From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1878: BRAM STOKER, author of "Dracula" which became the basis for "Lake of   
   Dracula" and "Evil of Dracula", marries Florence Balcombe.   
      
   1933: KOGAN ASHIYA, who played Kanrinin in "Kitaro", is born in Kyoto.   
      
   1940: KATSUTOSHI ATARASHI, who was in "The War in Space", is born in Tokyo.   
   	MASANARI NIHEI, who played Mitsuhiro Ide a.k.a. Ito on "Ultraman" and   
   "Ultraman: Monster Big Battle", is born in Tokyo. He also played astronaut Ito   
   in "Gorath", a bandit in "The Lost World of Sinbad", Jerry in "Mighty Jack",   
   the tourist at Kinkakuji    
   Temple in "Ultraman Zearth", Professor Deta on "Ultraman Max", and a   
   shopkeeper in "The Superior 8 Ultra Brothers"; was the voice of Hiroaki Tobe   
   on "The Ultraman"; and was in "Don't Call Me a Con Man" and "Ultraman Zearth   
   2".    
      
   1941: ANNE NAGEL, who played the brunette at the bar in "Mighty Joe Young",   
   marries Lt. James H. Keenan.   
      
   1949: JEFF BRIDGES, who played Jack Prescott in the 1976 remake of "King   
   Kong", is born in Los Angeles. The son of Lloyd Bridges and brother of Beau   
   Bridges (with whom he appeared in "The Company She Keeps" and "Sea Hunt"), he   
   starred in "Silent Night,    
   Lonely Night", "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go", "Halls of Anger", "The Last   
   Picture Show", "Fat City", "Bad Company", "The Last American Hero", "The   
   Iceman Cometh", "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", "Rancho Deluxe", "Hearts of the   
   West", "Winter Kills", "   
   TRON", "Starman", "Tucker: The Man and His Dream", "The Fabulous Baker Boys",   
   "The Fisher King", "American Heart", "Fearless", "Wild Bill", "The Mirror Has   
   Two Faces", "The Big Lebowski", "K-PAX", "Iron Man" "Crazy Heart" (for which   
   he won a Best Actor    
   Oscar), "TRON: Legacy", and "True Grit".   
      
   1953: KAZUYOSHI OKUYAMA, supervising producer of "Izo", is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1955: YOJIRO TAKITA, who directed "Onmyoji" and "Onmyoji 2" (which he also   
   co-wrote), is born in Toyama, Japan.   
      
   1961: FURIN CHA, who was the voice of Makuin of the Blob on "Heavenly Armament   
   Squadron Goseiger" and "Heavenly Armament Squadron Goseiger: Epic on the   
   Movie", is born in Saitama, Japan. He was also a voice on "Eko Eko Azarak:   
   Wizard of Darkness".   
      
   1962: YOSHIYUKI MORISHITA, who played Okubo in "Ring 0", Keibiin in "Ju-on:   
   The Grudge", and a guard in "The Grudge", is born in Tokyo. He was also in   
   "It's Me, It's Me".   
      
   1966: Episode 21 of "Ultraman", "Breach the Wall of Smoke", debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   1969: "The Green Slime" is released in West Germany.   
   	YUI ASAKA, who played Yui Kazama a.k.a. Saki Asamiya a.k.a. "Sukeban Deka   
   III", reprising the role in "Sukeban Deka: The Movie" and "Sukeban Deka:   
   Counter-attack from the Kazama Sisters", is born in Miyazaki, Japan.   
      
   1970: "Latitude Zero" is released in the U.S.   
      
   1971: Episode 36 of "Kamen Rider", "Egyptus: The Mummy Mutant Rises Again",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 49 of "Spectreman", "Noman: The Tragic Genius Monster", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1972: YUKO MIYAMURA, who played Kyoko Hayase on "Rescue Squadron Go Go V" and   
   "Rescue Squadron Go Go V: Sudden Shock! A New Warrior", is born in Hyogo,   
   Japan. She was also in "Battle Royale".   
   	Episode 23 of "Triple Fighter", "Operation: Assassinate #1001", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 23 of "Emergency Command: 10/4-10/10", "The Skeleton Beckons Its   
   Flesh", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: Episode 10 of "Inazuman", "Terror of the Carnivorous Gas", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1976: Episode 71 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Scarlet Decisive Battle!!   
   The Earth Relocation Project", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1979: ROBERT KARNES, who played Prof. Alan Templeton in "Half Human: The Story   
   of the Abominable Snowman", dies of heart failure in Sherman Oaks, Calif.   
      
   1982: Episode 43 of "Great Squadron Goggle V" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1985: HENRY FREULICH, cinematographer in "It Came from Beneath the Sea", dies   
   at 79 in Los Angeles.   
      
   1988: Episode 7 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "SOS! The Ring of Friendship",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1992: Episode 41 of "Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger", "Blaze Up, Burai!", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.   
   	The original "King Kong" is released on laserdisc in the U.S.   
      
   1993: Episode 35 of "Electronic Superhuman: Gridman", "Shock! Undercover   
   Yuka!?", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2002: "Ringu" is released in the Philippines.    
      
   2003: "Ju-on: The Grudge" is released in Germany on DVD.    
      
   2004: "Gojira: Fainaru uozu" ("Godzilla: Final Wars") is released in Japan.    
      
   2005: Episode 40 of "Magic Squadron Magiranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2007: "Negadon: The Monster from Mars" premieres in Portugal at the Nippon   
   Koma Film Festival.   
      
   2011: Episode 41 of "Pirate Squadron Gokaiger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 13 of "Kamen Rider Fourze" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2012: "Power Rangers Super Samurai" is released on DVD and Blu-ray in the U.S.   
      
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