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1895 – George R. Stewart, sci-fi author (Earth Abides)

1899 – Madge Blake, actress (My Favorite Martian)

1908 – Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon I & II)

1922 – Denholm Elliot, actor (The Boys from Brazil, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

1924 – Martha Hyer, actress (First Men in the Moon, Riders to the Stars, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars)

1929 – Menahem Golan, producer (American Cyborg: Steel Warrior, Prison Planet, Night of the Living Dead (1990), Cyborg, Doin’ Time on Planet Earth, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988), Alien from L.A., Masters of the Universe, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Invaders from Mars, America 3000, Lifeforce)

1930 – Clint Eastwood, actor (Space Cowboys, Firefox, Tarantula, Revenge of the Creature)

Clint Eastwood in Tarantula

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 – Jim Hutton, actor (Twilight Zone)

Jim Hutton in Twilight Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1948 – Lynda Bellingham, actress (Doctor Who, Blakes 7)

1949 – Tom Berenger, actor (Inception)

1950 – Gregory Harrison, actor (Galaxy Beat, Logan’s Run (TV))

1951 – Jack Gilpin, actor (Forever, From the Earth to the Moon, Aliens in the Family)

1956 – Nikolai Sotirov, actor (Annihilation Earth, Star Runners, Shark Attack 3: Megalodon)

1956 – X: The Unknown released

1957 – Kyle Secor, actor (A Wrinkle in Time (TV), Eerie Indiana)

1960 – Tommy Hinkley, actor (Star Trek: Generations, Something is Out There, The Terror Within)

1960 – The Electronic Monster released US

1960 – Chris Elliott, actor (The Abyss, Hyperspace)

1961 – Lea Thompson, actress (Left Behind, Back to the Future, SpaceCamp, Howard the Duck)

1965 – Brooke Shields, actress (Quantum Leap)

1976 – Colin Farrell, actor (Total Recall, Minority Report)

1977 – William Castle, director, d @ 63 (Zotz!, 13 Ghosts, The Tingler)

1977 – Mary Alexandra Stiefvater, actress (The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Supergator)

1977 – Eric Christian Olsen, actor (The Thing (2011), Smallville)

1982 – Jonathan Tucker, actor (High Moon)

1982 – Lee Majdoub, actor (Soldiers of the Apocalypse, Underworld: Awakening, Fringe, Bionic Woman (2007))

2013 – Jean Stapleton, actress, d @ 90 (The Ray Bradbury Theatre)

2014 – Martha Hyer, actress, d @ 89 (First Men in the Moon, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Riders to the Stars)