From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1908: LAWRENCE W. BUTLER, who did the second unit special effects on "The   
   Giant Claw" and special effects director on "20 Million Miles to Earth", is   
   born in Akron, Ohio.    
      
   1917: MINORU CHIAKI, who played self-sacrificing pilot Koji Kobayashi in   
   "Godzilla Raids Again", is born in Hokkaido, Japan. He also played the   
   woodcutter samurai in "The Seven Samurai" and a bickering peasant in "The   
   Hidden Fortress" who was the basis    
   for C-3PO in "Star Wars", as well as appearing in "Stray Dog" and "Gray   
   Sunset". He was the son of Tadamaru Sasakai and father of Katsuhiko Sasaki.    
      
   1919: MIKEL CONRAD, who played George Lawrence in "Godzilla, King of the   
   Monsters", is born in Columbus, Ohio.    
      
   1931: TAKANOBU HOZUMI, who played Takuya Ito in Episode 76 of "Kamen Rider"   
   and Yellow Jaguar's human guise in Episode 5 of "Kikaida", is born.    
      
   1941: JERRY WHITTINGTON, cinematographer on "The Godzilla Power Hour", is born   
   in High Point, N.C.    
      
   1948: JEAN RENO, who played Phillippe Roache in "Godzilla", is born   
   in
Casablanca, Morocco. His other films include "La Femme Nikita", "The   
   Professional", "The
Corridors of Time: The Visitors II", "The Corsican   
   File”, "Empire of the Wolves", "The    
   Da Vinci Code", “Ca$h”, and “Ultimate Heist”.    
      
   1957: "Supa Jaiantsu" ("Super Giant") a.k.a. Part One of "Atomic Rulers of the   
   World" is released in Japan.    
      
   1960: "Jigoku" ("Hell") is released in Japan.    
      
   1961: "Mosura" a.k.a. "Mothra" is released in Japan.    
      
   1964: FUJIO MATSUSHIMA, co-producer of "Izo", is born in Tokyo.    
   	MASAKO, who played Shizuko Yamamura in “Ringu”, “Ringu 2”, and   
   “Ringu 0”, is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1969: SIMON BAKER, who played Max Rourke in “The Ring Two”, is born in   
   Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. He was also in “L.A. Confidential” and   
   “The Mentalist”.   
      
   1972: Episode 18 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.                
   	Episode 5 of "Iron King", A Duel in the Autumn Wind", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1973: "Son of Godzilla" is rereleased in an edited version in Ja   
   an.                
   	Episode 18 of "Zone Fighter", "Directive: Destroy the Japanese Laboratory!",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: Episode 15 of "Inazuman Flash", "Big Flood Operation!!", debuts
on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1977: “Hausu" ("House") is released in Japan.   
      
   1978: HISAHI YOSHIZAWA, who played Koichi Kido in “Pyrokinesis” and Naoto   
   Sakurai in “One Missed Call 2”, is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1979: Episode 13 of "Megaloman, Warrior of Fire", "The Battle of   
   the
Monsters", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1980: GOCH-JI KIM, who was in "The Ring Virus", is born in South Korea.    
      
   1983: Episode 26 of "Science Squadron Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1984: YUKO AKUNE, who played an Xillian in "Godzilla: Final Wars", is born in   
   Osaka.    
      
   1988: Episode 23 of “Super Animal Squadron Liveman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1989: Episode 39 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "Mini Explosion! 4WD", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.                
   	MARK MOLESWORTH and DONNA BETRACCINI, cinematographer and
location sound   
   mixer on the documentary "Godzilla, King of the Monsters", are married.    
      
   1993: Episode 23 of "Five Star Squadron Dairanger", "True Love at Full Speed",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   2000: Episode 26 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Self", debuts on Japanese
TV.    
   	Episode 24 of “Future Squadron Timeranger” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2001: "Ringu 2" premieres in the U.K. on video.    
      
   2003: "Dark Water" is released in the Philippines in Manila.    
      
   2005: Episode 5 of "Ultraman Max", "The Island of Monsters", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.                
   	TAKASHI FUJII, who was in "20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End",   
   marries his wife, Otoha.                
   	Episode 24 of "Power Rangers S.P.D.", "Reflection: Part 1", debuts on U.S.   
   TV.    
      
   2010: Episode 17 of “Daimajin Kanon”, “Shackled Sound”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2011: "Karate-Robo Zaborgar" premieres in Canada at the Fantasia Film Festival.   
      
   “Mothra, she’ll rescue us, and return us to our island!”   
      
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