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   Reaper G to All   
   1/20: Today in G-History   
   20 Jan 14 07:23:06   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1893: JIMMY SPEAK, sound recordist on "Son of Kong", is born in Missouri.   
      
   1895: ROSCOE ATES, who played a press photographer in the original "King   
   Kong", is born in Grange, Miss.   
      
   1903: MARTY MOSS, assistant director and production supervisor on "Earth vs.   
   the Spider", is born.   
      
   1907: CARLOTTA MONTI, who played a girl in "King King", is born. She was the   
   live-in love of comedian W.C. Fields and wrote the book "W.C. and Me".   
      
   1916: ALEX NICOL, who played Colonel Davis in "Ape", is born in Ossining, N.Y.   
   He was also in "The Sleeping City", "Tomahawk", "Target Unknown", "Air Cadet",   
   "Red Ball Express", "The Redhead from Wyoming", "Lone Hand", "Law and Order",   
   "Dawn at Socorro",    
   "The Black Glove", "The Man from Laramie", "Strategic Air Command", "The   
   Screaming Skull" (which he also directed), and "5 Branded Women".   
      
   1920: JERRY RIGGIO, who had a minor role in "20 Million Miles to Earth", is   
   born in Italy.   
      
   1923: RENTARO MIKUNI, who played the husband in the "Black Hair" segment of   
   "Kwaidan", is born in Gunma, Japan. He was also in "Mount Hakkoda".   
      
   1936: TOSHIAKI NISHIZAWA, who played Secretary Kubota in "Godzilla on Monster   
   Island", is born in Hokkaido. He also played Professor/Commander Qom on "Space   
   Sheriff Gavan", "Space Sheriff Sharivan", "Space Sheriff Shaider", and "Space   
   Sheriff Gavan: The    
   Movie", and appeared on “Operation: Mystery”.   
      
   1950: "Mighty Joe Young" is released in Finland.   
      
   1960: EDDIE PARKER, who was a stuntman on "Mighty Joe Young" and played Paul   
   Lund and Eddie Jacobs in "Tarantula", dies from a heart attack in Sherman   
   Oaks, Calif.   
      
   1963: "Reptilicus" premieres in the U.S. in Bismarck, N.D.   
      
   1964: KAHO MINAMI, who played SDF Intelligence Captain Kumi Emori in   
   "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", the head   
   nurse in "J-Horror Theater Vol. 1: Infection", and Yoko Ino in "The Great   
   Yokai War", is born in Hyogo, Japan.    
   The wife of Ken Watanabe, she was also in "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis".   
      
   1965: GREG LOSKORN, scoring technician on the U.S. version of "Dark Water", is   
   born in Arcadia, Calif.   
      
   1973: "The Films of Eiji Tsuburaya", written by Hajime Tsuburaya, is   
   published.        
   	Episode 39 of "Kikaida", "Red Devil Stinger: Making Little Boys Cry", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 95 of "Kamen Rider", "The Sky Flying Car of the Demon Karokkes",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1976: Episode 16 of "Akumaizer 3: Why!? Secret of the Red Umbrella", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1977: AKIRA KUBODERA, who played Kunzite on "Pretty Guaridan Sailor Moon" and   
   “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Special Act” and Kuroi on “Pretty Guardian   
   Sailor Moon: Act Zero”, is born in Japan   
   	The Dino Di Laurentiis remake of "King Kong" is released in Hong Kong.   
      
   1988: COURTNEY WEBB, who played the sick girl in "The Grudge", is born in   
   London.   
      
   1992: LLOYD RICHARDS, unit production manager on "Mighty Joe Young", dies in   
   Dyfed, Wales.   
   	"Special Rescue Command Solbrain" premieres on Japanese TV.   
      
   1995: NOBUO KANEKO, who played Dojin Hiki in "The Magic Serpent" and Home   
   Affairs Minister Isomura in "Godzilla 1985", dies at 71 of blood poisoning.   
      
   1996: WALTER MANLEY, stateside producer of the Starman films, "Prince of   
   Space", "Terror Beneath the Sea", and "The Green Slime", dies at 77 of an   
   asthma attack in New York City.   
      
   2001: "Reptilian" is rereleased in an extended version in South Korea as   
   "Yongary 2001".   
   	"Avalon" is released in Japan.   
      
   2002: Episode 50 of "Kamen Rider Agito" debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 48 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2004: "Gamera vs. Monster X" and "Monster from a Prehistoric Planet" are   
   released as a double feature on DVD in the U.S.   
      
   2006: Episode 15 of "Garo the Fanged Wolf" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2008: Episode 46 of "Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger", "Gawa-gawa! No kioku",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2009: The 2005 remake of "King Kong" is released on Blu-Ray in the U.S.   
      
   2011: “Gantz” has its world premiere in a limited screening in the U.S. Stars   
   Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama attend a special screening for the   
   occasion in Hollywood.   
   	"Monsters" is released in Singapore.   
      
   2013: Episode 47 of "Special Ops Squadron Go-Busters" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
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