December 10



DECEMBER 10

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 2 No. 43, December 10, 1987

On the Cover: Maria Cecilia "Cecille M. Maningas

Disyembre 10 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 10, 1898, ang Treaty of Paris ay nilagdaan ng United States at Spain kung saan ipinauubaya na ng mga Kastila ang pag-angkin at pamamahala ng kaniyang mga koloniya kabilang ang Pilipinas sa kamay ng mga Amerikano. Nagprotesta ang Malolos Republic ni Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo sa kasunduang ito na humahadlang sa pagkakaroon ng Pilipinas ng kasarinlan.

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          Ang Metropolitan Theater ay itinatag sa Manila noong Disyembre 10, 1931. Bahagya itong nasira noong World War II at, noong 1978, isinaayos ito sa tulong at pagpupunyagi ng Unang Ginang Imelda R. Marcos.

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Espesyal Komiks Blg. 109, Disyembre 10, 1956,

ang kuwento ni Mars Ravelo na “Eternally” na iginuhit ni Elpidio Torres.

 

Personalities and celebrities born on December 10:

1908 – Loretor Paras-Sulit, writer and civic worker – in Ermita, Manila (d. April 23, 2008).

1932 – Lauro Delgado (real name Loreto Gonzales Porciuncula), actor – in Bundukan, Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan (d. January 15, 1978).

1938 – Alfredo Logronio Benipayo, lawyer, professor, bar reviewer and government official – in Manila.

1948 – Eman Lacaba (full name Emmanuel Agapito Flores Lacaba), playwright, poet, scriptwriter, songwriter and activist – in Cagayan de Oro (d. March 18, 1976).

1953 – Ramon Naval Guico Jr, politician – in Binalonan, Pangasinan.

1961 – Nia Peeples (full name Virenia Gwendolyn Rubic Peeples), American singer and actress of Filipino descent – in Hollywood, California.

1973 – Nicholas “Nic” Belasco, basketball player – in Stockholm, California.

1984 – Krista Ranillo (real name Cristella Lauren Tupaz Ranillo), actress and model – in Quezon City.

Krista Ranillo
on the covers of FHM Philippines (August 2008) and Maxim Philippines (March 2009).



1985 – Vincent Mendoza Bueno, singer and composer – in Vienna, Austria.

 

Taylor Swift on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (December 10, 2010).

Picture Trivia

          Taylor Swift’s third music album, Speak Now, was released on October 2010. On its first week alone it has sold more than one million copies. Do you know that Swift wrote all the songs in this album? There are 14 songs in this album: the carrier single “Speak Now,” “Mine,” “Sparks Fly,” “Back to December,” “Dear John,” “Mean,” “The Story of Us,” “Never Grow Up,” “Enchanted,” “Better Than Revenge,” “Innocent,” “Haunted,” “Last Kiss,” at “Long Live.”

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October 11



OCTOBER 11

MOD Filipina Vol. 24 No. 1049, October 11, 1991
On the cover: Jeanette Chavez Ipapo

 

UNANG LABAS

Ang kauna-unahang arawang pahayagan sa wikang English – The Manila Times – ay itinatag ng Englishman na si Thomas Gowan noong Oktubre 11, 1898, upang tugunan ang pangangailangan ng isang pahayagan para sa mga sundalong Amerikano. Maraming beses nagpalipat-lipat ang pagmamay-ari ng pahayagang ito. Nagkaroon ng pagwewelga ng mga manggagawang Filipino noong 1918 at matapos ito ay nabili ni Mauel L. Quezon ang pahayagan. Noong 1921, ibinenta ito ni Quezon at naging pag-aari ni George H. Fairchild. Nabili naman ito ni Jacob Rosenthal noong 1927, nang magsara ito noong Marso 15, 1930, si Lorenzo Thibault na ang may-ari.

Sa kabilang banda, noong February 1945, matapos ang Ikalawang Digmaaang Pandaigdig, naging pag-aari ito ni Rafael Roces, at noong Mayo 27, 1945, inilimbag ni Roces ang unang labas ng The Sunday Times.  Mula sa pahayagang ito muling nagbalik sa sirkulasyon ang The Manila Times noong Setyembre 5, 1945.

UNANG LABAS         

Ang unang labas ng Hiwaka Komiks
(Oktubre 11, 1950), tampok ang obrang
“Berdugo ng mga Anghel” ni Mars Ravelo
na iginuhit ni Elpidio Torres.

Ang Hiwaga Komiks ay unang lumabas noong Oktubre 11, 1950. Ito ay inilimbag ng ACE Publications na pinatnugutan ni Tony Velasquez. Ito ang pangwalong komiks na lumabas sa sirkulasyon sa Pilipinas. Kabilang sa laman ng unang isyu ng Hiwaga Komiks ay ang mga sumusunod: “Berdugo ng mga Anghel” na isinulat ni Mars Ravelo at iginuhit ni Elpidio Torres (na siya ring nasa unang taklob-pahina), “Ang Bihag ni Lusiper” ni Pedro Villanueva, “Ang Multo sa Pasong Balite” na isinulat ni Ladislao Bella Subang at iginuhit ni Efren de Leon, “Ang Signo” ni Nestor Redondo, “Berong Barbero” ni Teny Henson, “Carmela” na isinulat ni Pablo Gomez at iginuhit ni Ben Alcantara, “Kayamanan sa Loob ng Balong Kastila” ni Jose Caluag, “Kasunduan ng Magkaibigan” ni Angel Ad. Santos, at “Tipin” ni Larry Alcala.

Noong huling bahagi ng 1960s, naging pag-aari ito ng Pilipino Komiks Incorporated, na naging Atlas Publishing Company.

Oktubre 11 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 11, 1719, si Governor-General Mauel de Bustillo Bustamante, ay dinumog at pinaslang ng mga mamamayang sinulsulan ng mga prayleng Jesuit. Nauna rito, ipinadakip at ipinakulong niya ang archisbishop ng Manila.

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Personalities and celebrities born on October 11:

1892 – Pio Kabahar, Visayan playwright, actor, composer and newspaperman – in Cebu.

1934 – Jose Nergua Nolledo, lawyer, constitutionalist and author – in Inagawan, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

1987 – Jason Francisco (full name Jason Veron Marasigan Francisco), actor-comedian – in Calapan, Mindoro.

An Ilustrative portrait of Marlon Brando
(as Napoleon Bonaparte), on the cover of
Time (October 11, 1954).

Picture Trivia

          Aside from his short height, Marlon Brando was tailor-made for the role of Napoleon Bonaparte in the film Desiree (1954). His leading ladies for the film were Jeans Simmons (as Desiree Clary) and Merle Oberon (as Josephine). It was said that Brando didn’t take his role as Bonaparte seriously, but Desiree earned more in the box office than his other 1954 film, On the Waterfront, where he won the Academy Best Actor Award.
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July 20

JULY 20

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.

 

 

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.

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

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. 

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.

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.

Sue Ramirez
on the covers of Liwayway (August 6, 2018), and Speed Philippines (February 2019)

 

A portrait of Nikola Tesla on the cover of
Time (The Weekly Newsmagazine)
July 20, 1931 issue.

Picture 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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March 23

 

MARCH 23

Liwayway, Marso 23, 1953
Tampok sa taklob-pahina
ang maikling nobelang “Kay Lalim na ng Gabi” ni F. Bani. 

 

UNANG LABAS

Ang Holiday Komiks Taon 1 Bilang 1
na lumabas noong Marso 23, 1963.
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang
“Pista ng Nayon” na iginuhit ni Elpidio Torres.

Ang Holiday Komiks ng Graphic Arts Services Incorporated (GASI) ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Marso 23, 1963. Si Elpidio Torres ang gumuhit ng unang taklob-pahina (cover page) ng komiks na naglalarawan ng "Pista ng Nayon."
Tampok sa unang isyu ng Holiday Komiks ang "Taong Tuod" (isinulat nina Mars Ravelo at R.R. Marcelino at iginuhit ni Vir Aguirre); "Pista sa Muzon" (Isinulat ni Pedro San Felipe at iginuhit ni Elpidio Torres); "Ang Musikong Bumbong ni Ando" (Isinulat ni Laureano Calixto at iginuhit ni Ading Gozales Jr); "Ang Pag-ibig ni Dr. Marvin" (ni Jess Jodloman); "Bededon" (isinulat ni O.B. Pangilinan at iginuhit ni Alfredo Alcala; at ang mga kuwentong katatawanan na "Sagatok Inc." ni Larry Alcala at "Sorpresang Handa" nina Manuel Ramirez at Teny Henson.


 

Events that happened on March 23

1575 – Juan de Salcedo led an expedition against Limahong in Pangasinan.

1877 – Dr. Jose Rizal received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Ateneo.

1897 – The Acta de Tejeros was signed by Andres Bonifacio. In this document, Bonifacio declared that the elections held the previous day were null and void.

            The Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan were excuted at Kalibo.

1901 – Emilio Aguinaldo was captured in Palanan, Isabela, by the Frederick Funston with the help of the Macabebe traitors led by Hilario Tal Placido.

Personalities and celebrities born on March 23:

1863 – Victoriano Luciano, pharmacist, Katipunan member, and one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite – in Cavite (d. September 12, 1896).

1889 – Camilo Osias, educator, writer, resident commissioner to the United States, and Senate President – in Balaoan, La Union (d. May 20, 1976).

1895 – Encarnacion A. Alzona, historian, educator, suffragette, and National Scientist (1985) – in Biñan, Laguna (d. March 13, 2001, in Manila).

1900 – Jose Vasquez Aguilar, educator, pioneer in the establishment of community schools, and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee – in Cadiz, Negros Occidental (d. January 31, 1980).

1961 – Ricky Davao (full name Ricardo Manuel Caballes Davao), actor and director – in Manila.

1985 – Geoff Alatiit Eigenmann, actor, model and TV host.

Geoff Eigenmann (with Heart Evangelista)
on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (March 22, 2005)



1992 – Ria Atayde (real name Maria Sophia Ocampo Atayde), actress – in Mandaluyong City.

Ria Atayde
on the cover of Liwayway (September 7, 2015)

Via Veloso on the cover of Savvy  Vol. 4 No. 1
(March 23, 1998)
 

Larawang Tribiya

          Sexy star Via Veloso was first introduced in Celso Ad Castillo’s remake film Isla (1996) when she was but 15 years of age. This was after she placed fourth in a “Face of the Year” contest. She inherited the title role of Maria Isabel Lopez in the earlier version of Isla (1985).

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