August 12




AUGUST 12

Continental Komiks Magasin Blg. 92, August 12, 1969
Tampok sa harapang taklob-pahina ang nobelang-komiks na “Baluga” ni Pablo S. Gomez
Nasa likuran naman sina Luis Gonzales at Gloria Romero na gumanap bilang
Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos at Unang Ginang Imelda R. Marcos
para sa pelikulang Pinagbuklod ng Langit.

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Loretta Young (1913-2000) on the cover of Life (August 12, 1946),
one year before she won the Academy Best Actress Award for her portrayal in the film Farmer’s Daughter.

 

Agosto 12 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 12, 1887, ang Museo-Biblioteca de Filipinas (Museum-Library of the Philippines) ay itinatag sa pamamagitan ng royal decree. Pinasinayaan ito at nagbukas noong Oktubre 24, 1891 sa Casa de Moneda sa Intramuros, Manila. Ito ang naging Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas (National Library of the Philippines).

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 12:

1969 – Aga Muhlach (full name Ariel Aquino Muhlach), actor and television host – in Manila.

Aga Muhlach
on the cover of of Mr. & Ms. (December 16, 1995 –January 2, 1996).

 

1982 – Iza Calzado (full name Maria Izadora Ussher Calzado), actress, television host and model – in Quezon City.

Iza Calzado
on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (May 2008), Runner’s World (September 2010),
Esquire Philippines (November 2011), Breakfast (April-May 2012), and Rogue (July 2012).

1984 – Marian Rivera (full name Marian Gracia Rivera Alonso), actress and commercial model – in Madrid, Spain.

Marian Rivera
on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (March 2009), Rogue (July 2009),
Speed (January-February 2010), and Bannawag (January 2, 2012).



1990 – Enzo Pineda (full name Enrico Lorenzo Macam Pineda), dancer and actor – in Quezon City.




Rebecca Romjin-Stamos on the cover of

Cosmopolitan Philippines (August 1999).

Picture Trivia

          Rebecca Romjin-Stamos (nee Rebecca Alie Kuizenga Stamos) was born in Berkeley, California (on November 6, 1972), but she is of Dutch lineage. Her father, Jaap Romjin is a furniture maker from Barneveld, the Netherlands, while her mother, Elizabeth Kuizenga, is an American of Dutch and English ancestry.
          Do you know that she appeared in a 1999 film as herself but uncredited? It was in the film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.  

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July 22



JULY 22

MOD Girl, July 22, 2005
On the cover: Katrina Anne Aguila

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

1940s Hollywood stars Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young and Orson Welles (for the film The Stranger),
on the cover of vintage magazine, Movie Mystery (July-August 1946).

Events that happened on July 22:

1900 – General Emilio Aguinaldo issued a proclamation declaring that all those who attended the “peace festival” in Manila are traitors.

Personalities and celebrities born on July 22:

1853 – Joaquin Gonzalez, doctor, Malolos Congress delegate and rector of the Universidad Cientifico Literaria de Filipinas (d. September 21, 1900).

1961 – Dulce (real name Maria Theresa Magdalena Llameda), singer and “Theme Song Queen of the Philippines” – in Bulalacao, Pardo, Cebu City.



Andrew Garfield as The Amazing Spider-Man
on the cover of Entertainment Weekly
(July 22, 2011).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that the third sequel of the film Spider-Man was supposed to be released in 2010? It was, however, delayed for one year because Sony Pictures decided to change the franchise of the said film. A new director took the helm, and new actors were cast. Andrew Garfield became the new Spider-Man and the title was changed to The Amazing Spider-Man.

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