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|    16 Sep 12 05:22:56    |
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1875: RUSS POWELL, who played a watchman in "King Kong", is born in   
   Indianapolis.    
      
   1892: WALTER E. KELLER, production designer on "Earth vs. the Spider", is   
   born.    
      
   1912: VICTOR O. SCHIPEK, production manager on "The Godzilla Power
Hour", is   
   born in Illinois.    
      
   1916: JOHN W. ROGERS, assistant director on "War of the Colossal Beast" and   
   "Earth vs. the Spider", is born in Buffalo.    
      
   1917: GEORGE BECWAR, who played John Swanson in "War of the Colossal
Beast",   
   is born in Illinois. He was also in "Bride of the Monster".    
      
   1919: LAWRENCE DOBKIN, who played a Los Angeles city engineer in
"Them!", is   
   born in New York City.    
      
   1935: JULES BASS, who co-produced "The King Kong Show", "The Last Dinosaur",   
   and "The Bermuda Depths", is born in Philadelphia.    
      
   1936: ANNE NAGEL, who played the brunette at the bar in "Mighty Joe
Young",   
   marries Ross Alexander.    
      
   1940: JEFF DAVID, who did the voice of Captain Majors on "The Godzilla
Power   
   Hour", is born in Philadelphia.   
    SHINICHIRO MIKAMI, who played Goichi Shimada in "G.I. Samurai", is born in   
   China.    
      
   1956: RAMONA FLEETWOOD, hair stylist and makeup artist on "The Ring", is born   
   in Soccorro, N.M.   
      
   1957: HIDEO HIGASHIKOKUBARU, who lent his voice to "Ultraman Saga", is born in   
   Nagasaki.   
      
   1960: TAMAKI FUNAKURA, who played Princess Denzi on "Electronic Squadron   
   Denziman" and "Electronic Squadron Denziman: The Movie", is born in Nagasaki.   
      
   1970: SHINSUKE SATO, who directed and co-wrote "The Princess Blade" and   
   directed "Gantz" and "Gantz: Perfect Answer", is born in Hiroshima.   
      
   1972: Episode 10 of "Kikaida", "Scorpion Brown: The Ultimate Weapon", debuts   
   on
Japanese TV.    
    Episode 77 of "Kamen Rider", "Demon New Gesu -- Duel at the Hellish Stock   
   Ranch", debuts on Japanese TV.   
    Episode 25 of “Vigilante Lion Maru” debuts on Japanese TV.    
    DAISUKE MIYAGAWA, who played Super Justice in “Big Man Japan” and was in   
   “Ghost: In Your Arms Again”, is born in Kyoto.   
      
   1977: MARC BOLAN, frontman of T-Rex whose "20th Century Boy" became the theme   
   song for the "20th Century Boys" trilogy, dies in a car accident in London.   
      
   1989: Episode 30 of "High Speed Squadron Turboranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1993: Episode 10 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Happy   
   Birthday, Zack", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1994: Episode 31 of "Ninja Squadron Kakuranger", "Enter! New General", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1995: "Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe" premieres in Canada at
the   
   Toronto Festival of Films.    
    Episode 3 of Season 3 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "A
Friend in   
   Need: Part 3", debuts on Fox.    
      
   1998: "Godzilla" is released in France.    
      
   2000: Episode 21 of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "The Fifth
Crystal",   
   debuts on Fox.    
      
   2001: SAMUEL Z. ARKOFF, who produced "The Amazing Colossal Man", "War
of the   
   Colossal Beast", and "Earth vs. the Spider", as well as the U.S. releases of   
   "Reptilicus", "Matango", "Atragon", "The Lost World of Sinbad", “Dogora the   
   Space Monster”, "   
   Frankenstein Conquers the World", "Yog: Monster from Space", and "Godzilla vs.   
   the Smog Monster", dies of natural causes at 83 in Burbank, Calif.    
    Episode 30 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2006: "Urutoraman Mebiusu to Urutora Kyodai" ("Ultraman Mebius and Ultraman   
   Brothers") is released in Japan.    
      
   2008: "Death Note" is released on DVD in the U.S.    
      
   2010: “Shock Labyrinth 3D” is released in Singapore.   
    KEIJU KOBAYASHI, who played Prime Minister Mitamura in "Godzilla 1985", dies   
   at 86 in Tokyo.   
      
   2011: "Sector 7" has a limited release in the U.S.   
      
   --   
   Reaper G   
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