November 27



NOVEMBER 27

Super Fantasy Komiks magasin Taon 1 Blg. 30, Nobyembre 27, 1987
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang ilustrasyon ni Mike Raymundo

 

Nobyembre 27 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 27, 1982, napagwagian ni Lydia de Vega ang gintong medalya sa 100-meter dash sa Asian Games sa New Delhi, India. Si de Vega ang itinuturing na pinakamabilis na mananakbong babae sa Asia noong 1980s.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Bob Crane (as Colonel Robert E. Hogan) and Cynthia Lynn (as Fraulein Helga)
of the popular television series Hogan’s Heroes,
on the cover of TV Guide (November 27 – December 3, 1965).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on November 27:

1911 – Fe del Mundo, pediatrician, first woman admiited to the Harvard Medical School, founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee (1977, for public service), and National Scientist (2010) – in Intramuros, Manila (d. August 6, 2011).


1916 – Fernando Poe Sr (birthname Allan Fernando Reyes Pou), actor, writer, film director and producer – in San Carlos City, Pangasinan (d. October 23, 1951). 

Si Fernando Poe Sr (kasama si Pacita Francisco) para sa pelikulang Kami ang Sugatan,
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng magasin na Ilang-Ilang (Hunyo 22, 1950).

 

1932 – Benigno Simeon Aquino Jr, newspaperman, journalist, intelligence operative, and politician – in Concepcion, Tarlac (d. August 21, 1983). 

1947 – Ronaldo Valdez (real name Ronald James Gibbs), actor – in Manila.

1975 – Marlon Manalo, champion snooker and billiards player – in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila.

1976 – Vinci Montaner (full name Francis Vincent Rosales Montaner), singer and stage actor – in Manila.


1977 – Andrea Marie del Rosario, actress, dancer, model and politician.

Andrea del Rosario

on the covers of Red (Vol. 2 No. 8), and Maxim Philippines (February 2007).



1986 – Steven Joseph Lao Silva, Portuguese-footballer, actor and singer – in Sacramento, California.





Angie Dickinson on the cover of
People Weekly (November 27, 1978).

Picture Trivia

          Many know Angie Dickinson as the actress who portrayed the role of Sergeant Suzanne “Pepper” Anderson in the 1970s television crime series Police Woman. Do you know that before this Dickinson had a sexually provocative role and bare her body in a 1974 film? The title of the film is Big Bad Mama, where she played the role of widow Wilma McClatchie opposite William Shatner and Tom Skerritt.
            It was also in 1974 when Dickinson appeared in an episode of Police Story. Her guest appearance in the series was so popular that she was given her own crime series, the ground-breaking Police Woman. This was the first successful “full hour television dramatic series” where the lead performer is a woman. The series lasted for four seasons (September 13, 1974 – March 29, 1978) and Dickinson was nominated three times for the Emmy Award and four times for the Golden Globe Award. She won the 1975 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
         

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October 12



OCTOBER 12

Super Fantasy Komiks Taon 3 Blg. 185, Oktubre 12, 1980
Tampok sa takob-pahina ang isang ilustrasyon sa daigdig ng mga taong-lobo,
na iginuhit ni Renn Maglalang.

 

Oktubre 12 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 12, 1936, ang Zamboanga (sa Zamboanga del Sur) ay idineklarang isa ng lungsod sa pamamagitan ng Commonwealth Act No. 39.

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          Ang Quezon City ay nalikha sa pamamagitan ng Commonwealth Act No. 502 noong Oktubre 12, 1939. Dating naging kabisera ng Pilipinas ang lungsod ng Quezon (1948-1976).

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Personalities and celebrities born on October 12:

1868 – Mariano Closas Trias, revolutionary leader and the Philippines first Vice-President – in San Francisco de Malabon (now Heneral Trias), Cavite (d. February 22, 1914)

1912 – Rafael “Liling” R. Roces Jr, journalist and war hero (d. August 28, 1944).

1928 – Apeng Daldal (real name Serafin Maniego Gabriel), actor-comedian – in San Luis, Pampanga (d. February 9, 1992).

Apeng Daldal
on the cover of Apeng Daldal Komiks Magazine (August 27, 1965).

1948 – Pilar Pilapil (full name Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil), beauty queen and actress – in Liloan, Cebu.

Pilar Pilapil on the cover of Graphic October 4, 1967 issue (left)
and Ginoo Fortnightly August 14, 1975 issue (right).

 

1977 – Dorian Alan Peña, Filipino-American basketball player – in Cheverly, Maryland.

1983 – Saicy Abucejo Aguila, dance instructor – in Iloilo City.




Natalie Wood on the cover of
Motion Picture (October 1962).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that Hollywood actress Natalie Wood (1938-1981) is a Russian? Her real name is Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko.
          She was twice married to actor Robert Wagner. The first was on December 28, 1957, which lasted less than four years. They separated on June 1961 and divorced on April 1962. Wood then married British producer Richard Gregson, but it lasted only two years. Wood and Wagner crossed path anew in 1972, and they married for the second time on July 16, 1972, and were together until Wood passed away on November 29, 1981.

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