From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1905: IZUMI HARA, who played Bataren Oyoshi on "Moonlight Mask" and the spider   
   woman in "The Magic Serpent", is born in Matsue, Shimane, Japan.    
      
   1918: RYO IKEBE is born in Tokyo. He played Xu Xian in "Madame White Snake",   
   Maj. Ichiro Katsumiya in "Battle in Outer Space", Dr. Tazawa in "Gorath", and   
   Professor Takigawa in "The War in Space". His other films includee "The   
   Moderns", "Early Spring",    
   and "Pale Flower".   
      
   1940: JURO KARA, who was on "Horror Theater Unbalance", is born in Tokyo. He   
   was also in "Violated Angels", "The Breath", and "Dr. Akagi".   
      
   1944: KOJI SHIMIZU, who played Great Doctor Lee Keflen on "Super Nova   
   Flashman" and Heihachiro Ikuma in the "Ringu" TV movie, is born in Kyoto.    
      
   1962: YUKI YASHIMA, who played Yellow Four on "Super Electron Bioman" and   
   Helen on "Space Sheriff Sharivan", is born.    
      
   1963: MICHAEL LEAHY, co-producer of the U.S. version of "Pulse", is born in   
   Chicago.    
      
   1967: YASUHIRO ISHIWATA, who played Bun/Blue Flash on "Super Nova Flashman",   
   is born.   
      
   1968: Episode 19 of "Ultra Seven", "Project Blue", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1969: JAMES LANPHIER, who played Col. Harvey in "The Deadly Mantis", dies of a   
   stroke in Los Angeles.    
   	TAKESHI OBATA, co-creator of the "Death Note" manga which became a popular   
   film and anime series, is born in Niigata City, Japan.    
      
   1972: Episode 44 of "Return of Ultraman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1974: YUKARI ISHIDA, who played Reiko Yoshi on "Ultraman Gaia", is born in   
   Tokyo.    
      
   1977: "The Last Dinosaur" premieres in the U.S. on ABC.    
      
   1980: MATTHEW LAWRENCE, who played Sam "Servo" Collins on "Superhuman Samurai   
   Syber-Squad", is born in Abington, Penn. The younger brother of Joey Lawrence,   
   he was also on "Boy Meets World" and "Brotherly Love".   
      
   1981: Episode 44 of "Ultraman 80", "Aggressive Showdown! 80 vs.Seven", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1982: TAKASHI SHIMURA, who played Dr. Kyohei Yamane in "Godzilla, King of the   
   Monsters" and "Godzilla Raids Again", dies from emphysema in Tokyo at 76.    
      
   1984: Episode 2 of "Super Electron Bioman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1985: HEINZ ROEMHELD, who composed stock music used in the U.S. version of   
   "King Kong vs. Godzilla", dies from pneumonia in Huntington Beach, Calif.    
      
   1988: "Sukeban Deka: Kazama-san shimai no gyakushu" ("Sukeban Deka:   
   Counter-attack from the Kazama Sisters") is released in Japan.    
      
   1989: Episode 48 of "Super Animal Squadron Liveman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1994: Episode 50, the final episode of "Five Star Squadron Dairanger", "Let's   
   Go!", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1995: Episode 40 of Season 2 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Rangers Back   
   in Time: Part 2", debuts on Fox.    
      
   2000: "Ju-on" ("The Curse") is released in Japan on video.         
   	"Uzumaki" ("Spiral") is released in Japan.    
      
   2001: Episode 3 of "Kamen Rider Den-O" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2002: "The Princess Blade" premieres in Germany at the Berlin International   
   Film Festival.    
      
   2005: "The Grudge" is released in Japan.         
   	AKIO OTSUKA, the voice of the anime "Ambassador Magma", marries Yoko Soumi.    
   	"Ju-on: The Grudge 2" is released in Sweden.   
      
   2006: Episode 33 of "Ultraman Max", "Welcome to Earth (Part One)", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.         
   	HASSEI TAKANO, who played Hayato Ichimonji/Masked Rider 2 in "Masked Rider:   
   The First" and "Kamen Rider the Next", and YUKARI ISHIDA, who played Reiko   
   Yoshi on "Ultraman Gaia", are married.    
   	DEL COURTNEY, who played Naval Asst. Sec. Robert David Chase in "It Came from   
   Beneath the Sea", dies at 95 in Honolulu.   
      
   2007: Episode 3 of "Kamen Rider Den-O", "Outlaw Momotaro", debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   2008: "Dragon Wars" premieres in Greece on DVD.    
      
   2009: "One Missed Call: Final" is released in the U.S. on DVD.    
      
   "I can take giant turtles and dinosaurs, but leeches... yuck!"    
      
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