Birthdays
| Bud Fisher 1885, cartoonist, In late-1907, he introduced a comic strip character he called "Mr. A. Mutt" (the initial stood for Augustus) that became instantly popular with the paper's readers. In March 1908, Fisher added a second character he named "Jeff," a diminutive man, the opposite of the tall and skinny Mutt. The "Mutt and Jeff" comic strip gained such popularity that Fisher, who was able to claim copyright to the characters |
| Skottie Young 1978, comic book artist, Young has penciled several Marvel titles including New Warriors, Human Torch, Spider-Man Legend of the Spider Clan and New X-Men. He's done covers for Cable & Deadpool and Marvel Adventures Iron Man as well. Until recently, he was a regular on the Around Comics podcast and he's currently working on an adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for Marvel Illustrated. |
| Harry Landers 1921, actor, Unknown role - Tales of Tomorrow (1 episode, "Plague from Space", 1952), Lieutenant Bowers - Phantom from Space (1953), Radar Operator - Steve Canyon (1 episode, "Operation Intercept", 1959), World of Giants (1 episode, "The Smugglers", 1959), Mike Duvall - Dennis The Menace (1 episode, "Dennis and the Good Example", 1961), Dr. Coleman - Star Trek (1 episode, "Turnabout Intruder", 1969). |
| Robert "Bob" Francis Hoy 1927, actor/stuntman, Charlie - Revenge of the Creature (1955), Mole Person - The Mole People (1956), Sgt. Pete Berger - Steve Canyon (3 episodes, 1959-1960), Woody - The Green Hornet (1 episode, "May The Best Man Lose", 1966), Horta - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Devil in the Dark", 1967), West - Earth II (1971) (TV), Pedestrian - Future Cop (1 episode, "Girl on the Ledge", 1977), Thug #1 / Talbot - The Six Million Dollar Man (2 episodes, "Stranger in Broken Folk", "The Madonna Caper", 1974-1978), Norman / Marty - Wonder Woman (2 episodes, "Disco Devil", "Amazon Hot Wax", 1978-1979), unknown role - Salvage 1 (1 episode, "The Haunting of Manderly Mansion", 1979), Kyle - The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987) (TV). |
| James Black 1962, actor, Kronik - Galaxy of the Dinosaurs (1992), Security Guard #1 - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Voices of Authority", 1996), Security Operator - Space: Above and Beyond (1 episode, "The Angriest Angel", 1996), Helmsman - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Shattered Mirror", 1996), Soldier - Godzilla (1998), Sergeant Morrow - Universal Soldier: The Return (1999). |
| Adam Paul Scott 1973, actor, Defiant Helm Crewman - Star Trek: First Contact (1996). |
| William Leisner 19??, sci-fi author, novels Star Trek: The Next Generation: Losing the Peace, and A Less Perfect Union |
| David Hyde Pierce 1959, actor, Delivery Room Doctor - Addams Family Values (1993), Buttons The Chimp - The Adventures of Hyperman (1 episode, 1995), Dr. Jack Henson - The Outer Limits (1 episode, 1996), Baron von Lichtenstamp - Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (3 episodes, 1996), Daedalus - Disney's Hercules (3 episodes, 1998), Slim - A Bug's Life (1998) (voice), Bird - The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! (2000) (V) (voice), Drix- Osmosis Jones (2001) (voice), Doctor Doppler - Treasure Planet (2002) (voice), Addison - Gary The Rat (1 episode, "Strange Bedfellows", 2003), Abe Sapien - Hellboy (2004) (voice), Emperor Zombie - The Amazing Screw-On Head (2006) (TV) (voice), Cecil Terwilliger - The Simpsons (2 episodes, 1997-2007). |
| Eric Braeden 1941, actor, Dr. Charles Forbin - Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), Dr. Otto Hasslein - Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Arlen Findletter - The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973) (TV), Paul Gerard - Project U.F.O. (1 episode, "Sighting 4009: The French Incident", 1978), Captain Drangel / Donalsen - Wonder Woman (2 episodes, 1975-1978), Leonard Nero - The Aliens Are Coming (1980) (TV). |
| William Gaunt 1937, actor, Bill Sheridan - Out of This World (1 episode, 1962), Orcini - Doctor Who (2 episodes, "Revelation of the Daleks: Part 1 & 2", 1985). |
| Andrew Keir 1926, actor, Hassan - Invisible Man (1 episode, "Man in Power", 1959), Wyler- Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966), Prof. Bernard Quatermass - Quatermass and the Pit (1967). |
| Marlon Brando 1924, actor, Jor-El - Superman (1978), Dr. Moreau - The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996). |
Events
| 1986, HMS Bounty scenes are filmed for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Among the scenes filmed are Admiral Kirk briefing the away team and Spock's nuclear vessel solution for dilithium problems. |
| 1989, Star Trek:TNG, "Time Squared" airs. |
| 1998, Lost in Space movie is released. |
| 2002, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Oasis" airs. |
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