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   Reaper G to All   
   5/14: Today in G-History   
   14 May 14 06:42:27   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1906: JAMES FLAVIN, who played Second Mate Briggs in the original "King Kong"   
   and Schultz in "Mighty Joe Young", is born in Portland, Maine. He was also in   
   "The Airmail Mystery" and played President Eisenhower in "Francis Gary Powers:   
   The True Story of    
   the U-2 Spy Incident".    
      
   1915: JACK WATSON, who played Supt. Brown in "Konga", is born in Thorney,   
   Cambridgeshire, England.    
      
   1921: RICHARD DEACON, who played a reporter at the L.A. news conference in   
   "Them!", is born in Philadelphia. He is best remembered as Mel Cooley on "The   
   Dick Van Dyke Show".    
      
   1932: KENJI SAHARA is born in Kawasaki City, Japan. He appeared in a record   
   thirteen Godzilla movies: An unbilled extra (as both a journalist and a ship   
   passenger) in "Gojira", wire inventor Kazuo Fujita in "King Kong vs.   
   Godzilla", the ruthless Jiro    
   Torahata in "Godzilla vs. the Thing", Editor Kanamaki in "Ghidrah -- the   
   Three-Headed Monster", Morio in "Son of Godzilla", Commander Nishikawa in   
   "Destroy All Monsters", Ichiro's father Kenichi in "Godzilla's Revenge", the   
   captain of the Coral Queen in "   
   Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster", Commander Segawa in "Terror of   
   Mechagodzilla", the Prime Minister in "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah", G-Force   
   Chief Takayuki Segawa in "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II" and "Godzilla vs.   
   Space Godzilla", and paleontologist    
   Hachiro Jinguji in "Godzilla: Final Wars". His other film and TV appearances   
   include leading man Shigeru Kawamura in "Rodan", scientist Joji Atsumi in "The   
   Mysterians", Dr. Masada in "The H-Man", a helicopter pilot in "Mothra", First   
   Officer Saiki in "   
   Gorath", the Mu Agent posing as a journalist in "Atragon", First Mate Senzo   
   Koyama in "Attack of the Mushroom People", Jun Manjome on "Ultra Q", a soldier   
   in "Frankenstein Conquers the World", Dr. Yuzo Majida in "War of the   
   Gargantuas", Commander    
   Takenaka in "Ultra Seven", Mighty Jack", alien-posessed Makoto Obata in "Yog   
   -- Monster from Space", Dr. Jono on "Ultraman 80", Togo on "Ultraman Nexus",   
   and a scientist in "The Super 8 Ultra Brothers".    
      
   1946: LEE KOHLMAR, who played Mickey the second process server in "The Son of   
   Kong", dies at 73 from a heart attack in Hollywood.    
      
   1957: KENTA SATOI, who played Yoshio Kimura in "School of Ghosts 3", is born   
   in Chiba, Japan.   
      
   1960: KAZUOKI TAKAHASHI, who played Sho Hayate/Change-Gryphon on "Blitzkrieg   
   Squadron Changeman" and "Pirate Squadron Gokaiger" and Kita and Hakkou on   
   "Super Manchine: Metalder", is born. He was also in "Wasabi".   
      
   1961: TIM ROTH, who played Jeff Platzer in the U.S. version of "Dark Water",   
   is born in London. His other films include "Made in Britain", "Meantime", "The   
   Hit", "Vincent & Theo", "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead", "Reservoir   
   Dogs", "Pulp Fiction", "   
   Four Rooms", "Rob Roy", "Everyone Says I Love You", "Gridlock'd", "The Legend   
   of 1900", "The War Zone", "Planet of the Apes", and "Silver City".    
      
   1966: ROBERT FORSTER, who played Jack in "Dragon Wars", marries June   
   Provenzano.    
      
   1968: GRADY HOLDER, lab technician on "Godzilla", is born in Santa Clara,   
   Calif.    
      
   1971: Episode 7 of "Return of Ultraman", "Operation Rainbow Monster", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1972: Episode 7 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 23 of "Mirrorman", "Attack of Androsaurus: The Saturn Monster!",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: Episode 7 of "Zone Fighter", "Zone Family's Critical Moment!", premieres   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: Episode 6 of "Inazuman Flash", "Geisel's Great Fort", debuts on Japanese   
   TV.    
      
   1977: Episode 7 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad", "Eight Supercars!! 300 Km/h   
   Speed", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1979: Episode 2 of "Megaloman: Warrior of Fire", "The Bracelets of   
   Friendship", debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 41, the final episode of Toei's "Spider-man", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1982: SAYAKA YOSHINO, who played Renge in "Moon over Tao" and was in   
   "Mikazuki", is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1983: AMBER TAMBLYN, who played Katie Embry in "The Ring" and Aubrey Davis in   
   "The Grudge 2", is born in Santa Monica, Calif. She is the daughter of Russ   
   Tamblyn, and was on TV in "General Hospital", the revived "Twilight Zone", and   
   "Joan of Arcadia",    
   and was in "Live Nude Girls", "Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard", and the "Sisterhood   
   of the Traveling Pants" films.    
   	Episode 15 of "Science Squadron Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1984: JESSICA BOONE, the voice of Miyuki and a pedestrian woman in the English   
   dub of "Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris", is born in Houston.    
      
   1985: SALLY MARTIN, who played Tori Hanson a.k.a. the Blue Wind Ranger on   
   "Power Rangers Ninja Storm" and "Power Rangers Dino Thunder", is born.    
      
   1987: AMBER WALLACE, who played a student in the U.S. version of "One Missed   
   Call", is born in Atlanta.    
      
   1988: Episode 12 of "Super Animal Squadron Liveman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1989: Episode 28 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "Agent of the Majestic Emperor",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1993: Episode 12 of "Five Star Squadron Dairanger", "Drunk on Tofu", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1996: DICK RANDALL, Western executive producer of "Space Warriors 2000", dies   
   from a stroke in London.    
      
   2000: Episode 16 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Greed", premieres on Japanese TV.   
   	YOICHI MIURA, who played Manabu Nonaka in "G.I.Samurai", dies of cancer of   
   the esophagus in Shibayama-cho, Chiba, Japan.    
   	Episode 14 of "Future Squadron Timeranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2002: "Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna" and "Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in   
   Hyperspace" are released on video and DVD in the U.S.    
      
   2004: "Ju-on: The Grudge" is released in Greece.    
      
   2005: Episode 15 of "Power Rangers S.P.D.", "Wired: Part 2", debuts on U.S.   
   TV.    
      
   2006: KEITH CAMPBELL, stunt co-ordinator on "The Ring" (in which he played the   
   ship's mate) and "The Ring Two", divorces Nicole Randall.    
   	Episode 4 of "Bio Planet Woo" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2009: "Death Note: The Last Name" is released in Hungary.   
      
   2010: "Shock Labyrinth 3D" is released in Turkey.   
   	Episode 7 of "Daimajin Kanon", "Hidden Song", debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	"Death Note" premieres in Germany on DVD.   
      
   2011: Episode 1.13 of "Power Rangers Samurai", "The Blue and the Gold", debuts   
   on Nickelodeon.   
      
   2014: Legendary's "Godzilla" is released in Belgium, Switzerland, Egypt,   
   Finland, France, and Sweden.   
      
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