BORN ON THIS DATE
1892: Lowell Thomas, narrator for the short THE CHICKEN OF TOMORROW, seen in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.

1898: Bobby Gilbert, who played a store clerk in the movie in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.

1907: Joseph H. Lewis, editor of the season four serial UNDERSEA KINGDOM and supervising editor for the movie in episode 409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN.

1909: Aldo Pini, who played Tifi in the movies in episodes 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED and 502- HERCULES.

1913: Jack Stubbs, unit production manager for the movie in episode 814- RIDING WITH DEATH.

1917: John Ensign, who played Lt. Anderson in the movie in episode 514- TEEN-AGE STRANGLER.

1920: David Bradley, who directed the movie in episode 524- 12 TO THE MOON.

1931: Brian Jackson, who had a uncredited role as an army soldier in the movie in episode 909- GORGO.

1922: Gerald A. Fernback, executive producer for the movie in episode 818- DEVIL DOLL and the movie in episode 901- THE PROJECTED MAN.

1931: Brian Jackson, who had a uncredited role as an army soldier in the movie in episode 909- GORGO.

1933: Ron Shane, who played a detective in the movie in episode 506- EEGAH!*

1934: Luanna S. Poole, script supervisor for the movies in episodes 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP and 805- THE THING THAT COULDN’T DIE.

1938: Roy Thinnes, who played Johnny Paul in the movie in episode 608- CODE NAME: DIAMOND HEAD and Dr. Phil Brewer in the TV series GENERAL HOSPITAL seen as shorts in season four.*

1941: Gheorghe Zamfir, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS.*

1943: Bruce Podewell, who played Buzz Turner in the short MR. B NATURAL, seen in episode 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST.

1961: James Melkonian, an editor for the movie NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER, seen in the MST3K Live: The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour in 2019, and writer/associate producer for the movie MAKING CONTACT, featured in the MST3K Live Time Bubble Tour in 2021-22.*

DIED ON THIS DATE
1953: Fred C. Brannon (age 51), director of the season one serial RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON.

1959: Monte Montague (age 67) who played an airplane mechanic in the season two serial THE PHANTOM CREEPS.

1960: Oscar O’Shea (age 78), who played grocer Mr. Haskins in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.

1986: Pedro Galván (age 75), who played Father Delgado in the movie in episode 113- THE BLACK SCORPION.

1987: Ralph Butler (age 74), sound man for the movie WORLD WITHOUT END, riffed in MST3K’s first live show.

1991: Ernesto Morelli (age 89), who played an Italian fisherman in the movie in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS and played a chef in the movie in episode K13- SST-DEATH FLIGHT.

1992: Isaac Asimov (age 72), who was mentioned in host segments in episode 104- WOMEN OF THE PREHISTORIC PLANET and 107- ROBOT MONSTER.

1998: Wendy O. Williams (age 48; suicide), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER.

2010: Eddie Carroll, who played man in black #3 in the movie in episode K19- HANGAR 18 and a doctor in the movie in episode 811- PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR.

2014: Mickey Rooney (age 93), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 902- THE PHANTOM PLANET.

2015: James Best (age 88), who played Thorne Sherman in the movie in episode 407- THE KILLER SHREWS. He also appeared in the movie in episode 809- I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF as the kid at the party who gets slapped.

2015: Milton Delugg (age 96), who was composer for the movie in
episodes 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS

2017: Don Rickles (age 90), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 505- THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD.

2023: Norman Reynolds (age 89), assistant art director for the movie in episode K09- PHASE IV.

EVENT ON THIS DATE
1959: At the Oscars: Tom Howard, who did the special effects for the movie in episode 909- GORGO, wins the award for special effects for “Tom Thumb.” Henry Grace, set decorator for the movie in episode 601- GIRLS TOWN, shared the best art direction award for “Gigi.”

1968: The TV series “Mighty Jack,” episodes of which were strung together to create the movie in episode K14- /314- MIGHTY JACK,
premieres on Japanese television.

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This Date in MSTory is written and compiled by Christopher Cornell, Brian Henry and Steve Finley with assistance by Tim Brown, Gordon Lawyer and many other Satellite News commenters.