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   Reaper G to All   
   8/19: Today in G-History   
   19 Aug 13 07:13:27   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1899: CHARLIE HALL, who played a member of the ship's crew in the original   
   "King Kong", is born in Birmingham, England.    
      
   1910: JUN TAZAKI is born in Aomori Prefecture. Frequently cast as military   
   men, he played doomed spaceship captain Dr. Sonoda in "Gorath", General Masami   
   Shinzo in "King Kong vs. Godzilla", Captain Hachiro Jinguji in "Atragon",   
   frog-eating palace guard    
   Itaka Tzuzuka in "The Lost World of Sinbad", a guard in "Kwaidan", editor   
   Arota in "Godzilla vs. the Thing", the chief investigator in "Dogora the Space   
   Monster", a general in "Frankenstein Conquers the World", Dr. Sakurai in   
   "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero",    
   the Red Bamboo general in "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster", a general in "War   
   of the Gargantuas", the President of Buddabal in "The Killing Bottle", Dr.   
   Yoshida in "Destroy All Monsters", boss Daisaku Banno on "Jumborg Ace", and   
   Dr. Keitaro Jin, the    
   father of "Kamen Rider X". He  also appeared in "The Three Treasures" and   
   “Ultra Q".   
      
   1915: HERMAN STEIN, who composed stock music used in "Tarantula" and the U.S.   
   release of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", is born in Philadelphia.    
      
   1935: NOBUO YANA, who played Big Shadow on "Kikaida 01" and Dr. Death and   
   Black Cross Fuhrer II on "Secret Squadron Goranger", is born. The former   
   baseball pro was also in "Prince of Space".    
      
   1965: HORACE HOUGH, assistant director on "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms",   
   dies from a heart ailment in Hollywood.   
   	YUMI YOSHIYUKI, who played Noriko Murakami in "Ju-on", is born in Japan.    
      
   1972: Episode 6 of "Kikaida", "Black Horse: Showdown at the Dark Execution   
   Ground", debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 73 of "Kamen Rider", "Double Riders Knockdown!! King Fiddler Crab",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 21 of “Vigilante Lion Maru” debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1973: JASON HORGAN, who played Dr. Ken Brown in the U.S. version of
"One   
   Missed Call", is born in Boston.    
      
   1977: PETER DYNELEY, who played Larry Stanford in "The Manster", dies at 56 in   
   London.                
   	"War of the Gargantuas" is released in Sweden.    
      
   1978: LEIGH MCCLOSKEY, who played Magnus Dens in "The Bermuda Depths", marries   
   his wife, Carla.    
      
   1979: KENJI KOHASHI, who played X in "Godzilla: Final Wars", is born in Tokyo.   
   He was also in "Azumi" and "The Wrold Sinks Except Japan".   
      
   1985: ASAMI, who played the eyepatched assassin in "Mutant Girls Squad", is   
   born in Tokyo. She was also in "Karate-Robo Zaborgar".   
      
   1989: Episode 26 of "High Speed Squadron Turboranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1999: "Shikoku" is released in Hong Kong.    
      
   2000: Episode 17 of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "Olympius
Ascends",   
   debuts on Fox.    
      
   2001: Episode 26 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: The U.S. version of "Dark Water" is released in Mexico and Poland.   
      
   2007: YOKO MINAKAZE, who played the mother in "The Vampire Doll", dies at 77   
   in Yokohama.   
      
   2012: Episode 47 of "Kamen Rider Fourze" debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 26 of "Special Ops Squadron Go-Busters" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
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