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   Reaper G to All   
   12/7: Today in G-History   
   07 Dec 13 06:44:02   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1895: JACK PENNICK, who played the truck driver in "Mighty Joe Young" and   
   Jacob Bowman in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", is born in Portland, Ore. He   
   was also in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and "Stars and Stripes Forever".   
      
   1901: JACK DIETZ, who co-produced "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" and "The   
   Black Scorpion", is born.   
      
   1906: WILLIAM "WEE WILLIE" DAVIS, who played a strongman in "Mighty Joe   
   Young", is born in New York City. The former wrestler and wrestling promoter   
   died in Louisville, Ken. in April, 1981.   
      
   1949: JYMN MAGON, writer on "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad", is born in   
   Detroit.   
      
   1959: CHARLIE HALL, who played a member of the ship's crew in the original   
   "King Kong", dies in North Hollywood, Calif.   
      
   1962: "Varan the Unbelievable" is released in the U.S.   
      
   1963: KATSUYA TERADA is born in Tamano City, Okayama, Japan. He was the   
   costume designer on "Cyber Ninja", "Zeiram", "Zeiram 2", "Moon over Tao" and   
   "Cutie Honey"; character designer on "cyber Ninja"; designer of Monster X on   
   "Godzilla: Final Wars"; and    
   conceptual designer on "Yatterman".   
      
   1965: TERUYUKI KAGAWA, who was in "Tetsujin 28", "Space Battlehsip Yamato",   
   and "Akko-chan the Movie", and played Goro Horikawa in "The Little Girl Who   
   Conquered Time" and Tsuyoshi “Yoshitsune” Minamoto in the "20th Century Boys"   
   trilogy, is born in    
   Tokyo.   
      
   1966: KAZUE ITO, who played Miki Masaki on "Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger",   
   "Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong Kong Decisive Battle",   
   "Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger vs. Bokenger", and "Engine Squadron Go-onger   
   vs. Gekiranger", is    
   born in Kanagawa, Japan.   
      
   1968: Episode 23 of "Fight! Mighty Jack!", "The Murderess Changes Her Mark!",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1970: YASUFUMI HAYASHI, who played Sho Takamatsu in "The Drifting Classroom"   
   and Kenkichi Yamane in "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah", is born in Tokyo. He was   
   also in “Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet”.   
      
   1973: Episode 36 of "Ultraman Taro", "Coward! The Bride Is Weeping", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 10 of "Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light", "Mojingar's Great   
   Counterattack", debuts on Japanese TV.      
   	MARTY MOSS, assistant director and production supervisor on "Earth vs. the   
   Spider", dies iin Los Angeles.   
      
   1974: Episode 8 of "Kamen Rider Amazon", "Crocodile Beastman Attacks the   
   Kindergarten", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1975: CAREY LOFTON, stuntman on “Mighty Joe Young”, marries his wife, Carol.   
      
   1976: Episode 21 of "Super-God Bibyuun", "Good Kids Turning into Calligraphy   
   Brushes? The Haunted Calligraphy Class", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1978: YASUE SATO, who played Princess Iriya in “Hundred Beast Squadron   
   Gaoranger: Fire Mountain Roars”, Saijyo Nagi on "Ultraman Nexus", and Mina in   
   "Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial", is born. She was also in “Tales of   
   Terror from Tokyo: Vol. 1” and    
   "Garo: The Makai Chronicles".   
      
   1979: AYAKO FUJITANI, who played Asagi Kusanagi in "Gamera, the Guardian of   
   the Universe", "Gamera 2: Attack of Legion", and "Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris",   
   is born in Osaka. The daughter of Steven Seagal, she also played a waitress in   
   "Pyrokinesis".   
   	Episode 10 of "Sky Rider", "See! The Secret of Kaningajin", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1981: NOEL DRAYTON, who played the first Reuters news correspondent In "20   
   Million Miles to Earth", dies at 68 in Sedona, Ari.   
      
   1984: Episode 37 of "Space Sheriff Shaider", "The Roaring Beam Gun", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1985: Episode 45 of "Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman", "Aira: The    
   ainbow-Colored Girl", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1990: Episode 41 of "Earth Squadron Fiveman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1996: Episode 14 of "Ultraman Tiga", "The Released Targets", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1997: Episode 42 of "Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger", debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   2001: SHIGERU KOMATSUZAKI, who did production designs and storyboards for "The   
   Mysterians", "Battle in Outer Space", "Mothra", "The Last War", "Attack of the   
   Mushroom People", "Atragon", and "Dogora, the Space Monster", dies from heart   
   failure at 86.   
      
   2003: Episode 41 of "Blast Dragon Squadron Abaranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: Peter Jackson's "King Kong" premieres in Germany in Berlin.   
      
   2006: "J-Horror Theater Vol. 1: Infection" is released in Argentina.   
   	"The Grudge 2" is released in Hong Kong.   
      
   2008: Episode 42 of "Engine Squadron Go-onger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
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