BORN ON THIS DATE
1874: Poet Robert Frost, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 212- GODZILLA VS. MEGALON.

1903: Domenico Scala, cinematographer for the movie in episode 605- COLOSSUS AND THE HEADHUNTERS.

1904: Author and folklorist Joseph Campbell, who was mentioned in host segments in episode 813- JACK FROST, 207- WILD REBELS and 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED.

1905: Lev Potyomkin, who played a robber in the movie “Morozko,” seen in episode 813- JACK FROST.

1907: Claude Stroud, who played the hotel manager in the movie in episode 415- THE BEATNIKS.

1911: Aaron Stell, editor of the movies in episodes 402- THE GIANT GILA MONSTER, 407- THE KILLER SHREWS and 517- BEGINNING OF THE END.

1916: Harry Fleer, who played Jedrow in the movie in episode 320- THE UNEARTHLY and Mr. Hubbard in the movie in episode 414- TORMENTED.

1919: Strother Martin, who played Nihka in the movie WORLD WITHOUT END, the movie riffed in MST3K’s first live show.

1919: Ed Hinton, who played an officer at the proving grounds in the movie in episode 208- LOST CONTINENT.

1921: Julie Harris, costume designer for the movie in episode 1107- THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT.

1931: Leonard Nimoy, who was parodied in host segments in several episodes.

1933: Ignazio Dolce, who had a role in the movie in episode 412- HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN and was second unit director for the movie in episode 1205- KILLER FISH.

1934: Alan Arkin, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 311- IT CONQUERED THE WORLD.

1934: Joby Baker, who played the TV director for the movie in episode 1104- AVALANCHE.*

1934: Norman Reynolds, assistant art director for the movie in episode K09- PHASE IV.

1935: John Graysmark, a draughtsman for the movie in episode 909- GORGO.

1945: Kevin O’Neal, who played Harry in the movie in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS.

1946: Johnny Crawford, who played Horsey in the movie in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS and played Ken Brewster in the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.

1949: Vicki Lawrence, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 506- EEGAH!*

1950: Alan Sivestri, musical composer for the movie in episode 1201- MAC AND ME.*

1959: Axel Berg, who played parapsychologist Ralph in the movie MAKING CONTACT, featured in the MST3K Live Time Bubble Tour in 2021-22.*

DIED ON THIS DATE
1827: Ludwig Van Beethoven (age 56; cirrhosis), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 309- THE AMAZING
COLOSSAL MAN and whose Waldstein Sonata can be heard in the same episode. Digger Smolkin’s reworking of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony can be heard in a host segment in episode 806- THE UNDEAD.

1973: Sir Noël Peirce Coward (age 74), who wrote the song “Mad About the Boy,” which Tom Servo sings a snippet of in a host segment in episode 507- I ACCUSE MY PARENTS.

1976: Rory Mallinson (age 72), who played Hank in the movie in episode 611- LAST OF THE WILD HORSES.

1982: Sam Kydd (age 67), who played a bar man in the movie in episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO and Harry in the movie in episode 901- THE PROJECTED MAN.

1990: Tristram Coffin (age 80), who played Dr. Foster in the episode 105- THE CORPSE VANISHES, security chief Meidel in the movie in episode 106- THE CRAWLING HAND and Michael in the movie in episode 520- RADAR SECRET SERVICE. He also appeared as a police lieutenant aa well as a radio announcer in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.

1996: Scott Douglas (age 68), who played Lt. Lewis in the movie in episode 603- THE DEAD TALK BACK.

2001: Diane Sayer (age 63), who played Midge in the movie in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP.

2003: Stacy Morgan (age 82), who played a state policeman in the movie in episode 623- THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN.

2005: Eddie Saeta (age 90), assistant director of the movie in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.

2017: Alessandro Alessandroni (age 92), music arranger for the movie in episode 1013- DIABOLIK.

EVENTS ON THIS DATE
1990: At the Oscars: Freddie Francis, director of the movie in episode 905- THE DEADLY BEES, wins the cinematography award for “Glory.” Howard W. Koch, director of the movie in episode 112- UNTAMED YOUTH, received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The ceremony was hosted by Billy Crystal, who played David in the movie in episode K13- SST-DEATH FLIGHT. Gregg Rudloff, re-recording mixer for MAKING CONTACT, featured in the MST3K Live Time Bubble Tour in 2021-22, shared the best sound award for “Glory” with Russell Williams II, Elliot Tyson and Donald O. Mitchell.”

2000: At the Oscars: The ceremony is hosted by Billy Crystal, who played David in the movie in episode K13- SST-DEATH FLIGHT. Gregg Rudloff, who was re-recording mixer for MAKING CONTACT, featured in the MST3K Live Time Bubble Tour in 2021-22., won the best sound award for “The Matrix.”

2002: Rhino Home Video releases episode 507- I ACCUSE MY PARENTS and 619- RED ZONE CUBA on DVD.

2013: Shout! Factory releases The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. XXVI.

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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.