April 26
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Life Vol. 36 No. 17, April
26, 1954
On the cover: Grace Kelly |
Events that happened on April 26:
1897 – General Emilio Aguinaldo ordered the arrest of Andres Bonifacio for treason.
2011 – The Department of Justice filed a case of plunder against former president and current Pampanga Second District representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Personalities and celebrities born on April 26:
1958 – Jamby Madrigal (full name Maria Ana Ligaya Esperanza Consuelo Abad Santos Madrigal), politician and senator – in Manila.
1988 – Hazel Ann
Mendoza (Lourdes Angelic Teofisto Pla), actress – in Barcelona, Spain.
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Illustration of the
Mononykus,
wrongly called “Mononychus”
in the cover of Time (April 26, 1993) |
Picture Trivia
Do you know that there is an animal
that lived during the Cretaceous Period that up to now scientists are still in
disagreements whether it is a dinosaur or a bird? This is the Mononykus.
The
body of the Mononykus is about a meter in length. It walked on two thin legs at
had huge eyes. When it was first discovered, it was initially given the name
Mononychus (spelled with a “ch” instead of “k”) in 1993 (SEE
cover page). It was, however, immediately changed upon discovery that there was
already an animal with such a name, a specie of beetle named by German
entomologist Johan Schueppel.
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