Beyond The Threshold

1797 – Mary Shelley, author (Frankenstein), (d. 1851)

1905 – Sarah Selby, actress (Twilight Zone, Moon Pilot)
1906 – Joan Blondell, actress (Twilight Zone)
1908 – Fred MacMurray, actor (The Swarm, Beyond the Bermuda Triangle)

1927 – Bill Daily, actor (Alligator II: The Mutation, The Munsters Today, ALF, Small & Frye, The Powers of Matthew Star)

1935 – Peter Cartwright, actor (Doctor Who)

Peter Cartwright in Doctor Who: The Power of Three

1938 – Lee Kinsolving, actor (Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits)
1938 – Don Pedro Colley, actor (Piranha, Space Academy, The Bionic Woman, THX 1138, Beneath the Planet of the Apes)
1939 – Elizabeth Ashley, actress (A Fire in the Sky, Coma, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping)
1943 – A[braham] [P] Merritt, Sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58
1946 – Peggy Lipton, actress (The Postman, Purple People Eater, The Invaders)

1951 – Timothy Bottoms, actor (Realm of the Mole Men, The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes, Land of the Lost, The Twilight Zone, Invaders From Mars)

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 – David Paymer, actor (Howard the Duck, The Powers of Matthew Star)

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.”
1958 – Frank Conniff, actor (Mystery Science Theater 3000)

1963 – Michael Chiklis, actor (Soldier)

1964 – Nelson Ascencio, actor (The Hunger Games, Paul)

1968 – William Talman, actor, d @ 53 (The Invaders, Science Fiction Theatre)
1972 – Cameron Diaz, actress (Minority Report)

1977 – Elden Hanson, actor (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, The Butterfly Effect, Evil Alien Conquerors)

1980 – Angel Coulby, actress (Doctor Who)

2002 – J. Lee Thompson, director, d @ 88 (Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes)
2003 – Charles Bronson, actor, d @ 81 (Twilight Zone)