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   Reaper G to All   
   7/24: Today in G-History   
   24 Jul 14 06:16:58   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1897: SID CASSEL, who played the farmer who was the first victim in "20   
   Million Miles to Earth", is born in Leeds, England.   
      
   1916: TOM COUND, who played Group Captain Hawkins in "The Deadly Mantis", is   
   born.    
      
   1919: PETER ZINNER, American music supervisor on "King Kong vs. Godzilla" and   
   music editor on "Varan the Unbelievable", is born in Vienna.   
      
   1942: HIROKI MATSUKATA, who played Izakuchi-Maru/Jiraiya in "The Magic   
   Serpent" and was in "Izo", is born Hiroki Meguro in Tokyo. He also played   
   Tadao Takashima in a TV movie about the actor's struggle with depression.    
      
   1953: Toho International, Inc. establishes its office in Los Angeles.    
      
   1955: HIDEYUKI UMEZU, who played Constable Matsuo Tieko on "Electronic   
   Squadron Denziman" and Zulten on "High Speed Squadron Turboranger", and was   
   the voice of Garoa-don on "Earth Squadron Fiveman", Karaoke Org on "Hundred   
   Beast Squadron Gaoranger",    
   Sleipnir on "Magic Squadron Magiranger", and Sanyo on "Beast Fist Squadron   
   Gekiranger", is born in Nagoya.   
      
   1957: "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" is released in Portugal.   
      
   1962: HIROSHI MIKAMI, who played Tokiashi Nagashima in "Parasite Eve", is born   
   in Tokyo.    
      
   1971: Episode 30 of "Spectreman", "Terror Comes Ashore: Monster Tag-Match!!",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1972: Episode 17 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.            
   	Episode 4 of "Iron King", "Gentaro's Lone Journey", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1973: Episode 17 of "Zone Fighter", "Go! Fighter Emergency Take Off!", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.            
   	RANKO AKAGI, who played the mother in "Kwaidan", dies.            
   	JUN MURAKAMI, who played Aokage in "Red Shadow" and Seiji Hayami in "Cutie   
   Honey", is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1974: Episode 14 of "Inazuman Flash" debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1976: "King Kongui daeyeokseub" a.k.a. "Ape" is released in South Korea.    
   	RISA SUDO, who played Misaki Nishijima on the "Rasen" TV series, is born in   
   Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.   
      
   1977: Episode 16 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad", "The Black Baseball!! The   
   Attacking Demonic Sphere", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1979: Episode 12 of "Megaloman, Warrior of Fire", "The Great Challenge",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	BIN AMATSU, who played Daijo Yuki in "The Magic Serpent", dies at 58 in   
   Yokohama.   
      
   1982: VIC MORROW, who played General Garuda in "Message from Space", is killed   
   in a helicopter accident on the set of "Twilight Zone: The Movie".    
      
   1983: ASAMI MIZUKAWA, who played teenage Ikuko Hamada in "Dark Water" and Rei   
   in "Higanjima: Escape from Vampire Island", is born in Osaka. She was also in   
   "The Locker", "Memories of Tomorrow", and "Bilocation".   
      
   1984: BESS FLOWERS, who played a nightclub patron behind the drunks in "Mighty   
   Joe Young" and a ballet-goer in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", dies in   
   Woodland Hills, Calif.    
      
   1988: Episode 23 of "Super Animal Squadron Liveman", "Space Karaoke   
   Appearance", debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 27 of "World Ninja War Jiraiya" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1989: Episode 38 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Wicked Dance Troupe of the   
   White Bone Field", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1990: DAVEIGH CHASE, who played Samara in "The Ring", is born in Las Vegas.   
   She was also in the films "Donnie Darko" and "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence",   
   the TV series "Oliver Beene", and did voice work on "Lilo & Stitch" and   
   "Spirited Away".   
      
   1992: Episode 22 of "Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1993: Episode 22 of "Five Star Squadron Dairanger", "The Great Secrets of the   
   Tiger’s Cub", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1994: HANS J. SALTER, who composed stock music used in "20 Million Miles to   
   Earth" and "King Kong vs. Godzilla", dies of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles.    
      
   1999: G-FEST '99 begins at the Burbank Airport Hilton in Burbank, Calif.   
   Shusuke Kaneko, Noriaki Yuasa, Robert Scott Field, Jerry Ito, Hiroshi   
   Kashiwabara, Wataru Mimura, Volker Engel, Forrest J. Ackerman, Peter   
   Fernandez, Corrinne Orr, and Hisetaka    
   Kitaoka are among the special guests.    
      
   2000: Episode 25 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Wandering", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   2001: HIROSHI TSUBURAYA, who played "Space Sheriff Shaider", dies at 37 in   
   Tokyo.   
      
   2002: "Onmyoji" has a limited release in the Philippines.   
      
   2003: “Ju-on: The Grudge” premieres in Australia at the Melbourne   
   International Film Festival.   
   	“Pulse” premieres in Denmark at the J-Horror Cavalcade.   
   	AYA SUGIMOTO, who played Professor Rui Kisaraga in "Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman   
   Dyna", divorces Toshinori Numata.   
      
   2004: "One Missed Call" is released in Turkey.    
   	Episode 23 of "Power Rangers Dino Thunder", "A Star Is Torn", debuts on ABC   
   Family.   
   	Episode 41 of "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon", "Act 41", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: Episode 4 of "Ultraman Max", "The Unlimited Invaders", debuts   
   on
Japanese TV.   
   	“Pulse” has a limited release in South Korea.    
   	"One Missed Call" premieres in Poland at the ERA New Horizons Film Festival.   
   	Episode 22 of "Magic Squadron Magiranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2006: "House" premieres in Germany at the Munich Fantasy Filmfest.    
      
   2009: "Battle League Horumo" premieres in Canada at the Fantasia Film   
   Festival.    
   	"K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces" is released in Vietnam.   
      
   2011: Episode 22 of "Pirate Squadron Gokaiger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   "He was just too big for a small world like ours."   
      
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