Sci-Fi History: October 2nd.

This is a small selection of events that have occurred on this day in history:

Born on this day in 1895 – Bud Abbott, actor - Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

Born on this day in 1892 – Henry Victor, actor - King of the Zombies.

Born on this day in 1900 – Barton Yarbrough, actor - The Ghost of Frankenstein.

Born on this day in 1906 – Willy Ley, sci-fi author - Adventure in Space.

Born on this day in 1907 – George Grizzard, actor - 3rd Rock from the Sun, Twilight Zone.

Born on this day in 1909 – Alex Raymond, artist - Flash Gordon.

Born on this day in 1911 – Jack Finney, sci-fi author - Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Born on this day in 1917 – Charles Drake, actor - Land of the Giants, Star Trek, The Invaders, Tobor the Great, It Came from Outer Space.

Born on this day in 1925 – Rock Hudson, actor - Martian Chronicles, Embryo.

Born on this day in 1929 – Moses Gunn, actor Salvage 1, Rollerball.

Born on this day in 1933 – David Somerville, actor - Star Trek.

Born on this day in 1936 – David Gale, actor - Guyver, Re-Animator, Bride of Re-Animator, The Brain.

Born on this day in 1944 – Larry Ward, actor (voice of Jabba the Hutt and Greedo, both uncredited)

Born on this day in 1944 – author Vernor  Vinge.

Born on this day in 1946 Avery Brooks - Commander Benjamin Sisko from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Born on this day in 1950 – Ian McNiece, actor - Doctor Who, Day of the Dead, White Noise, Frankenstein, Children of Dune, Dune, Bugs, The Tomorrow People, The Cloning of Joanna May, Time Riders, Whoops Apocalypse.

Born on this day in 1950 – Tom Corbett, Space Cadet premieres on TV

On this day in 1987 Creepzoids was released.

On this day in 1992 Omega Cop was released.