"The poignant wish for a tranquil life

will find no sanctuary in today’s world.

We live in a revolutionary era.

It is an era of swift, violent, often disruptive change,
and rather than lament this vainly,

we have to decide whether we should be

the masters or victims of change."

November 18



NOVEMBER 18

MOD Girl, November 18, 2005
On the Cover: Kristine Italia

 

UNANG LABAS


Ang unang labas ngFocus (November 18, 1972)
tampok sa taklob-pahina ang ilustrasyon ng artikulo
ni Blas F. Ople na “Emancipation 1972.”

Ang Focus magazine ay unang lumabas sa Pilipinas noong November 18, 1972, mahigit lamang dalawang buwan matapos ang deklarasyon ng Martial Law. Si Kerima Polotan ang una nitong editor, samantalang si Gregorio C. Brillantes naman ang nagsilbing managing editor. Kabilang sa mga staff writers nito ay sina Leticia Jimenez-Magsanoc, Julian V. Cruz at Alfredo Salanga, at mga arts consultants naman sina Mauro “Malang” Santos at Hugo C. Yonzon.

Tampok sa unang issue ng Focus magazine ang artikulo ni Blas F. Ople na “Emancipation 1972.” Sa cover page makikita ang isang brasong may nalagot na kadena, sagisag ng paglaya. Nasa background ang deklarasyon

Nobyembre 18 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 18, 2011, si Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ay inaresto matapos ang paghahain ng kason kriminal laban sa kaniya na pandarayam sa halalan.

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Personalities and celebrities born on November 18:

1833 – Maximo Inocencio, contractor, shipyard worker, lumberman and one of the “Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite” – in Cavite (d. September 12, 1896).

1856 – Maximo Gregorio, Katipunan organizer in Cavite and one of the “Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite” – in Pasay (now Pasay City, Metro Manila) (d. September 12, 1896).

1928 – Salvador Hidalgo Laurel, lawyer, politician and Vice-President of the Philippines (1986-1992), in San Juan (d. January 27, 2004).

1932 – Yoyoy Villame (real name Roman Tesoro Villame), singer, composer, lyricist and comedian – in Calape, Bohol (d. May 18, 2007).

Yoyoy Villame (with Pilar Pilapil)
on the cover of Bisaya (January 17, 1973).

 

1968 – Ronald Versoza Singson, politician and businessman – in Manila.

1981 – Dianne dela Fuente (real name Diana Soberano Manlosa), video jockey, singer and actress.

1981 – Gian Magdangal (full name Giancarlo Alzate Magdangal), singer and actor – in Parañaque City.



Donna Mills on the cover of
Playboy (November 1989).

Picture Trivia 
         In 1980, Donna Mills got the role as Abby Cunninghan in the would-be long-running primetime soap opera Knots Landing. She played the role that left a mark on the minds of viewers and fans for more than nine years until 1989.
          Mills agreed to be the non-nude cover of Playboy magazine’s November 1989 issue (Though she already appeared in the inside pictorials of the October 1987 issue) tagged as “Knots Landing’s Bitchy Sex Star.”
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