July 27



JULY 27

TV Guide July 27, 1991

On the Cover: Multiple past covers in celebration of TV Guide’s 2000th issue

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

An illustration of Pacific Ocean sunset by John Clymer (1907-1989)
on the Cover ofThe Saturday Evening Post, July 27, 1957

 

 

Events that happened on July 27:

1914 – Felix Manalo registered the Iglesia Ni Cristo with the Philippine government.

The INC Central on the cover of Philippine Panorama (July 25, 2004)
on the occasion of its 90th founding anniversary.

1955 – The governments of the Philippines and the United States signed a bilateral agreement of mutual cooperation in the peaceful uses of atomic energy.

Personalities and celebrities born on July 27:

1856 – Pantaleon Garcia, revolutionary general and first munisipal president of Imus, Cavite – in Imus, Cavite (d. August 16, 1936).

1873 – Pantaleon Soldi Villegas (also known as Leon Kilat), leader of revolutionary group in Panay and negros Islands during the Spanish regime – in Bacong, Negros Oriental (d. April 8, 1898).

1921 – Paulo C. Campos, physician and National Scientist (1989), in Dasmariñas, Cavite (d. June 2, 2007)

1937 – Narciso C. Bernardo, basketball player and coach – in Manila (d. December 23, 2008).

1940 – Ernesto “Ernie” Chan, Filipino-American comic book artist – in Manila (d. March 16, 2012).

1977 – Rafi Reavis (full name Rafael Pangilinan Reavis), Filipino-American Professional basketball player – in New York.

1979 – Jaymee Joaquin (real name Jaymee Geronimo Topacio), actress, model, host and English teacher – in San Juan, Metro Manila.

              



Nicole Scherzinger of the cover of
More (July 27, 2009)

Picture Trivia

          The father of singer-songwriter and actress Nicole Scherzinger is a Hawaiian-based Filipino named Alfonso Valiente, while her mother is a Russian-Hawaiian named Rosemary Elikolani. The surname Scherzinger she got from her stepfather Gary Scherzinger.                              o     O     o
 

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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