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1838 – Edwin A. Abbott, sci-fi author (Flatland)

1904 – Albert Van Dekker, actor (Dr Cyclops, She Devil, Gammera the Invincible, Lights Out: The Perfect Servant)

Albert Van Dekker as Dr. Cyclops

1906 – Lowell Gilmore, actor (Science Fiction Theatre)

1918 – Audrey Totter, actress (Science Fiction Theatre)

1924 – Errol John, actor (Journey to the Unknown)

1925 – Nicole Maurey, actress (Day of the Triffids)

1931 – Mala Powers, actress (The Colossus of New York, The Unknown Terror)

 

 

1939 – Kathryn Joosten, actress (Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, The X-Files, Prey, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1943 – Angel Tompkins, actress (Amazon Women on the Moon, Not of this Earth, The Starlost, Probe)

1946 – John Spencer, actor, (The Outer Limits, Meteor)

1952 – Jenny Agutter, actress (Logan’s Run, Red Dwarf, The Twilight Zone, Amazon Women on the Moon, The Six Million Dollar Man)

1963 – Karen Moncrieff, actress (Xtro 3)

1970 – Nicole de Boer, actress (Star Trek: DS9, Cube, Metal Tornado, Iron Invader, Stargate: Atlantis, The Outer Limits, TekWar)

1975 – William Lundigan, actor, d @ 61 (Men into Space, Riders to the Stars, Science Fiction Theatre)

1976 – Walter Fitzgerald, actor, d @ 80 (Doctor Who, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man, Project M7)

1983 – John Vivyan, actor, d @ 68 (Men into Space)

1985 – Enemy Mine released

1989 – Christopher Bertolini, writer (Battle Los Angeles)

1991 – Helene Heigh, actress, d @ 86 (Voyagers!)

1995 – Madge Sinclair, actress, d @ 57 (Star Trek IV, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starman)

1996 – Carl Sagan, d @ 62, sci-fi author

2009 – Brittany Murphy, actress, d @ 32 (MegaFault, Seaquest 2032)