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1891 – Henry Oscar, actor (Out of the Unknown)

1898 – Ivan Triesault, actor (The Amazing Transparent Man, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, World of Giants, Journey to the Center of the Earth)

1899 – Martha Mansfield, actress (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920))

1910 – William Hanna, animator (Space Ghost)

1911 – Terry-Thomas, actor (2000 Years Later, Munster, Go Home!)

1926 – Harry Dean Stanton, actor (Alien, Alien Autopsy, UFOria, Repo Man, Escape from New York)

Harry Dean Stanton in Alien

1928 – Laurie Mitchell, actress (Missile to the Moon, Queen of Outer Space, Adventures of Superman, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)

1932 – Roosevelt Grier, actor (The Thing with Two Heads)

1939 – Sid Haig, (Star Trek, Beyond Atlantis, Mimesis, Creature, Night of the Living Dead 3D, Misfits of Science, Automan, Galaxy of Terror, Zombex, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Jason of Star Command, The Six Million Dollar Man, Beware! The Blob, THX 1138)

 

1939 – Peter Duryea, actor (Star Trek, The Outer Limits)

Peter Duryea in The Outer Limits episode Expanding Human

1952 – Stan Shaw, actor (The X-Files)

1952 – The Toy Guidance Council, an industry watchdog group, announces a “trend toward toys dealing with space travel and atomic energy” among toys being prepared for the Christmas season. “Television has always influenced the demand for toys, and now, with many science fiction programs on the air, the western types are waning slightly.”

1956 – Vladimir Kulich, actor ( The X-Files, M.A.N.T.I.S.)

1960 – Jane Lynch, actress (Paul, The X-Files, What Planet Are You From?, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1961 – Jackie Earle Haley, actress (RoboCop (2014), Planet of the Apes (TV))

1964 – Jane Espenson, producer/writer (Torchwood, Caprica, Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse)

1966 – Matthew Fox (World War Z, Speed Racer)

1974 – David Mitchell b. 1974 (Doctor Who)

David Mitchell in Doctor Who

1978 – Kristy Wright, actress (Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, The Lost World)

1980 – Solar Crisis released

1987 – Sarah Canning, actress (Primeval: New World, Kyle XY, Smallville)

1989 – Sean Flynn, actor (Return of the Killer Shrews, Sliders)

2000 – Meredith MacRae, actress, d @ 56 (Earthbound)

2007 – I Am Legend released

2008 – Hugh Lloyd, actor, d @ 85 (Doctor Who)