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   1894: JOE DEVLIN, who played a reporter in "Mighty Joe Young", is born   
   in New York. He played Benito Mussolini in several films.   
      
   1901: ROBERT R. STEPHENSON, who played the warehouseman in   
   "Tarantula", is born in Washington.   
      
   1906: JUN HAMAMURA, who played Dr. Murase in "Gammera the Invincible",   
   Gohei in "Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters", Oiwa's father in "The Ghost   
   of Yotsuya", the doctor in "The Vampire Doll", Bagow on “Kamen Rider   
   Amazon”, and Sakanoue-no-Daijo-Daijin in "Princess from the Moon", is   
   born in Fukuoka. He was also on “Operation: Mystery”, "Ultraman Taro",   
   "Horror Theater Unbalance", and "The Last Days of
Planet Earth".   
      
   1914: GEORGE BARROWS, who played "Konga", is born in New York City.   
      
   1943: NENJI KOBAYASHI, who played Teroman on "Johnny Sokko and His   
   Flying Robot" and an intern in "Virus", and was in "Message from   
   Space", is born in Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan.   
      
   1968: Episode 45 of "Masked Ninja Red Shadow", "Rock Monster Gagara",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1972: Episode 9 of "Mirrorman", "Multi Appears Riding on a Kite",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1974: ZACHARY FANNIN, art department production assistant on "The   
   Ring", is born in Santa Monica, Calif.   
    JUDSON L. JONES, who was the voice of Kikodoro in the U.S. dub of   
   "The Princess Blade", is born in Bonham, Texas.   
    KEN KUNTZ, who played a sailor In "The Son of Kong", dies at 65 in   
   Los Angeles.   
      
   1975: SHIGERU KAYAMA, who wrote the stories for "Godzilla, King of the   
   Monsters", "Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman",   
   "Godzilla Raids Again", and "The Mysterians", dies at 68.   
    DAN GREEN, the voice of Seiji Yoshizawa on the U.S. dub of "Negadon:   
   The Monster from Mars", is born in San Rafael, Calif. He was also a   
   dubber on "Ultraman Tiga".   
      
   1976: Episode 39 of "Secret Squadron Goranger", "Deep-Red Sea of   
   Japan! Super Power of the Mysterious Meteorite", debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   1977: ERI TANAKA, who played Chisato Jogasaki/Mega Yellow on   
   "Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger", "Electromagnetic Squadron   
   Megaranger vs. Carranger", and "Star Beast Squadron Gingaman   
   vs.Megaranger", is born in Kanagawa, Japan. She also played Nozomi   
   Sasayama on "Kamen Rider Kuuga" and was the voice of Maya the Yellow   
   Galaxy Ranger on the Japanese dub of “Power Rangers Lost Galaxy”.   
      
   1978: VERNON RICH, who played Ridley in "Tarantula", dies in   
   Peterborough, N.H.   
      
   1979: CERINA VINCENT, who played Maya the Yellow Galaxy Ranger on   
   "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" and "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", is   
   born in Las Vegas.   
      
   1981: "Taiyo sentai Sanbarukan" ("Solar Squadron Sunvulcan") premieres   
   on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "The North Pole Machine Empire".   
      
   1985: NARA SAORI, who played Momoko on "Blaze! Robocon" and Akane on   
   "Mikazuni", is born.   
      
   1987: Episode 48 of "Super Nova Flashman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1988: Episode 18 of "Kamen Rider Black", "Saint of Sword Belgenia",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
    AI KAGO, who played Yuko in “Ju-on: Girl in Black”, is born in
Nara,   
   Japan.   
      
   1993: DAVID DORFMAN, who played Aidan Keller in "The Ring" and "The   
   Ring Two", is born in Los Angeles. He was also on "Ally McBeal" and   
   "The Singing Detective".   
      
   1994: Episode 41 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers",   
   "Rita's Seed of Evil", debuts on Fox.   
      
   1996: Episode 36 of Season 3 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers",   
   "Climb Every Fountain", debuts on Fox.   
      
   1997: Episode 48, the final episode of "Violent Race Squadron   
   Carranger", "Road Safety Forever", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2001: SUSUMU SAJI, writer on "Wild 7", dies in Tokyo.   
      
   2002: "Dark Water" premieres in Germany at the Berlin International   
   Film Festival.   
    KENSAKU HARA, who played Zenbei in "The Magic Serpent", dies.   
      
   2003: "The Ring" is released in Denmark, Estonia, Greece, and India.   
    Episode 4 of the "Sky High" series debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2004: Episode 18 of "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon", "Act 18", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: Episode 5 of "Sh15uya" premieres on Japanese TV.   
      
   2006: The "King Kong vs. Godzilla" soundtrack is released on CD in the   
   U.S.   
      
   2008: "Cloverfield" is released in Argentina, Chile, Greece, and   
   Kuwait.   
    The U.S. version of "One Missed Call" is released in Argentina and   
   Malaysia.   
      
   2009: Episode 6 of "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight", "Kamen Rider Torque",   
   debuts on the CW Network.   
      
   2011: “Power Rangers Samurai” premieres in the U.S. on Nickelodeon   
   with Episode 1.1, "The Team Unites".   
      
   “Centuries ago in Japan, Nighlok monsters invaded our world, but   
   samurai warriors defeated them with power symbols, passed down from   
   parent to child. Today the evil Nighlok have risen once again and plan   
   to flood the earth. Luckily, a new generation of heroes stand in their   
   way. They are the Power Rangers Samurai.”   
      
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