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   1911: ROBERT CLATWORTHY, art director on "The Deadly Mantis", is born   
   in Illinois.   
      
   1935: JOHN CARRADINE, who played Dr. John Rayburn in "Half-Human: The   
   Story of the Abominable Snowman", marries Ardanelle McCool.   
      
   1936: BRIAN DONLEVY, who played Gen. Terry Arnold in "Gammera the   
   Invincible", marries Marjorie Lane.   
      
   1939: ROBERT ARMSTRONG, who played Carl Denham in the original “King   
   Kong” and “Son of Kong” and Max O’Hara in “Son of Kong”, divorces   
   Gladys Dubois.   
      
   1947: TIM MATHESON, who played Steve Kelso in "Solar Crisis", is born   
   in Glendale, Calif. The original voice of Johnny Quest, his films   
   include "Yours, Mine and Ours", "National Lampoon’s Animal House" and   
   "1941".   
      
   1960: MIO TAKAKI, who played GUTS Captain Megumi Iruma in "Ultraman   
   Tiga", "Ultraman Dyna", "Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna", and "Ultraman   
   Tiga: The Final Odyssey", is born in Fukuoka. She also played Mayumi   
   Hoshimo in "Ultra Q: The Movie" and Kyoko Shirai in "Eko Eko Azarak:   
   Wizard of Darkness", and was in "Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue   
   Planet".   
   	ROBERT HORTON, who played Commander Jack Rankin in "The Green Slime",   
   marries Marilynn Bradley.   
      
   1964: JACK CURTIS and PAULETTE RUBENSTEIN, who did many voices for the   
   U.S. dubs of Japanese sci-fi films and TV series, are married.   
   	CAROL HOYT, who played Divatox and Dimitria on "Power Rangers Turbo",   
   is born in Andover, Mass. She was also the voice of Rykon on "Power   
   Rangers Lost Galaxy", and was once a coworker of this G-Historian.   
      
   1965: TAKASHI KORA, who played Lucifer on "Cybercop", is born in   
   Fukuoka.   
      
   1967: YOSUKE EGUCHI, who was in "Time Slip 1549", is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1979: NORIKO NAKAGOSHI, who played Lisa Monzen in "Orochi -- Blood",   
   is born in Saga, Japan.   
   	HITOMI NAKASHIMA, who played the shopping housewife in “The World   
   Sinks Except Japan”, is born in Fukuoka.   
      
   1992: ADRIENNE BARBEAU, the voice of Lt. Beth O’Brien on “Ultraman:   
   The Adventure Begins”, marries Billy Van Zandt.   
      
   1997: SANDY McPEAK, who played Gurney in "Solar Crisis", dies of a   
   heart attack at 61 in Nevada City, Calif.   
      
   1999: "Gamera vs. Guiron" is released on laserdisc in the U.S.   
      
   2000: Episode 46 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Indomitable", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 45 of "Future Squadron Timeranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2001: PAUL HUBSCHMID, who played Tom Nesbitt in "The Beast from 20,000   
   Fathoms", dies of a pulmonary embolism in Berlin.   
      
   2002: "Kikaida Volume 2" is released on DVD in Hawaii.   
      
   2003: PAULA RAYMOND, who played Lee Hunter in "The Beast from 20,000   
   Fathoms", dies from respiratory ailments in West Hollywood, Calif.   
      
   2004: "One Missed Call" is released in Finland.   
      
   2005: Episode 27 of "Ultraman Max", "Stolen! The Max Spark", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2010: "Space Battleship Yamato" is released in Taiwan.   
      
   Thank you to all the tokusatsu fans for reading these trips down   
   memory lane for the past twelve years, to all the Japanese film and   
   television experts whose knowledge I shamelessly exploit, and to all   
   the creators and performers who made G-History possible. Arigato and   
   Happy New Year!   
      
   --   
   Reaper G   
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