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1934 – Paul Naschy, actor (Mystery on Monster Island, Night of the Howling Beast, Vengeance of the Zombies, Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror)

1944 – Swoosie Kurtz, actress (Heroes, Category 7: The End of the World)

1947 – Jane Curtin, actress (Cyberchase, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Coneheads)

Jane Curtain in Coneheads

 

 

 

 

 

 

1947 – Keone Young, actor (Men in Black 3, Star Trek: Enerprise, The Invisible Man, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Star Trek: DS9, Small Wonder)

1949 – Tommy Lee Wallace, director (Max Headroom, Twilight Zone)

1953 – Anne Lockhart, actress (Project U.F.O., Battlestar Galactica, Earthbound, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Incredible Hulk, Galacticon, Voyagers!, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Automan, Quantum Leap, Level 9, Surrogates)

Anne Lockhart in Battlestar Galactica

 

1953 – Patti Yasutake (Star Trek: TNG FlashForward)

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.

1956 – Fire Maidens of Outer Space released

1956 – Alex Raymond, artist, d @ 46 (Flash Gordon)

1957 – The 15th annual World Science Fiction convention in London is the first held outside North America and draws an attendance of 268. John W. Campbell, Jr., the editor of Astounding Science Fiction, becomes the first three-time guest of honor (he had previously been guest of honor in 1947 and 1954).

 

1958 – Michael Winslow, actor (Spaceballs)

Michael Winslow in Spaceballs

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.

1959 – Edmund Gwenn, actor, d @ 83 (Them)

1963 – Betsy Russell, actress (Superboy, The Powers of Matthew Star)

1968 – Mark Ivanir, actor (Fringe, Dollhouse, The Sarah Connor Chronicles)

1972 – Idris Elba (Prometheus, Pacific Rim, 28 Weeks Later, Ultraviolet, Space Precinct)

1972 – China Miéville (won 2010 Hugo for The City & the City)

1972 – Justina Machado, actress (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)

1976 – Naomie Harris, actress (Dinotopia, 28 Days Later…, The Tomorrow People)

1980 – Tehmina Sunny, actress (Heroes, Children of Men)

1980 – Blaze Berdahl, actress (Aliens in the Family)

1985 – Lauren Lapkus, actress (Jurassic World)

1989 – Rhys Ward, actor (The Strain)

2007 – Madeleine L’Engle, [Franklin], sci-fi author, d @ 88 (Ilsa, Love Letters)

2007 – Percy Rodrigues, actor, d @ 89 (Brainwaves, Genesis II, Galaxina, The Astral Factor, The Gemini Man, Planet of the Apes, The Starlost, Star Trek)

2008 – Anita Page, actress, d @ 98 (Frankenstein Rising, The Crawling Brain)

2013 – Riddick released

2014 – Stefan Gierasch, actor, d @ 88 (Star Trek: TNG, Megaville, The Twilight Zone, Holmes and Yo-Yo)