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Grace Lee Whitney is born (1930). American actress Grace Lee Whitney is best known for her role in the original Star Trek series and related films as the attractive beehived yeoman Janice Rand. Whitney was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Lon Chaney is born (1883). Actor and makeup specialist Leonidas Frank Chaney was one of the genre's first screen legends thanks to his classic performances as the title monsters in the silent versions of The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923). Lon's other projects include London After Midnight (1927), The Unknown (1927), The Monster (1925), and The Shock (1923). Chaney, who died in 1930, was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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First vampire story written (1819). "The Vampyre" is a short story written by John William Polidori and is a progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. It was first published in the New Monthly Magazine with the false attribution "A Tale by Lord Byron." The story was an immediate success. Polidori transformed the vampire from a character in folklore into the form we recognize today—an aristocratic fiend who preys among high society.

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