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Births

• 1886: Olaf Stapledon is born (Authors)
• 1888: Max Steiner is born (Composers)
• 1894: Dimitri Tiomkin is born (Composers)
• 1899: Fred Astaire is born (Actor)
• 1902: David O. Selznick is born (Producers)
• 1933: Alan Landsburg is born (Producers)
• 1936: Gary Owens is born (Voice Artists)
• 1937: Arthur L. Kopit is born (Actor)
• 1948: Meg Foster is born (Actor)
• 1961: Teri Copley is born (Actor)
• 1968: Erik Palladino is born (Actor)

Deaths

• 1977: Joan Crawford dies (Actors)
• 1999: Shel Silverstein dies (Author)
• 2006: Val Guest dies (Screenwriters, Directors)

Events

• 1940: Beyond Tomorrow opens in US theatres (Movie)
• 1945: The Phantom Speaks opens in US theatres (Movie)
• 1950: The Invisible Monster opens in US theatres (Movie)
• 1975: Monty Python and the Holy Grail opens in US theatres (Movie) (Monty Python)
• 1976: Gemini Man opens in theaters (Movie)
• 1991: Biker Chicks in Zombietown opens in US theatres (Movie)
• 1993: The Suspicions episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation makes its debut (TV Series) (Star Trek)
• 1999: The Politics episode of Stargate SG-1 makes its syndicated debut (TV Series) (Stargate)
• 2006: The ? episode of Lost makes its debuts on ABC (TV Series)
• 2006: The Three of a Kind episode of Psychic Detectives debuts on the Court TV (Paranormal TV Series)
• 2007: 33rd Saturn Award winners are announced Official Site (Awards)
• 2007, 9:00 PM: The All Hell Breaks Loose Part 1 episode of Supernatural debuts on the CW Official Site (TV Series)

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