August 1



ALAM MO BA 'TO?

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Ang Buwan ng Agosto

          Ang Agosto o August ang pangwalong buwan ng taon. Noong panahon ng Kalendaryong Romano (Roman Calendar), ito ay tinawag na Sextilis o ang Pang-anim na buwan. Bagama’t naging ikawalong buwan ito nang baguhin ni Julius Caesar (c. 100 – 44  B.C.) ang lumang kalendaryo noong 44 B.C., nanatili ang tawag na Sextilis. Noong 27 B.C., si Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C. – A.D. 14), ang inampong grandnephew ni Julius Caesar at humalili sa kaniya sa pamumuno sa Roma, ay pinarangalan at tinatawag na “Augustus” o “ang dakila.” Sa pangalang Augustus Caesar higit siyang nakilala sa kasaysayan. Mula rin sa pangalang ito, pinalitan ang tawag sa Sextilis na August bilang parangal sa kaniya.

          Sa Pilipinas, ang Agosto ay buwan ng Moro-Moro at Sumbali festivals. Sa buwan ding ito ipinagdiriwang ang Linggo ng Wikang Pambansa.

          Nang sinaunang panahon, ang Carnelian ang birthstone para sa buwan ng Agosto. Sa modernong panahon tatlo ang kinikilalang birthstones na sumasagisag sa buwang ito – moonstone, sardonyx at peridot. Ang poppy naman ang flower of the month.

AUGUST 1

Superyor Komiks Magasin Taon 1 Blg. 26, Agosto 1, 1965
Tampok sa harapang pabalat ang kuwentong “Kundiman ng Pag-ibig” ni Chuchi Rebleza
Nasa likuran pabalat naman ang paanyayang subayabayan ang “Eben Bonaben”
na kuwentong kinatha at iginuhit ni Rosauro Heras Matienzo

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

American actress Ann Sheridan (1915-1967)
On the cover of Look (August 1, 1939).

 

Agosto 1 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 1, 1851, itinatag ng Junta de Autoridades ng pamahalaang Kastila ang Banco Español-Filipino de Isabel II, ang kauna-unahang commercial bank sa Pilipinas at sa Malayong Silangan (Far East).

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          Ika-1 ng Agosto 1900 nang itatag ni Mariano F. Jocson ang Colegio Filipino, isang primary school para sa mga batang lalaki at babae. Ang pangalan ng paaralang ito ay napalitan ng Colegio Mercantil noong 1905, at noong 1921, ito ang naging National University at si Jocson ang kauna-unahan nitong pangulo.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 1:

1901 – Pancho Villa (real name Francisco Guilledo), champion professional boxer – in Ilog, Negros Occidental (d. July 14, 1925).

1971 – Kristina Paner (real name Annah Karina Salunoy Gomez), actress and singer – in Quezon City.

1995 – Derrick Monasterio (full name Derrick Lllander Climarco Monasterio), actor, dancer and singer – in Quezon City.

Derrick Monasterio

on the cover of Garage (May 2016).



The August 1, 1988 cover of Time
illustrating “Our Filthy Seas,”
how pollution is threatening sea life.

Picture Trivia

          More than 20 million tons of garbage are being disposed and deposited in different bodies of water throughout the world every year. This single act is killing rivers, lakes and even the world’s seas and oceans. This is the main cause of pollution of the underground aquifers, which are the world’s sources of drinking water. This is also polluting shorewaters, which is the cause of red tide, fish kill, and destruction of coral reefs, and now threatens sea life itself.

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April 23




April 23

CRAF Klasix Blg. 7, Abril 23, 1964
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Multo”
Na katha at guhit ni Rosauro Matienzo.

 

SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Isang pag-alala sa tatlong namayapang mga bituin ng pinilakang-tabing.
Sa taklob-pahina ng issue ng Orig Showbiz Magazine na may petsang Abril 23, 1983:
Makikita sina Fernando Poe Jr (na namayapa noong December 14, 2004)
at Julie Vega (namayapa noong May 6, 1985),
at sa inset ay si Claudia Zobel (namayapa noong February 10, 1984).



Events that happened on April 23:

1815 – A Spanish royal decree opened the ports of California, Mexico and Peru to the Manila trade, thus ending the monopoly of the Galleon Trade.

1899 – The Battle of Quingua (now Plaridel, Bulacan) where Filipino revolutionary forces led by General Gregorio H. del Pilar defeated the American forces led by J. Franklin Bell.

1905 – The first chapter of the Knights of Columbus in the Philippines was organized by American soldiers led by Richard Campbell. The first Filipinos to become members of the group were Antonio M. Opisso and Anastacio Quijano.

Personalities and celebrities born on April 23:

1850 – Jorge Barlin, first Filipino Catholic bishop (d. September 4, 1909).

1889 – Gerardo Chanco, Tagalog writer and translator (d. October 29, 1922).

1985 – Angel Locsin (real name Angelica Colmenares), film and television actress, commercial model, fashion designer, favorite magazine cover girl, in Sta. Maria, Bulacan.

Angel Locsin, the favorite cover girl of most magazines in the Philippines:
(First row, left to right) FHM Philippines (October 2003), Maxim Philippines (May 2008),

Gadgets Philippines (June 2011), and Cosmopolitan Philippines (Oct0ber 2011).

(Second row) MOD (January 28, 2005, August 12, 2005, and March 3, 2006).
(Third row) MOD Girl (December 30, 2005), Hair Asia (Summer 2009),
Woman Today (June 2012), and Bannawag (July 16, 2012).

 



Husband & wife Aga Muhlach and Charlene Gonzales

on the cover of Mr. & Ms. 26th Anniversary Special

(Vol. 25 No. 51, April 23, 2002)

Larawang Tribiya

           Sina Aga Muhlach (buong pangalan Ariel Aquino Muhlach) at Charlene Gonzales (buong pangalan Charlene Mae Gonzales Bonnin) ay nagpakasal noong May 24, 2001. At noong 2002, nagsilang si Charlene ng kambal, sina Andres at Atasha Bonnin Muhlach.

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