From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1899: BERNHARD KAUN, orchestrator on the original "King Kong" and "Son of   
   Kong", is born. He died in 1980.   
      
   1926: ROGER CORMAN, producer and director of "Attack of the Crab Monsters", is   
   born in Detroit. The B-movie legend also made "Highway Dragnet", "Little Shop   
   of Horrors", "House of Usher", and "Frankenstein Unbound".   
      
   1941: MINORU TERADA, who played Denjou Koga in "Shinobi", is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1944: DAIJIRO HARADA, who played Takuya Sasaki in "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla   
   II", is born in Yamaguchi, Japan. He also appeared in "Fall Guy", "Shin Kamen   
   Rider" and "Izo", and could be heard in "Howl's Moving Castle".   
      
   1953: KEIKO HAN, the voice of Luna in the "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" anime   
   and tokusatsu franchise, is born in Tokyo. She was also the voice of Snowgel   
   on "Magic Squadron Magiranger".   
      
   1957: "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" is released in Italy.   
      
   1966: MANSAI NOMURA, who played Abe no Seimei in "Onmyoji" and "Onmyoji 2", is   
   born in Tokyo.   
      
   1967: "Kamen-no ninja Akakage" ("Masked Ninja Red Shadow") premieres on Fuji   
   TV with Episode 1, "Toad Priest Apparition".   
      
   1972: BRIAN DONLEVY, who played General Terry Arnold in the U.S. release of   
   "Gammera the Invincible", dies of throat cancer in Woodland Hills, Calif.   
      
   1973: "Robotto Keiji K" a.k.a. "Robot Detective" premieres on Japanese TV with   
   Episode 1, "BAD's Killer Salesmen".   
      
   1974: "Godzilla vs. the Thing" is released in West Germany.   
   	WILLIAM HUDSON, who played Dr. Paul Lindstrom in "The Amazing Colossal Man",   
   dies of Laennec's cirrhosis in Woodland Hills, Calif.   
      
   1975: "Himitsu sentai Goranger" ("Secret Task Force Goranger") premieres on   
   Japanese TV with Episode 1, "Deep-Red Sun! Invincible Five Rangers".   
   	"Kamen Raidaa Sutorangaa" ("Masked Rider Stronger") a.k.a. "Kamen Rider   
   Stronger" premieres on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "I Am Electric Human   
   Stronger".   
   	Episode 53, the final episode of "Ultraman Taro", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1980: Episode 10 of "Electronic Squadron Denziman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1981: HISASHI SAKAI, who played Ko Koshinsei the Fang Ranger on "Five Star   
   Squadron Dairanger", is born.   
      
   1986: Episode 6 of "Super Nova Flashman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1991: Episode 8 of "Birdman Squadron Jetman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2002: "Versus" premieres in Denmark at the NatFilm Festival.   
      
   2003: "Returner" premieres in Russia on video.   
   	"Alive" premieres in Denmark at the NatFilm Festival.   
      
   2007: FUYUKI MURAKAMI, who played Dr. Tanabe in "Godzilla, King of the   
   Monsters", dies at 95 from stomach cancer.   
   	The U.S. version of "Pulse" is released in Bosnia and Herzegovina.   
      
   2008: "Cloverfield" is released in Japan.   
   	CHARLTON HESTON, who played Admiral "Skeet" Kelso in "Solar Crisis", dies   
   from symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's disease in Beverly Hills, Calif.   
   	ALEXANDER GRASSHOFF, who co-directed "The Last Dinosaur", dies at 79 from   
   complications following leg surgery in Los Angeles.   
   	"Tomica Hero Rescue Force" premieres on Japanese TV.   
      
   2014: The first chapter of "The Next Generation: Patlabor" is released in   
   Japan.   
      
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   Reaper G   
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