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|    14 Feb 14 07:23:17    |
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   No year given: T.J. STORM, who played Doom Master on "V.R. Troopers", is born   
   in Indiana.    
      
   1896: WERNER R. HEYMANN, who composed stock music used in “It Came from   
   Beneath the Sea” and "20 Million Miles to Earth", is born in Koenigsburg,   
   Prussia.    
      
   1915: SHIGERU KOMATSUZAGI, who did production design and storyboards for "The   
   Mysterians", "Battle in Outer Space", "Mothra", "The Last
War", "Attack of   
   the Mushroom People", "Atragon", and "Dogora the
Space Monster", is born in   
   Tokyo. He later    
   became an acclaimed model
kit designer.    
      
   1916: MASAKI KOBAYASHI, who directed "Kwaidan", is born in Hokkaido. He also   
   directed the “Human Condition” trilogy and “Harakiri”.    
    JOSEPH O'CONOR, who played Professor Hendricks in "Gorgo", is born in Dublin,   
   Ireland.    
      
   1929: VIC MORROW, who played General Garuda in "Message from Space", is born   
   in New York City. The father of Jennifer Jason Leigh, he was on the TV series   
   "Combat!" and “Police Story”, and the films "The Blackboard Jungle",   
   “King Creole”, "Dirty    
   Mary Crazy Larry", "Treasure of Matecumbe", "The Bad News Bears", and   
   "Twilight Zone: The Movie".    
      
   1934: KAZUHIKO KISHINO is born. He played a physician in Episode 2   
   of
"Inazuman" and was in Episode 41 of "Solar Squadron Sunvulcan", and
was   
   the voice of many Sentai monsters from "Great Squadron Goggle V"
to "Special   
   Police Squadron Dekaranger";    
   of Kamen Rider 2 on "Kamen Rider”, Riderman on "Kamen Rider V3", "Kamen   
   Rider X", "Kamen Rider Amazon", and "Kamen Rider Super-1"; and Boiler Despar   
   in Episode 12 of "Inazuman Flash".    
      
   1941: BURR MIDDLETON, who providedl voices in "The Green Slime" and "Latitude   
   Zero", is born.   
      
   1942: YOICHI HAYASHI, who played an attendant in the "Hoichi the Earless"   
   segment of "Kwaidan", is born in Hyogo, Japan.   
    YOSHITAKA SAKAMOTO, cinematographer on "House" and “Azumi 2”, is   
   born in Nara, Japan.    
      
   1943: DAISAKU AKINO, who was in "Izo", is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1946: SHINOBU TSURUTA, who played the boss in “Kitaro”, is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1953: MIDORI EBINA, who played Keiko Yasuhara in "Tokyo Blackout", is born in   
   Tokyo. She was also in “The Funeral” and “Peesuke: Gatapishi   
   monogatari”.   
      
   1956: RUSS TAMBLYN, who played Dr. Paul Stewart in "War of the Gargantuas",   
   marries Venetia Stevenson.    
      
   1959: MATTHIAS HUES, who played the Guardian on “Power Rangers Lost   
   Galaxy” and a bounty hunter in "Dragon Wars", is born in Waltrop, Germany.   
   The great-grandson of opera composer Engelbert Humperdinck, his other films   
   include "No Retreat, No    
   Surrender 2: Raging Thunder","Big Top Pee-wee", "Dark Angel", "Star Trek VI:   
   The Undiscovered Country", "Age of Treason", "Finding Interest", and "Alone in   
   the
Woods".    
      
   1962: KIPP HAMILTON, the singer in "War of the Gargantuas", marries Dave   
   Geisel.   
      
   1967: TAKUJI SUZUKI, who was in “Ju-on: Old Lady in White”, is born   
   in
Shizuoka.    
      
   1968: Episode 46 of "Masked Ninja Red Shadow", "Monster Gagara versus Zabami",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1971: NORIKO SAKAI, who played Kyoko Harase in "Ju-on: The Grudge 2", is born   
   in Fukuoka.   
      
   1972: Episode 10 of "Mirrorman", "The Town Where Time Stopped", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: YUIKO MIURA, who wrote the screenplay for “Scary Lessons”, is born.   
      
   1976: Episode 40 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Crimson Vengeance Ogre! The   
   Pink Ranger of Hell", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1979: DORIAN HAREWOOD, who played Borg in "Solar Crisis", marries his wife,   
   Nancy.    
      
   1981: Episode 2 of "Solar Squadron Sunvulcan", "The Day When Mankind   
   Disappeared", debuts on Japanese TV.    
    RON PERLMAN, who played Hannibal Chau in “Pacific Rim”, marries Opal   
   Stone.   
      
   1987: "Sukeban Deka: The Movie" ("Female Juvenile Cop: The Movie") is   
   released
in Japan.    
    Episode 49 of “Super Nova Flashman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1988: Episode 19 of "Kamen Rider Black", "The Strangling Hell Trap", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1992: Episode 51, the final episode of "Birdman Squadron Jetman", "Open Your   
   Wings Birdman", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1994: Episode 45 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Crystal of   
   Nightmares", debuts on Fox.    
      
   1995: Episode 42 of Season 2 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "The Wedding:   
   Part 2", debuts on Fox.    
      
   1996: Episode 41 of Season 3 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Sowing the   
   Seeds of Evil", debuts on Fox.    
      
   1999: Episode 50, the final episode of "Star Beast Squadron Gingaman", "Legend   
   of Tomorrow", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   2002: "Gargantua" premieres in France.    
      
   2003: "Dark Water" is released in Spain.    
    "The Ring" is released in Austria.    
    Episode 5 of the “Sky High” series, “Room 503”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2004: "Power Rangers Dino Thunder" premieres on ABC Family with Episodes 1 and   
   2, "Day of the Dino, Parts 1 & 2".    
    "Zebraman" is released in Japan.    
    ROSA BLASI, who played Maria Kirk in "The Grudge", marries Jim Finn.    
    Episode 19 of “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon”, “Act 19”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: PAUL WILLIAMS, the voice of Freddy the Bomb in "Solar Crisis", marries   
   his third wife, Mariana.    
    Episode 6 of "Sh15uya" premieres on Japanese TV.   
      
   2008: "Cloverfield" is released in Hungary.    
      
   2009: Episode 6 of "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight", "Friend or Foe", debuts on the   
   CW Network.   
      
   2010: "Tenso sentai Goseija" ("Heavenly Armament Squadron Goseiger") debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2013: KOJIRO HONGO, who played Keisuke Hirata in "Gamera vs. Barugon", foreman   
   Shiro Tsutsumi in "Gamera vs. Gyaos", scout master Shimida in "Gamera vs.   
   Viras", Lord Juro in "Wrath of Daimajin", and Hyakasuro in "Yokai Monsters:   
   Along with Ghosts", dies    
   from heart failure at 74.   
      
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