From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1873: OLIVER ECKHARDT, who played a husband in the original "King Kong", is   
   born in Missouri.    
      
   1908: NOBUO NAKAMURA is born in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. His roles
include   
   anthropologist Prof. Tanaka in "Half Human: The Story of the Abominable   
   Snowman", Dr. Munakata in "Dogora", the skeptical museum chief in   
   "Frankenstein Conquers the World", Dr.    
   Kita in "War of the Gargantuas", and the Japanese ambassador to Australia in   
   "Tidal Wave", and was also in "the Last War".    
      
   1916: JAMES H. NICHOLSON, co-founder of American International
Pictures with   
   Samuel Z. Arkoff, is born. He was one of the executive producers of the   
   stateside releases of "Attack of the Mushroom People", "Atragon", "The Lost   
   World of Sinbad", "Dogora    
   the Space Monster", and "Frankenstein Conquers the World", as well as   
   producing "The Amazing Colossal Man", "The Werewolf", "War of the Colossal   
   Beast", "I Was a Teenage Werewolf", "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein", "Earth vs.   
   the Spider", "How to Make a    
   Monster", "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini", and "The Wild Angels".    
      
   1933: The original "King Kong" is released in Japan.    
      
   1934: KAZUHIKO KISHINO is born. He did alien voices in Episode 39 of "Return   
   of Ultraman" and Episodes 35 & 53 of "Ultraman Taro"; villain
voices on   
   "Great Squadron Goggle V", "Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman", "Space Sheriff   
   Shaider", "Exceedraft", "   
   Kamen Rider Black", "Kamen
Rider Black RX", "Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger",   
   "Superpower Squadron Ohranger"; of Numa-O on "Special Police Squadron   
   Dekaranger"; and played Rika's father in Episode 13 of "Inazuman".    
      
   1935: YUKIO AKATSUKA, creator of the "Akko's Secret" manga which was turned   
   into "Akko-chan: The Movie", is born in Manchuria.   
      
   1943: KEIICHI NODA, who was the voice of Zigra in the Japanese version
of   
   "Gamera vs. Zigra", is born in Yamaguchi, Japan. He was also in "Destroy All   
   Planets" and "Lake of Dracula" and was the narrator on "Robot Detective".    
      
   1960: HARRY TENBROOK, who played a sailor in "King Kong" and "Son of Kong",   
   dies of lung cancer in Woodland Hills, Calif.    
      
   1962: TITO VUOLO, who played the police commissioner in "20 Million Miles to   
   Earth", dies of cancer in Los Angeles.    
      
   1968: MAKIKO WATANABE, who played Yayoi Takano in "Isola", is born in
Tokyo.    
      
   1969: BONG JOON-HO, writer and director of "The Host", is born in Daegu, South   
   Korea.         
   	LEE JOYNER, make-up sculptor on "Godzilla", is born in Birmingham, Ala.    
      
   1972: SHIDO NAKAMURA, who played O-tengu in "Kitaro" and was the voice of   
   Ryuuk in the "Death Note" films and anime, is born in Tokyo. He was also in   
   "The Neighbor No. 13".    
      
   1973: Episode 50 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "The Bullet That Went   
   Insane", debuts on Japanese TV.         
   	Episode 24 of "Ultraman Taro", "This Is the Land of Ultra!", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: Episode 31 of "Kamen Rider X", "Stand Up! King Dark!!", debuts
on   
   Japanese TV.         
   	Episode 24 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Fight! Topple Zaborger! Death Gunder",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1976: Episode 10 of "Super-God Bibyuun", "Hands Reach Out and Grab? The   
   Magnificent Suitcase", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1977: Episode 30 of “Vigilante Zubat”, “The Sadness Between Life   
   and
Death”, debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1982: MARIA TERESA GOW, who played Georgie Leland on "Ultraman Gaia"
and   
   "Ultraman Gaia: Gaia Again" and Neon Ulsland on "Kamen Rider W", is born. She   
   was also in "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla".   
      
   1985: Episode 33 of "Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1987: Episode 24 of "Super Manchine: Metalder", "The Red Panther", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1990: SAKI FUKUDA, who played Ai-Chan in "Yatterman", is born in Kumamoto,   
   Japan.    
      
   1993: Episode 8 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "I, Eye Guy",   
   debuts on Fox.    
      
   1994: Episode 5 of Season 2 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Putty
on   
   the Brain", debuts on Fox.    
      
   1995: EIJI OKADA, who played Dr. Kato in "The X from Outer Space", dies at 75   
   of heart failure in Japan.   
   	Episode 7 of Season 3 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Ninja
Quest:   
   Part 4", debuts on Fox.    
      
   1996: "Gamera 2: Attack of Legion" premieres in Canada at the Toronto
Film   
   Festival.    
      
   2002: "Ultraman Tiga" premieres in the U.S. on Fox.    
      
   2003: Episode 29 of "Blast Dragon Squadron Abaranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2006: "The Host" is released in Hong Kong.        
   	The U.S. version of "Pulse" is released in Singapore.    
   	"Reincarnation" is released in Thailand.   
      
   2007: "Dragon Wars" is released in the U.S.         
   	"Big Man Japan" premieres in Canada at the Toronto Film Festival.   
      
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