2011 Event In South Africa, scientists find Australopithecus sediba skeletons are 2 million years old, suggesting the hominid species could be a transitional fossil between apes and humans 1998 Death Roddy McDowall, actor/photographer, Planet of the Apes, dies at 70 1950 Death Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74 1945 Birthday Linda Harrison, born in Berlin, Maryland, actress, Bracken's World, Planet of Apes 1940 Birthday Paul Williams, born in Omaha, Nebraska, singer/composer/actor, Planet of the Apes 1935 Birthday Ron Harper, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, actor, Wendy and Me, Planet of the Apes 1928 Birthday Roddy McDowall, London England, actor, Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duck 1922 Birthday Kim Hunter, Janet Cole, Det, Michigan, actress, Planet of the Apes, Lilith 1918 Birthday Ted Post, Director, Peacemaker, Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1918 Event "Tarzan of the Apes," 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater 1916 Birthday David Brown, born in New York City, director, Jaws, Planet of the Apes 1916 Birthday Mort Abrahams, producer, Dr. Doolittle, Planet Of Apes 1912 Event Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes "Tarzan of the Apes" 1895 Birthday Rex Ingram, U.S. actor, Tarzan of the Apes, 10 Commandments 1888 Birthday Tarzan, of the Apes, according to Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel 1887 Birthday Wolfgang Kohler, German/U.S. Gestalt psychologist, Mentality of Apes 1882 Birthday Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter, Tarr, Apes of God 1875 Birthday Edgar Rice Burroughs, U.S., sci-fi author, Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga
