JULY 20
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Hiwaga
Komiks
Blg. 256, Hulyo 20, 1960
Tampok sa
taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Ako’y Manananggal” ni Pablo. S. Gomez
na iginuhit ni
Elpidio Torres.
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Events that happened on July 20:
1961 – President Carlos P. Garcia signed the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Law.
1979 – The television variety show Eat Bulaga, hosted by the troika of Tito, Vic and Joey (Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon) premiered on RPN Channel 9. It is the Philippines’ longest running television show.
Personalities and celebrities born on July 20:
1826 – Margarita Roxas de Ayala, businesswoman, philanthropist and founder of the Colegio de la Concordia – in San Miguel, Manila (d. November 1, 1869).
1911 – Jose Zabala Santos, cartoonist and komiks illustrator – in Calumpit, Bulacan (d. September 7, 1985)
1935 – Renato de Villa, AFP Chief of Staff (1988-1991) and Secretary of National Defense (1991-1997).
1966 – Agot Isidro (full name Maria Margarita Amada Fteha Isidro), actress and singer.
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Agot Isidro
on the
covers of Preview (December 2009) and
Women’s Health (July 2010). |
1970 – Anjanette
Abayari, actress (known for portraying Darna), model and beauty queen – Passi,
Iloilo
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Anjanette Abayari
on the covers of Artista Magazine (March 18, 1996), Celebrity World (November 18, 1996),
and Savvy (January
26, 1998) |
1979 –
Claudine Barretto (full name Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto), award-winning
actress and product endorser – in Manila.
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Claudine Barretto
on the covers of Mega (August 2004), Youngstar (September 2004) and Good Housekeeping Philippines (July 2008) |
1985 –
Solenn Heussaff (full name Solenn Marie Adea Heussaff), French-Filipina video
jockey, model, actress, television host and fashion celebrity – in Makati City.
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Solenn Heussaff
on the covers of UNO (October 2010), FHM Philippines (March 2011),
Sense
& Style (May 2011) and Health Today (September 2011). |
1996 – Sue Ramirez (full name Sue Anna Garina Dodd), actress, model, actress, and singer – in Sipalay, Negros Occidental.
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Sue Ramirez
on the covers of Liwayway (August 6, 2018), and Speed Philippines (February 2019) |
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A portrait of Nikola
Tesla on the cover of
Time (The
Weekly Newsmagazine)
July 20, 1931 issue. |
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Trivia
Many knows, especially those fond of
general information, that Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) is the inventor of the
electric motor and pioneer of modern electrical engineering. Tesla is a Serbian
electrical and mechanical engineer, physicist and inventor that became an
American citizen. He has many inventions that can be considered “groundbreaking”
and ahead of his time.
Do you know that in 1891, Tesla
demonstrated the possibility of wireless energy transfer? Tesla envisioned of
an intercontinental wireless transmission of industrial power, but he wasn’t
able to finish his Wardenclyffe Tower project. He also planned to use ocean
thermal energy as a power source. He died before this could be put into
reality. Upon his death, all his concepts died with him; the concepts that
scientists today are still trying to rediscover.
In 1960, to honor this great man of
science and engineering, the System International (SI) unit for magnetic flux
density was named after him – the Tesla.
During Tesla’s 75th birth
commemoration (July 10, 1931), and to honor his contribution in the field of
electric power generation, he was in Time
magazine July 20, 1931 cover. Under his name was written the caption “All the
world’s his power house.”
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