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   1/20: Today in G-History   
   20 Jan 13 07:13:31   
   
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   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1893: JIMMY SPEAK, sound recordist on "Son of Kong", is born in   
   Missouri.   
      
   1895: ROSCOE ATES, who played a press photographer in the original   
   "King Kong", is born in Grange, Miss.   
      
   1903: MARTY MOSS, assistant director and production supervisor on   
   "Earth vs. the Spider", is born.   
      
   1907: CARLOTTA MONTI, who played a girl in "King King", is born. She   
   was the live-in love of comedian W.C. Fields and wrote the book "W.C.   
   and Me".   
      
   1916: ALEX NICOL, who played Colonel Davis in "Ape", is born in   
   Ossining, N.Y. He was also in "The Sleeping City", "Tomahawk", "Target   
   Unknown", "Air Cadet", "Red Ball Express", "The Redhead from Wyoming",   
   "Lone Hand", "Law and Order", "Dawn at Socorro", "The Black Glove",   
   "The Man from Laramie", "Strategic Air Command", "The Screaming   
   Skull" (which he also directed), and "5 Branded Women".   
      
   1923: RENTARO MIKUNI, who played the husband in the "Black Hair"   
   segment of "Kwaidan", is born in Gunma, Japan. He was also in "Mount   
   Hakkoda".   
      
   1936: TOSHIAKI NISHIZAWA, who played Secretary Kubota in "Godzilla on   
   Monster Island", is born in Hokkaido. He also played Professor/   
   Commander Kom on "Space Sheriff Gavan", "Space Sheriff Sharivan", and   
   "Space Sheriff Shaider", and appeared on “Operation: Mystery”.   
      
   1950: "Mighty Joe Young" is released in Finland.   
      
   1960: EDDIE PARKER, who was a stuntman on "Mighty Joe Young" and   
   played Paul Lund and Eddie Jacobs in "Tarantula", dies from a heart   
   attack in Sherman Oaks, Calif.   
      
   1963: "Reptilicus" is released in the U.S.   
      
   1964: KAHO MINAMI, who played SDF Intelligence Captain Kumi Emori in   
   "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", the   
   head nurse in "J-Horror Theater Vol. 1: Infection", and Yoko Ino in   
   "The Great Yokai War", is born in Hyogo, Japan. The wife of Ken   
   Watanabe, she was also in "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis".   
      
   1965: GREG LOSKORN, scoring technician on the U.S. version of "Dark   
   Water", is born in Arcadia, Calif.   
      
   1973: "The Films of Eiji Tsuburaya", written by Hajime Tsuburaya, is   
   published.   
   	Episode 39 of "Kikaida", "Red Devil Stinger: Making Little Boys Cry",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 95 of "Kamen Rider", "The Sky Flying Car of the Demon   
   Karokkes", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1976: Episode 16 of "Akumaizer 3: Why!? Secret of the Red Umbrella",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1977: AKIRA KUBODERA, who played Kunzite on "Pretty Guaridan Sailor   
   Moon" and “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Special Act” and Kuroi on   
   “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Act Zero”, is born in Japan   
      
   1988: COURTNEY WEBB, who played the sick girl in "The Grudge", is born   
   in London.   
      
   1992: LLOYD RICHARDS, unit production manager on "Mighty Joe Young",   
   dies in Dyfed, Wales.   
   	"Special Rescue Command Solbrain" premieres on Japanese TV.   
      
   1995: NOBUO KANEKO, who played Dojin Hiki in "The Magic Serpent" and   
   Home Affairs Minister Isomura in "Godzilla 1985", dies at 71 of blood   
   poisoning.   
      
   1996: WALTER MANLEY, stateside producer of the Starman films, "Prince   
   of Space", "Terror Beneath the Sea", and "The Green Slime", dies at 77   
   of an asthma attack in New York City.   
      
   2001: "Reptilian" is rereleased in an extended version in South Korea   
   as "Yongary 2001".   
   	"Avalon" is released in Japan.   
      
   2002: Episode 50 of "Kamen Rider Agito" debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 48 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   2004: "Gamera vs. Monster X" and "Monster from a Prehistoric Planet"   
   are released as a double feature on DVD in the U.S.   
      
   2006: Episode 15 of "Garo the Fanged Wolf" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2008: Episode 46 of "Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger", "Gawa-gawa! No   
   kioku", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2009: The 2005 remake of "King Kong" is released on Blu-Ray in the   
   U.S.   
      
   2011: “Gantz” has its world premiere in a limited screening in the   
   U.S. Stars Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama attend a special   
   screening for the occasion in Hollywood.   
      
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