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1909 – John Steadman, actor, d @ 83 (The Incredible Hulk)

1917 – Paul Christian, actor, d @ 84 31 December 2001 (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms)

1925 – Lola Albright, actress (The Monolith Monsters, The Incredible Hulk)

1926 – Patricia Cutts, actress (The Tingler)

1938 – Natalie Wood, actress (Meteor, Brainstorm, Altered States)

1938 – Diana Rigg, actress (Doctor Who)

Dianna Rigg in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1941 – Kurt Raab, actor (Why The UFOs Steal Our Lettuce)

Wendy Richard in Doctor Who -Dimensions in Time: Part One as Pauline Fowler.

1943 – Wendy Richard, actress (Doctor Who: Dimensions In Time)

1948 – Muse Watson, actress (TIMER, Frankenfish)

1951 – Jeff Rawle, actor (Doctor Who, An Adventure in Space and Time)

1952 – The Washington, D.C. area experiences UFO sightings, including radar signals, that revive interest in UFO’s.

1957 – Donna Dixon, actress (Twilight Zone: The Movie)

1960 – Jonathon Morris, writer of Doctor Who fiction (Doctor Who)

1962 – Carlos Alazraqui, actor (Saul of the Molemen)

1963 – Frank Whaley, actor (Outer Limits, Twilight Zone)

1964 – Dean Winters, actor (Outer Limits, The Sarah Connor Chronicles)

1967 – Reed Diamond, actor (Stargate SG-1, Twilight Zone, Dollhouse)

1969 – 1st men land on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. on Apollo 11 (fullfilling sci-fi visions) and Armstrong took the first steps on the moon at 10:56 PM Eastern.

Eagle lands on the moon

1973 – Roberto Orci, writer (Star Trek 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, Fringe, Cowboys & Aliens, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers)

1975 – Judy Greer, actress (Jurassic World, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)

1986 – Osric Chau, actor (Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, 2012)

1983 – Rory Jennings, actor (Doctor Who, Frankenstein)

1989 – Mary Treen, actress, d @ 82 (I Married a Monster from Outer Space)

1996 – Randy Stuart d @ 72 (The Incredible Shrinking Man)

1997 – Linda Stirling, actress d. @ 75 (The Purple Monster Strikes)

1999 – Sandra Gould, actress, d @ 82 (Twilight Zone)

2000 – Max Showalter, actor, d @ 83 (The Incredible Hulk, Twilight Zone, The Monster That Challenged the World, Indestructible Man)

2005 – James Doohan, actor, d @ 85 (Tales of Tomorrow, Space Command, Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The Satan Bug, Star Trek series & 1-5, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: Generations, Homeboys in Outer Space)

2006 – Robert Cornthwaite, actor, d @ 89 (The Thing, War of the Worlds, The Naked Monster, Time Trackers, Futureworld, The Six Million Dollar Man, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone, Destination Space, Men into Space)

2012 – Simon Ward, actor, d. @ 70 (Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Supergirl)

2014 – James Garner, actor, d @ 86 (Fire in the Sky, Space Cowboys)