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1909: LEITH STEVENS, who composed stock music used in "20 Million Miles to Earth", is born in Mount Moriah, MO.
1913: ROY ENGEL, who played Major Evans in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" and the control room operator who ordered the drop nets in "It Came from Beneath the Sea", is born in Missouri.
1914: MAURICE KING, who produced "Gorgo" and the U.S. version of "Rodan" with his brother Frank, is born in New York City.
1920: JOHN CRAWFORD, who played a native dancer in the original "King Kong", is born in Colfax, Wash.
1924: MAURICE JARRE, composer on "Tokyo Blackout" and "Solar Crisis" (for which he was also conductor and music supervisor), is born in Lyon, France. He won Oscars for his scores to "Lawrence of Arabia", "Doctor Zhivago", and "A Passage to India", and also composed the music for "Hotel des Invalides", "Head Against the Wall", "Eyes Without a Face", "The Collector", "Ryan's Daughter", "Jesus of Nazareth", "The Tin Drum", "Die Falschung", "The Year of Living Dangerously", "Gorillas in the Mist", and "A Walk in the Clouds",
1936: MAMORU SASAKI, writer on "Ultraman", "Ultraseven", "Operation: Mystery", "Ultraman Taro", "Akio Jissoji's Ultraman", and "Ultra Q: The Movie", is born in Ishikawa, Japan. He also wrote the lyrics to the "Iron King" theme.
1940: LORA LEE MICHEL, who played Jill Young as a girl in "Mighty Joe Young", is born in Schulenberg, Texas.
1947: HENRY MANCINI, who composed stock music used in "Tarantula", "The Deadly Mantis", and the U.S. release of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", marries Virginia O'Connor.
1948: CLYDE KUSATSU, who played the tanker skipper in "Godzilla", is born in Honolulu. He also appeared on "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
1957: HAJIME YAMAZAKI, who played Kuniteru Emoto on "Kamen Rider Fourze", is born in Kanagawa, Japan.
1962: HISAO EGAWA, the voice of Bus-on on the "Engine Squadron Go-onger" franchise and Bulldozerloid on "Special Ops Squadron Go-Busters", is born in Tokyo.
1964: JUNKO MIHARA, who was on "Electronic Squadron Denziman", is born in Tokyo.
1965: "Ghidrah -- the Three Headed Monster" is released in the U.S.
1966: GARY ASHIYA, composer on "School of Ghosts G", "Ju-on", "Ju-on 2", "Accuracy of Death", "Ju-on: White Ghost", and "Ju-on: Black Ghost", is born in Tokyo. He also worked on "The Cure" and "Séance".
1967: Episode 24 of "Masked Ninja Red Shadow", "The Grosbeak Siblings", debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 24 of "Robot Detective", "Bakuraiman's Burning Scheme!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 22 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Yellow Air Raid! The Atlantis Nightmare", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 24 of "Kamen Rider Stronger" debuts on Japanese TV.
PETER HO, who was in "Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost" and "One Missed Call 2", is born in Hong Kong.
1979: ERIKA ODA, who played Misako Hara in "Alive", is born in Okinawa.
1980: Episode 33 of "Electronic Squadron Denziman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1986: Episode 28 of "Super Nova Flashman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1991: Episode 31 of "Birdman Squadron Jetman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1994: Episode 4 of Season 2 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "The Wanna-Be Ranger", debuts on Fox.
Episode 2 of "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad", "An Un-Helping Hand", debuts on U.S. TV.
2001: "Ringu" is released in Australia.
"Uzumaki" is released in Germany.
2005: "One Missed Call" is released in the U.S. on DVD.
CHIEKO NAKAKITA, who played Mrs. Kane in "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster" and was married to producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, dies at 79 from an acute myocaridial infarction in Tokyo.
2005: "One Missed Call" is released on DVD in the U.S.
2008: "Daikessen! Cho Urutora 8 kyodai" ("Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers") is released in Japan.
2009: Episode 2 of "Kamen Rider Double" debuts on Japanese TV.
2011: "Gantz: Perfect Answer" is released in Australia at the Japanese Film Festival in Adelaide.
1913: ROY ENGEL, who played Major Evans in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" and the control room operator who ordered the drop nets in "It Came from Beneath the Sea", is born in Missouri.
1914: MAURICE KING, who produced "Gorgo" and the U.S. version of "Rodan" with his brother Frank, is born in New York City.
1920: JOHN CRAWFORD, who played a native dancer in the original "King Kong", is born in Colfax, Wash.
1924: MAURICE JARRE, composer on "Tokyo Blackout" and "Solar Crisis" (for which he was also conductor and music supervisor), is born in Lyon, France. He won Oscars for his scores to "Lawrence of Arabia", "Doctor Zhivago", and "A Passage to India", and also composed the music for "Hotel des Invalides", "Head Against the Wall", "Eyes Without a Face", "The Collector", "Ryan's Daughter", "Jesus of Nazareth", "The Tin Drum", "Die Falschung", "The Year of Living Dangerously", "Gorillas in the Mist", and "A Walk in the Clouds",
1936: MAMORU SASAKI, writer on "Ultraman", "Ultraseven", "Operation: Mystery", "Ultraman Taro", "Akio Jissoji's Ultraman", and "Ultra Q: The Movie", is born in Ishikawa, Japan. He also wrote the lyrics to the "Iron King" theme.
1940: LORA LEE MICHEL, who played Jill Young as a girl in "Mighty Joe Young", is born in Schulenberg, Texas.
1947: HENRY MANCINI, who composed stock music used in "Tarantula", "The Deadly Mantis", and the U.S. release of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", marries Virginia O'Connor.
1948: CLYDE KUSATSU, who played the tanker skipper in "Godzilla", is born in Honolulu. He also appeared on "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
1957: HAJIME YAMAZAKI, who played Kuniteru Emoto on "Kamen Rider Fourze", is born in Kanagawa, Japan.
1962: HISAO EGAWA, the voice of Bus-on on the "Engine Squadron Go-onger" franchise and Bulldozerloid on "Special Ops Squadron Go-Busters", is born in Tokyo.
1964: JUNKO MIHARA, who was on "Electronic Squadron Denziman", is born in Tokyo.
1965: "Ghidrah -- the Three Headed Monster" is released in the U.S.
1966: GARY ASHIYA, composer on "School of Ghosts G", "Ju-on", "Ju-on 2", "Accuracy of Death", "Ju-on: White Ghost", and "Ju-on: Black Ghost", is born in Tokyo. He also worked on "The Cure" and "Séance".
1967: Episode 24 of "Masked Ninja Red Shadow", "The Grosbeak Siblings", debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 24 of "Robot Detective", "Bakuraiman's Burning Scheme!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 22 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Yellow Air Raid! The Atlantis Nightmare", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 24 of "Kamen Rider Stronger" debuts on Japanese TV.
PETER HO, who was in "Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost" and "One Missed Call 2", is born in Hong Kong.
1979: ERIKA ODA, who played Misako Hara in "Alive", is born in Okinawa.
1980: Episode 33 of "Electronic Squadron Denziman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1986: Episode 28 of "Super Nova Flashman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1991: Episode 31 of "Birdman Squadron Jetman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1994: Episode 4 of Season 2 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "The Wanna-Be Ranger", debuts on Fox.
Episode 2 of "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad", "An Un-Helping Hand", debuts on U.S. TV.
2001: "Ringu" is released in Australia.
"Uzumaki" is released in Germany.
2005: "One Missed Call" is released in the U.S. on DVD.
CHIEKO NAKAKITA, who played Mrs. Kane in "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster" and was married to producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, dies at 79 from an acute myocaridial infarction in Tokyo.
2005: "One Missed Call" is released on DVD in the U.S.
2008: "Daikessen! Cho Urutora 8 kyodai" ("Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers") is released in Japan.
2009: Episode 2 of "Kamen Rider Double" debuts on Japanese TV.
2011: "Gantz: Perfect Answer" is released in Australia at the Japanese Film Festival in Adelaide.
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