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   Reaper G to All   
   6/12: Today in G-History   
   12 Jun 14 06:36:51   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1896: JAMES ADAMSON, who played a native in the original "King Kong", is born   
   in Toledo, Ohio.    
      
   1901: ROBERT PRIESTLEY, set decorator on “20 Million Miles to Earth”, is   
   born in New York City.   
      
   1909: TOM STEELE, stuntman on "Mighty Joe Young", is born in Scotland.
He   
   also worked on "The Masked Marvel" and "The Thing from Another World".    
      
   1918: SAMUEL Z. ARKOFF, co-founder of American International Pictures with   
   James H. Nicholson, is born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He was executive producer for   
   the stateside releases of "Reptilicus", "Atragon", "The Lost World of Sinbad",   
   “Dogora the Space    
   Monster”, "Frankenstein Conquers the World", "Yog: Monster from Space", and   
   "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster", along with “The Beast with a Milllion   
   Eyes”, "The Amazing Colossal Man", "War of the Colossal Beast", "Earth vs.   
   the Spider", and over 300    
   B-movies.    
      
   1926: ROBERT ARMSTRONG, who played Carl Denham in the original “King   
   Kong”, marries Ethel V. Jones.   
      
   1941: ITTETSU SASAKI is born. He played Tatsuo Ito in Episode 74 of "Kamen   
   Rider", Toshio's brother in Episode 4 and a Destron victim in Episode 26 of   
   "Kamen Rider V3", a taxi driver in Episode 6 of "Inazuman", Dr. Kawamura in   
   Episode 12 of "Kamen Rider    
   X", and a constable in Episode 49 of "Ultraman Leo", and was in Episode 5 of   
   "Kamen Rider Amazon" and Episode 27 of "Sky Rider".    
      
   1948: LEN WEIN, writer on "Godzilla: The Series", is born in New York City.    
      
   1952: MAYASA OKI, who was in "The War in Space" and "Blood Type: Blue", is   
   born in Beppu, Oita, Japan. His other films include "Kokosei burai hikae", "To   
   Terra…", and "Kamata koshinkyoku".   
      
   1966: Episode 24 of "Ultra Q", "The Idol of Goga", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1967: Episode 50 of "The Space Giants", "Fury in Space", debuts on Japanese   
   TV.    
      
   1971: Episode 11 of "Kamen Rider", "Vampiric Demon Gebacondor", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
    Episode 24 of "Spectreman", "Danger!! Kuruma-Nikuras", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: JACQUES BELASCO, who composed music used in "The Giant Claw", dies.    
      
   1974: Baseball player HIDEKI MATSUI, who appeared as himself in "Godzilla   
   against Mechagodzilla", is born in Ishikawa, Japan. He was the MVP for the   
   2009 World Series,    
   	HARRY SHEARER, who played anchorman Charles Caiman in "Godzilla", marries   
   Penelope J. Nichols.    
      
   1978: YUMIKO SHAKU, who played Yuki in "The Princess Blade", Akane Shakiro in   
   "Godzilla against Mechagodzilla" and "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.", and Mina   
   Saeki/Izuko in "Sky High" (both film and TV series), is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1979: HENRY BERMAN, assistant editor on "Son of Kong", dies in Los Angeles.    
      
   1988: Episode 35 of "Kamen Rider Black", "A Fight of the Two", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1989: PHILLIP J. ROTH, who co-produced “The Grudge 3”, marries his first   
   wife, Leslie Crawford.    
      
   1992: Episdoe 16 of "Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1993: Episode 11 of "Electronic Superhuman Gridman", "Pocket Money is 100,000   
   Yen?", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1996: MARY FIELD, who played O'Hara's secretary in "Mighty Joe Young", dies   
   from a stroke in Fairfax, Vir.    
      
   1999: "The Ring Virus" is released in South Korea.    
      
   2004: Episode 18 of “Power Rangers Dino Thunder”, “Bully for Ethan”,   
   debuts on U.S. TV.    
   	Episode 35 of “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon”, “Act 35”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: Episode 18 of "Magic Squadron Magiranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2006: Episodes 14 and 15 of "Power Rangers Mystic Force", "Long Ago" and   
   "Inner Strength", debut on U.S. TV.    
      
   2008: "Shinkaiju Reigo" a.k.a. "Reigo, the Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship   
   Yamato" premieres in Japan in Tokyo.   
      
   2011: Episode 17 of "Pirate Squadron Gokaiger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
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