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|    Reaper G to All    |
|    5/18: Today in G-History    |
|    18 May 14 06:10:58    |
      From: reaperg@aol.com              1917: LEE MILLER, who played a man in line at the airport in the U.S. version       of "Godzilla, King of the Monsters", is born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire,       Scotland. He was Raymond Burr's stand-in on "Perry Mason" and "Ironside".              1926: DIRCH PASSER, who played night watchman Dirch Mikkelsen (a.k.a.       Peterson) in "Reptilicus", is born in Copenhagen. His other films include       "Lucky Journey", "Ved Kongelunden...", "Charles' Aunt", "Baronessen fra       benzintanken", "Summer in Tyrol", "Me        and My Kid Brother", and "Faengslende firiedage".               1927: YOSHIO TSUCHIYA is born in Yamanashi, Japan. His roles include the young       reporter in "The Invisible Man", Tajima of the Osaka Defense Corps in       "Godzilla Raids Again", the leader of "The Mysterians", Detective Taguchi in       "The H-Man", military        officer Katsumoto in "Varan the Unbelievable", alien-controlled Iwomura in       "Battle in Outer Space", Det. Capt. Onosaki in "The Secret of the Telegian",       Mizuno the librarian a.k.a. "The Human Vapor", millionaire Fumio Kasai in       "Attack of the Mushroom        People", Mr. Kawai in "Frankenstein Conquers the World", the Controller of       Planet X in "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero", crazy Furukawa in "Son of Godzilla",       Kilaak-controlled Dr. Otani in "Destroy All Monsters", Dr. Kyochi Mida in "Yog       -- Monster from Space",        and businessman Yasuaki Shindo in "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah", and was on       "Ultra Q" and "Ultra Seven". He also had prominent roles in many of Akira       Kurosawa’s films, most notably Rikichi the angry young farmer in "The Seven       Samurai".              1938: PETER ADAMS, who played Dr. Ralph Hale in "Gargantua", is born in New       Zealand.               1947: AKIRA TERAO, who was in "Cat’s Eye" and played Dr. Kotaro Azuma in       “Casshern”, is born in Kanagawa, Japan.               1952: RYUZABURO OTOMO, who was the voice of Javious on "Electromagnetic       Squadron Megaranger", Dotomusha on "Star Beast Squadron Gingaman", Gill in       "Rescue Squadron Go Go Five vs. Gingaman", Don Dolnero on “Future Squadron       Timeranger” and "Future        Squadron Timeranger vs. Go Go Five", Kazakku in “Special Police Squadron       Dekaranger vs. Abaranger”, Gorie Yen on “Beast Fist Squadron       Gekiranger”, Chinomanako on “Kamen Rider Decade”, and WizarDragon on       "Kamen Rider Wizard", is born in Tokyo.        He could also be heard on "Battle Angel" and "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust".              1958: MERV GRIFFIN, who was the voice of the radio announcer in "The Beast       from 20,000 Fathoms", marries his former wife, Julann.               1960: DIANE DANGELY, who played Maria Basehart in "Sayonara Jupiter", is born       in France.               1966: T.J. ROTOLO, stunt actor who played Dark Specter on "Power Rangers in       Space", GSA Troop #1 on "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy", Olympius on "Power       Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", Silver Guardian on "Power Rangers Time Force",       Jindrax on "Power Rangers Wild        Force", and a minion on "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight", is born in Baton Rouge,       Lou.               1967: DOUG PENTY, who played Paul Bateman in "Gargantua", is born in Toronto.               1973: Episode 33 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "Dakaa Airforce, Sortie!!",       debuts on Japanese TV.               1974: Episode 14 of "Kamen Rider X", "Apollo Geist -- The Madness of Insect       Hell", debuts on Japanese TV.         Episode 7 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Just in Time!! Blaze, Undercover       Detective", debuts on Japanese TV.               1975: Episode 46 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Take Back the Machine Baja!",       debuts on Japanese TV.               1977: Episode 16 of "Vigilante Zubat", "Death of the Innocent – The Power of       Sadness", premieres on Japanese TV.               1982: RUSSELL JOHNSON, who played Hank Chapman in “Attack of the Crab       Monsters”, marries his third wife, Constance Dane.               1983: AYANO SUGIYAMA, who played Yui Kanzaki on "Kamen Rider Ryuuki" and       "Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final" and the fast food tencho on "Sh15uya", is       born in Kanagawa, Japan. She was also on “GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka”.              1985: Episode 16 of “Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman” debuts on Japanese TV.              1987: Episode 9 of "Super Manchine: Metalder", "Hopes and Dreams", debuts on       Japanese TV.               1988: KOJI SETO, who played Wataru Kurenai a.k.a. "Kamen Rider Kiva” in that       franchise, Tetsuya in "Ju-on: Black Ghost", and Takanori Ando in "Sadako 3D"       and “Sadako 2 3D”, is born.        DANIEL JAMES, writer on “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”, “The Giant       Behemoth”, and “Gorgo”, dies at 76 in Monterey, Calif. He was born in       Kansas City, MO, in 1911.              1997: Episode 14 of "Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger", "Neighbors Are       Nejirejia", debuts on Japanese TV.               1998: "Godzilla" premieres in the U.S. at Madison Square Garden in New York       City.               2003: Episode 14 of "Blast Dragon Squadron Abaranger" debuts on Japanese TV.              2005: “Ringu 0” premieres in Hungary on DVD.               2006: "Nihon chinbotsu" (“Japan Sinks”) has its world premiere at the       Cannes Film Festival.               2007: The "Kikaida 01" DVD collection is released in Hawaii.         "The Host" is released in Brazil.         "Destroy All Monsters - 50th Anniversary Special Edition" is released on DVD       in the U.S.         The U.S. version of "Pulse" premieres in Uruguay in Montevideo.               2008: The U.S. version of “One Missed Call” premieres in Greece on DVD.         Episode 14 of “Engine Squadron Go-onger” debuts on Japanese TV.              2010: “Gamera”, the original subtitled version, is released on DVD by       Shout! Factory in the U.S.               2012: Episode 7 of “Unofficial Squadron Akibaranger” debuts on Japanese TV.              2013: “The Complex” is released in Japan.              "What do we do now?"        "Running would be good."               --       Reaper G       Pest, Foodie, MSTie, G-fan, Wrestlemaniac, and free speech fan       http://reaper_g.livejournal.com       http://www.facebook.com/jay.grymyr              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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