Births
1969 – Robert Maillet a.k.a. as the wrestler “Kurrgan” in the WWE. He appeared in “Sherlock Holmes” (2009), played “Frankenstein” in “Monster Brawl” and stars as “The Master” in the TV series “The Strain.”
1962 – Cary Elwes who starred in “Shadow of the Vampire,” the 1992 version of “Dracula,” “The Alphabet Killer,” “The Princess Bride,” “Saw” and “Saw 3D.”
1961 – Dylan McDermott who starred in the first season of “American Horror Story” and the film “The Messengers.”
1942 – Bob Hoskins who starred in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Snow white and the Huntsman” and “Son of the Mask.”
1918 – Ivor Fancis who starred in “House of the Dead” (1978), “The Night Strangler” TV movie as well as episodes of “Night gallery” and “Circle of Fear.”
1914 – Jackie Coogan who played the original “Uncle Fester,” in the original “Addams Family” TV series.
Deaths
2007 – Animator Tom O’Loughlin, who did work on the animated TV series “She-Ra; Princess of Power,” “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe,” “Ghostbusters” and “The Kid Super Power Hour With Shazam!” passed away at the age of 83.
1999 – Musician Hoyt Axton who starred in “Gremlins,” passed away at the age of 61.
Films released on this date
The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1929
The Crimson Ghost 1946
Unknown World 1951
Way…Way Out 1966
When a Stranger Calls 1979
Body Double 1984
The Terminator 1984
Silent Madness 1984
Terror in the Aisles 1984
Graveyard Shift 1990
Soultaker 1990
Shrunken Heads 1994
Ginger Snaps 2001
Thir3en Ghosts 2001
Bite Me! 2004
Saw IV 2007
Cloud Atlas 2012
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D 2012