From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1888: WILLIAM CODY, assistant director on "Son of Kong", is born in Wisconsin.    
      
   1917: SHIRO AMAKUSA, who played Raita Sakimori on "Zone Fighter", is born in   
   Kumamoto City, Japan.    
      
   1937: KAZUO SUZUKI, who played thugs in many Toho sci-fi films, is born in   
   Tokyo. The Peter Lorre-esque actor was a man in the nightclub in "The   
   Invisible Man", the showoff assassin in "Ghidrah -- the Three-Headed Monster",   
   a Planet X spy in "Godzilla vs.   
    Monster Zero", an escaping slave in "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster", a Who   
   henchman in "King Kong Escapes", a pilot in "Son of Godzilla", a Kilaak   
   henchman in "Destroy All Monsters", Okuda the short bank robber in "Godzilla's   
   Revenge", and the alien    
   in the trenchcoat in "Terror of Mechagodzilla", and was in “King Kong vs.   
   Godzilla” and “Ultra Q”. He was also in Episode 2 of "Ultra Q", Episodes   
   11 & 37 of "Ultraman", Episodes 2 & 11 of "Ultra Seven", Angel Killer in   
   Episodes 23 & 24 of "Super    
   Robot: Red Baron", and Dr. Ghost on "Kamen Rider Super-1".    
   	PETER LOONEY, who played Billy in “Zarkorr! The Invader”, is born in   
   Caldwell, Idaho.   
      
   1945: KUSAKO TACHIBANA, who played Mrs. Kagi on Episode 18 of "Return of   
   Ultraman" and Magumi's stepmother on Episode 14 of "Kikaida 01", is born.    
      
   1947: TAKESHI KITANO a.k.a. BEAT TAKESHI, who played Kitano the teacher in   
   "Battle Royale" and "Battle Royale 2", the Prime Minister in "Izo", and Take   
   Majin in "Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit", is born in Tokyo. The   
   actor/writer/director's    
   other films include "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", "Sonatine", "Boiling   
   Point", "A Scene at the Sea", "Getting Any?", "Johnny Mnemonic", "Kids   
   Return", "Fireworks", "Tokyo Eyes", "Kikujiro", "Taboo", "Brother",   
   "Zatoichi", and "Takeshi's", and hosted    
   the game show "Takeshi's Castle" (a.k.a. "Most Extreme Elimination   
   Challenge").    
      
   1954: LISA KOMAKI, who played Peggy Matsuyama the Pink Ranger on "Secret Task   
   Force Goranger", "Goranger: Fire Mountain's Final Explosion", and "JAKQ   
   Blitzkrieg Squad vs. Goranger" and was the voice of Miss America on "Battle   
   Fever J", is born.    
      
   1956: YU MIZUSHIMA, the voice of Elehung Hinpo on "Beast Fist Squadron   
   Gekiranger" and Aigaron on the "Electrobeast Squadron Kyoryuger" franchise, is   
   born in Tokyo. He could also be heard on "Angel", "Voltron", and "Magical   
   Angel Creamy Mami", and is the    
   Japanese dubbing voice of Sammo Hung.   
      
   1961: TAKASHIGE ICHISE, producer of "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis", "Ringu",   
   "Rasen", "Ringu 2", "Ringu 0", "Ju-on", "Ju-on 2", "The Princess Blade", "Dark   
   Water" (which he also co-wrote), "Ju-on: The Grudge", "Ju-on: The Grudge 2",   
   "The Grudge", "   
   Reincarnation", "The Grudge 2", "The
Grudge 3", "Ju-on: Old Lady in White",   
   “Ju-on: Girl in Black”, and “Ghost: In Your Arms Again”, is
born in   
   Kobe.    
      
   1963: MASARU MATSUDA, who was in "Lady Battle Cop" and played ZAC Officer   
   Daisuke Yazawa on "Cybercop" and Dahran in "Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey",   
   is born in Tokyo.         
   	HAIRI KATAGIRI, who played Gold Claw in "Cutie Honey", is born.    
      
   1969: JIKO ENOKIDA, who played Yoko Katagiri on "Mobile Sheriff Jiban", is   
   born.   
      
   1973: SHINOBU NAKAYAMA, who played ornithologist Mayumi Naganime in "Gamera   
   the Guardian of the Universe" and "Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris", is born. She   
   also played Yuri Katagiri in "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II".    
      
   1974: Episode 16 of "Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light", "Secret Technique!!   
   Lightning of Ware Atama", debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	YOSIYOSI ARAKAWA, who played Makoto Sugawara in “Battle League Horumo”,   
   is born in Saga, Japan.   
      
   1975: Episode 14 of "Kamen Rider Amazon", "The Fiend with Ten Masks, Finished!   
   And Then, a New Enemy!?", debuts on Japanese TV.       
   	MICHIKO ENOKIDA, who played Yoko Katagiri on "Space Sheriff Jiban", is born   
   in Tokyo.       
   	ATSUKO SHIMOMURA, who was on "Vanny Knights" and "Hundred Beast Squadron   
   Gaoranger", is born in Shizuoka, Japan.    
      
   1976: FRIEDRICH HOLLAENDER, who composed stock music used in “20 Million   
   Miles to Earth”, dies at 79 in Munich.   
      
   1977: Episode 27 of "Super-God Bibyuun", "Tsukimura Turns into Noberabo? You   
   Got It Benijaku", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1980: Episode 16 of "Sky Rider", "Immortal Gokiburijin -- G Monster's True   
   Form?", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1982: CORRYN CUMMINS, who played the crying girl in the U.S. version of   
   "Pulse", is born in Chicago.    
      
   1986: Episode 50 of "Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1988: JOSEPH GERSHENSON, music supervisor for "Tarantula", "The Deadly   
   Mantis", and the U.S. release of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", dies in Woodland   
   Hills, Calif.         
   	Episode 47 of "Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger", "Terrifying Hineler   
   City", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1998: An article on "Godzilla" in the "Los Angeles Times" includes this   
   tidbit:     
   	"To fully background himself in the character, [Roland Emmerich] watched 14   
   or 15 of the Toho Godzilla movies on laser disc. 'Then I gave up. It's just   
   the same movie over and over again. They always had another monster in it, and   
   I never get anything    
   out of two monsters fighting.... For reasons I can’t explain myself, kids   
   all over the world kept watching these movies....'"    
      
   2004: Episode 46 of "Blast Dragon Squadron Abaranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: "The Grudge" is released in Lithuania.   
      
   2006: The 2005 remake of "King Kong" is released in Egypt.    
      
   2007: "The Grudge 2" is released in Hungary.         
   	"Ghost Train" is released in Singapore.    
      
   2008: "Cloverfield" is released in the U.S. and Canada.   
      
   2009: Episode 47 of “Engine Squadron Go-onger” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2014: “Bilocation” and “Juden sentai Kyoryuja tai Gobasutazu: Kyoryu   
   Daikessen! Sarabe Eien no Tomo yo” (“Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Dinosaur   
   Great Battle! Farewell, Eternal Friends”) are released in Japan.   
      
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