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Science fiction and fantasy events that took place on January 2, this year and in years gone by.
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Births
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Tia Carrere
Tia was born on January 2, 1967, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her birthname is Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo.
Television
Tia appeared in "The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) April 7, 1970" (1990) as Chu-Hoi.
She starred as Sydney Fox in The Relic Hunter from 1999-2002.
She has provided voices for several cartoons, including Lilo and Stitch and the Martian Queen in Duck Dodgers in the 25th and a Half Century.
Video Games
The Daedalus Encounter
Movies
In SF, was the voice of Nani in Lilo and Stitch. (2002) |
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Isaac Asimov
Although Asimov's exact birthdate is not known, it is generally believed to be January 2, in Petrovichi, Russia. He died on April 6, 1992, of AIDS (contracted due to a contaminated blood transfusion during a heart operation) in New York
"The Good Doctor" as he was known was a prolific writer, beginning with science fiction stories during the golden age of the pulps, and then expanding into novels. For a while he dedicated himself to writing science non-fiction books, but returned to his creations, the Robot series and the Foundation series, late in life.
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Osa Massen
Osa was born on January 13, 1914, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died on January 2, 2006, in Santa Monica, California, from complications following surgery.
Osa Massen had only a couple of science fiction credits, but she was in the forefront of the 50s science fiction movies, starring opposite Lloyd Bridges in Rocketship X-M (1950).
On TV, she played Julie Bondar in "The Unexplored" episode of Science Fiction Theatre (1955). (She can also be seen in three episodes of Raymond Burr's Perry Mason.
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John Woodnutt
Woodnutt was born on March 3, 1924 in London, England and died on January 2, 2006, in Denville Hall, Northwood, England.
He appeared as the Duke of Forgill/Broton in the Tom Baker Doctor Who episode,"Terror of the Zygons" (1975) and as Consul Seron in "Keeper of Traken" (1981). He also played Merlin in Knightmare (a gameshow), (1990).
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Kelly Freas
Kelly Freas was born on August 27, 1922, in Hornell, New York,and died on January 2, 2005, in Los Angeles, California.
An artist, he worked mostly on science fiction and fantasy illustrations.
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Space and Marine Exploration Events
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1959
January 2, 1959: Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
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