REMEMBERING PRINCESS DIANA

THROUGH THE COVERS

Time (April 20, 1981)

People Weekly (June 22, 1981)

Daily Mail – Diana, the Untold Story #1

Royalty (1993)

Vogue (May 1993)


Majesty (December 1993)

Vanity Fair (July 1997)

Hello! (October 25, 1997)

Princess of the World: Princess Diana (1961-1997)

Majesty (August 1998)

Royalty (1998)

Time (August 27, 2007)

August 3



AUGUST 3

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 28 No. 15, August 3, 2004
On the cover: Halle Berry

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

A Danny Osher illustration art
On the cover of Liberty (August 3, 1940)

Agosto 3 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ang Iglesia Filipina Independiente ay itinatag noong Agosto 3, 1902. Si Gregorio Aglipay ay hinirang na Obispo Maximo (Kataastaasang Obispo).

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          Noong Agosto 3, 1988 tinambangan at napatay ang Secretary ng Local Government na si Jaime Ferrer.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 3:

1952 – Daria Ramirez (real name Lydia Tuyas), actress – in Manila.

Daria Ramirez
on the cover of Ginoo (June 18, 1975)

 

1969 – Lani Misalucha (birth name Lani Dimalanta Bayot), international singer known as “Asia’s Nightingale” – in Manila.

 

Prince Charles and Princess Diana
(five days after their wedding)
On the cover of People Weekly
(August 3, 1981)

Picture Trivia

          Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) married Lady Diana Spencer on July 29, 1981 (Wednesday) at the St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, United Kingdom.
          Do you know who officiated at their wedding? The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service presided over by the Most Reverend Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Very Reverend Alan Webster, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral.  

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April 17



April 17

MOD Filipina Vol. 24 No. 1076, April 17, 1992
On the Cover: Jean Elaine Dixon Santos

 

Events that happened on April 17:

1638 – Fall of Jolo to the Spanish forces.

1898 – The Makabulos Republic was established with the promulgation of the Maabulos Constitution by the revolutionary assembly in Tarlac led by Francisco Makabulos.

1900 – U.S. Senator George F. Hoar gave a speech condemning American imperialist policy toward the Filipinos and advocating Philippine independence.

1948 – Vice president Elpidio Quirino was sworned in as president two days after President Manuel A. Roxas died of heart attack.

Personalities and celebrities born on April 17:

1858 – Aniceto Lacson, Negros revolutionary leader during the Philippine Revolution – Talisay, Negros Occidental (February 3, 1931).

1919 – Corazon Noble (real name Patrocinia Decano Abad), actress.



 

 

The First FHM “Sexiest Woman”

Claudia Schiffer on the cover of
Time (April 17, 1995)

          Supermodel Claudia Schiffer was Number 1 in the first list of FHM magazine’s “Sexiest Women in the world” (1995). Princess Diana (full name Diana Frances Spencer, 1961-1997) was Number 15 on that list.

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Princess Diana on the cover of
Daily Mail featuring “Diana: The Untold Story”
Part 1

 

David Duchovny on the cover of

      TV Guide (April 17-23, 1999).

Picture Trivia

           David Duchovny was married to actress Tea Leoni on May 13, 1997. Seven days after the release of the TV Guide (April 17-23, 1999) issue where he was in the cover page, Leoni gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Madelaine West Duchovny.
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