From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1918: HAJIME IZU, who played Prince Oozu in "The Three Treasures", Professor   
   Komyoji on "Kikaida" and "Jumping Out, Android Kikaida", Dr. Tsushima on "Iron   
   King", and Dr. Kenzo Igarashi on "Mobile Sheriff Jiban", is born in Japan. He   
   also played Dr.    
   Osumi in Episode 23 of "Kamen Rider" and Dr. Daidoji in "Kamen Rider vs.   
   Shocker". He died at 86 in 2005.   
      
   1922: WILLIAM SCHALLERT, who played the gas station attendant in "Mighty Joe   
   Young" and an ambulance attendant in "Them!", is born in Los Angeles. His   
   films include "The Foxes of Harrow" and was on "The Patty Duke Show" and "Star   
   Trek".    
      
   1925: MERV GRIFFIN, who was the voice of the off-screen radio announcer in   
   "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms", is born in San Mateo, Calif. He was also in   
   the films "So This Is Love" and "The Boy From
Oklahoma", hosted his own talk   
   show, and created the    
   game shows "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune".    
      
   1931: ROBERT DUNHAM, who played Antonio, the King of Seatopia in "Godzilla vs.   
   Megalon", is born in Maine. He also played a Rolisican cop in "Mothra", agent   
   Mark Jackson in "Dogora, the Space Monster", Captain Martin in "The Green   
   Slime", and the airline    
   captain in "E.S.P.Y." He also directed and starred in "The Time Travelers" and   
   was the motorcycle stuntman in "Megalon".    
      
   1933: MICHIO YAMAMOTO, who directed "The Vampire Doll", "Lake of Dracula", and   
   "Evil of Dracula", is born in Niigata, Japan.    
      
   1943: REGINALD BARLOW, who played the engineer in the original "King
Kong",   
   dies in Hollywood.    
      
   1966: ANNE NAGEL, who played the brunette at the bar in "Mighty Joe Young",   
   dies from cancer in Hollywood.    
      
   1967: POUL BANG, who co-directed "Reptilicus", dies in Denmark.    
   	MAHO TOYOTA, who was on “Bio Planet Woo”, is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1968: YUKA ONISHI, who played Yuka Kazama on "Sukeban Deka III", reprising the   
   role in the films "Sukeban Deka" and "Sukeban Deka: Counter-attack from the   
   Kazama Sisters", is born in Osaka. She was also in “Godzilla: Final Wars”.    
   	"Tatakae! Maiti Jakku" ("Fight! Mighty Jack") premieres on Japanese TV.	   
      
   1973: Episode 40 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "Operation Dia   
   ond
Plunder", debuts on Japanese TV.           
   	Episode 14 of "Ultraman Taro", "Taro's Head Got Chopped Off", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: Episode 21 of "Kamen Rider X", "Apollo Geist -- The Last General",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.                
   	Episode 14 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Impervious Killer 
Girukonfu", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1976: "Chojin Bibyuun" ("Super-God Bibyuun") premieres on Japanese TV with   
   Episode 1, "Ghost Extermination! Super Humans Appear".    
      
   1977: Episode 23 of "Vigilante Zubat", "The Three Ogami Sisters and the Kid",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	RICARDO MEDINA JR., who played Cole Evans the Red Lion Wild Force Ranger on   
   “Power Rangers Wild Force” and Deker on “Power Rangers Samurai”, is   
   born in Los Angeles.   
      
   1979: AYAKA NANAMI, who played Aya Kinoshita in "Misa the Dark Angel", is born   
   in Aichi, Japan.    
      
   1982: RUSSELL THORSON, who played Prof. Philip Osbourne in "Half Human: The   
   Story of the Abominable Snowman", dies in Van Nuys, Calif.    
      
   1980: Episode 23 of "Electronic Squadron Denziman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1987: Episode 16 of "Super Manchine: Metalder", "The Rival Biker", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1997: Episode 21 of "Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger", "Now!   
   Life-Threatening Super Combination", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   2004: "Uzumaki" is released on DVD in the U.S.               
   	JIMMIE F. SKAGGS, who played a biker in "Solar Crisis", dies at 59 from lung   
   cancer in Highland Park, Calif.    
      
   2007: G-FEST 14 begins in Chicago. Rhodes Reason, Shelley Sweeney, Robert   
   Scott Field, Carl Craig, Donald Glut, and Reiko Wada Yamada (a protégé of   
   Akira Ifukube) are among the special guests.         
   	"The Host" is released in Norway.   
      
   2008: Episode 20 of "Engine Squadron Go-onger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2009: "Yatterman" premieres in the Czech Republic at the Karlovy Vary   
   International Film Festival.   
      
   2010: "Gamera vs. Barugon" is released on DVD in the U.S. by Shout! Factory.   
      
   2011: "Trollhunter" premieres in Sweden on DVD.   
   	"Urutoraman retsuden" ("Ultraman Biographies") premieres in Japan TV Tokyo.   
      
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