AUGUST 20
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Damdamin
Komiks
Taon 2 Blg. 97 Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwento ni Elena Patron na “Magpakailanman” na iginuhit ni Louie Celerio |
UNANG LABAS
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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.
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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).
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Eddie Mercado (with Jeanne Young)
on
the cover of TV Times (August 1-7,
1976)
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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).
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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.
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Elke Sommer on the
cover of Gent (August 1964).
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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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