Beyond The Threshold

1897 – Fredric March, actor (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
1914 – Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea)

Richard Basehart as Admiral Nelson in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1920 – James Lanphier, actor (The Time Tunnel, The Deadly Mantis)
1928 – James Coburn, actor, (Men Into Space, Twilight Zone)

1931 – Noble Willingham, actor (Fire in the Sky, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: TNG, Man from Atlantis)
1933 – Robert [Franklin] Adams, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time)

1940 – Larry Hankin, actor (Weird Science, Star Trek: Voyager, Lois & Clark, Star Trek: TNG, ALF)
1940 – Roger Newman, actor (Coma)
1940 – Jack Thompson, actor (Star Wars episode II: Attack of the Clones)
1944 – Roger Dean, artist

Roger Dean artist of so many album covers including Yes, Uriah Heep, Asia and more.

1952 – The tenth annual World Science Fiction convention is held in Chicago with an attendance of about 870—more than double that of the previous largest Worldcon in 1950. Hugo Gernsback is guest of honor, and the convention votes to institute annual science fiction awards called the Hugo, to be initially presented the following year.

1954 – Julie Brown, actress (Alien Avengers II, Quantum Leap, The Incredible Shrinking Woman)

1956 – The 14th annual World Science Fiction Convention, the first in New York since 1939, draws an attendance of about 850. Robert A. Heinlein wins the best novel Hugo for Double Star, and Robert Silverberg is “most promising new author.”

1958 – The 16th annual World Science Fiction Convention is held in South Gate, California, drawing over 320 attendees. Fritz Leiber wins the best novel award for The Big Time, and The Incredible Shrinking Man, with a screenplay by Richard Matheson based on his novel, wins “outstanding movie.”

1963 – Todd Carty, actor (Krull)
1965 – Daniel Bernhardt, actor (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Creature, The Matrix Reloaded)
1965 – Edward E. “Doc” Smith, sci-fi author, d @ 75 (Lensman, Subspace, The Galaxy Primes)

1970 – Zack Ward, actor (Transformers, Dollhouse, Warehouse 13, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Transformers, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Sliders)
1972 – Chris Tucker, actor (The Fifth Element)

1978 – Mike Erwin, actor (Hulk)

1980 – Leo Bill, actor (Doctor Jekyll, 28 Days Later…)

1986 – Ryan Kelley, actor (The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Smallville)

1992 – Holly Earl, actress (Doctor Who, Red Dwarf)

Holly Earl in Doctor Who

1999 – Marguerite Chapman, actress, d @ 81 (Flight to Mars , The Amazing Transparent Man, Science Fiction Theatre)