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Soylent Green opens in New York City (1973). Soylent Green was adapted by Stanley R. Greenberg from the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison. Richard Fleischer directed, with a brawny cast that includes Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, and Edward G. Robinson in his final performance.

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Hayden Christensen is born (1981). Hayden Christensen is best known to genre audiences for his role as Anakin Skywalker and his Sith alter ego, Darth Vader, in the Star Wars universe. He also appears in John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness; makes guest appearances in series Forever Knight , Goosebumps, and Are You Afraid of the Dark?; and in 2008, he stars as Davey in Jumper, based on the Steven Gould novel. Christensen was born in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Dick Sargent is born (1930). The "second Darrin," from 1969–1972, Sargent was Samantha Stephens' mortal husband, replacing Dick York, making the series' perpetual re-runs extra-confusing for everyone: two Darrins played by two Dicks. Sargent also portrayed an officer of the law in The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955).

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