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   Reaper G to All   
   3/11: Today in G-History   
   11 Mar 14 06:43:06   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1916: JOHN MAXWELL, who played Dr. Grant in "Them!", is born.    
      
   1917: RYOSAKU TAKAYAMA, monster suit designer on "Gammera the Invincible",   
   "Ultra Q", "Destroy All Planets", "Gamera vs. Guiron", "Gamera vs. Monster X",   
   and "Gamera vs. Zigra", is born.    
      
   1927: KAZUO KITAMURA, who played Taira no Tomomori in the "Hoichi the Earless"   
   segment of "Kwaidan", Ieyasu Tokugawa in "Shinobi ", and the Minister of   
   Justice in "Sinking of Japan", is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1929: YOSHIRO KITAHARA, who played Sakurai in "Gamera", Professor Amano in   
   "Gamera vs. Barugon", Dr. Aoki in "Gamera vs. Gaos", and Masao's father in   
   "Destroy All Planets", is born. He also appeared on "Kamen Rider", as Captain   
   Ichimura in Episode 18 of "   
   Kikaida", Professor Chujo in Episode 8 of "Kamen Rider X", and Professor   
   Takefuji in Episode 4 of "Secret Squadron Goranger", Professor Taro Kosaka on   
   "Kamen Rider Amazon", Captain Marui in "Space Ironmen: Kyodyne", and Commander   
   Nango on "Ultraman 80".    
      
   1938: TATSUO UMEMIYA, who played Wally a.k.a. "Prince of Space" and Shigeo in   
   "The Final War", is born in Harbin, China. He later became a top restauranteur   
   and was a challenger on "Iron Chef".    
      
   1957: YUKIO YAMAGATA, who played Ayanosuke Yajima on "Hundred Beast Squadron   
   Gaoranger", is born in Fukuoka. He was also the voice of Hades Org in "Hundred   
   Beast Squadron Gaoranger: Fire Mountain Roars".    
      
   1959: ICHIRO ITANO, CGI motion director on "Ultraman Nexus" and special   
   effects supervisor on "Ultraman Mebius and Ultra Brothers", is born in   
   Kanagawa, Japan.    
      
   1965: "Atragon" is released in the U.S.    
      
   1967: JOSEPH FORTE, who played Putnam the coroner in "Them!", dies of a heart   
   attack in Hollywood.    
      
   1968: TAKAO OSAWA, who played the samurai in "Aragami" and Tatsuya Kudo in   
   "Sky High", is born in Tokyo.    
   	Episode 23 of "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot", "Dr. Eingali: Master of   
   Evil", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1972: Episode 50 of "Kamen Rider", "Demon Kamestone's Murderous Aurora   
   Program", debuts on Japanese TV.         
   	UA, who played manager Kobori in "Big Man Japan", is born in Osaka.    
   	Episode 61 of "Spectreman", "The Terrifying Monster Show", debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   1974: JUDD HOLDREN, who played Robert Allen in "The Amazing Colossal Man",   
   commits suicide at 58 in Los Angeles.   
   	 "Latitude Zero" premieres in Spain in Madrid.   
      
   1978: CHRISTOPHER KHAYMAN LEE, who played Andros the Red Space Power Ranger on   
   "Power Rangers in Space", "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy", and "Power Rangers Wild   
   Force", is born in Miami. He was also on "Safe Harbor".   
      
   1980: YUNOSUKE ITO, who was in "Evil of Dracula", dies.    
      
   1989: Episode 3 of "High Speed Squadron Turboranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1994: KAKU TAKASHINA, who was in "Lake of Dracula", dies at 75 of a heart   
   attack.    
      
   2000: Episode 125 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Lizard Season", debuts on   
   Fox.        
   	"Ultraman Tiga -- The Final Odyssey" is released in Japan.         
   	Episode 5 of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "A Matter of Trust", debuts   
   on Fox.    
      
   2001: The restored version of "King Kong" is released in France.    
   	Episode 4 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 7 of "Kamen Rider Agito" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: "Shikoku" premieres in Indonesia on TV.    
      
   2006: Episode 37 of "Ultraman Max", "The Constellation Thief", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   2007: Episode 4 of "Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger" debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   2008: "Devilman" is released in the U.S. on DVD.         
   	AKEMI NEGISHI, who played the native dancing girl in "King Kong vs.   
   Godzilla", dies of cancer in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.   
      
   2012: Episode 26 of "Kamen Rider Fourze" debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 3 of "Special Ops Squadro Go-Busters" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2013: GORO NAYA, who dubbed Nick Adams in "Frankenstein Conquers the World"   
   and was the voice of the Great Leader on the "Kamen Rider" franchise, dies at   
   83 from respiratory failure in Chiba, Japan.   
      
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