September 30



SEPTEMBER 30

Celebrity World Vol. 5 No. 264, September 30, 1996

On the Cover: Happy and Soen Ongpauco
(Daughters of restauranteur Rod Ongpauco and actress Liberty Ilagan)

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Silent Era American actress Norma Talmadge (1894-1957)
on the cover of vintage Picture Play magazine (September 1916)

Setyembre 30 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Setyembre 30 1889, ang sanaysay (essay) ni Gat. Jose Rizal na Filipinas Dentro de cien años (“The Philippines a Century Hence”) ay inilathala sa pahayagang La Solidaridad sa Madrid, Spain.

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          Matagumpay na nasubukan ni Gregorio Y. Zara ang alcohol-fueled airplane engine na kaniyang inimbento noong Oktubre 30, 1954.

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Personalities and celebrities born on September 30:

1870 – Sofia F. de Veyra, educator, social worker and feminist advocate (d. January 1, 1953).

1905 – Rosario Vivar Delfin-Bondoc, educator and science professor – in Polo, Bulacan

1921 – Leticia Shahani (birth name Leticia Valdez Ramos), journalist, diplomat and politician – in Lingayen, Pangasinan (d. March 20, 2017).

1938 – Ismael Bernal, actor, screenwriter, director, and National Artist for Cinema (d. June 2, 1996).


1987 – Denise Laurel (full name Denise Maria Sanz Laurel), actress and singer – in Manila.

Denise Laurel
on the cover of Rogue (June 2010).

 

Picture Trivia

Freddie Mercury on the cover of
Circus (September 30, 1991).

          Do you know that lyricist and lead vocalist of the rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), is not a native British? Mercury’s real name is Farrokh Bulsara, a Parsi (Zoroastrian Persian refugee) born in the island of Zanzibar (now a part of Tanzania), in East Africa. He grew up as a teenager in India. He was dabbed as “Britain’s first Asian rock star.”

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February 15

 

FEBRUARY 15

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 28 No. 43, February 15, 2005
On the front cover: Keanu Reeves
On the back cover: Shaina Magdayao for the Cream Silk Conditioners print ad

 

Events that happened on February 15:


1889 – The La Solidaridad which served as the organ of the Propagandist Movement, founded by Graciani Lopez Jaena, published its first issue.

1892 – Jose Rizal became a Master Mason of Le Grand Orient France.

1935 – The Philippine Constitution was signed and ratified.

1948 – The Art Association of the Philippines (AAP), a national organization of painters, sculptors and other visual artists, was established under the leadership of Purita Kalaw-Ledesma.

1969 – Rene Barrientos became the World Junior Lightweight boxing champion after defeating Ruben Navarro of the U.S. in a 15-round fight. 

1986 – Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos and Senator Arturo Tolentino was proclaimed winner of the Snap Election for president and vice-president, respectively, by the Batasang Pambansa.

President Ferdinand Marcos and Senator Arturo Tolentino,
proclaimed in winner the 1986 Snap Election.



Personalities and celebrities born on February 15:

1882 – Faustino Aguilar, novelist, journalist, editor and labor leader – in Malate, Manila. (d. July 24, 1955)

1888 – Victor Buencamino, first recognized Filipino veterinarian and first Filipino director of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry – in Tondo, Manila. (d. January 1, 1977)

1895 – Jovita Fuentes, opera singer and National Artist for Music (1976) – in Capiz. (d. August 7, 1979)

Jovita Fuentes
on the face of Philippine postage stamp,
“Decade of Filipino Nationalism”
(Great Filipinos VII series)
first issued June 1, 1995.

1982 – James Yap (full name James Carlos Agravante Yap Sr, basketball player known as “King James” and PBA-MVP (2006, 2010) – in Escalante City, Negros Occidental.

James Yap
on the covers of Sunday Inquirer (January 25, 2009) and Yes ! (December 2010).

Portrait of Theda Bara on the cover of
Picture-Play Magazine (February 15, 1916).

Picture Trivia
          Theda Bara (real name Theodosia Goodman, 1890-1955) was a renown actress in the silent movie better known by the sobriquet “The Vamp” connotative of a “sexually predatory woman.” Her screen name, according to The Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Feats, was given by film director Frank Powell.
          In the promotion of the film Cleopatra (1917), Fox Studio said that the name Theda Bara is the anagram of “Arab Death.” But this was taken from a misinformation released by Bara’s press agent that she was the daughter of an Arab sheik and s French woman, and was born in the Sahara Desert. In truth, Bara was born in Avondale, Cincinnatina, Ohio. Her father is Bernard Goodman, a Jewish tailor from Poland and her mother is Pauline Louise de Coppett from Switzerland. In 1917, the Goodman family formally changed their surname to Bara.                                      o     O     o