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Sci-Fi Trivia: July 26th.

Events on this day: July 26th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1894 – Brave New World author Aldous L Huxley.

Born on this day in 1901 – John Bleifer, actor - Men Into Space, Queen of Outer Space, The 27th Day

Born on this day in 1918 – Stacy Harris, actor - Men into Space, The Adventures of Superboy

Born on this day in 1926 – James Best, actor - The Twilight Zone, The Killer Shrews, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Born on this day in 1928 – Stanley Kubrick, director - A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Born on this day in 1945 – Linda Harrison, actress - Planet of the Apes, Cocoon, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

Born on this day in 1954 – author Lawrence Watt-Evans

On this day in 1979 Unidentified Flying Oddball is released

On this day in 2012 – Mary Tamm, actress in Doctor Who, died aged 62

Sci-Fi Trivia: July 25th.

Events on this day: July 25th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1933 – Ken Swofford, actor - Max Headroom, The Incredible Hulk, Battlestar Galactica, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Andromeda Strain, The Intruders

Born on this day in 1948 – author Brian Michael Stableford

Born on this day in 1952 – Nina Thomas, actress - Doctor Who

Born on this day in 1954 – Lynne Frederick, actress - Space: 1999, Phase IV, No Blade of Grass.

Born on this day in 1955 – Iman, actress - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

On this day in 1959 – The Head released

Born on this day in 1967 – Matt LeBlanc, actor - Lost in Space.

On this day in 1969 The Valley of Gwangi is released

On this day in 1984 – Akihiko Hirata, actor, died aged 56 - Godzilla, Rodan, The Mysterians, The H-Man, Mothra, King Kong vs. Godzilla, Atragon, Ghidorah, Ultraman, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, Son of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

On this day in 2008 The X-Files: I Want To Believe is released

Sci-Fi Trivia: July 24th.

Events on this day: July 24th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1914 – Robert Emhardt, actor - Land of the Giants, The Invaders, Twilight Zone.

Born on this day in 1909 – Sydney Bromley, actor - Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Prehistoric Women, Night Creatures, Quatermass and the Pit, Quatermass II, 1984.

Born on this day in 1936 – Mark Goddard, actor - Lost in Space, Strange Invaders.

Born on this day in 1940 –Dan Hedaya, actor - Alien Resurrection, Twilight Zone, BuckarooBanzie, Earthlings.

Born on this day in 1942 – Chris Sarandon, actor - Star Trek: DS9, The Outer Limits, Perversions of Science, Frankenstein.

On this day in 1957 – Nevil Shute’s On the Beach is published in the U.S.

On this day in 1991 – Isaac Bashevis Singer author of The Golem died aged 88

On this day in 1997 – Brian Glover, actor, died aged 63 - Alien 3, Doctor Who.

On this day in 2002 – Maurice Denham, actor, died aged 92 - Doctor Who, Blood Beast from Outer Space, Out of This World, Project M7.

Sci-Fi Trivia: July 23rd.

Events on this day: July 23rd

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1901 – Hank Worden, actor - Ice Pirates, UFOria, Space Rage.

Born on this day in 1912 – Michael Wilding, actor - Frankenstein: The True Story.

Born on this day in 1914 – artist Virgil Finlay,

Born on this day in 1938 – Ronny Cox, actor - Age of Dinosaurs, Stargate SG-1, Deep Blue Sea, Time Trax, Star Trek: TNG, Total Recall, Martians Go Home, RoboCop.

Born on this day in 1961 – Woody Harrelson, actor - The Hunger Games, 2012, Zombieland, A Scanner Darkly.

On this day in 2002 – Leo McKern, actor, died aged 82 - Space: 1999, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, X the Unknown.

Sci-Fi Trivia: July 22nd.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1889 – James Whale, director - The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein.

Born on this day in 1924 – Joseph Sargent, director/actor - Tomorrow’s Child, Colossus: The Forbin Project, The Immortal, Star Trek / Twilight Zone.

Born on this day in 1926 – Brian Forbes, actor - Quatermass II: Enemy from Space, Satellite in the Sky.

Born on this day in 1928 – Orson Bean, actor - Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe, Alien Autopsy, Being John Malkovich, Monsters, Innerspace, Twilight Zone.

Born on this day in 1931 – Perry Lopez, actor - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Star Trek, Time Tunnel, The Creature From the Black Lagoon.

Born on this day in 1930 – Marcia Henderson, actress - Men Into Space.

Born on this day in 1934 – Louise Fletcher, actress - The Genesis Code, Strange Invaders, Brainstorm, Invaders From Mars, Star Trek: DS9, VR.5, Frankenstein and Me, The Stepford Husbands, Virtuosity, The Ray Bradbury Theater.

Born on this day in 1938 – Terence Stamp, actor - Smallville, Elektra, Red Planet, Star Wars: Episode I, Alien Nation, Superman I and II, HU-Man.

Born on this day in 1944 – Nick Brimble, actor - Frankenstein Unbound, Cosmic Princess, Blakes 7, Space: 1999.

Born on this day in 1944 – Peter Jason, actor - Robosapien: Rebooted, Planet Raptor, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2006], Alien Apocalypse, Raptor Island, Carnivale, Ghosts of Mars, Perversions of Science, Escape from L.A., Mortal Kombat, Congo, Village of the Damned, Quantum Leap, Arachnophobia, They Live, Alien Nation, Prince of Darkness, Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star, Amazing Stories, Dreamscape, The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Captain Nemo, Shadow on the Land, Land of the Giants.

On this day in 1960 – Plan 9 from Outer Space released

Sci-Fi Trivia: July 21st.

Events on this day: July 21^st.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1924 – Don Knotts, actor - The Reluctant Astronaut.

Born on this day in 1926 – Paul Burke, actor - Adventures of Superman, Men Into Space.

Born on this day in 1929 – John Woodvine, actor - Doctor Who, Tripods.

Born on this day in 1948 – Art Hindle, actor - The Clone Master, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Mutant X, Total Recall 2070.

On this day in 1956 – Satellite in the Sky released