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   Reaper G to All   
   2/3: Today in G-History   
   03 Feb 13 07:11:37   
   
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   XPost: alt.movies.monster   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1886: PAT HARMON, who played a gunman in the original "King Kong", is   
   born in Lewiston, Ill.   
      
   1906: PAUL SAWTELL, who composed stock music used in the U.S. release   
   of "Godzilla Raids Again", is born in Poland.   
      
   1910: YOSHIO MIYAJIMA, cinematographer on "Kwaidan", is born in   
   Nagono, Japan.   
      
   1912: DON ORLANDO, who played Mondello the fisherman in "20 Million   
   Miles to Earth", is born in Italy.   
      
   1928: JUSHO TODA, art director on "Kwaidan", is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1935: EDDIE BOLAND, who played a reporter/cameraman in the original   
   "King Kong", dies from a heart attack in Santa Monica, Calif.   
      
   1943: SEIZO FUKUMOTO, who played a ninja in "The Magic Serpent", a   
   samurai in “Engine Squadron Go-Onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang!   
   GekijoBang!”, and General Black in "OOO Den-o All Riders: Let's Go   
   Kamen Rider", is born in Hyogo, Japan. He was also in "Message from   
   Space" and "Red Shadow".   
      
   1954: TOSHIE NEGISHI, who played Sayori's mother Teruko Hiura in   
   "Shikoku" and Sunakake Baba in "The Great Yokai War", and was in   
   “School of Ghosts 4”, "Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys", and "Azumi 2", is   
   born in Tokyo.   
      
   1955: TOSHIYUKI WATANABE, composer on the "Giant Robo" anime, "Rebirth   
   of Mothra", "Rebirth of Mothra II", and "Ringu: The Final Chapter", is   
   born. He also acted in "The X from Outer Space".   
      
   1969: SOICHI UENO, editor on “One Missed Call 2” and “Big Man Japan”,   
   is born in Hiroshima.   
      
   1970: RALPH HAMMERAS, who did the technical effects on "The Giant   
   Claw", dies in Los Angeles.   
      
   1972: GREY HILL, sculptor on "Godzilla", is born in Long Beach, Calif.   
      
   1973: Episode 45 of "Kaiketsu Lion Maru", "The Trail of the Escaped   
   Beast in Hiding -- Monster Hanzaki", debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 30 of "Kikaida", "Crimson Squid: Stalker of Pretty Coeds",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 97 of "Kamen Rider", "Takeshi Hongo - Impossible   
   Transformation!!", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1976: EIHI SHIINA, who played the Izuko in "Sky High", is born in   
   Fukuoka.   
   	Episode 18 of "Akumaizer 3", "Why!? Target: Evil".   
      
   1979: "Batoru Fiba Jei" ("Battle Fever J") premieres on Japanese TV   
   with Episode 1, "Charge! To the Ball Park We Run".   
   	ROY BRENT, who played a member of the ship's crew in the original   
   "King Kong", dies in Sun City, Calif.   
      
   1980: MIHO YOSHIOKA, who played pilot Azusa Kisaragi in "Godzilla:   
   Tokyo S.O.S.", is born in Higashiosaka, Japan.   
      
   2002: "Kamen Raida Ryuki" ("Masked Rider Dragon Knight") a.k.a. "Kamen   
   Rider Ryuki" premieres on Japanese TV.   
   	LAWRENCE L. SIMEONE, director on "Power Rangers Turbo", dies from   
   complications following heart surgery in Los Angeles.   
   	Episode 50 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   2005: "Ju-on: The Grudge 2" premieres in Iceland on DVD.   
      
   2006: KAZUKO KATO, who played the schoolteacher in "Godzilla, Mothra,   
   King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", divorces Hideo   
   Higashikokubaru.   
   	Episode 17 of "Garo the Fanged Wolf" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2007: "Reincarnation" premieres in France at the Gerardmer Film   
   Festival.   
      
   2008: Episode 48 of "Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger" debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   --   
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