March 8

 




MARCH 8



Pilipino Komiks Blg. 281, Marso 8, 1958

On the Cover: Clodualdo del Mundo’s “Zarex” (illustrated by Fred Carillo)

 

Events that happened on March 8

1565 – Felipe Salcedo, grandson of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, took possession of the island of Leyte.

1947 – President Manuel Roxas (1892-1948), an ally of the U.S. government, started his campaign in southern provinces for the acceptance of the Parity Rights Bill, an effort to open the Philippine economy and patrimony to American corporations, which later turned out to be highly disadvantageous to the Philippines.

Personalities and celebrities born on March 8:

1860 – Antonio San Agustin, businessman and one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite – in San Roque, Cavite (d. September 12, 1896)

Gregorio Y. Zara,
during his tenure as vice-president
and dean of FEATI Institute of Technology.

1902 – Gregorio Y. Zara, engineer, inventor of the video-telephone, and National Scientist – in Lipa, Batangas (d. October 15, 1978)

1925 – Ramon Revilla (real name Jose Acuña Bautista Sr), actor and politician, in Imus, Cavite.
 

1929 – Leroy Salvador (full name Joseph Bert Leroy Salvador), actor and producer – in Hawaii.

1946 – Robert Salazar Jaworski, professional basketball player, coach and senator, in Baguio City.   

Robert Jaworski
on a Nescafe Roast print ads, this one at the back cover of MOD Filipina (April 28, 1989).

 

Picture Trivia

Of the two existing species of elephants on earth, the African elephant (Loxodontia africana) is bigger than the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus). The ears of the African elephant is also larger while, distinctively, the Indian elephant has a hump on the middle of its back.

Left: African elephant on the cover of Wildlife March 2010 issue.

Right: Indian elephant on the cover of Time August 13, 2007 issue.

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January 26

  


JANUARY 26

Tagalog Klasiks Blg. 67, Enero 26, 1952
Tampok sa taklob-pahina: “Ang Mahiwagang Alpombra” sa Kuwento ni Lola Basyang
ni Severino Reyes

 

January 26 in Philippine History:

1821 – Governor-General Mariano Fernandez de Folgueras and Archbishop Luis de Arrejola issued instructions for the election of Filipino deputies to the Spanish Cortez.

1967 – Gil J. Puyat became Senate President of the Philippines. He held the position for six years until the Senate was abolished by Martial Law.

1970 – Youth and student demonstration in front of the Philippine Congress calling for a nonpartisan constitutional convention, which led to more protest rallies. Imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism were the main issues of the student movement that came to be called the “First Quarter Storm.”

Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 26:

National Artist Napoleon Abueva,

photo courtesy of www.oblation.com.ph



        1930 – Napoleon Isabelo Veloso Abueva, National Artist for Sculpture (1976) and “Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture” – in Tagbilaran, Bohol.



Imelda Papin’s campaign poster

for the 2010 senatorial election.



  

1956 – Imelda Papin (full name Maria Patricia Imelda A. Papin), singer, jukebox queen and vice-governor – in Presentacion, Camarines Sur.

Laughing Out Loud!

Two of Henry Gapas’s late 1980s editorial caricatures that he did for Times Journal newspaper.
Left: “But we’re only solving our foreign exchange problem!” on US dollar counterfeiting.
Right: “Who’s ahead?” on the problem of carnapping.

Picture Trivia 

Left: Lion on the cover of Wild (Winter 2010).
Right: Tiger on the cover of Wildlife (November 2011)

          Contrary to popular belief, the lion (Panthera leo) is not the largest species of cat existing today, but the tiger (Panthera tigris). Tigers can grow up to 650 pounds while lions are usually in the vicinity of 500 pounds. The liger which is the interbreeding of a male lion and a female tiger can grow even bigger than its parents.



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