August 13



AUGUST 13

Tsampiyon Komiks Taon 1 Blg. 10, Agosto 13, 1957
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang isang tagpo sa kuwentong “Domino” na kathang-isip ni Ruben Yandoc.

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Husband and wife, Eddie Fisher (1928-2010) and Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016)
on the cover of Movieland (August 1956),

just barely two months before the birth of their first-born, Carrie Fisher.

 

Agosto 13 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 13, 1898, bumagsak sa kamay ng puwersang mananakop ng mga Amerikano ang Manila. Si General Wesley Merritt (1836-1910) ang naging unang military governor ng Pilipinas. Datapuwa’t ang kaniyang termino ay tumagal lamang ng 16 na araw. Pinalitan siya ni General Elwell S. Otis.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 13:

1850 – Hipolito Magsalin, representative to the Malolos Congress – in Tondo, Manila.


1940 – Ike Lozada (full name Enrique Lozada), actor, comedian, singer and television host – in Iloilo City. (d. March 8, 1995)

1951 – Ernesto “Ernie” Garcia, actor – in Caloocan City.



Playboy bunny Carol Vitale on the cover
of Playboy (August 1972).

Picture Trivia

          Aside from being a model, Carol Vitale (1946-2008) is also a dancer, athlete, fashion designer, radio broadcaster, television host and Miss Florida finalist. She started as a Playboy bunny in the latter part of the 1960s in Miami Playboy Club before she graced the cover page of Playboy August 1972 issue (SEE attached picture), and later became July 1974 “Playmate of the Month.”
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June 30



JUNE 30

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 26, June 30, 1988

On the Cover: Stella E. Santos

MUKHA NG NAKARAAN

Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III (Guy & Pip)
on the cover of Sixteen Vol. 4 No. 93, June 30, 1972 issue.

Events that happened on June 30:

1981 – Ferdinand E. Marcos took his oath of office as President of the Philippines for the third time.

Ferdinand E. Marcos taking his oath of office as President of the Philippines
infront of Supreme Court Chief Justice Enrique M. Ferrnando.
On his right is Imelda R. Marcos and on his left is daughter Imee Marcos.
(Taken from Philippines Free Press, April 15, 1989)

Personalities and celebrities born on June 30:

1921 – Washington Sycip, Filipino-Chinese accountant, founder of the Asian Institute of Management, and the accounting firm Sycip, Gores and Velayo.

Bituin Komiks Blg. 22, Hunyo 30, 1950,
tampok ang nobelang “Prinsesang Bituin”

Prinsesa Bituin

          Ang “Prinsesa Bituin” ay nobelang isinulat nina Mario Lopez at Anastacio Angeles na iginuhit ni Cris Caguintuan para sa mga pahina ng Bituin Komiks noong 1950.

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Debbie Reynolds (for the film Tammy and the Bachelor)
on the cover of Screen Stories (June 1957).

Picture Trivia

Debbie Reynolds started her career at Warner Brothers when she was 16 years old in 1948. After two years, she transferred to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and had a small but significant role in the film Three Little Words (1950). This was immediately followed by Two Weeks with Love where she sang “Aba Daba Honeymoon” that became a hit. On her first starring role in Singin’ in the Rain (1952), her career started to shine.

In 1957, she was featured in the film Tammy and the Bachelor opposite Leslie Nielsen. The song, “Tammy,” which she rendered in the movie reached Number 1 in the Billboard pop chart for five consecutive weeks. This was the best-sellinhg single of a female singer in 1957.

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