This Week in Geek (6/8-6/14)

Birthdays

8: Robert F. Young (1915); Robert Preston (1918); Kate Wilhelm (1928); Dana Wynter (1931); James Darren (1936); Bernie Casey (1939); Colin Baker (1943); Alan Scarfe (1946); Lexa Doig (1973)

9: Lin Carter (1930); Joe Haldeman (1943); Michael J. Fox (1961); Johnny Depp (1963); Natalie Portman (1981); Logan Browning (1989)

10: Barry Morse (1918); Jurgen Prochnow (1941); Kage Baker (1952); Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963); Andrew Niccol (1964); Mike Dopud (1968); Nicole Bilderback (1975); DJ Qualls (1978); Leelee Sobieski (1983); Celina Jade (1985); Joey Zimmerman (1986)

11: Gerald Mohr (1914); Ed Bishop (1932); Gene Wilder (1933); Jeb Rosebrook (1935); Adrienne Barbeau (1945); Sherman Howard (1949); David Carren (1952); Hugh Laurie (1959); Pamela Gidley (1965); Yasuko Sawaguchi (1965); Clare Carey (1967); Cristina Pucelli (1969); Peter Dinklage (1969); Jane Goldman (1970); Salli Saffioti (1976); Shane Meier (1977); Joshua Jackson (1978); Shia Labeouf (1986); Jelly Howie (1987); Claire Holt (1988); Ivana Baquero (1994)

12: William Lundigan (1914); Irwin Allen (1916); Len Wein (1948); Roger Aaron Brown (1949); Dexter Clay (1956); Timothy Busfield (1957); Felecia M. Bell (1960); Paula Marshall (1964); Jason Mewes (1974); Richard Ayoade (1977); James Ashcroft (1978); Anais Fairweather (1984); Luke Youngblood (1986);

13: Percy Rodriguez (1918); Ralph McQuarrie (1929); Malcolm McDowell (1943); Whitley Strieber (1945); Simon Callow (1949); Belinda Bauer (1950); Stellan Skarsgard (1951); Tim Allen (1953); Ada Maris (1957); Ally Sheedy (1962); Audrey Niffenegger (1963); Lisa Vidal (1965); Shannon Fill (1971); Tygh Runyan (1976); Chris Evans (1981); Kat Dennings (1986); Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990); Kodi Smit-McPhee (1996)

14: Gene Barry (1919); Harry Turtledove (1949); Will Patton (1954); Paul Kupperberg (1955); Traylor Howard (1966); Pascale Hutton (1979); Jordan Hayes (1987); Lucy Hale (1989)

Events

10: The Adventures of Superman (Radio) begins the serial “Clan of the Fiery Cross,” which brings Superman into conflict with the Ku Klux Klan and will inspire the 2019 comic “Superman Smashes the Klan.” (1946)

14: A UFO reportedly crashes near Roswell, New Mexico (1947)

Anniversaries

8: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1922); Destination Moon (1951); Ghostbusters (1984); Gremlins (1984); Evolution (2001); Prometheus (2012); Hotel Aramis (2018); 1984 by George Orwell (1949)

9: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989); Crusade premiere (1999); The Invisible Man premiere (2001); Falling Skies season 3 premiere (2013); Dark Matter season 3 premiere (2017); Wynonna Earp season 2 premiere (2017)

10: This Island Earth (1955); The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005); Bloodrayne: The Third Reich (2011); Super 8 (2011); Cell (2016); Warcraft (2016)

11: E.T: The Extraterrestrial (1982); Jurassic Park (1993); The Chronicles of Riddick (2001); The Stepford Wives (2004); Zenon: Z3 (2004); The 4400 season 3 premiere (2006); The 100 season 1 finale (2014)

12: Clash of the Titans (1981); Predator (1987); The Witches of Eastwick (1987); Witchblade series premiere (2001); Post Impact (2004); Alien Origin (2012); Superman vs. the Elite (2012); Jurassic World (2015); Dark Matter series premiere (2015)

13: The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); Invisible Man premieres on BBC (1958); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980); Hercules (1997); The Incredible Hulk (2008); The Happening (2008); Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6 finale (1992)

14: D.A.R.Y.L. (1985); The Stuff (1985); H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds (2005); Man of Steel (2013); The Last of Us (PS3, 2013); War for the Planet of the Apes (2017); Men in Black: International (2019)

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