1939 - Birthyear of Edgardo Salvador Roda Irigo
In 1939 Europe rumors of war was flying thick and fast. And Adolf Hitler was planning to invade Poland. But thousands of miles away, in that little known place on earth called the Far East, in a country named after a European King, war was farthest from the people's mind. Romance was in the air as the romantic pairing of two screen giants, Fernando Poe, Sr. and Mila del Sol, was being shown in the silver screen in a movie titled "Giliw Ko" in the Philippine capital city of Manila. At about the same time, a similar romantic fever was spreading wildly in the US with the release of what would prove to be one of the greatest movies of all time - "Gone With The Wind." And in a small rural town of Libmanan, in the diocese of Camarines Sur, a cute and adorable boy was born to simple folks, the couple Conching and Pabling. Their first born. Some people say that the first born is a product of pure love. Soon to be named Edgardo Salvador, this little darling was indeed ...