JUNE 14
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Espesyal
Komiks
Taon 2 Blg. 44, Hunyo 14, 1954
Tampok sa
taklob-pahina ang nobelang “Luha ng Birhen”
na isinulat ni Rico Bello Omagap at iginuhit ni
Jose C. Caluag. |
UNANG LABAS
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| Unang labas ng Pilipino Komiks, Hunyo 14, 1947. |
Ang Pilipino Komiks, na unang lumabas noong Hunyo 14, 1947, ang pangalawang babasahing tinawag na “komiks” at regular na naglalaman ng mga iginuhit na kuwento na lumabas sa sirkulasyon (Ang una ay ang Halakhak Komiks, Nobyembre 15, 1946).
Ang Pilipino Komiks ay ang unang komiks na inilimbag ng Ace Publication na itinatag ni Don Ramon Roces. Si Tony Velasquez ang nagbigay ng tugmang pangalan nito at naging unang patnugot. Sa unang labas, naglimbag ang Ace ng 10,000 kopya, na sa halagang 25 sentimos, ay kaagad naubos sa pamilihan.
Kasama sa unang labas ng Pilipino Komiks ay ang pinakamahabang sinubaybayang nobela sa komiks sa Pilipinas na DI-13 na inakda ng kapatid ni Tony Velasquez na si Damy at iginuhit ni Jesse Santos. Kasama rin ang Prinsesa Urduja ni Vicente Manansala, ang Makisig ni Amadeo Manalad, ang Lagim ni Cris Caguintuan, ang Daluyong ni Fred Carillo, ang Kalabog en Bosyo ni Larry Alcala, ang Lucas Malakas ni Jose Zabala Santos, at Ang Buhay ni Aldabes ni Hugo C. Yonzon Jr. Dito rin nagsimula ang dalawang-pahinang cartoon strip na Nanong Pandak ni Tony Velasquez. Sa komiks na ito rin lumabas ang kauna-unahang advertisement ng Pepsi Cola.
Naging lubhang matagumpay ang Pilipino Komiks, at mula rito nasundan pa ito ng mga ibang babasahin: Tagalog Klasiks (Hulyo 16, 1949), Hiwaga Komiks (Oktubre 11, 1950), Espesyal Komiks (Oktubre 20, 1952), at humigit-kumulang 20 iba pa. Dahil dito naging pinakamalaking publishing company ng babasahing pangmasa ang ACE sa Pilipinas nang panahong yaon. Mula sa panahon ng pamamayagpag ng mga unang komiks hanggang sa mailipat na ang pagmamay-ari nito sa Atlas Publications, hanggang sa unang bahagi ng 1980s ay itinuturing na “Ginintuang Panahon ng Komiks sa Pilipinas.”
Ang Pilipino Komiks ay ang pinakamatagal sa sirkulasyon na babasahin na umabot ng anim na dekada at nagkaroon ng mahigit 3,200 isyu, bagama’t mula noong 2004 hanggang 2011 ay naging Pilipino Illustrated Stories na ang pamagat nito.
Events that happened on June 14:
1584 - The Royal Audiencia, the recognized “Supreme” court in the Philippines during the Spanish times held its first session in Manila.
1897 – Spanish troops attacked Aguinaldo’s headquarters on Mount Puray near Montalban, but were defeated and repulsed by the Filipino revolutionaries.
1941 – President Quezon signed the maternity-leave bill granting women in government service 60 days maternity leave with full pay in addition to the usual sick and vacation leaves. On this same day, Josefa Llanes-Escoda was elected President of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs in the Philippines.
1945 – Battle of Besang Pass, in Cervantes, Ilocos Sur. Combined Filipino-American forces led by Lt. Colonel Manuel Enriquez was victorious against the Japanese 14th Area Army.
1958 – The Development Bank of the Philippines was established.
1981 – The Film Academy of the Philippines was established to give recognition and appreciation for significant efforts in improving the Filipino motion picture arts and science.
1991 – Biggest eruption of Mount Pinatubo, which is in record the second largest eruption in the 20th century.
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Ang mga walang malay na batang Aeta, matapos ang pagputok ng bulkang Pinatubo
(“Lagim ng Mt. Pinatubo”), nasa taklob-pahina ng magasin na Pilipino Reporter
na may petsang Hulyo 14, 1991.
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Personalities and celebrities born on June 14:
1963 – Allan Caidic (full name Allan Vito Floro Caidic), professional basketbal player, PBA “Most Valuable Player” (1990), and national team member – in Pasig City.
1976 – Danny Seigle (full name Daniel Charles Yado Seigle), American-Filipino basketball player – in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
1978 – G. Toengi (full name Giselle Anne Toengi), Swiss-Filipino actress, dance diva, host and model – in New York.
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Giselle Toengi on the cover of FHM Philippines (July 2001) and Cosmopolitan Philippines (March 2002).
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Centuries before the term “live-in” was ever mentioned in “modern” literature, the Igorots of Northern Luzon already practiced what can be described as sort of a trial relationship. The custom is associated with the traditional institution of the ulog. Each igorot village has an ulog. It is a hut with a single door opening. Here the girls of the village gather at night to sleep and to be visited by their suitors. The boy meets the girl he wants and they can sleep together and have sex. But they cannot get married until after the girl gets pregnant.
To the Igorots, pregnancy is the true test of marital compatibility. Only after the girl gets pregnant can she be engaged to her lover. Then and only then can marriage arrangement be negotiated by their families.
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Demi Moore on the
cover of People Weekly
June 14, 1996 issue. |
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Trivia
In 1996, actress Demi Moore voiced
over the characters Dallas Grimes in the animation film Beavis and Butthead Do America, and Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In that
same year, Moore became the highest-paid Hollywood actress in her portrayal of
Erin Grant in the film Striptease
with a paycheck of 12.5 million dollar.
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In the middle of 1991, just after Mt.
Pinatubo’s eruption, broadcast journalist Lito Villarosa began a series of
exposé regarding the controversial Marikina Valley Fault System. According to
Villarosa, he saw a bunch of documents in the defunct Ministry of Human
Settlement on its way to the junk bin. When he tried to read the contents, it
turned out to be a 1976 commissioned report of the United Nations Disaster Relief Organization
(UNDRO) Coordinator to the former Ministry of Human Settlement headed by then First Lady Imelda R. Marcos, detailing a
systematic vulnerability analysis of Metro Manila area with regard to disasters
like earthquake and flood. There was also a comprehensive study regarding the
Marikina Valley Fault System. To cut the story short, he gave me a copy of this
report, which was very interesting to me because it is related to my profession
as a structural engineer – knowing areas where earthquake damage can be
prominent is an important part of structural design.
