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   Reaper G to All   
   10/4: Today in G-History   
   04 Oct 13 06:50:23   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1900: ROBERT SHAYNE, who played Gen. Van Buskirk in “The Giant Claw”, is born   
   in Yonkers, N.Y. He also appeared on the TV series “The Adventures of   
   Superman” and “The Flash”.   
      
   1924: CHARLTON HESTON, who played Admiral “Skeet” Kelso in “Solar Crisis”, is   
   born in Evanston, Ill. The winner of an Oscar for “Ben-Hur”, his films include   
   “Peer Gynt”, “Julius Caesar” (two versions), “The Greatest Show on Earth”,   
   “The President’s Lady”,   
    “The Naked Jungle”, “Pony Express”, “Secret of the Incas”, “The Ten   
   Commandments”, “Touch of Evil”, “The Buccaneer”, “The Big Country”, “The Wreck   
   of the Mary Deare”, “El Cid”, “55 Days at Peking”, “The Greatest Story Ever   
   Told”, “The Agony and the    
   Ecstasy”, “Major Dundee”, “Khartoum”, “Will Penny”, “Planet of the Apes” (both   
   versions), “Beneath the Planet of the Apes”, “The Omega Man”, “Antony and   
   Cleopatra”, “Skyjacked”, “Call of the Wild”, “Soylent Green”, “The Three   
   Musketeers”, “Earthquake”, “   
   Airport 1975”, “The Four Musketeers”, “Midway”, “Two Minute Warning”, “Gray   
   Lady Down”, “Wayne’s World 2”, “True Lies”, “Hercules”, “Cats & Dogs”, and “My   
   Father, Rua Alguem 5555”, as well as the TV series “Dynasty” and “The Colbys”   
   and TV movie versions    
   of “Treasure Island” and “A Man for All Seasons”. Known for his political   
   activism, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild and the National Rifle   
   Association.   
      
   1926: HARUO SUZUKI, who played the SDF Commander in “Godzilla vs. the Smog   
   Monster”, and was in “Rodan” and “Godzilla vs. the Thing”, is born. He was   
   also on several episodes of “Ultra Q”, Episode 20 of “Ultraman”, Episode 8 of   
   “Ultra Seven”, Episode 11    
   of “Mighty Jack”, Episodes 11 & 31 of “Jumborg Ace”, a fisherman in Episode 16   
   of “Super Robot: Red Baron”, Episode 23 of “Fireman”, and Episode 15 of “Super   
   Robot: Mach Baron”.   
      
   1959: OSAMU TEZUKA, creator of “The Space Giants”, marries Etsuko Okada.   
      
   1967: Episode 27 of “Masked Ninja Red Shadow”, “13 Kon Ninjas Arrival”, debuts   
   on Japanese TV.   
      
   1974: Episode 24 of “Electroid Zaborger”, “CRASH! Zaborger vs. Bull Gundar”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 26 of “Ultraman Leo”, “Ultraman King vs. the Warlock: Ultraman King’s   
   Gift”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1975: Episode 27 of “Kamen Rider Stronger”, “Reconstructed Demons! The   
   Appearance of the Delzer Army”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 24 of “Secret Task Force Goranger”, “Blue Wrath! The Intense   
   Midomerang Counterstrike”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1978: Episode 21 of Toei’s “Spiderman”, “Father’s Love Scattered Into the   
   Sky”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	KEI HORIE, who played Shigeki Hinohara in “Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys”; Gaku   
   Washio a.k.a. Gao Yellow in “Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger”, “Hundred Beast   
   Squadron vs. Super Sentai” and “Stealth Wind Squadron Hurricanger vs.   
   Gaoranger”; and Noritaka    
   Yamashita in “Ju-on: The Grudge 2”, is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1980: Episode 35 of “Electronic Task Force Denziman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1983: AI MAEDA, who played Ayana Hirasaka in “Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris”, a   
   twin girl in Yokohama in “Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters   
   All-Out Attack”, Ayako Yoshino in “Death Note 2: The Last Name”, and Rin in   
   “The Shock Labyrinth 3D”, is    
   born in Kanagawa, Japan. Also appearing in “School Mystery”, “School of   
   Ghosts”, “Battle Royale”, “Sinking of Japan”, and “Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy”, she   
   and her sister Aki frequently work in the same films.   
      
   1986: Episode 31 of “Super Nova Flashman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1987: “Kamen Raidaa Burakku” (“Masked Rider Black”) a.k.a. “Kamen Rider Black”   
   debuts on Japanese TV with Episode 1, “Black!! Transformation”.   
   	Episode 25 of “Super Manchine: Metalder”, “Colossus’s Olympics”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV. The film version of “Super Manchine: Metalder” is released in   
   Japan.   
      
   1988: ERIKA MORI, who played Hitomi Mochida in the “Kamen Rider Hibiki” TV   
   series and film, is born in Miyagi, Japan. She was also in “Kamen Rider: The   
   Next”.   
      
   1991: Episode 34 of “Birdman Squadron Jetman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1993: Episode 16 of Season 1 of “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers”, “Switching   
   Places”, debuts on Fox.   
      
   1994: Episode 15 of Season 2 of “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers”, “Orchestral   
   Maneuvers in the Park”, debuts on Fox.   
      
   1996: MASAKI KOBAYASHI, who directed “Kwaidan”, dies at 80 of cardiac arrest   
   in Tokyo.   
      
   2003: “Choseijin Guranseiza” (“Super Star God Granseizar”) and “Bishojo Senshi   
   Sailor Moon” (“Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon”) premiere on Japanese TV.   
   	“Onmyoji 2” is released in Japan.   
      
   2004: “Ju-on: The Grudge” is released in the U.K. on DVD.   
      
   2008: “Gekijoban saraba Kamen raida Den-o Fainaru Kauntudaun” (“Kamen Rider   
   Den-O: Final Countdown”) is released in Japan.   
      
   2011: “Higanjima: Escape from Vampire Island” is released on a DVD/Blu-ray   
   combo pack in the U.S.   
      
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