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House of Wax opens (1953). Touted by Warner Bros. as the first big-studio 3-D movie, Vincent Price's 34th picture is his first horror film. Ironically, director Andre de Toth couldn't appreciate the 3-D effects—he had only one working eye.

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Max von Sydow is born (1929). This acclaimed Swedish actor gave an immortal performance as Father Merrin, the titular character in William Friedkin's classic, recently re-released adaptation of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist (1975). Max also lent his presence to the 1977 sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic, and to a variety of other popular genre titles, including Spielberg's Minority Report (2001), Stephen King's Needful Things (1993), David Lynch's Dune (1984), Dreamscape (1984), Conan the Barbarian (1982), and Flash Gordon (1980). Max was born in Lund, Sweden.

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Haley Joel Osment is born (1988). No matter what else he does, Oscar-nominated Haley Joel has already gained a place in genre history thanks to his scene-stealing performance as Cole Sear, the haunted child opposite Bruce Willis's haunted shrink in M. Night Shyamalan's blockbuster The Sixth Sense (1999). His other credits includes Spielberg's A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (2001), Bogus (1996), and Forrest Gump (1994). Haley Joel was born in Image:Los Angeles, Image:California.

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