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1892 – Frank Puglia, actor (The Outer Limits, 20 Million Miles to Earth)

Frank Puglia in The Outer Limits episode, A Feasibility Study.

1902 – Will Geer, actor (The Invaders)

1918 – Marguerite Chapman, actress (Flight to Mars , The Amazing Transparent Man, Science Fiction Theatre)

1921 – Carl Betz, actor (Killdozer)

1934 – Joyce Van Patten, actress (The Martian Chronicles, Twilight Zone)

1934 – Del Close, actor (The Blob, Beware! The Blob)

1936 – Marty Ingels, actor (The Munsters Today)

1938 – Charles Siebert, actor (The Incredible Hulk)

1940 – Raul Julia, actor (Frankenstein Unbound)

1943 – Trish Van Devere, actress (The Day of the Dolphin)

1946 – Alexandra Bastedo, actress (The Starlost)

1950 – Space Patrol, a TV series featuring Commander Buzz Corry, debuts on a local TV station in Los Angeles, and eventually becomes a network series that will survive until 1955.

Space Patrol debuted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1952 – William Kirby Cullen, actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

1955 – Pat Murphy, actor (1988 Nebula for The Falling Woman)

1955 – The television program Disneyland airs a popular episode entitled “Man in Space,” discussing the history of rocketry and potential problems posed by spaceflight. The episode, narrated in part by Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley, will later be re-edited as a theatrical short and provide the basis for both a comic book, a classroom text, and a popular ride at Disneyland. It will be followed by other episodes “Man in the Moon” (December 28, 1955) and “Mars and Beyond” (December 4, 1957).

Man in Space debuted

1955 – Ornella Muti, actress (Flash Gordon)

1958 – Linda Fiorentino, actress (Men in Black, What Planet Are You From?)

1959 – Rodney A. Grant, actor (Ghosts of Mars, Stargate SG-1)

1960 – Finn Carter, actor (Tremors)

1962 – Kirk B.R. Woller, actor (Extant, The Event, Resident Evil: Extinction, Hulk, Minority Report, The X-Files, Sliders, Mercury Rising, Dark Skies)

1964 – Juliette Binoche, actress (Godzilla 2014)

1969 – Richard Crane, actor, d @ 50 (Rocky Jones Space Ranger, Men Into Space, Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, The Neanderthal Man, Mysterious Island)

1972 – Kerr Smith, actor (The Outer Limits)

1977 – Terry Nation, writer, d @ 46 (Doctor Who, Blake’s 7)

1977 – Kirk B.R. Woller, actor (The Event, Resident Evil: Extinction, Hulk, Minority Report, The X-Files, Sliders, Mercury Rising, Dark Skies)

1978 – Starcrash released

1980 – Oscar Isaac, actor (Ex Machina, Celestina, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens)

1986 – Brittany Snow, actress (SeaQuest 2032)

1987 – Shad Moss, actor (Smallville)

1991 – Brenna O’Brien, actor (Kyle XY, Tin Man, Stargate SG-1)

1992 – Felipe Turich, actor, d @ 93 (The Immortal, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter)

1995 – Ian Ballentine, publisher, d @ 79 (Ballentine Books)

1996 – Richard Powers, illustrator, d @ 75

1997 – Niamh Wilson, actress (Warehouse 13, Falling Skies)

2012 – John Carter released