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Births

• 1904: Val Lewton is born (Producers)
• 1911: Ishirô Honda is born in Yamagata, Japan (Directors)
• 1922: Darren McGavin is born (Actors)
• 1947: J. D. Hall is born (Actors)
• 1951: John Fleck is born (actor)
• 1962: David Franklin is born (Actors) (Farscape)
• 1968: Traci Lords is born (Actors)

Deaths

• 1958: Sheldon Lewis dies (Actors)
• 1993: Mary Philbin dies (Actors)

Events

• 1967: 14 year old Ricky Banyard has a close encounter of the second kind with a UFO in Edmonton, Canada (1) (UFOs)
• 1977: Quark (TV series) debuts on NBC (TV Series)
• 1982: Zombi Holocaust opens in US theatres (Movies)
• 1990: The Amityville Curse opens in US theatres (Movies)
• 1999: The Mummy (1999 film) opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
• 2004: Van Helsing opens in Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, UK and US theatres (among others) (Movies)
• 2007: The The Hard Part episode of Heroes debuts on NBC (TV Series)

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