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   1910: AKIRA KUROSAWA, director of "Sanshiro Sugata", "Drunken Angel", "Stray   
   Dog", "Rashomon", "Ikiru", "Seven Samurai", "The Lower Depths", "Throne of   
   Blood", "The Hidden Fortress", "The Bad Sleep Well", "Yojimbo", "Sanjuro",   
   "Red Beard", "Dodes'ka-den",   
    "Dersu Uzala", "Ran", "Rhapsody in August", and "Madadayo", is born in Tokyo.   
   While Japan's most famous director had no direct involvement in kaiju eiga, he   
   was a fan of Godzilla, was a good friend of Ishiro Honda (who served as   
   assistant director on    
   Kurosawa’s early and later films), and many cast and crew (actors Takashi   
   Shimura and Yoshio Tsuchiya, composer Masaru Sato) worked in both kinds of   
   films.    
      
   1917: KENNETH TOBEY, who played Colonel Jack Evans in "The Beast from 20,000   
   Fathoms" and Pete Mathews in "It Came from Beneath the Sea", is born in   
   Oakland, Calif. He starred on the TV series "Whirlybirds".    
      
   1925: KENJI USHIO, who played Ambassador Hell on "Kamen Rider" and "Kamen   
   Rider vs. Ambassador Hell", Green Sponge's human form on "Kikaida", Saburobee   
   Fukuro/Thunder-Stealth Captor 1 on "Ninja Captor", Ambassador Darkness on   
   "Kamen Rider 10's Birth!    
   Riders Unite", and Doctor Q on "Brother Fist Bycrosser", is born. He was also   
   on "Devil Boy" and "Transforming Ninja Arashi", and died at 72 in 1998.   
      
   1929: HIROSHI INUZUKA, who was in "Don't Call Me a Con Man" and "Daigoro vs.   
   Goliath", is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1952: MIYUKI KOJIMA, who was on "Sukeban Deka", is born.   
      
   1954: HIDEYUKI HORI, narrator on "Future Squadron Timeranger" and the voice of   
   Kamerock on "Robotack"; Zuban on the "Rumbling Squadron Boukenger" franchise,   
   and Baseball Mask and Black Cross King on "Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super   
   Hero War", is born    
   in Tokyo. He could also be heard on "Armored Fleet Dairugger XV", "Knights of   
   the Zodiac", and "Perfect Blue".   
      
   1956: "Tarantula" is released in West Germany.    
      
   1958: MICHAEL SORICH is born in Burbank, Calif. He played Woody Stocker on   
   "V.R. Troopers" and was the voice of Squatt and Crabby Cabbie on "Mighty   
   Morphin' Power Rangers", Double Face on Saban's "Masked Rider", Cog Changer on   
   "Power Rangers Zeo", Mums    
   and Grenade Guy on "Big Bad Beetleborgs", Shrinkasect on "Power Rangers   
   Turbo", Crocotoxes on "Power Rangers in Space", Triskull and Gatekeeper   
   on
"Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", Brickneck on "Power Rangers Time   
   Force", and Retinax on "Power Rangers    
   Wild Force", and was a dubber on
"Cutie Honey".    
      
   1969: ROY LEE, producer or executive producer of "The Ring", "The Grudge",   
   the
U.S. version of "Dark Water", "The Ring Two", "The Grudge 2",   
   “The
Grudge 3”, and Legendary Pictures’ “Godzilla”, is born in New   
   York City.    
      
   1973: Episode 25 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "In the Morning Sun, the   
   Witch Disappeared", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: Episode 6 of "Kamen Rider X", "The Japanese Islands -- Fragmentation   
   Tactics", debuts on Japanese TV. 
   
   	Episode 45 of "Kikaida 01", "Samurai Waruda Dies at Dawn", debuts 
on   
   Japanese TV. 
        
   	AYUMI ASO, who played Nijo Juri a.k.a. Ohyellow on "Superpower Squadron   
   Ohranger", "Superpower Squadron Ohranger vs. Kakuranger" and 
"Highspeed   
   Squadron Carranger vs. Ohranger", is born in Saitama.    
      
   1979: KYU NOBUO, who played Isshu Kasumi/Kuwagata Raijar on the “Stealth   
   Wind Squadron Hurricanger” franchise, is born in Himeji, Hyogo, Japan.   
      
   1975: Episode 25 of "Army of the Apes", "Is the Computer Greater Than the   
   Human?", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1976: Episode 25 of "Akumaizer 3", "Why!? Gabura's Transformation into
a   
   Bird", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1977: Episode 8 of "Vigilante Zubat", "The Tearful Propane Explosion", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1985: ASAO KOIKE, who played Koizumi Yukinaga in "G.I. Samurai", dies.    
   	Episode 8 of "Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1987: Episode 2 of "Super Manchine Metalder", "I Am the Universe", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1991: SUSUMU FUJITA, who played military leaders in "The Mysterians",   
   "Atragon", "Godzilla vs. the Thing", "Dogora”, and "Frankenstein Conquers   
   the World", dies of liver cancer in Tokyo.    
      
   2000: HONOKA ASADA, who played the girl in “Death Trance”, is born in   
   Tokyo.   
      
   2003: HIDEYO (EISEI) AMAMOTO, who played Princess Salno's servant in "Ghidrah   
   -- the Three-Headed Monster", Dr. Who in "King Kong Escapes", Shinpei the   
   toymaker in "Godzilla’s Revenge", and Iseyama the prophet in "Godzilla,   
   Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant    
   Monsters All-Out Attack", dies at 77 of acute pneumonia in Fukuoka.    
   	“Attack from Space” is released on DVD in the U.S. by Alpha
Video.    
   	Episode 6 of “Blast Dragon Squadron Abaranger” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2004: “Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla” and "Ultraman Tiga: Fugitive from   
   Beyond" are released on DVD in the U.S.     
   	Volume 7 of "Kikaida" is released on DVD in Hawaii.    
      
   2005: "Ringu" is released in Hungary on DVD. 
        
   	"Casshern" premieres in Belgium at the Brussels International Festival of   
   Fantasy Films.    
   	“The Ring Two” is released in Israel.   
      
   2006: "Godzilla: Final Wars" is released in Poland on DVD.    
      
   2008: Episode 6 of “Engine Squadron Go-onger” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
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