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   Reaper G to All   
   3/24: Today in G-History   
   24 Mar 14 08:04:14   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1894: RALPH HAMMERAS, who did visual special effects on “The Black   
   Scorpion” and "The Giant Claw", is born in Minneapolis.    
      
   1906: CLIFFORD STINE, special effects cameraman on the original "King
Kong"   
   and "Son of Kong", and special photographer on "Tarantula" and
"The Deadly   
   Mantis", is born in California.    
      
   1911: JOSEPH BARBERA, executive producer of "The Godzilla Power Hour" and   
   “Ultraman: The Adventure Begins”, is born in New York City. He and partner   
   William Hanna began their careers at MGM creating Tom & Jerry before founding   
   a cartoon empire,    
   including "Huckleberry Hound", "Yogi Bear", "The Flintstones", "The Jetsons",   
   "The Adventures of Johnny Quest", "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?", and "The   
   Smurfs".    
      
   1952: NICHOLAS CAMPBELL, who played the Palmer Station radio operator in   
   "Virus", is born in Toronto.    
      
   1956: ABRAM “BUTCH” KAPLAN, Los Angeles line producer on the U.S. version   
   of “One Missed Call”, is born in New York City.    
      
   1968: KEIICHI WADA, who played Ryo the RyuRanger on "Five Star Squadron   
   Dairanger", “Pirate Squadron Gokaiger”, and “Gokaiger Goseiger Super   
   Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle”, and Jiku/Sieg Sector on "Rescue Squadron Go   
   Go Five" and "Rescue Squadron    
   Go Go V: Sudden Shock! A New Warrior", is born.   
   	Episode 25 of "Ultra Seven", "Showdown at 140 Degrees Below Zero", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1969: KIRK GEIGER, who played an Apache pilot in "Godzilla", is born
in   
   Rochester, N.Y.    
      
   1972: Episode 50 of “Return of Ultraman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: Episode 6 of "Kamen Rider V3", "Enter, Hammer-Jellyfish! V3, Unleash   
   Your Killing Technique!!", debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 37 of "Kikaida", "Hakaida: Jiro's Formidable Younger
Brother",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.       
   	Episode 52 of "Vigilante Lion Maru" debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: Episode 26, the final episode of "Warrior of Light: Diamond
Eye",   
   "King Cobra’s Last Big Battle", debuts on Japanese TV.    
        SHINICHI HATORI, who played the anchorman in "20th Century Boys
2: The   
   Last Hope", is born in Saitama, Japan.    
      
   1979: Episode 8 of "Battle Fever J", "The Secret of the Steel-Ar   
   ed
Pitcher", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1980: ALISON MACINNIS, who played Dana Mitchell the Pink Lightspeed Power   
   Ranger on "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue" and "Power Rangers Time Force", is   
   born.    
      
   1982: JAMES NAPIER, who played Connor McKnight a.k.a. the Red Dino Thunder   
   Ranger on "Power Rangers Dino Thunder", is born in Wellington, New Zealand. He   
   also appeared as Eric on "Power Rangers Ninja Storm".   
   	ERIKO HATSUNE, who played Kirie Goshima in “Uzumaki” and Kana Sakurai in   
   "Long Dream", is born in Tokyo. She was also in “Norwegian Wood” and   
   “Emperor”.   
      
   1984: Episode 8 of "Super Electron Bioman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1985: HARUKA AYASE, who played Nohime in "Samurai Commando Mission 1549" and   
   Atsumi in “Real”, is born in Hiroshima. She also starred in “Ichi” and   
   “Akko-chan: The Movie”.   
      
   1995: Episode 4 of "Superpower Squadron Ohranger", "Grotesque!! Iron
Man   
   Papa", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   2002: Episode 6 of "Ninja Squadron Hurricanger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2003: "Uzumaki" is released on Region 2 DVD.    
      
   2004: UTAKU MITSUYA, who played Kaoru Yamanaka in the Starman films and   
   Yukiko/Sachiko in "Jigoku", dies at 67 from interstitial pneumonia in   
   Tokyo.        
   	“Dragon Head” premieres in Belgium at the Brussels International Festival   
   of Fantasy Films.    
      
   2005: “The Ring Two” is released in Australia and Peru.   
      
   2006: Episode 24 of "Garo the Fanged Wolf" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2007: CARL WEATHERS, who played Eric in "The Bermuda Depths", marries Jennifer   
   Peterson.    
      
   2008: "One Missed Call" premieres in the U.K. on DVD.         
   	Episode 7 of "Power Rangers Jungle Fury", "Pizza Slice of Life", debuts on   
   U.S. TV.   
      
   2011: "Space Battleship Yamato" is released in Singapore.   
      
   2012: “Ultraman Saga” and “Trollhunter” are released in Japan.   
      
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