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   1925: YASUSHI AKUTAGAWA, composer on "Portrait of Hell", is born.    
      
   1927: JERRY ITO, who played evil showman Clark Nelson in "Mothra", is born in   
   New York City. The nephew of Koreya Senda, he also played Police   
   Superintendent Aida in "The Manster", Watkins in "The Last War", Roberto   
   Okamura in "Mighty
Jack", and a    
   general in "Message from Space".    
      
   1930: SCOTT PETERS, who played Sergeant Lee Carter in "The Amazing
Colossal   
   Man", is born in Canada.    
      
   1945: EDWIN NEAL is born in Houston. He was Lord Zedd, Rygog, Tenga,
and   
   other roles on "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Power Rangers Zeo", Rygog on   
   "Power Rangers Turbo" and "Power Rangers in Space", as well as Jasper and   
   other roles on "Power    
   Rangers Lost Galaxy" and a Lightspeed Riot Patrol Guard on "Power Rangers   
   Lightspeed Rescue".    
      
   1957: NEIL WHITELY, who will play a UN rep in "Pacific Rim", is born in   
   Sheffield, England.   
      
   1959: NAGISA KATAHIRA, who played Etsuko in "Kyofu", is born.   
      
   1963: KNOX WHITE, boom operator on "The Ring", is born in Memphis.    
      
   1967: Episode 15 of "Masked Ninja Red Shadow", "Little Priest Haku Kuki",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1973: Episode 15 of "Robot Detective", "The Target: Atomic No. 79?!", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1975: Episode 14 of "Secret Squadron Goranger", "Red Casket! Mystery
of   
   Skull Residence", debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 15 of "Kamen Rider Stronger", "Death Call Shadow
of Toranpu",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1980: Episode 24 of "Electronic Squadron Denziman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1981: LYNTON BRENT, who played a reporter in the original "King Kong", dies in   
   Los Angeles.                
   	DAN CRAWLEY, who did props on "The Ring", is born in Winfield, Ill.    
      
   1986: Episode 20 of "Super Nova Flashman", "Return! Flash Robo", debuts on   
   Japanese TV. 	   
      
   1988: YUI MURATA, who played the cheerleader in "Yakuza Weapon", is born in   
   Hokkaido. She was also in "Mutant Girls Squad" and "Karate-Robo Zaborgar".   
      
   1991: Episode 22 of "Birdman Squadron Jetman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1996: The Fant'Asia Festival, featuring screenings of "Gamera, the
Guardian   
   of the Universe", "Destroy All Monsters", and episodes of "Ultraman", opens in   
   Montreal.    
      
   1997: G-CON '97: CHICAGO begins in Arlington Heights, Ill. Kenji
Sahara,   
   Masanari Nihei, and Dore Kraus are the special guests.    
      
   1999: JACQUES R. MARQUETTE, cinematographer on the U.S. inserts for "Varan the   
   Unbelievable", dies at 84 in Los Angeles.    
      
   2002: G-FEST 2002 begins in Arlington Heights, Ill. Koichi Kawakita, Hariken   
   Ryu, and Robert Scott Field are among the special guests.    
      
   2005: "Dogora" is released on DVD in the U.S.    
      
   2008: "Gegege no Kitaro: Sennen noroi uta" a.k.a. "Kitaro and the
Millenium   
   Curse" is released in Japan.   
   	"Onechanbara -- Zombie Bikini Squad" premieres in Canada at the Fantasia Film   
   Festival.   
      
   2012: G-FEST XIX begins in Rosemont, Ill. Akira Takarada, Bin Furuya, Robert   
   Scott Field, and Svengoolie are among the featured guests.   
      
   2013: “Pacific Rim” is released in the U.S., Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, and   
   the U.K.   
   	G-FEST XX begins in Rosemont, Ill. Tsutomu Kitagawa, Shinji Wakasa, Shizuo   
   Nakajima, Robert Scott Field, and Frank H. Woodward are among the featured   
   guests.   
      
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