December 31



DECEMBER 31

Prime Weekly Editions Vol. 2 No. 46, December 31, 1987

On the Cover: Janice Veluz Gonzalez

 

Disyembre 31 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 31, 1844, ang sistema ng kalendaryo sa Pilipinas ay isinaayos at iniayon sa pandaigdigang umiiral na kalendaryo. Sa pamamagitan ng proklamasyon ni Spanish Governor-General Narciso Claveria, ang Disyembre 31, 1844, Martes, ay ginawang Enero 1, 1845, Miyerkules.

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN


Tampok sa ikaapat na labas ng Pantastik Komiks (Disyembre 31, 1950)
ang ilustrasyon ni Alfredo Alcala.

Personalities and celebrities born on December 31:

1880 – Hermenegildo Cruz, labor leader, writer and government official – in Binondo, Manila (d. March 21, 1943).

1943 – Leovigildo Briones Banaag, lawyer and congressman – in Butuan City (d. January 6, 2011).

1945 – Liwayway Vinzons-Chato, politician – in Camarines Norte.

1952 – Benjamin Mendoza Bitanga, businessman-entrepreneur and investment banker – in Manila.

1959 – Alfie Anido (full name Alfonso Serrano Anido), actor and commercial model (d. December 30, 1981).

Alfie Anido
on the cover of TV Times (April 19-25, 1981)



 

1971 – Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro, composer, musician and guitarist.

1986 – Mike Tan (full name Jan Michael Silverio Tan), actor, dancer and model – in Angono, Rizal.

THE YEAR OF THE YUPPIE

Illustration by Garretson “Garry” Beekman Trudeau
of the concept of “young urban professional”
popularly coined the “Yuppie,”
on the cover of Newsweek (December 31, 1984).

          During the 1980s and 1990s, a new word, “Yuppie,” became popular, which is the shortened form to mean a “young urban professional.” Joseph Epstein is said to have coined the term in 1982, although the word “yuppie” itself was already published in the magazine Chicago as early as May 1980 through an article written by Dan Rottenberg. The year 1984 was declared by Newsweek as “The Year of the Yuppie” (SEE attached cover page).











 

Picture Trivia

Marilyn Chambers on the covers of
Genesis (December 1977 and December 1979)

          One of the most popular porn stars of the 1970s is Marilyn Chambers (real name Marilyn Ann Briggs). Do you know that Chambers also appeared in legitimate mainstream films? Among them, The Owl and the Pussycat (1970, where she used the screen name Evelyn Long), Together (1971, where she starred using her real name), and sa Rabid (1977, as Marilyn Chambers under the direction of David Cronenberg). Chambers also sang and recorded a disco single, Benihana (1976), the original copies of which are now considered collector’s items.

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WIKApedia

          Alam niyo ba kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng “Manigo” sa pagbating “Manigong Bagong Taon?” Ayon sa Bagong Diksiyunaryong Pilipino-Pilipino ni Julio F. Silverio, ang “manigo” ay isang pang-uri na may katumbas na kahulugang “maunlad,” “mapalad,” “paborable,” at “buwena-mano.” Kung hihimayin, ang “ma” ay isang unlaping nagbabadya ng katangian sa salitang-ugat na “nigo,” na ang katumbas na kahulugan ay “mabuting kapalaran.”

          Kaya ang pagbating “MANIGONG BAGONG TAON!” ay pagsasaad na “nawa’y tamuhin ng binabati ang isang “mabuting kapalaran sa bagong taon.”

December 17



DECEMBER 17

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 2 No.44, December 17, 1987

On the Covers: Aurora Reyes Sta. Ana

 

Disyembre 17 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 17, 1976, Ang National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) ay itinatag sa pamamagitan ng Presidential Decree Nos. 1003 at 1003-A upang mabigyang pagkilala ang mga mahalaga at katangi-tanging gawa at tagumpay sa larangan ng agham at teknolohiya. Ang NAST ay inaatasang magbigay ng pinakamataas na gawad-parangal bilang “National Scientist” sa mga karapat-dapat na Filipinong siyentista.

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Isang ilustrasyon ni Danny Tolentino na “May Diwa ang Pag-ibig sa Likod ng Pasko”

para sa Rex Komiks (Disyembre 17, 1979).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on December 17:

1856 – Graciano Lopez Jaena, propagandist, orator and first editor of La Solidaridad – in Jaro, Iloilo (d. January 20, 1896).

1954 – Toto Mayo (full name Manolito Tolentino Mayo), cubism artist and sculptor – in in Lipa City, Batangas (d. May 4, 1983).

1969 – Michael V. (real name Beethoven del Valle Bunagan), actor-comedian, singer, composer, director and parodist – in Lamboon, Irosin, Sorsogon. 


1976 – Ethel Booba (real name Ethel Gabison), actress-Comedienne and singer – in General Santos City.





Ethel Booba (together with Paolo Bediones)
on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (December 28, 2004).



1978 – Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (full name Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao), eight-division world boxing champion and Sarangani congressman, in Kibawe, Bukidnon.

Manny Pacquiao
on the covers of Time Asia Edition (November 14, 2009) and Newsweek (November 7, 2011)

 

1987 – Sassa Jimenez, fashion designer – in Manila.

MANNY “PACMAN” PACQUIAO:

Mga Kaalaman Tungkol sa Pambansang Kamao

          Nagtapos si Pacquiao ng Elemetarya sa Saavedra Saway Elementary School sa General Santos City, pero huminto siya sa pag-aaral ng high school dahil sa lubhang kahirapan. Noong 2007, pinagkalooban siya ng high school diploma ng Department of Education matapos niyang ipinasa ang High School Equivalency Exam.

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          Sa edad na 14 anyos, si Pacquiao ay lumuwas ng Maynila at nagsimulang mag-boxing sa amateur. Nagsimula naman ang professional career niya sa edad na 16 anyos. Siya ay tumitimbang lamang noon ng 104-106 pounds.

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          Alam niyo ba kung sa anong weight division nagsimula ang professional career ni Manny Pacquiao? Ito ay sa Light Flyweight Division noong mid-1990s, sa timbang na 106 pounds. Mula sa timbang na Light Flyweight umakyat na ng mahigit 40 pounds ang timbang ni Pacquiao na huling napagwagian ang titulo sa Super Welterweight (o Light Middleweight) Division sa catch weight na 150 pounds noong Nobyembre 13, 2010.

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          Ang una niyang nakalaban bilang isang professional boxer (January 22, 1995) ay si Edmund “Enting” Ignacio, na kaniyang tinalo sa pamamagitan ng unanimous decision.

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          Ang unang pagkatalo ay tinamo naman ni Pacquiao sa isang kapuwa Filipino – si Rustico Torrecampo – nang siya ay mapatumba nito sa ikatlong round noong Pebrero 9, 1996. Si Torrecampo rin ang masasabing tanging boksingero, maliban kay Juan Manuel Marquez, na naka-knockout kay Pacquiao.

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          Sa Flyweight Division ng WBC nakuha ni Pacquiao ang kaniyang unang world boxing title, nang pabagsakin niya si Chatchai Sasakul sa ikawalong round noong Disyembre 4, 1998. Buhat noon, napagwagian na niya ang titulo sa walong weight division, isang kaganapang hindi na marahil mabubura sa kasaysayan ng boxing. Si Bob Arum ay nagwika na si Pacquiao ay “the greatest boxer that ever lived.”

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          Binansagan siyang “Pacman” dahil sa isa-isa niyang tinatatalo at “inuubos” (katulad ng video game na Pacman) ang mga pinakamagagaling na boksingero ng kaniyang henerasyon kabilang sina Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Hector Velasquez, Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz, Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito at Suga Shane Mosley.

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          Ang boong pangalan ng kaniyang asawang si Jinkee ay Maria Geraldine Jamora Pacquiao. Naka-tattoo sa pagitan ng kaliwang balikat at siko ni Manny Pacquiao ang pangalan ni Jinkee at ng apat na anak nila: Jimuel, Michael, Princess at Queenie. Sa kaliwang braso naman niya, kung saan nanggagaling ang pang-knoutout niyang left hook, ay naka-tattoo ang isang bumubulusok na bulalakaw.

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          Si Pacquiao ang kauna-unahang Filipino athlete na itinampok sa postage stamp ng Pilipinas

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          Unang lumabas si Pacquiao sa pelikulang Di Ko kayang Tanggapin Dong (2000). Nagbida siya sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon sa pelikulang Lisensyadong Kamao noong December 2005.

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Paris Hilton, Jinkee & Manny Pacquiao
(Clippings taken from Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 18, 2011)

          Noong Mayo 13, 2010, si Pacquiao ay pormal na naitalaga bilang Congressman ng distrito ng Sarangani, at noon namang Mayo 19, 2017, siya ay naihalal bilang isang Senador. Pumang-pito siya sa dami ng nakuhang boto.

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Lindsay Lohan on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (December 17, 2004).

Picture Trivia

          The debut music album of Lindsay Lohan titled Speak, released in 2004, was a certified platinum. It was also in 2004 when she starred in two films: As Elizabeth Cep (a.k.a. Lola) in the Disney teen musical Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, and as Cady Heron in the teen comedy Mean Girls, the first film she did outside of Disney.

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November 19



NOVEMBER 19

Pilipino Komiks Taon 8 Blg. 221 Nobyembre 19, 1955

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwento ni Pablo S. Gomez na “Gilda”
na iginuhit ni Nestor Redondo.

 

Nobyembre 19 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 19, 1934, ang National Economic Protectionism Association (NEPA) ay itinatag ng mga makabayang mangangalakal na Filipino upang magkaroon ng isang samahang mangangalaga sa kapakanan ng mga produktong gawa sa Pilipinas laban sa mga produktong nanggagaling sa ibang bansa.

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Personalities and celebrities born on November 19:

1850 –Isabelo Tampinco, wood carver and sculptor – in Binondo, Manila (d. January 30, 1933).

1859 – Isabelo Artacho, lawyer and revolutionary – in Vigan, Ilocos Sur (d. 1910).

1940 – Dindo Fernando, actor – in Virac, Catanduanes.

Dindo Fernando (with policewoman Emma Henry)

on the cover of Bulaklak at Paruparo (May 16, 1979)

 

1946 – Mon Tulfo (full name Ramon Teshiba Tulfo Jr), television host, broadcaster and journalist – in Davao City.

1962 – Diosdado “Dodie Boy” Peñalosa, world champion boxer – in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

1979 – Mark Anthony Caguioa, basketball player (PBA Rookie of the Year in 2001 and MVP in 2011-2012) known as “The Spark” – in San Juan, Metro Manila.



Nelson Rockefeller, during his re-election
as governor of New York
(political experts thought that he is
a possible presidential contender against
Pres. John F. Kennedy for the 1964 election),
on the cover of Newsweek (November 19, 1962).

PictureTrivia

          Philanthropist, businessman, politician, and the 41st president of the United States, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) had two legitimate wives. The first was Mary Todhunter Clark (SEE cover of Life, November 17, 1958), which he divorced in 1962, and the second was Margaretta Fitler Murphy (1926-2015).           It was reported that Rockefeller died while having sex with his assistant Megan Marshack in his townhouse at 54th Street, New York City. In 1979, New York City Mayor Edward Koch (1924-2013) fired chief medical examiner Michael Baden after the medical examiner’s office released to media that Rockefeller died while in the act of coitus with Marshack.         
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October 22



OCTOBER 22

Time Vol. 136 No. 17, October 22, 1990
On the Cover: Jazz music composer and trumpet master Wynton Learson Marsalis (“The New Jazz Age”)

Oktubre 22 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 22, 1820, naglabas ang kataas-taasang hukuman sa Espanya – ang Cortes – ng batas na kumikilala sa kalayaan ng pamamahayag (press freedom) sa Pilipinas. Datapuwat hindi ito sinunod ng mga prayle at ng mga opisyal na Kastila sa Pilipinas.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Military nurse Kathreen G. Hock of Frackville, Pennsylvania,
on the cover of vintage Newsweek (October 22, 1945).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on October 22:

1886 – Maria Evangelista Carpena, singer known as the “Nightingale of the Zarzuela” – in Santa Rosa, Laguna (d. March 8, 1915).

1944 – Voltaire Tuvera Gazmin, military officer and Secretary of National Defense – in Moncada, Tarlac.

1971 – Errol “Budoy” Marabiles, musician, songwriter and television host – in Samar.

1986 – Matt Evans (full name Matthew Nicolas Evans), American-Filipino actor, dancer and television host.

1987 – Jade Hanzel Lopez, actress and model – in Tanuan City, Batangas.

 



Singer-actress Cher on the cover of
People Weekly (October 22, 1979).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that when actress-singer Cher (real name Cheryl Sarkisian) was starting her career, she used the celebrity name Cherylyn La Pierre? On the advise, however, of his talent agent, the name was shortened to “Cher,” so that it could easily be remembered. Cher rose to fame as a singer and partner of the singing duo “Bono and Cher.” As an actress, she is not as renowned, although she won an Oscar and a Golden Globe Best Actress Award. This is for her portrayal as Loretta Castorini in the film Moonstruck (1987).

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October 17



OCTOBER 17

Time Vol. 178 No.15, October 17, 2011
On the Covers: Steve Jobs

 

Oktubre 17 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 17, 1944, nagsimula ang Battle of Leyte Gulf, ang pinakamalaking labanan sa karagatan sa kasaysayan ng daigidig. Mayroong 216 na sasakyang pandigmang-pandagat ang mga Amerikano at 64 naman ang sa mga Hapon. Matapos ang tatlong araw, noong umaga ng Oktubre 20, nakadaong na ang mga puwersang Amerikano sa baybayin ng Leyte. Tumagal ang labanan hanggang Oktubre 26.

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Personalities and celebrities born on October 17:

1857 – Maximo Viola, doctor, municipal councilor and financier of Jose Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere – in San Miguel, Bulacan (d. September 3, 1933).

1894 – Deogracias Rosario, writer, editor and considered the “Father of Tagalog Short Story” – in Tondo, Manila (d. November 26, 1936).


1968 – Mariz (real name Marissa Camurungan), singer and actress.

Mariz
on the cover of MOD Filipina (August 19, 1988).

 

1975 – Vina Morales (real name Sharon Garcia Magdayao), singer, actress and model – in Bogo, Cebu City.

Vina Morales
on the covers of Celebrity World (October 23, 1995), Savvy (July 28, 1997)
and Mr. & Ms. (May 15, 2001).



1983 – Cris Villonco (full name Anna Cristina Siguion-Reyna Villonco), singer and actress – in Manila.

1987 – Bea Alonzo (real name Phylbert Angellie Ranollo Fagestrom), British-Filipino actress and singer – in Cainta, Rizal. 



Bea Alonzo
on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (August 2007), Bannawag (November 7, 2011),
 and MOD (October 2012).

1992 – Sam Concepcion (full name Samuel Lawrence Lopez Concepcion), singer, dancer, actor and model – in Manila.

 

John Lennon on the cover of
Newsweek (October 17, 1998)
published almost eight years after he was
assassinated by Mark David Chapman.

Picture Trivia

          Aside from music and his unforgettable songs “Give Peace a Chance” (1969) and “Imagine” (1971), John Lennon (1940-1980) was known for his criticism of American involvement in the Vietnam War (1955-1975), and these songs became the anthems of anti-war movements all over the world.

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September 24 & September 25

 

SEPTEMBER 24 



Mr. & Ms. Vol. 19 No. 21, September 24, 1996
On the Cover: Jason Everly and Donna Cruz
 

 

Setyembre 24 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

 

          Noong Setyembre 24, 1716, Nagkaroon ng malakas na pagsabog ang Bulkang Taan sa Batangas.

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          Nasakop ng mga puwersa ng British ang Ermita at Malate at pinagsalikupan nila ang napapaderang siyudad ng Intramuros.

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Personalities and celebrities born on September 24: 

1894 – Jose Y. Yulo, Secretary of Justice, fifth Speaker of the House of Representative (January 24, 1939 – December 30, 1941) and sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (February 5, 1942 – July 9, 1945) – in Bago City, Negros Occidental (d. October 27, 1976).

1934 – Edgardo Javier Angara, politician and senator – in Baler, Tayabas (now Aurora)

1940 – Renato Naranja, chess international master.

1940 – Rogelio Lunasco Ordoñez, multi-awarded fictional writer and journalist – in Alapan, Imus Cavite (d. May 19, 2016).

1970 - Keanna Reeves (Janet Derecho Duterte), actress - in Cebu City.

Keanna Reeves
on the cover of Sense and Style (August 2006)







1979 – Julia Clarete (real name Edna Giselle Rosetta Nuñez Clarette), singer, actress and television host. 

Julia Clarete
on the cover of MOD (January 13, 2006).

1989 – Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, German-Filipina actress, TV host, model and Miss Universe 2016 – in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Pia Wurtzbach, Miss Universe 2016,

on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (April 2016) and Rogue (June 2016)

1992 – Coleen Garcia (full name Danielle Claudine Ortega Garcia), Filipina-Spanish model and actress – in Mandaluyong City.

Coleen Garcia

on the cover of Bannawag (September 7, 2015)

 

Ang mga Sesame Street characters na
sina Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster,
Grover, Oscar the Grouch at Elmo,
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng TV Star Guide
(September 2001).

Larawang Trivia

         Noong 2001 tinatayang mayroong mahigit 120 million manunood ang Sesame Street sa buong daigdig. Mahigit 1,000 research studies na ang ginawa tungkol sa efficacy, impact at effect ng programang ito sa American culture. Tinatayang 95 porsyento ng mga preschoolers sa America ay nakapanood na ng Sesame Street bago pa man sila umabot ng tatlong taong gulang. Halos 25 porsyento ng mamamayan ng America ang nakapanood na ng programang ito. Sa ika-40 anibersaryo ng children’s show noong Nobyembre 10, 2009, ito ay napanood sa mahigit 140 bansa kabilang na ang Pilipinas.

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SEPTEMBER 25

MOD 32nd Anniversary Special, September 25, 2006
On the Cover: Gloria Diaz and Daughter Isabelle Diaz Daza



Setyembre 25 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Setyembre 25, 1945, itinatag ang People’s Court sa pamamagitan ng Commonwealth Act No. 682 upang maging hukuman para sa mga nagawang krimen laban sa pambansang seguridad sa panahon ng pananakop ng mga Hapon.

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Personalities and celebrities born on September 25:

1876 – Hemenegildo Villanueva, politician – in Bais Negros oriental (d. April, 1939).

1879 – Lope K. Santos, poet, novelist, lwyer and labor leader – in Pasig (then part of Rizal) (d. May 1, 1963).

1925 – Pablo Paras Garcia, lawyer and politician – in Cebu.

1957 – Edgar Sulite, martial arts teacher and creator of Lameco Eskrima, a Filipino martial arts system – in Tacloban City (d. April 10, 1997).

1961 – Mark Gil (real name Raphael John de Mesa Eigenmann), actor – in Manila (d. September 1, 2014).

1966 – Ramon “Bong” Revilla (real name Jose Marie Mortel Bautista), actor and politician – in Manila.

 

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen on the cover
of Newsweek (September 25, 2000).

Picture Trivia

          Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen became one of Victoria’s “Secret Angels” starting year 2000 when she received a 25-million-dollar contract. It was also in 2000 when Bundchen wore the most expensive Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra of all time, the 15-million-dollar “Red Hot Fantasy Bra,” listed in the Guinness World Records as the “Most expensive lingerie ever created.”

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