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   Reaper G to All   
   5/13: Today in G-History   
   13 May 14 06:28:42   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1893: GEORGE J. TEAGUE, who did the technical effects on "The Giant Claw", is   
   born in Pomona, Calif. He died March, 1985, in Iola, Kan.    
      
   1904: CHISHU RYU, who was in "The Last War", is born in Kunamoto, Japan. He   
   played the priest in the "Tora-san" series, "The Funeral", and the   
   103-year-old man in "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams".    
      
   1914: SAMMY MENACKER, who played a strongman in "Mighty Joe Young", is born.    
      
   1921: TORU YURI, who was in "Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure", is born   
   in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan.   
      
   1940: RICHARD GANT, who played Adm. Phelps in "Godzilla", is born in Augusta,   
   Maine.    
      
   1956: KIRK THORNTON is born in Portland, Ore. He was the U.S. dubbing voice of   
   Kamo on "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis"; Mechanoid on "V.R. Troopers"; Professor   
   Longnose and Dramole on "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers"; Recyclotron on   
   Saban's "Masked Rider";    
   Nuklifier, Altor, and Silo on "Power Rangers Zeo"; Creeps on "Power Rangers   
   Turbo"; Powerdriller, Craterites, and Voltagehog on "Power Rangers in Space";   
   an alien, Samuron, and Brunt on "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy"; Spellbinder on   
   "Power Rangers    
   Lightspeed Rescue"; Hanpei Hattori on "Kikaider: The Animaton"; Angelcon on   
   "Power Rangers Time Force"; Motorcycle Org on "Power Rangers Wild Force"; and   
   Kojima on "Alive".    
      
   1957: KOJI SUZUKI, novelist whose books were adapted into "Ringu", "Rasen",   
   "Ringu 2", "Ringu: The Final Chapter", "The Ring Virus", "Ringu 0: Birthday",   
   "Dark Water", "The Ring", "The Ring Two", the U.S. version of "Dark Water",   
   "Sadako 3D", and "Sadako    
   2 3D", as well as the "Ringu" and "Rasen" TV series, is born in Hamamatsu,   
   Shizuoka, Japan. He also played Depato no Chichioya in "Rasen".   
      
   1962: FRANK JENKS, who played the truck driver in "The Amazing Colossal Man",   
   dies at 59 of cancer in Hollywood, Calif.   
   	     WAYNE ROSE, a director on "Power Rangers Ninja Storm", is born in   
   Canada.    
      
   1966: EIJI OKI, who played the morgue detective in "The Grudge", is born in   
   Nagasaki.    
      
   1971: MANDINE ROGNE, who did the sound effects on "The Black Scorpion", dies   
   in Van Nuys, Calif.    
      
   1972: Episode 59 of "Kamen Rider", "The Bottomless Swamp Demon Earthworm Man",   
   premieres on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 7 of "Vigilante Lion Maru" debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1973: BRIDGETT RILEY, who played a Putty Patroller on "Mighty Morphin Power   
   Rangers", is born in Oakville, MO. She is a former world kickboxing champion   
   and was Halle Berry's stunt double in "Catwoman".    
      
   1975: HARUHIKO KATO, who played Ryusuke Kawashima in "Pulse", is born in   
   Nagoya.    
      
   1978: KIMBERLY BECK, who appeared on "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero", marries   
   William Barron Hilton.    
      
   1979: DAVID ANSELMO, who played Donald in "The Host", is born in Sudbury, Ont.    
      
   1981: "Virus" is released in France.    
      
   1982: "Virus" is released in West Germany.    
      
   1985: KENNER V. KEMP, who played the cop with a rifle in "The Beast from   
   20,000 Fathoms" and a trooper in "Them!", dies in Los Angeles.    
      
   1987: MEI KUROKAWA, who played Misaki Tachibana on "Robotack" and was in   
   "Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost" and "Yakuza Weapon", is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1989: Episode 12 of "High Speed Squadron Turboranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1991: JAE-EUNG LEE, who played Se-jin in "The Host", is born in South Korea.   
      
   1997: Episode 12 of "Power Rangers Turbo", "Alarmed and Dangerous", debuts on   
   Fox.    
      
   2000: Episode 14 of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "Curse of the Cobra",   
   debuts on Fox.   
      
   2001: Episode 13 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   2003: Volume 3 of "Kikaida" is released on DVD in Hawaii.    
      
   2004: "Casshern" premieres in France at the Cannes Film Market.    
      
   2005: "The Ring Two" is released in Bulgaria.   
      
   2008: The U.S. version of "One Missed Call" is released on HD-DVD in the U.S.     
   	"Dragon Wars" is released in China.    
      
   2010: "Shock Labyrinth 3D" is released in Austria and Germany.   
      
   2012: Episode 35 of "Kamen Rider Fourze" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2014: "The Art of Japanese Monsters" by Sean Linkenback is published in the   
   U.S.   
      
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