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1889 – Walter Baldwin, actor (The Invaders)

1891 – Charles P. Thompson, actor (Twilight Zone)

1915 – Alvin Hammer, actor (Planet of the Apes (1974 TV))

1916 – Osa Massen, actress, (Rocketship XM, Science Fiction Theatre)

1920 – Isaac Asimov, sci-fi author

Isaac Asimov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1922 – Jason Evers, actor (The Brain that Wouldn’t Die, Basket Case 2, Bionic Woman, The Fantastic Journey, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, The Illustrated Man, Star Trek, The Invaders)

Jason Evers in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1928 – Howard Caine, actor (Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, My Favorite Martian)

Howard Caine in The Outer Limits episode, The Chameleon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1929 – Charles Beaumont, writer (Queen of Outer Space, Twilight Zone)

1938 – John Considine, actor (Out of this World, Timestalkers, Endangered Species, My Favorite Martian, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone)

John Considine in The Outer Limits episode, The Man Who Was Never Born.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1948 – Deborah Watling, actress (Doctor Who, H.G. Wells Invisible Man)

1950 – Rocketship X-M Released

Rocketship X-M debuted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1952 – Wendy Phillips, actress (The Stand, The Twilight Zone)

1956 – John Bedford Lloyd, actor (Aliens in the Family, SeaQuest 2032, The Abyss, C.H.U.D.)

John Bedford Lloyd in The Abyss

1957 – Joanna Pacula, actress (Virus, Dinocroc, Lightning: Bolts of Destruction, Timemaster, E.A.R.T.H. Force)

1957 – Joanna Pacula, actress (Dinocroc, Virus, Timemaster, E.A.R.T.H. Force)

1963 – Jack Carson, actor, d @ 52 (Twilight Zone)

1966 – Kate Hodge, actress (Fringe, Level 9)

1967 – James Marshall, actor (Alien Lockdown)

1967 – Tia Carrere actress (Warehouse 13, Supernova, Quantum Leap

1968 – Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Outbreak, Hardwired)

1968 – Evan Parke, actor (Planet of the Apes)

1969 – Georges Renevant, actor, d @ 74 (The Invisible Ray)

1971 – Taye Diggs, actor (Equilibrium)

1973 – Lucy Davis, actress (Shaun of the Dead)

1975 – Dax Shepard, actor (Zathura: A Space Adventure)

1978 – Blakes 7 debuts on BBC1

Blakes 7 debuted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1979 – Suranne Jones, actress (Doctor Who)

Suranne Jones in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

1980 – David Gyasi, actor (Doctor Who, Interstellar, Torchwood)

David Gyasi in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

1983 – Kate Bosworth, actress (Superman Returns)

1984 – Kristen Hager, actress (A Little Bit Zombie, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem)

1990 – Alan Hale, Jr., actor, d @ 68 (ALF, The Giant Spider Invasion, Land of the Giants, My Favorite Martian, The Crawling Hand, Captain Video and His Video Rangers)

1992 – Virginia Field, actress, d @ 74 (The Earth Dies Screaming)

2002 – Bibi Osterwald, actress, d @ 83 (Out of this World)

2004 – Lynn Cartwright, actress, d @ 76 (The Wasp Woman, The Lucifer Complex, Far Out Space Nuts, Queen of Outer Space, Science Fiction Theatre)

2008 – Dante 01 released

2009 – Steven Gilborn, actor, d @ 72 (Evolution, Lois & Clark)

2011 – Anne Francis, actress, d @ 80 (Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone, The Invaders, The Rocket Man)

2011 – Patricia Smith, actress, d @ 80 (Planet Earth, My Favorite Martian, The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, actor, d @ 64 (Jurassic Park, Inception, Æon Flux, Alien 3)

2013 – Ned Wertimer, actor d @ 89 (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians)

2014 – Donna Douglas, actress, d @ 81 (Twilight Zone, Project U.F.O.)