December 12



DECEMBER 12

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 19 No. 33, December 12, 1995 

On the Cover: Kris Aquino and her son Joshua

 

Disyembre 12 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 12, 1941, nakipaglaban sa himpapawid si Captain Jesus Villamor kasama ang ilang mandirigmang pilotong Filipino laban sa 54 na eroplanong pandigma ng mga hapon na sumalakay sa Batangas Air Field. Matagumpay na naitaboy nina Villamor ang mga dayuhan.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Fashion designer Florette Townsend

 on the cover of Jet (December 12, 1957).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on December 12:

1858 – Valeriano Hernandez Peña, poet, fictionist and author of the first Tagalog novel – in San Jose, Bulacan, Bulacan (d. September 7, 1922).

1930 – Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata, technocrat, politician, Finance Minister and Prime Minister (1973-1981) – in Manila.

1934 – Rene Luna Cayetano, lawyer, journalist, politician and senator – in Pangasinan. (d. June 24, 2003).

1935 – Epimaco Ardina Velasco, government official and politician – in Tanza, Cavite (d. January 27, 2014).

1964 – Lydia de Vega, athlete, sprinter and Asia’s fastest woman athlete in the 1980s – in Meycauayan, Bulacan.

Lydia de Vega
on the cover of Teens Weekly (March 18, 1982).



1966 – Pops Fernandez (full name Maria Cielito Lukban Fernandez), singer and actress – in Quezon City.

Pops Fernandez
on the covers of Good Housekeeping Philippines (June 2002), S Magazine (September 2007) and Health Today Philippines (March 2008)

1979 – Carlos Agassi (full name Amir Carlos Damaso Vahidi Agassi), Iranian-Filipino actor, model, television host and rap artist – in Makati City.

Carlos Agassi
on the cover of Star Studio (August 2002).

1980 – Bobby Pacquiao (full name Alberto Dapidran Pacquiao), boxer – in Bukidnon.

1986 – Denver Cuello, boxer – in Cabatuan, Iloilo.

1988 – AJ “Bazooka” Banal (full name Alex John Banal), boxer – in Cebu City.

 



Denise Richards on the cover of
Playboy (December 2004).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that Hollywood actress and fashion model Denise Richards posed nude for Playboy barely five months after giving birth? Richards, who is known for her portrayals in such films as Blonde and Blonder, Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough, was the former wife of actor Charlie Sheen. On March 2004, she gave birth to their first child. Barely five months later, she did nude pictorials which appeared in a 10-page spread of the Playboy December 2004 issue. She was even labeled by Playboy as “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” and was also the magazine’s cover girl.

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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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July 19

Mga Kwentong Puro Wakas Taon 4 Blg. 178, Hulyo 19, 1993
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Bukas ang Magpapasya... Bukas ang Hahatol”
na sinulat ni Ysidore Rey Avila at iginuhit ni Ernie Ocampo.

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Eva Marie-Saint (for the film Waterfront),
on the cover of Life July 19, 1954 issue.

 

Events that happened on July 19:

1969 – Gloria Diaz won the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant, the first Filipina to do so.

Miss Gloria Diaz, First Filipina and third Asian to be crowned Miss Universe,

on the cover of The Sunday Times Magazine (August 31, 1969).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on July 19:

1933 – Juancho Gutierrez, actor – in Manila (d. October 2, 2005).

1976 – Diether Ocampo, actor and model – in Bacoor, Cavite.



Diether Ocampo on the cover of Health Today April 2003 issue.

 

1984 – Alessandra de Rossi (real name Alessandra Tiotongco Schiavone), award-winning actress, singer and model – England.

Alessandra de Rossi on the covers of MOD (July 8, 2005),
Girlfriend (March 2007), and FHM Philippines (April 2008).

Brooke Burke on the cover of
TV Star Guide July 2005 issue.

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that Brooke Burke, the often bikini-clad host of Wild On! first appeared in the 1986 film The Wraith? She did a cameo of a waitress on roller skates at the age of 15. Prior to this, she won her first beauty pageant at age 14.
          In 2005, she hosted the six-part anniversary special of the Lifestyle Network, Life is Great With Brooke Burke, and the CBS summer reality show Rock Star. In that same year, she divorced her husband of four years, Garth Fisher. They have two daughters, Neriah (born March 2000) and Sierra Sky (born April 2002).  

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June 29






JUNE 29

Pilipino Funny Komiks Blg. 315, Hunyo 29, 1984
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong may aral na “Ang Musikerong Mangingisda”



Events that happened on June 29:

1900 – The Liceo de Manila, the first institute of higher learning in Manila with a completely Filipino faculty, opened.

1944 – The United States Congress passed Joint Resolution No. 83 and 93. The former gave the U.S. the right to retain military (naval and air) bases in the Philippines while the latter authorized the U.S. president to proclaimed the independence of the Philippines on July 4, 1945.

2011 – The Philippine National Railways reopened the “Bicol Express” rail service from the Tutuban station to naga City.

 

Personalities and celebrities born on June 29:

1879 – Pedro B. Navarro, musician, band conductor and soldier – in Tagudin, Ilocos Sur (d. March 9, 1951).

1978 – Nicole Scherzinger (real name Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente), Filipino- American recording artist, songwriter, dancer, model, television personality, philanthropist and actress – in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Nicole Scherzinger
on the covers of Blender (November 2007) and Maxim U.S. (July 2010).

1986 – Iya Villania (full name Raelene Elaine Ebaler Villania), Filipino-Australian video jockey, actress, television host and model – in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia. 

Iya Villania
on the cover of UNO (2011) and Health Today (February 2012)
 

 

Samantha Fox on the cover of Penthouse
June 1987 issue.

Picture Trivia

Samantha Fox first appeared as a topless model on “Page Three” of the U. K. newspaper The Sun in 1983 when she was just 16 years old. Her destiny changed in 1986 when, as a pop singer, she launched her debut single “Touch Me (I Want Your Body).” It became the Number 1 hit in 17 countries including Australia, Canada and South Africa, and made it to Number 3 in U.K. and Number 4 in the United States.

Samantha Fox debut single “Touch Me
(I Want Your Body)”

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June 24



JUNE 24

MOD Vol. 37 No. 1757, June 24, 2005
On the Cover: Carla Abellana

Events that happened on June 24

1571 – Miguel Lopez de Legaspi declared Manila as the capital of the Philippines.

1898 – Apolinario Mabini issued his “True Decalogue.”

          – The Hongkong Junta was organized by General Emilio Aguinaldo to seek international recognition for the newly-proclaimed Philippine Rep[ublic.

Personalities and celebrities born on June 24:

1860 – Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo, seamstress of the first official Philippine flag – in Taal, Batangas. (d. May 30, 1946)

1974 – Ruffa Gutierrez (full name Charmaine Gutierrez), actress, model and Miss World Second Princess – in U.S.A.

Ruffa Gutierrez
on the covers of Artista (January 12, 1996) and Health Today (October 2011).



1983 – John Lloyd Cruz (full name John Lloyd Espidol Cruz), actor and model, in Manila.

John Lloyd Cruz (with Bea Alonzo) on the cover of MOD June 10, 2005 issue (left),
and John Lloyd Cruz on the cover of Esquire Philippines June 2012 issue (right).

 

Will Smith on the cover of GQ June 1997 issue

Picture Trivia

In 1997, Will Smith (full name Willard Christopher Smith Jr) starred with Tommy Lee Jones in the blockbuster film Men in Black. In that same year Smith married Jada Pinkett. They have two children, Jaden Christopher Syre (born in 1998) which played the role of son to his character in The Pursuit of Happiness (2006), and Willow Camille Reign (born in 2000), which played the role of daughter to his character in the film I Am Legend (2007).

 

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May 28



MAY 28

Tempo, May 28, 1957
On the cover: Gloria Marshall
 

 

Events that happened on May 28:

1763 – Diego Silang, the leader of the Ilocos rebellion against Spain, was assassinated by Miguel Vicos in Ilocos Sur on orders of the friars.

1898 – General Emilio Aguinaldo was victorious against the Spanish forces in Alapan, Imus, Cavite. The Philippine flag sewn in Hongkong by Marcela Marino de Agoncillo with the help of her daughter Lorenza and Delfina Herbosa de Natividad (a niece of Dr. Jose Rizal), and brought home by Aguinaldo, was first displayed in battle and hoisted in victory.

1977 – Pres. Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1143, instituting the technical descriptions of the Philippine Archipelago making the Philippine Islands into two parcels with Binondo Church as the tie point.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 28:

1863 – Justo Lukban, physician, delegate to the Malolos Congress and Mayor of Manila (d. September 2, 1927).

1870 – Maximino Hizon, revolutionary general – in Mexico, Pampanga (d. September 1, 1901)

1896 – Cesar Bengson, social scientist, jurist, ninth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (April 28, 1961 – May 29, 1966), and member of the International Court of Justice – in Camiling, Tarlac (d. September 5, 1991).

1964 – Zsa Zsa Padilla (Full name Esperanza Padilla), singer and actress – in Manila.

Zsa Zsa Padilla
on the covers of Health Today (October 2006) and
 Marie Claire Philippines (December 2006).


1978 – Rufa Mae Quinto, actress-comedienne, television host and model – in Manila.

Rufa Mae Quinto
on the covers of Sexy Movie Stars Komiks Magazine (September 30, 1997) and
 FHM Philippines (January-February 2001).

 

1982 – Desiree del Valle (full name Desiree Lois del Valle Dunham, Filipino-American actress.

Desiree del Valle
on the cover of MOD (November 25, 2005)





The original Charlie’s Angels
Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jacklyn Smith,
on the cover of Photoplay Film Monthly
(May 1977).

Picture Trivia

          The actresses who portrayed the original Charlie’s Angel on the television series were Farrah Fawcett (as Jill Munroe), Kate Jackson (as Sabrina Duncan) at Jaclyn Smith (as Kelly Garrett). The series was conceptualized by Australian screenwriter Ivan Goff (1910-1999) and American film-television writer Benjamin Eisenberg Roberts (1916-1984). It became an instant hit and owned the Number 1 spot on the ratings on its first season (1976-1977).           Do you know which actor is behind the original voice of “Charlie?” It’s Hollywood actor John Forsythe (1918-2010).

 

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February 7

 

FEBRUARY 7

Pilipino Komiks Blg. 305, Pebrero 7, 1959

On the Cover: Pablo S. Gomez’s komiks novel “Tanikalang Apoy”

 

Pebrero 7 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ang petsa nakalagay sa kahuli-hulihang nailimbag na sipi ng payagang Del Superior Govierno, ang kauna-unahang pahayagan sa Pilipinas, ay Pebrero 7, 1812.

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          Noong Pebrero 7, 1945, pumasok sa Manila ang mga tropang Amerikano na pinamumunuan ni General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon mula nang tumakas ang heneral patungong Australia noong gabi ng Marso 12, 1942, sa kasagsagan ng paglusob ng mga Hapon sa Pilipinas.

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          Tumawag ng snap election para sa pangulo at pangalawang pangulo si Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos noong Pebrero 7, 1986 upang patunayan sa foreign media na nasa kaniya pa rin ang tiwala at mandato ng sambayanang-Filipino.

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Personalities and celebrities born on February 7:

1889 – Jose C. Zulueta, bibliographer, lawyer, legislator, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1945), and Senate President (1953) – in Molo, Iloilo City. (d. September 23, 1972)

           Nicanor Abelardo

              on the face of

Philippine postage stamp (1993).

1893 – Nicanor Abelardo, composer, singer, teacher and “Father of the Kundiman” – in San Miguel, Bulacan. (d. March 21, 1934)

1933 – Zenaida Angara Amador, stage and film actress, and director – in Manila.  

1952 – Wyngard Tracy, talent manager – in Quezon City (d. November 16, 2010).

1962 – Elizabeth "Liz" Alindogan, actress  – in Sorsogon.   







Liz Alindogan
on the front inside cover of Wet Vol. 3 No. 37 (c. 1980s)



1974 – Cheryl Kathleen Cosim, newscaster, journalist and television host – in Malolos, Bulacan.

Cheryl Cosim
on the cover of Health Today Philippines (September 2012).





1976 – Alfonso “Chito” Miranda Jr, singer-sonwriter and lead singer of Parokya ni Edgar – in Manila.

1980 – Luis Alandy (Adrian Louis Alandy), actor and model  – in Manila .



1990 – Neil Etheridge (full name Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge), English-Filipino football player – in Enfield, London, England.

Neil Etheridge
on the cover of Men’s Health Philippines (September 2011).





Sina Fernando Poe Jr at Susan Roces
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Kislap
(February 7, 1969).

Larawang Tribiya

          Sina Fernando Poe Jr at Susan Roces ay unang ikinasal sa civil wedding noong December 25, 1968, bago sila ikinasal sa simbahan ng Santuario de San Jose sa Greenhills, San Juan, kung saan naging ninong pa nila sa kasal sina Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos at Unang Ginang Imelda R. Marcos. Naging mag-asawa sila sa loob ng mahigit 37 taon, mula 1967 hanggang sa pagpanaw ni FPJ noong 2004, matapos siyang dayain sa pangpanguluhang halalan. Ito ay bagama’t hindi sila nagkaroon ng biological na anak.

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