August 21



AUGUST 21

Tagalog Klasiks Taon 5 Blg. 134

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang iginuhit na larawan ni Pangulong Manuel Luis Quezon

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Kirk Douglas (as Jim O’Connor) and Jane Wyman (as Laura Wingfield)
in the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ novel The Glass Menagerie,
on the cover of Movie Story (August 1950).

 

Agosto 21 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 21, 1896, binago nina Andres Bonifacio at Emilio Jacinto ang kodigo ng Katipunan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalit ng mga numero sa mga letra.

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          Dalawang granada ang sumabog sa Liberal Party proclamation rally sa Plaza Miranda. Sa mahabang panahon ibinibintang kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos ang nangyari, subalit sa pagsisiyasat ni Senador Jovito Salonga, isa sa pinakapipitagang lider ng Liberal Party, sinabi niyang walang kinalaman si Marcos sa naganap.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 21:

1974 – Martin Malfori Andanar, journalist, radio-television newscaster and commentator,  public servant – in Quezon City.

On the left, Martin Andanar as part of TV5 “Sapul” team (2011).

On the right, Mr. Andanar with Irwin Peña, Ernee lawagan (the author) and Angelito Madrilejos

during the T.E.N. Eyeball Party (2009).

 

1989 – Danielle Kirsten Muriel Castaño, beauty queen (2008 Binibining-Pilipinas World) – in Glendale, California, U.S.A.

 

Bruce Boxleitner as Tron on the cover

of Empire (August 2010).

Picture Trivia

          The American science fiction film Tron (1982), written and directed by Steven Lisberger, is about a computer programmer that was sucked into the world of software in the mainframe computer, and his adventure and interaction with different computer programs to be able to return to his reality world. The film had a “reboot” 28 years later – Tron: Legacy (2010) – which was also directed by Lisberger. Only the two lead male actors, Jeff Bridges (as Keven Flynn a.k.a. Clu) and Bruce Boxleitner (as Alan Bradley a.k.a. Tron) were included in both films.
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April 25




April 25

Hiwaga Komiks Blg. 15, Abril 25, 1951

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang dibuho ni Francisco V. Coching,

na mula sa wakasang kuwentong “Ang Duwende” na isinulat ni Carlos Y. Roca

at iginuhit sa mga pangloob na pahina ni Fred Aquino.

Events that happened on April 25:

1898 – The United States formally declared war against Spain. This happened as Emilio Aguinaldo’s forces are winning their battles against the Spaniards in the Philippine Revolution.

Personalities and celebrities born on April 25:

1935 – Aniano Aguilar Desierto, lawyer and politician – in Cebu City.

1950 – Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, founder and leader of the Restorationist Christian church – in Tamayong, Calinan, Davao City.

 


Larawang Tribiya



A portrait of Jane Wyman on the cover of Look
(April 25, 1939).

          Ang tunay na pangalan ng American actress, dancer at singer na si Jane Wyman ay Sarah Jane Mayfield (1917-2007). Sumikat siya noong 1930s at naging matagumpay sa larangan ng pinilakang-tabing sa loob ng dalawang dekada.

          Noong 1939, lumabas siya sa apat na pelikula: Kid Nightingale, Private Detective, Tail Spin Alabama, The Kid from Kokomo at Torchy Blane. Noon namang 1948, nagwagi siya ng Academy Award bilang Best Actress sa pelikulang Johnny Belinda. Nakilala rin siya noong Dekada 1980 sa kaniyang pagganap bilang Angela Channing sa television series na Falcon Crest (1981-1990).

          Alam niyo ba na si Wyman ang unang naging asawa ng artistang naging pangulo ng America na si Ronald Reagan? Ikinasal sila noong 1940, subalit nagdiborsiyo sila noong 1949, bago pa pumasok sa politika si Reagan.

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