- 1906: Actor and director John Huston is born in Missouri. Huston played the role of The Lawgiver in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.
- 1936: Screenwriter Joyce Hooper Corrington is born. Hooper Corrington co-wrote the screenplays for The Omega Man (starring Charlton Heston) and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.
- 1940: Actress Natalie Trundy is born. Trundy was the wife of POTA creator Arthur P. Jacobs and played roles in four of the five original Planet of the Apes films - as mutant Albina, human Stephanie Branton and chimp Lisa.
- 2011: Rise of the Planet of the Apes is released.