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1859 – Arthur Conan Doyle, sci-fi author, d @ 71 (The Lost World)

1890 – Tom Powers, actor (Donovan’s Brain, Destination Moon)

1907 – Robert A. Heinlein, sci-fi author (Red Planet, Destination Moon, Starship Troopers, Stranger In A Strange Land, Double Star, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress)

Robert A. Heinlein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1914 – Lucille Benson, actress (Slaughterhouse-Five)

1919 – Jon Pertwee, actor (3rd Doctor Who)

John Pertwee, the third Doctor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1924 – Mary Ford, [Colleen Summer], vocalist/actress (Queen of Outer Space)

1927 – Richard Garland, actor (Mutiny in Outer Space, Panic in Year Zero!, Attack of the Crab Monsters, Adventures of Superman)

Richard Garland in Attack of the Crab Monsters

1931 – Stanley Brock, actor (Out of this World, Quantum Leap, Amazon Women on the Moon, Night of the Comet, Salvage 1, The Bionic Woman)

1931 – David Eddings, US, sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon)

1946 – Joe Spano, actor (The Invisible Man, The X-Files, The Incredible Shrinking Woman)

1947 – Roswell Crash

1949 – Shelley Duvall, actress (Frogs!, The Twilight Zone, Time Bandits)

1959 – Billy Campbell, actor (Helix, Revolution, Eureka, Meteor, The 4400, The Rocketeer, Star Trek: TNG)

1962 – Akiva Goldsman, writer (I Robot, I Am Legend)

1962 – Akiva Goldsman, writer ( Allegiant: Part 1, Insurgent, Fringe, I am Legend, I Robot, Lost in Space)

1967 – Steven Schub, actor (Brave New World)

1971 – Tanya Newbould, actress (Skyline)

1971 – Ub Iwerks, visual effects, d @ 70 (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)

1972 – Kirsten Vangsness, actress (Shelf Life, Phil of the Future)

1970 – Robia LaMorte, actor (Earth Girls Are Easy)

1973 – Veronica Lake, actress, d @ 50 (Lights Out, Tales of Tomorrow)

1976 – Hamish Linklater, actor(Battleship, The Future)

1980 – Dan White, actor d @ 72 (Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter, Twilight Zone, Attack of the Giant Leeches, Adventures of Superman)

1981 – Keefe Brasselle, actor, d @ 58 (Science Fiction Theatre)

1983 – Herman Kahn, sci-fi author, d @ 61 (The Next 200 Years)

2013 – Joe Conley, actor, d @ 85 (It’s About Time)