October 16



OCTOBER 16

MOD Filipina Vol. 20 No. 842 (Chinese Special), October 16, 1987

On the Cover: Milder Fung Ka-yin

Oktubre 16 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 16, 1852, ang Distillera Limtuaco Co., Inc., ang kauna-unahang at pinakamatandang gawaan ng alak sa buong Southeast Asia, ay itinatag.

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          Ang kauna-unahang Philippine Assembly ay pinasinayahan noong Oktubre 16, 1907. Si Sergio Osmeña Sr ang una nitong nahirang na Speaker.

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          Idineklarang isang lungsod ang Davao (sa Davao del Sur) noong Oktubre 16, 1936.

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          Noong Oktubre 16, 1947, ang hurisdiksyon at soberaniya ng Turtle Islands (sa Tawi-Tawi) ay naibalik sa Pilipinas sa pamamagitan ng Treaty of Paris matapos ang maraming taong ipinaupa itosa British North Borneo Company ng Sultan ng Jolo.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Two faces of Shirley Temple:
When she was seven years old on the cover of Movie Mirror (October 1935)
and when 32 years old on the cover of TV-Radio Mirror (October 1960).

Personalities and celebrities born on October 16:

1844 – Florentino Torres, lawyer and jurist – in Santa Cruz, Manila.

1896 – Florentino Collantes, Tagalog poet and leading exponent of the Balagtasan during the American Occupation – in Dampol, Pulilan, Bulacan (d. July 15, 1951).

1913 – Galo Ocampo, artist and one of the pioneers modernism in Philippine art – in Santa Rita, Pampanga (d. September 12, 1985).


1931 – Rosa Rosal (birth name Florence Lansang Danon), award-winning actress, public servant and 1999 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service – in Manila.



Rosa Rosal
on the cover of Literary Song-Movie Magazine (March 1956).



1935 – Sugar Pie Desarto (real name Umpeylia Marsema Balinton), American-Filipino rhymth and blues singer – in Brooklyn, New York. 

1952 – Perla Adea (full name Perla Theresa Era Adea), actress – in Paracale, Camarines Norte. 

Perla Adea, the “Princess of Song.”

 1981 – Jean Marc Prado Pingris Jr, basketball player – in Pangasinan.

Si Regine Velasquez tampok sa taklob-pahina
ng MOD (October 16, 2006).

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Regine Velasquez ay tinaguriang “Asia’s Songbird.” Noong October 13-14, 2006, ipinagdiwang niya ang kaniyang ika-20 taon sa showbiz – mula sa isang payak na simula bilang kalahok sa mga patimpalak awitan sa mga lalawigan hanggang tanghalin siyang pinakanatatanging mang-aawit ng bansa.

          Alam niyo ba kung ano ang kaniyang inawit na nagpanalo sa kaniya sa Bagong Kampeon? Ito ay ang awit ni George Benson na “In Your Eyes.” Inawit naman niya ang “You’ll Never Walk Alone” at “And I’m Telling You” sa kaniyang pagwawagi bilang grand champion sa Asia-Pacific Singing Contest.

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March 30



MARCH 30

Tagalog Klasiks Blg. 202, Marso 30, 1957
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang nobelang “Paso Doble”
na isinulat ni Jaime Vidal at iginuhit ni Tony Caravana.

 

UNANG LABAS

Ang unang labas ng Tsampion Komiks,
Marso 30, 1957, kung saan ? Komiks
ang nagsilbing pamagat nito.

Ang Tsampiyon Komiks ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Marso 30, 1957. Sa unang tatlong isyu ay wala pa itong pangalan, at ang makikitang pamagat nito ay ? Komiks. Ang tandang-pananong – “?” – ay ginamit bilang isang paanyaya sa taong-bayan. Nagkaroon ng patimpalak upang hanapan ng pamagat ang komiks na ito, kung saan ang mapipiling pangalan ay magwawagi ng 200-pisong gantimpala. Ang napili ngang pamagat ay “Tsampiyon.”


Sa Tsampiyon Komiks lumabas ang “Lemuria,” isang makasaysayang pagtatambalan ng dalawang “alamat” sa larangan ng komiks na sina Nestor Redondo at Tony de Zuñiga.

Mula sa Tsampiyon Komiks,
ang unang pahina ng “Lemuria,”
ang nobelang na pinagtambalan nina
Nestor Redondo at Tony de Zuñiga.



GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

American actress Shirley Temple before her 14th birthday,

on the cover of Life (March 30, 1942).

 

Events that happened on March 30

1591 – The Spanish government of Manila issued an ordinance prohibiting the wearing of silk and other Chinese fabric.

Personalities and celebrities born on March 30:

1951- Tina Monzon-Palma, journalist and newscaster.

1992 – Enrique Gil (Enrique Mari Bacay Gil V), actor and dancer – in Cebu.

1998 –Janella Salvador (full name Janella Maxine Desiderio Salvador), singer and actress – in Manila.

Janella Salvador
on the cover of Liwayway (February 2, 2015)





Sharon Stone on the cover of Esquire
(March 1995).

Picture Trivia

          Sharon Stone became known for her portrayal in the film Basic Instinct (1992). Do you know that she was only paid 75,000 dollars for her role? On the sequel made 14 years after, Basic Instinct 2 (2006), however, her talent fee rose to a staggering 13.6 million dollars.
          In 1995, Stone won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture for her role as Ginger in the Martin Scorsese film Casino opposite Robert de Niro. She was also nominated for the same role in the Academy Awards. In the same year, she was also part of the film The Quick and the Dead together with Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe and Leonardo diCaprio, and by November was given her “Star” in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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