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1731 – Daniel Defoe, sci-fi writer. D @ 60 (Memoirs of Sundry Tranactions from the World of the Moon)

1914 – Ruth White, actress (Lights Out, Captain Video and His Video Rangers, ‘Way Out, Twilight Zone)

1914 – William Castle, director (Zotz!, 13 Ghosts, The Tingler)

William Castle and The Tingler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1928 – Bruce Kirby, actor (Holmes and Yo-Yo)

1930 – Richard Donner, director (Timeline, Superman, Twilight Zone)

1933 – Claire Davenport, actress (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Doctor Who)

Claire Davenport in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 – Jill Ireland, actress (Star Trek, My Favorite Martian, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

Jill Ireland as Leila Kalomi in the Star Trek episode, This Side of Paradise.

1940 – Michael Parks, actor (Planet Terror, 13 Moons, SeaQuest 2032, War of the Worlds)

1951 – Steven Lisberger, writer (TRON)

1955 – NBC radio series X Minus One debuts with mostly original scripts, but will begin adapting stories exclusively from Galaxy magazine in February 1956, and will eventually run to 125 episodes, ending in January 1958.

1953 – Eric Bogosian, actor (Blade: Trinity, TheTwilight Zone)

1959 – Glenn Morshower, actor (Revolution, After Earth, Transformers, Dollhouse, The Island, Category 6: Day of Destruction, Star Trek: Enterprise, Strange World, Godzilla 1998, Millennium, The X-Files, Dark Skies, Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: TNG, Quantum Leap)

 

1962 – Jason Salkey, actor (The Fifth Element)

1964 – Djimon Hounsou, actor (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Island, Stargate)

1967 – Frank Overton, actor, d @ 49 (Star Trek, The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

1968 – Stacy Haiduk, actress (Heroes, The Attack of the Sabertooth, The X-Files, SeaQuest 2032, Superboy)

1968 – Aiden Gillen, actor (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials)

1969 – Melinda Clarke, actress (Firefly, Tremors (TV), Star Trek: Enterprise, Sliders)

1973 – Dean Armstrong, actor (Alphas, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Earth: Final Conflict)

1973 – Damon Lindelof, writer (World War Z, Star Trek: ID)

1974 – Bud Abbott, actor, d @ 78 (Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein)

1974 – Noah Danby, actor (Riddick, Warehouse 13, Eureka, Stargate SG-1, Alien Incursion, Smallville, The 4400, Andromeda, Mutant X)

1974 – Eric Kripke, writer (Revolution)

1977 – Eric Balfour, actor (No Ordinary Family, Skyline, Dinoshark)

1977 – Rebecca Mader, actress (Warehouse 13, Fringe, Alphas, No Ordinary Family)

1980 – Austin Nichols, actor (Surface, The Day After Tomorrow, Sliders)

1985 – Courtney Draper, actress (Stepsister from Planet Weird)

1992 – Larramie Doc Shaw, actor (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)

1992 – Jack Quaid, actor (The Hunger Games)

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