On this Day...
A person who has everything only needs a small place to live so long as he is comfortable there.
— The Mastery of Space The Freeman Lifestyle, May 10, 2014
• In 1918, the love goddess of the forties, Rita Hayworth, was born to New York. Originally called Margarita Cansino, she was the daughter of a LatinAmerican dancer and was spotted while performing at the Agua Caliente Club in Los Angeles. The studio raised her low hairline with two years of electrolysis and she was ready to go. Unfortunately, while she was a talented dancer, she couldn’t sing – so the famous musicals she made with Kelly and Astaire were dubbed!
• In 1956, the movie with the mostest, “Around the World in Eighty Days,” was premiered in New York City. It had 50 star roles backed by 68,894 performers wearing 74,685 costumes. It was filmed in 13 countries in 140 locations, and four million air passenger miles were traveled. In London, extras consumed 4,200 pots of tea, in France 8,972 bottles of wine. It was the first picture produced by Mike Todd, who immediately after the show announced his engagement to Liz Taylor. On its anniversary a year later they held a party in Madison Square Garden, where a Cessna airplane was one of 14,000 free gifts for the guests. Asked why he’d chosen the location, Todd said, “Liz and I have never fought in the Garden.”
— from Today’s the Day! By Jeremy Beadle
In Christian history • In 1979, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Mother Teresa (Agnes Bojaxhiu), the Albanian Catholic nun who founded the Society of the Missionaries of Charity.
— from This Day in Christian History By William D. Blake
In the Philippines
• In 1966, President Ferdinand Marcos, signed Executive Order No. 50 creating the Rice and Corn Production Coordinating Council (RCPCC), and directing it to “assume the sole power and responsibility of implementing the Rice and Corn Production Program.” The Executive Order also abolished the now redundant Rice and Corn Administration created in January 15, 1964. RCPCC was the program that brought temporary rice selfsufficiency to the country. Its mission was to be the means for bringing the new rice high-yielding varieties (HYV) and technology and culture from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), University of the Philippines College of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Plant Industry to the Filipino rice farmer, with the program to center around the farmer. From this group Marcos appointed Presidential Representatives in each rice-producing province with the responsibility of trying out the new HYV culture on their own farms for experiment and demonstration. The Group played a key role in persuading traditionbound farmers to try out the new culture after they saw the result. A total of 45,511 farmers were extended loans amounting to $24 million by government lending institutions and by hundreds of rural banks in farming areas. The record of repayment of loans by farmers has reached unbelievable records. Highly organized and imaginative teamwork began to show startling results. At the start of the program there was reported a total of only 240,000 irrigated rice-land hectares, by November 1967 there were 729,357. The price of rice in the country thus, had been stabilized to an extent not experienced in the previous seven years.
— www.kahimyang.info
• In1902, Gregorio Aglipay proclaimed the establishment of the Philippine Independent Church.
• In 1933, the Philippine Legislature rejected the HareHawes Cutting Law. Cebuano Sergio Osmeña had worked for its acceptance in his running controversy with Manuel Quezon, who was for the defeat of the HHC Law.
— from Cebuano Studies Center, University of San Carlos