October 26



OCTOBER 26

Extra Komiks Taon 3 Blg. 58, Oktubre 26, 1953
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Amor Secrets (Ang Kasaysayan ng Isang Lihim na Pag-ibig)”

 

Personalities and celebrities born on October 26:

1939 – Heherson “Sonny” T. Alvarez, politician and government official – in Santiago, Isabela.

1941 – Raul Sagarbarria Roco, politician and lawmaker – in Naga, Camarines Sur (August 5, 2005).

1949 – Antonio Tirol Carpio, Supreme Court associate justice – in Davao City.

1961 – Joey Salceda (full name Jose Clemente Sarte Salceda), politician – in Manila.

1970 – Viktoria (real name Teresita Victoria Elizaga Agbayani), singer – in Sual, Pangasinan.

1982 – Niña Dolina, actress – in Manila.

1987 – Sylvester Berador Lopez, champion professional boxer – in Kabansalan, Zamboanga Sibugay.



Angelina Jolie on the cover of Premiere (October 2004).

Picture Trivia

          Angelina Jolie became Hollywood’s top female action star in her portrayal of the video game heroine Lara Croft in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raiders (2001) and its sequel The Cradle of Life (2003). When she made the film Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) together with her husband Brad Pitt, she was considered as the highest paid actress in Hollywood.
          Do you know that Angelina Jolie has several tattoos all over her body? As of this post, she has more than 15 tattoos, most of which are covered with make-up when she is making films.
          On her right arm is an Arabic script tattoo (SEE cover page), which means “determination.” This was put in place of an erased abstract lines tattoo that she made with her former husband Billy Bob Thornton.

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August 20



AUGUST 20

Damdamin Komiks Taon 2 Blg. 97
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwento ni Elena Patron na “Magpakailanman”
na iginuhit ni Louie Celerio

 

UNANG LABAS

Unang labas ng Extra Komiks
(Agosto 20, 1951),
tampok ang “Prinsipeng Kuba”
ni Nardo de Dios
na iginuhit ni Noly Panaligan

Ang Extra Komiks ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Agosto 20, 1951. Tampok sa babasahing ito ang mga kuwentong “Prinsipeng Kuba” (na isinulat ni Nardo de Dios at iginuhit ni Noly Panaligan, na siya ring nasa taklob-pahina ng unang isyu), “Barbero ng Sevilla” (isinulat ni Cris Cortez at iginuhit Antonio J. Ocampo), “Buhay ni Kuya Porong” (ni Joe La Men), “Bulaklak ng Malaya” (ni Narciso Miranda), “Bumibili ng Isang Ina” (isinulat ni Corazon Medina at iginuhit ni Tony de Zuñiga), “Doktor Sangredo” (isinulat ni Cristino Mata at iginuhit nina Juan Pangilinan at Antonio J. Ocampo), “Golem” (isinulat ni Mario del Mar at iginuhit ni Fred Alcantara), “Pompe” (ni Tony Barreto), at “Ang Paralitiko” (isinulat ni Ramon Marcelino at iginuhit ni Ruben Yandoc).

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Agosto 20 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 20, 1882, ang makabayang sanaysay ni Jose Rizal na Amor Patrio (“Pag-ibig sa Bayan”) na isinulat niya sa ilalim ng taguring “Laong Laan” ay inilimbag sa Diarong Tagalog. Ito ay inilimbag sa dalawang wika, ang orihinal na sinulat ni Rizal sa wikang Kastila at ang iniliwat sa Tagalog ni Marcelo H. del Pilar.

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The first Miss Universe Armi Kuusela with businessman

husband Virgilio Hilario.

          Ikinasal ang mangangalakal na si Virgilio “Gil” Hilario sa Finnish beauty queen at kauna-unahang Miss Universe na si Armi Kuusela sa Tokyo, Japan, noong Agosto 20, 1953.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 20:

1938 – Eddie Mercado (real name Eduardo Mercado), actor, singer, event host and director – in Manila (d. September 18, 2006).

Eddie Mercado (with Jeanne Young)

on the cover of TV Times (August 1-7, 1976)

1939 – Fernando Poe Jr (real name Ronald Allan Kelly-Gatbonton Poe), actor, director, film producer, cultural icon and National Artist for Cinema (2006) – in Manila (d. December14, 2004).

Fernando Poe Jr on the covers of Weekly Graphic (August 11, 1965), Expressweek (July 13, 1978),
and People Asia (June 2004).



1939 – Mike Velarde (full name Mariano Zuniega Velarde), founder of El Shaddai Movement – in Caramoran, Catanduanes.

1953 – Cesar A. X. Syjuco, painter, poet and art critic – in Manila.

1977 – Harry Tañamor, champion amateur boxer – in Zamboanga City.



Elke Sommer on the cover of Gent (August 1964).

Picture Trivia 

          Hollywood actress Elke Sommer was a German native born as Baroness Elke von Schletz. In 1964, she won the Golden Globe Award for “Most Promising Newcomer Actress” for her portrayal as Inger Lisa Andersson in the film The Prize, opposite paul ewman and Edward G. Robinson.

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May 1



ALAM MO BA 'TO?

(Do You Know This?)

Ang Buwan ng Mayo

          Ang buwan ng Mayo na panglimang buwan sa Gregorian Calendar ay tinatawag sa sinaunang Roman Calendar na Maius na hinalaw sa pangalan ni Maia, ang diyosa ng pagsibol at paglago. Bagama’t mayroong nagsasabi na ito ay mula sa salitang Latin na majores na tumutukoy sa mga “nakatatandang tao” kaya ang buwang ito ay sinasabing para sa kanila. Isa pang posibleng pinagmulan ng pangalan ng buwang ito ay ang tawag sa mataas na kapulungan ng Senado sa Roma na tinatawag ding Majores.

          Sa Pilipinas, ang buwan ng Mayo ay karaniwang tinutukoy bilang buwan ng mga piyesta na halaw sa sinaunang kaugalian ng mga katutubo na buwan ng pagpapasalamat sa mga diyos at diyosa o sa mga anito ng kalikasan dahil sa masaganang ani, na nahaluan ng paniniwalang Katoliko.

          Ang agate ang birthstone ng Mayo noong sinaunang panahon at emerald naman sa makabagong panahon, samantalang ang flower of the month ay ang hawthorn.

MAY 1

Extra Komiks Taon 9 Blg. 253, Mayo 1, 1961

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Asuwang” ni Virgo Villa (a.k.a. Mars Ravelo) na iginuhit ni Felipe L. Ilag.

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

English-born Hollywood actress Ida Lupino (1918-1995)
at the height of her popularity,
on the cover of Picturegoer (May 1, 1943).

Events that happened on May 1:

1852 – The first Philippine peso bill originally called Peso Fuetes (‘strong peso”) was printed in the Philippines.

1898 – Battle of Manila Bay, the mock battle between American forces (flagsjip Olympia led Admiral George Dewey) and Spanish forces (flagship Reina Cristina led by Adfmiral Patricio Montojo) prior to the American Occupation of the Philippines.

1903 – First Labor Day celebration in the Philippines.

1913 – The Congreso Obrero de Filipinas, a labor federation, was founded by Hemenegildo Cruz.

1980 – The Kilusang Mayon Uno (KMU) was founded by Felixberto Olalia.

1985 – The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) was founded by political activist Lean Alejandro.

2001 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared the existence of “a state of rebellion,” hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, President Joseph Estrada, stormed towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA IV rebellion.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 1:

1912 – Felipe Padilla de Leon, musician and composer of the first Filipino full-lenth grand opera, Noli Me Tangere (1953) – in Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija (d. December 5, 1992).

1940 – Alex Niño, comic book artist – Tarlac.

1970 – Cristina Malarky Gonzales, actress and politician – Tacloban City.

Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez (and her daughters Sofia and Diana)

on the cover of MOD Mother’s Day issue (May 14, 2004).



1974 – Charlene Gonzales (full name Charlene Mae Gonzales Bonnin), model, actress and beauty queen.

Charlene Gonzales
on the cover of MOD (November 4, 2005) and Marie Claire Philippines (November 2007).

1997 – Miles Ocampo (real name Camille Tan Hojilla), actress, singer and print-ads model – in Quezon City. 

Miles Ocampo
on the cover of Bannawag (February 27, 2012)

Angel Locsin on the cover of
FHM Philippines (May 2010).
This is the year when she won the
second “Sexiest Women in the World” title.

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Angel Locsin ay nahirang na “Sexiest Woman in the World” ng FHM Philippines ng dalawang beses: Noong taong 2005 at 2010.

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