Interesting tidbits: 1692 – Port Royal, Jamaica, was hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people were killed and 3,000 were seriously injured. Port Royal was once home to privateers employed to nip at Spains empire in the Americas when smaller European powers dared not directly make war on Spain. As a port city, it was notorious for its gaudy displays of wealth and loose morals. It was a popular homeport for the English and Dutch sponsored privateers to spend their treasure during the 17th century. When those governments abandoned the practice of issuing letters of marque to privateers against the Spanish treasure fleets and possessions in the later 16th century, many of the crews turned pirate and used the city as their main base. Pirates from around the world congregated at Port Royal, coming from waters as far away as Madagascar. 1769 - Daniel Boone begins exploring Kentucky. 1909 - Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens. 1924 - George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775 from Everests summit. Todays birthday crew: 1915 – Graham Ingels, American comic book and magazine illustrator best known for his work in EC Comics during the 1950s, notably on The Haunt of Fear and Tales from the Crypt, horror titles written and edited by Al Feldstein, and The Vault of Horror, written and edited by Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Ingels flair for horror led EC to promote him as Ghastly Graham Ingels, and he began signing his work Ghastly in 1952. A regular in Planet Comics and Rangers Comics in the late 1940s, Ingels worked for Magazine Enterprises and other publishers of comic books and pulps. He became an art director at Better Publications, where he gave early comic book assignments to George Evans, with whom he would form a long friendship, and a young Frank Frazetta, who credited Ingels as the first in the business to recognize his talent. During this period, Ingels created covers and stories for the companys Startling Comics and Wonder Comics; these and other Better Publications comics reveal certain panels by other artists have been redrawn by Ingels to improve the artwork. After EC ceased publication in the mid-1950s, Ingels contributed to Classics Illustrated but otherwise found little work. When horror comics went out, Graham went out with it. 1950 – Gary Graham American actor best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989–1990), which was followed by the TV movies Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996), and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997). Star Trek fans probably know him best from his more recent guest-starring roles on Star Trek: Enterprise as the recurring character Ambassador Soval, a Vulcan ambassador to Earth. He also guest-starred on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) once, playing Ocampan community leader Tanis in the season 2 episode Cold Fire. 1952 – Liam Neeson, Irish actor known for his role in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace as Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jin. The Phantom Menace was an enormous box-office success and remains the most financially successful Star Wars film unadjusted for inflation. Qui-Gons voice, provided by Neeson, was later in a brief scene in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). Qui-Gon was supposed to make an appearance in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) as a Force Ghost, and Neeson had hinted at involvement. However, he was ultimately unable to appear due to a motorcycle injury, and his character is only mentioned in the film. In 2011, he reprised the role of Qui-Gon, by voice for the character in two episodes of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He was also Ras al Ghul, one of the main villains in Batman Begins, Happy birthday guys!
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