5/4: Today in G-History

1893: EDGAR DEARING, who played the second tramp in "Tarantula", is
born in Ceres, Calif.

1894: RUSSELL GAIGE, who had a bit part in "Them!", is born in Iowa.

1913: HIYASA MORISHIGE, who played fortune teller in "Madame White
Snake", the prime minister in "Don't Call Me a Con Man" and the Earth
Federation President in "Sayonara, Jupiter", is born in Osaka.

1928: DAVID GARDNER, who played Watt in "Virus", is born in Toronto.

1929: NOBORU NAKAYA is born in Tokyo. He played Shikibu Heinai in the
"In a Cup of Tea" segment of "Kwaidan" and Yoshitaka Kujo in "G.I.
Samurai", and was in "Time of the Apes".

1950: HILLY HICKS, who was the voice of Brock on "The Godzilla Power
Hour", is born in Los Angeles.

1953: MASASHI EBARA, who was the voice of Professor Go on the "Giant
Robo" anime, is born in Kanagawa, Japan.

1972: Bassist MIKE DIRNT of Green Day, who performed "Brain Stew" on
the "Godzilla" soundtrack, is born in Berkeley, Calif.

1973: Episode 31 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "The Terrifying
Sequential Explosions", debuts on Japanese TV.

1974: Episode 12 of "Kamen Rider X", "The Fascination of Super Ability
Woman", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 5 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Omega Hell Project
Beginning", debuts on Japanese TV.

1975: Episode 44 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Crisis at Zaborger Base!!",
debuts on Japanese TV.

1976: Episode 31 of "Akumaizer 3", "Why!? The Challenge from Hell",
debuts on Japanese TV.

1977: Episode 14 of "Vigilante Zubat", "White Feathered Arrow -- Tears
of Goodbye", debuts on Japanese TV.

1986: VIVIAN MASON, who played secretary Miss Ryan in "The Beast from
20,000 Fathoms", marries John W. Hite.

1980: ALDOUS DAVIDSON, who played the obnoxious Asian teen in the
restaurant in "Showdown of the Godz", is born.

1987: Episode 7 of "Super Manchine: Metalder", "The Flames of
Defiance", debuts on Japanese TV.

1994: Episode 55 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers",
"Second Chance", debuts on Fox.

1997: Episode 12 of "Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger" debuts on
Japanese TV.

1998: ALBERT GLASSER, who composed the scores for "The Amazing
Colossal Man", "Earth vs. the Spider", and "War of the Colossal
Beast", and stock music used in the U.S. release of "Varan the
Unbelievable", dies at 82 of a heart attack in Los Angeles.

2007: SHINSUKE ACHIHA, who played Soga on "Ultra Seven", is found dead
from an apparent suicide in Kagoshima Prefecture.

2009: "20th Century Boys" is released in the U.K. on DVD.