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   1888: SELMER JACKSON, who played the judge in "Mighty Joe Young", is born in   
   Lake Mills, Iowa.    
      
   1902: UREO EGAWA, who played Dr. Ichinotani on “Ultra Q”, is born in   
   Yokohama. He was also in “Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth”, “Woman of   
   Tokyo”, and “Japanese Girls at the Harbor”.   
      
   1911: ISHIRO HONDA, who directed "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" (and   
   provided the hand that threw the power switch), is born in Yamagata   
   Prefecture, Japan. He followed his landmark film with "Half-Human: The Story   
   of the Abominable Snowman", "Rodan", "   
   The Mysterians", "The H-Man", "Varan the Unbelievable", "Battle in Outer   
   Space", "The Human Vapor", "Mothra", "Gorath", "King Kong vs. Godzilla",   
   "Atragon", "Attack of the Mushroom People", "Godzilla vs. the Thing", "Dagora   
   the Space Monster", "Ghidrah --   
    the Three-Headed Monster", "Frankenstein Conquers the World", "Godzilla vs.   
   Monster Zero", "War of the Gargantuas", "King Kong Escapes", "Destroy All   
   Monsters", "Latitude Zero", "Godzilla’s Revenge", "Yog -- Monster from   
   Space", and "Terror of    
   Mechagodzilla", sometimes doing writing and effects duties on these films, as   
   well as the TV series “Return of Ultraman”, “Mirrorman”, “Warrior of   
   Love Rainbowman”, “Fireman”, “Zone Fighter”, and “Emergency   
   Command 10-4 10-10”. A    
   longtime friend of Akira Kurosawa, he was an assistant director on "Stray   
   Dog", "Kagemusha", "Ran", "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams", "Rhapsody
in August",   
   and "Madadayo", and his own non-sci-fi films include "The Story of a   
   Collaborative Union", "The Legend    
   of Ise-Shima", "The Blue
Pearl", "The Man Who Came to Port", "Eagle of the   
   Pacific", and "Farewell, Rabaul".    
      
   1933: NOBUO TSUKAMOTO, who played Captain Katsuichiro Kato on "Return of   
   Ultraman", and Jiro Tanihara on "Sky Rider", "Kamen Rider Super-1" and "Kamen   
   Rider Super-1: The Movie", is born.    
      
   1941: KINICHI HAGIMOTO, who played Keima Sakamoto in “Konto 55: Grand Outer   
   Space Adventure”, is born in Tokyo. He was also in “Konto 55: to Miko no   
   zettai zetsumei” and “The Bad News Bears Go to Japan”.   
      
   1947: TAKESHI SASAKI, who played Hayato Ichimonji a.k.a. Kamen Rider 2 on   
   "Kamen Rider", "Kamen Rider vs. Shocker", "Kamen Rider V3", "Kamen Rider V3   
   vs. Destron", "Kamen Rider X", "Kamen Rider Stronger", "5 Kamen Riders vs.   
   King Dark", "Kamen Rider: All    
   Back Again! 7 Riders", and "Sky Rider", is born in Shibata, Niigata, Japan. He   
   also played Ground-Zel on "Space Ironmen Kyodyne" and was the voice of Blay   
   Rouzer on “Kamen Rider vs. Super Sentai: Super Hero War”.    
      
   1950: STEVE CLEMENTE, who played the native Witch King in "King Kong" and "Son   
   of Kong", dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Los Angeles.    
      
   1960: RUSS TAMBLYN, who played Dr. Paul Stewart in "War of the Gargantuas",   
   marries Sheila Elizabeth Kempton.    
      
   1965: TAKAYA KAMIKAWA, who was in “Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys” and   
   "Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean", is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1969: CHRISTINE M. AUTEN is born. She was the U.S. dubbing voice of Asakura   
   Mito in "Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys" and did several voices on the "Dark Water"   
   dub.    
      
   1971: Episode 6 of “Return of Ultraman”, “Battle! Monsters vs. MAT”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1972: Episode 6 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 22 of "Mirrorman", "Death Duel with King Wandar: The Moon Monster",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: Episode 6 of "Zone Fighter", "King Ghidorah Counterattack!", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: Episode 5 of "Inazuman Flash", "DES Missile, Great Mid-Air Battle",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.         
   	KEI MIZUTANI, who played Shelinda on "Star Beast Squadron Gingaman" and "Star   
   Beast Squadron Gingaman vs. Megaranger", is born
in Aomori Prefecture,   
   Japan. She also played Saki on “Squadron Jetman” and was in "Owls'   
   Castle".    
      
   1977: MEL BERNS, makeup supervisor on the original "King Kong", "Son of Kong",   
   and "Mighty Joe Young", dies in Hollywood.     
   	Episode 6 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad", "Nine Pokers!! The Beautiful Woman's   
   Trap", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1979: "Megaroman, Hono o-no senshi" ("Megaloman, Warrior of Fire"), premieres   
   on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "The Fiery Superman Strikes!"    
      
   1980: "Gamera, Super Monster" is released in the U.S.    
      
   1983: Episode 14 of "Science Squadron Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1984: MIYUKE KANBE, who played Hinaka Tachibana on the "Kamen Rider Hibiki" TV   
   series and movie, is born in Kanagawa, Japan. She was also in "Battle Royale   
   II".    
      
   1988: Episode 11 of "Super Animal Squadron Liveman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1989: Episode 27 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "Huge Counterattack! The Prince of   
   Shadows", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1993: Episode 11 of "Five Star Squadron Dairanger", "A Magnet Gauss!", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1995: PHILLIP J. ROTH, who co-produced “The Grudge 3”, marries his second   
   wife, Lizzy Weintraub.    
      
   1997: Episode 8 of “Power Rangers Turbo”, “Bicycle Built for the   
   Blues”, debuts on Fox.    
      
   2000: Episode 15 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Armor", debuts on Japanese TV.       
   	Episode 13 of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "Ryan's Destiny", debuts on   
   Fox.   
   	Episode 13 of "Future Squadron Timeranger" debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   2004: “Gojira”, the subtitled original movie, is released in the U.S. and   
   is the top grossing film per theater that weekend.    
      
   2005: Episode 14 of "Power Rangers S.P.D.", "Wired: Part 1", debuts on U.S.   
   TV.    
      
   2006: MACHIKO SOGA, who played Bandora on "Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger" (Rita   
   Repulsa on “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers”) and Majijiel on "Magic   
   Squadron Magiranger" (Mystic Mother on "Power Rangers Mystic Force"), dies   
   from pancreatic cancer at 68    
   in Tokyo.   
   	Episode 3 of "Bio Planet Woo" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2010: Episode 6 of "Daimajin Kanon", "Added Warmth", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2011: "Yakuza Weapon" premieres in the U.K. at the Terracotta Far East Film   
   Festival.   
   	Episode 1.12 of "Power Rangers Samurai", "Room for One More", debuts on   
   Nickelodeon.   
      
   2013: RAY HARRYHAUSEN, who did the special effects on "Mighty Joe Young", "The   
   Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", "It Came from Beneath the Sea", and "20 Million   
   Miles to Earth", dies at 92 in London.   
      
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