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   Reaper G to All   
   5/13: Today in G-History   
   13 May 13 07:39:49   
   
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   XPost: alt.movies.monster   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1893: GEORGE J. TEAGUE, who did the technical effects on "The Giant   
   Claw", is born in Pomona, Calif. He died March, 1985, in Iola, Kan.   
      
   1904: CHISHU RYU, who was in "The Last War", is born in Kunamoto,   
   Japan. He played the priest in the "Tora-san" series, "The Funeral",   
   and the 103-year-old man in "Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams".   
      
   1914: SAMMY MENACKER, who played a strongman in "Mighty Joe Young", is   
   born.   
      
   1921: TORU YURI, who was in "Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure",   
   is born in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan.   
      
   1940: RICHARD GANT, who played Adm. Phelps in "Godzilla", is born in   
   Augusta, Maine.   
      
   1956: KIRK THORNTON is born in Portland, Ore. He was the U.S. dubbing   
   voice of Kamo on "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis"; Mechanoid on "V.R.   
   Troopers"; Professor Longnose and Dramole on "Mighty Morphin' Power   
   Rangers"; Recyclotron on Saban's "Masked Rider"; Nuklifier, Altor, and   
   Silo on "Power Rangers Zeo"; Creeps on "Power Rangers Turbo";   
   Powerdriller, Craterites, and Voltagehog on "Power Rangers in Space";   
   an alien, Samuron, and Brunt on "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy";   
   Spellbinder on "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue"; Hanpei Hattori on   
   "Kikaider: The Animaton"; Angelcon on "Power Rangers Time Force";   
   Motorcycle Org on "Power Rangers Wild Force"; and Kojima on "Alive".   
      
   1957: KOJI SUZUKI, novelist whose books were adapted into “Ringu”,   
   “Rasen”, “Ringu 2”, “Ringu: The Final Chapter”, "The Ring Virus",   
   “Ringu 0: Birthday”, “Dark Water”, “The Ring”, “The Ring Two”, the   
   U.S. version of “Dark Water”, "Sadako 3D", and "Sadako 2 3D", as well   
   as the "Ringu" and "Rasen" TV series, is born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka,   
   Japan. He also played Depato no Chichioya in "Rasen".   
      
   1962: FRANK JENKS, who played the truck driver in "The Amazing   
   Colossal Man", dies at 59 of cancer in Hollywood, Calif.   
   	     WAYNE ROSE, a director on “Power Rangers Ninja Storm”, is born   
   in Canada.   
      
   1966: EIJI OKI, who played the morgue detective in "The Grudge", is   
   born in Nagasaki.   
      
   1971: MANDINE ROGNE, who did the sound effects on “The Black   
   Scorpion”, dies in Van Nuys, Calif.   
      
   1972: Episode 59 of "Kamen Rider", "The Bottomless Swamp Demon   
   Earthworm Man", premieres on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 7 of "Vigilante Lion Maru" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: BRIDGETT RILEY, who played a Putty Patroller on "Mighty Morphin   
   Power Rangers", is born in Oakville, MO. She is a former world   
   kickboxing champion and was Halle Berry's stunt double in "Catwoman".   
      
   1975: HARUHIKO KATO, who played Ryusuke Kawashima in "Pulse", is born   
   in Nagoya.   
      
   1978: KIMBERLY BECK, who appeared on "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero",   
   marries William Barron Hilton.   
      
   1979: DAVID JOSEPH ANSELMO, who played Donald in "The Host", is born   
   in Sudbury, Ont.   
      
   1981: "Virus" is released in France.   
      
   1982: "Virus" is released in West Germany.   
      
   1985: KENNER V. KEMP, who played the cop with a rifle in "The Beast   
   from 20,000 Fathoms" and a trooper in "Them!", dies in Los Angeles.   
      
   1987: MEI KUROKAWA, who played Misaki Tachibana on "Robotack" and was   
   in "Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost" and "Yakuza Weapon", is born in   
   Tokyo.   
      
   1989: Episode 12 of "High Speed Squadron Turboranger" debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1991: JAE-EUNG LEE, who played Se-jin in "The Host", is born in South   
   Korea.   
      
   1997: Episode 12 of “Power Rangers Turbo”, “Alarmed and Dangerous”,   
   debuts on Fox.   
      
   2000: Episode 14 of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "Curse of the   
   Cobra", debuts on Fox.   
      
   2001: Episode 13 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2003: Volume 3 of "Kikaida" is released on DVD in Hawaii.   
      
   2004: “Casshern” premieres in France at the Cannes Film Market.   
      
   2008: The U.S. version of "One Missed Call" is released on HD-DVD in   
   the U.S.   
   	“Dragon Wars” is released in China.   
      
   2010: “Shock Labyrinth 3D” is released in Austria and Germany.   
      
   2012: Episode 35 of "Kamen Rider Fourze" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
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