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1918 – Jane Adams, actress (Adventures of Superman)

1924 – Adrian Ricard, actor (I Robot, Lois & Clark, The Man with Two Brains, Gemini Man)

1932 – Edward Hardwicke, actor, (Journey to the Unknown, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

1933 – Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, sci-fi author (Mercenary, Red Dragon)

1934 – Steve Ihnat, actor (Star Trek, Countdown, I Dream of Jeannie, The Outer Limits, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

Steve Ihnat in The Outer Limits episode, The Inheritors.

1936 – Richard L[ouis] Tierney,sci-fi author (Winds of Zarr)

1942 – Tobin Bell, actor (Alien Nation)

1944 – David Rasche, actor (Men in Black 3)

1944 – John Glover, actor (Smallville, Heroes, Star Trek: DS9, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, RoboCop 2, Twilight Zone, The Incredible Shrinking Woman)

1952 – Caroline Aaron, actress (What Planet Are You From?, Edward Scissorhands, The Brother from Another Planet)

 

 

1952 – Alexei Sayle, actor (Solarbabies, Doctor Who, Whoops Apocalypse)

Alexei Sayle in Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

 

1953 – Spaceways released

1955 – Wayne Knight, actor (Jurassic Park, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1958 – Shannon Cochran, actress (Fringe, Star Trek: Nemesis, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: The Next Generation)

 

 

 

1960 – David Duchovny, actor (X Files, Evolution, Space: Above and Beyond)

David Duchovny As Fox Mulder In The X-Files

1963 – Ramon Estevez, actor (Alligator II: The Mutation)

1963 – Harold Perrineau, actor (28 Weeks Later, The Matrix Revolutions, The Matrix Reloaded)

1968 – Paula Jean Hixson, actor (Source Code)

1972 – Greg Serano, actor (Doomed Planet, Terminator Salvation, The Postman)

1972 – Joi Lansing, actress, d @ 43 (The Atomic Submarine, Adventures of Superman)

1974 – Michael Shannon, actor (Man of Steel, Bug, Chain Reaction)

1975 – Charlize Theron, actress (Aeon Flux, Prometheusj, The Astronaut’s Wife, Mad Max: Fury Road)

 

1978 – Alexandre Aja, director (Piranha 3D)

1978 – Cirroc Lofton, actor (Star Trek: DS9, Invasion)

1982 – Brit Marling, actress (I Origins, Another Earth)

1982 – Abbie Cornish, actress (RoboCop)

1987 – Masters of the Universe released

1992 – John Anderson, actor, d @ 69 (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, My Favorite Martian, Starman, Project U.F.O, The Incredible Hulk, Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, My Favorite Martian, Star Trek: TNG, Quantum Leap, Voyagers!, The Satan Bug)

1993 – Charles Maxwell, actor, d @ 79 (Star Trek, My Favorite Martian, World of Giants, Adventures of Superman)

1994 – Robert Hutton, actor ,d @ 74 (They Came From Beyond Space, The Slime People, Rocket)

1996 – Anne Kristen, actress, d @ 59 (Space Precinct)

1996 – Liam James, actor (Fringe, 2012, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem)

1999 – Brion James, actor d @ 54 (Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, Enemy Mine)