December 1



ALAM MO BA 'TO?

(Do You Know This?)



Ang Buwan ng Disyembre

          Ang December o disyembre and ikalabingdalawa at panghuling buwan ng taon sa Gregorian Calendar. Bagama’t ang tawag na December ay halaw sa salitang Latin na decem na ang ibig sabihin ay “sampu,” dahil ito ang pangsampung buwan sa sinaunang Roman Calendar.

          Para sa mga Filipino ang Disyembre ang pinakamasayang buwan ng taon dahil sa pagdiriwang ng tradisyunal na Kapaskuhan, at sa huling gabi ng Disyembre idinaraos din ang pagsalubong sa Bagong Taon.

          Ang poinsettia na halamang ginagawang palamuti sa Kapaskuhan ang karaniwang itinuturing na sagisag ng buwan ng Disyembre. Ang mga natatangi namang “bulaklak ng buwan” ay ang holly at mistletoe, samantalang ang turquoise at zircon ang mga “hiyas ng buwan” o birthstones.

DECEMBER 1

Super Action Komiks Taon 3, Blg 120, Disyembre 1, 1991

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Super Gee 2” na katha ni Zoila Meneses

at iginuhit ni Romy T. Gamboa.

UNANG LABAS

Ang pahayagang Balita ng Maynila ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Disyembre 1, 1972.

UNANG LABAS

Ang unang isyu ng TV Star (December 1, 1999)
tampok sina Leonardo DiCaprio at Kate Winslet
(para sa pelikulang Titanic).

Ang unang isyu ng TV Star ay opisyal na lumabas noong December 1, 1999, bagama’t nauna na itong lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong November 22, 1999. Inilimbag ito ng Atlas Publishing Co., Inc. Sa unang isyu, si Eden Carlos ang nakatalang editor nito at ng mga sumunod na labas ay si Imelda G. Cardel na ang editor. Naglalaman ito ng mga artikulo tungkol sa mga artista, pelikula, programa sa television at schedules ng mga palabas sa free TV at cable channels.

 

Sa paglipas ng panahon, nagpabago-bago ang pamagat ng magazine na ito. Ang TV Star ay naging Star TV Guide noong January 2003, TV Star Sky Cable Guide noong June 2005 at TV Star Guide noong June 2006. Mula January 2009 hanggang sa kasalukuyan, tinawag na itong Atlas TV Guide.

Mula sa kaliwa: Star TV Guide (January 2003), TV Star Sky Cable Guide (June 2005),
TV Star Guide (7th Anniversary, December 2006) at Atlas TV Guide (12th Anniversary, December 2011).

 

Disyembre 1 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 1, 1984, nagsimula ang Light Railway Transit (LRT) system sa pagserbisyo sa publiko mula sa Baclaran hanggang sa central station nito malapit sa Manila City Hall. Ito ang kauna-unahang mass transit system sa Pilipinas at isa sa mga landmark projects ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos na nagsisilbing konkretong bantayog para sa mamamayang Filipino.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Joan Collins (when she was 18 years old) on the cover of
vintage magazine Illustrated (December 1, 1951).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on December 1:

1874 – Luis Guerrero, doctor and professor of medicine who pioneered the study of tropical diseases like beri-beri – in Ermita, Manila (d. August 12, 1950).

1926 – Onofre D. Corpuz, socio-political scientist, economist, historian, academician, government official and National Scientist (2004) – in Poblacion, Camiling, Tarlac – (d. March 23, 2013).


1951 – Philip Cezar, basketball player known as “The Scholar” and 1980 PBA-MVP – in Manila.

Philip Cezar defending against Ramon Fernandez in a Crispa-Toyota game.
Cezar and Fernandez played against each in three PBA “One-on-One” championship matches.
Cezar won all three of them(photo courtesy of Sports Weekly Magazine).

 

1984 – Maxine Syjuco, poet and multi-media visual artist.



Suzanne Cloutier on the cover of Life (December 1, 1952).

Picture Trivia

          The name Suzanne Cloutier may not ring a bell to an ordinary movie enthusiast. She is a Canadian-born French actress that portrayed the character Desdemona in the 1952 film adaptation of Othello by Orson Welles. In 1953, she met Peter Ustinov while doing the play No Sign of the Dove. Two years later, Ustinov married Cloutier,  and they had three children – Andrea, Igor at Pavla – but they divorced in 1971.

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August 11




AUGUST 11

True Experience Stories Taon 1 Blg. 24, August 11, 1988
Nasa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Kapag Mabuway ang Pundasyon” na isinulat ni Zoila Meneses
na iginuhit ni Brix Bartolo

Agosto 11 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 11, 2006, ang oil tanker na M/T Solar 1 na naglalaman ng dalawang milyong litro ng langis (bunker fuel) ay lumubog sa may humigit-kumulang 16 na kilometro ang layo sa katimugang dalampasigan ng Guimaras. Ito ay lumikha ng pinakagrabeng oil spill sa ksaysayan ng Pilipinas.

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          Itinanghal na ika-12 nagwaging senador sa 2007 election si Koko Pimentel nang bitiwan ni Miguel Zubiri ang posisyong ito matapos mailantad ang mga katibayan sa malawakang pandaraya at electoral frauds na naganap sa Mindanao.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 11:

1926 – John Lim Gokongwei Jr, Chinese-Filipino businessman – in Gulangyu, Xiamen, Fujian, China.

1942 – Delia Domingo Albert, career diplomat and Secretary of Foreign Affairs (December 22, 2003 – August 18, 2004).

1953 – Cory Quirino (full name Socorro Alicia Rastrollo Quirino), author, columnist and television host – in Quezon City.

Cory Quirino
on the cover of Image Asia (December 2010-January 2011)

  



Brooke Shields with Chris Atkins
in the film Blue Lagoon, on the cover of
People Weekly (August 11, 1980).

Picture Trivia

          Brooke Shields was first seen in the film Pretty Baby (1978), where she portrayed the role of a child prostitute. In the film she appeared naked in several scenes, and because she was only 12-year-old then, questions were raised if the film can be classified as child pornography.
          In Blue Lagoon (1980), the film where Shields was always remembered, she was 14 years old. She also had many nude and sex scenes with her co-star Chris Atkins in a tropical island. Do you know in what tropical island was the movie made? The film was shot in Jamaica and in Nanuya Levu, a privately owned island in Fiji, except for the “blue lagoon” scenes, which were made in Comino Island in Malta, and in Champagne bay in Vanuatu.  

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