SEPTEMBER 30
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Celebrity World Vol. 5 No. 264, September 30, 1996
On the Cover: Happy and Soen Ongpauco
(Daughters of restauranteur Rod Ongpauco and actress Liberty Ilagan)
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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST
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Silent Era American
actress Norma Talmadge (1894-1957)
on the cover of vintage Picture Play magazine (September 1916) |
Setyembre 30 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas
Noong Setyembre 30 1889, ang sanaysay (essay) ni Gat. Jose Rizal na Filipinas Dentro de cien años (“The Philippines a Century Hence”) ay inilathala sa pahayagang La Solidaridad sa Madrid, Spain.
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Matagumpay na nasubukan ni Gregorio Y. Zara ang alcohol-fueled airplane engine na kaniyang inimbento noong Oktubre 30, 1954.
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Personalities and celebrities born on September 30:
1870 – Sofia F. de Veyra, educator, social worker and feminist advocate (d. January 1, 1953).
1905 – Rosario Vivar Delfin-Bondoc, educator and science professor – in Polo, Bulacan
1921 – Leticia Shahani (birth name Leticia Valdez Ramos), journalist, diplomat and politician – in Lingayen, Pangasinan (d. March 20, 2017).
1938 – Ismael Bernal, actor, screenwriter, director, and National Artist for Cinema (d. June 2, 1996).
1987 – Denise Laurel (full name Denise Maria Sanz Laurel), actress and singer – in Manila.
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Denise Laurel
on the cover of Rogue (June 2010).
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Picture Trivia
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Freddie Mercury on
the cover of
Circus
(September 30, 1991).
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Do you know that lyricist and lead
vocalist of the rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), is not a native
British? Mercury’s real name is Farrokh Bulsara, a Parsi (Zoroastrian Persian
refugee) born in the island of Zanzibar (now a part of Tanzania), in East
Africa. He grew up as a teenager in India. He was dabbed as “Britain’s first
Asian rock star.”
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