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1915 – Nora Marlowe, actress (Westworld, Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits)

Nora Marlowe in The Outer Limits: The Sixth Finger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1922 – Quinn Martin, producer, d @ 65 (producer, The Aliens Are Coming, The Invaders)

1932 – Frank Farmer, actor (The Invaders, Babylon 5, Capricorn One)

1936 – Alyce Andrece, actress (Star Trek)

1936 – Rhae Andrece, actress (Star Trek)

Alyce and Rhae Andrece in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1939 – William Devane (Doomsday Rock, Virus, Timestalkers, The X-Files, Stargate SG-1, Race to Space, Hollow Man, Space Cowboys, Timecop, Interstellar)

William Devane in Timestalkers

 

1939 – George Lazenby, actor (Superboy, Death Dimension)

1940 – Raquel Welch, actress (Lois & Clark, Mork & Mindy, Fantastic Voyage)

1944 – Rod Arrants, actor (Star Trek: Voyager, Dark Planet, Hard Time on Planet Earth, Star Trek: TNG

1946 – Dennis Dugan, actor (Unidentified Flying Oddball)

1948 – Scott H. Reiniger, actor (Dawn of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead)

1951 – Michael Keaton, actor (RoboCop, Multiplicity)

 

1953 – The 11th World Science Fiction convention opens in Philadelphia, and is the first to present the Science Fiction Achievement Awards, informally known as Hugos. Alfred Bester’s The Demolished Man wins best novel, and a Hugo for Best New Writer goes to Philip José Farmer.

1954 – The 12th annual World Science Fiction Convention is held in San Francisco, drawing an attendance of about 700. Guest of honor is John W. Campbell, Jr.

1955 – The 13th annual World Science Fiction Convention in Cleveland, with Isaac Asimov as guest of honor, draws about 380 attendees.

1956 – Joseph Steven, actor (Star Trek (reboot), K-PAX)

1959 – The 17th annual World Science Fiction convention is held in Detroit, with an attendance of 371. James Blish wins the best novel Hugo for A Case of Conscience.

1962 – Peter Wingfield, actor (Alphas, Caprica, Stonehenge Apocalypse, 10,000 Days, Smallville, Anromeda, Stargate SG-1)

1969 – Dweezil Zappa, actor (The Running Man)

1973 – Rose MacGowan, actress (Once Upon a Time, Encino Man)

1974 – Justin Nimmo, actor (Power Rangers in Space)

1974 – Paddy Considine (The World’s End)

1976 – Carice Van Houten (Repo Men, From Time to Time)

1978 – Nan Yu, actress (My DNA Says I Love You)

1992 – Fritz [Reuter] Leiber Jr, sci-fi author, d @ 81 (Bazaar of the Bizarre)

2005 – The Wild Blue Yonder released