Komiks noong Pebrero 21, 1950. Ginawa rin itong pelikula ng LVN Pictures na nagtampok kay Rogelio dela Rosa bilang Prinsipe Amante. Ang Prinsipe Amante ang kauna-unahang pelikulang Filipino na may kulay.

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GRAFFITI

“Graffiti: Sign of the Times” – Times Journal editorial caricature drawn by Norman Isaac.

          Ang salitang “graffiti” (plural, ang singular form nito ay “graffito”) ay halaw sa salitang Italyano na graffio, na ang ibig sabihin ay “guhit (na walang kahulugan o scribble),” na tawag sa mga wall inscription sa mga nalabi nang pagkawasak ng lungsod ng Pompeii. Ang salitang graffiti ay unang ginamit sa panitikan noong 1851, at tumutukoy ito sa mga guhit na ginawa sa pamamagitan ng pagkutkot o pagkayos sa mukha ng pader.

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Portrait of Yul Brynner on the cover of
Picturegoer (February 21, 1959).

Picture Trivia

          According to Yul Brynner (1920-1985), his real name is Taidje Khan, and he is a Mongolian born in the island of Sakhalin (Russia). In the biography written by his son Rock Brynner in 1989, however, it was mentioned that Yul Brynner’s real name is Yuliy Borisovich Bryner, born in 15 Aleutskaya Street, Vladivostok (presently Primorsky Krai, Russia). Their bloodline is a mix of Swiss, Russian and Mongolian.

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