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Lois Chiles is born (1947). Chiles, an actor with a famously dusky voice, appeared as Dr. Holly Goodhead in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979), and as Nancy Greenly in Michael Crichton's classic medical thriller Coma (1978). Her other genre credits include Creepshow 2 (1987), In the Eye of the Snake (1994), an uncredited turn in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), and the made-for-television Dark Mansions (1986). Lois was born in Alice, Texas, USA.

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Elizabeth Montgomery is born (1933). As Samantha Stevens — the perkiest witch ever to hit television — Montgomery continues to charm generation after generation of Bewitched viewers. Following that show's run, she was acclaimed for her complex portrayal of an alleged axe murderess in the television movie, The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975). Early in her career, she played the last woman on Earth (opposite Charles Bronson) in the famous 1959 Twilight Zone episode "Two." Elizabeth, who died in 1995, was born in Hollywood, California, USA.

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Henry James is born (1843). Legendary American novelist Henry James' classic ghost story, "The Turn of the Screw", has been adapted numerous times to the big screen, to television, and even to the opera stage. The most enduring version, re-titled The Innocents (1961), was directed by Jack Clayton and based on an adaptation by Truman Capote and William Archibald. The film starred Deborah Kerr as the repressed governess haunted by the spirits of a pair of demented lovers. James, who died in 1916, was born in New York, New York, USA.