Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/January

These are the selected anniversaries for January that appear on the Speculative fiction portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.

January 1

January 1:

Book releases

1818 – Frankenstein, a gothic horror novel written by Mary Shelley
2000 – The Historian, a postmodern historical novel written by American author Elizabeth Kostova

Births

1888 – Chesley Bonestell (d. 1986), a painter, designer and illustrator who was a major influence on science fiction art and illustration. He is known as the "Father of Modern Space Art".
1899 – Laurence Manning (d. 1972), a Canadian science fiction author
1917 – Mark Hanna (d. 2003), an American screenwriter and actor best known his screenplays for many science fiction B movies in the 1950s

Anniversaries and events

1930 – Analog Science Fiction and Fact, an American science fiction magazine, begins publication under the name Astounding Stories of Super-Science in January 1930
1939 – Startling Stories, an American pulp science fiction magazine, began publication in January 1939
2007 – Sci Fi Channel launches in Singapore and other Asian countries

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January 2

January 2:

Television series

2008 - Futurama, an animated American sci-fi sitcom created by Matt Groening, begins airing new episodes on Comedy Central after a five year hiatus

Births

1920 - Isaac Asimov, American science fiction author (d. 1992)

Anniversaries and events

1952 - 2000 Plus, an American science fiction old-time radio series, finishes airing on the Mutual Broadcasting System

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January 3

January 3:

Television series

1980 - Spider-Woman, an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Woman, finishes airing on ABC
1993 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a science fiction television program, begins airing on UPN and in first-run syndication

Births

1937 - Glen A. Larson, an American television producer and writer best known as creator of the original Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider series
1892 - J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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January 4

January 4:

Film releases

1998 - Babylon 5: In the Beginning, a science fiction television movie set in the Babylon 5 fictional universe
2002 - Impostor, an American science fiction film

Television series

1982 - Castrovalva, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on BBC
1985 - Street Hawk, an American science fiction action television series, begins airing on ABC
2001 - RoboCop: Prime Directives, a cyberpunk/science fiction TV miniseries based on the 1987 film RoboCop, begins airing on Space

Deaths

1936 - James Churchward (b. 1851), a British-born occult writer, patented inventor, engineer, and expert fisherman
1990 - Robert Adams (b. 1933), an American science fiction and fantasy writer

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January 5

January 5:

Book releases

1886 - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson

Film releases

1995 - Twelve Monkeys
2006 - Children of Men

Television series

1999 - Total Recall 2070, a science fiction television series begins broadcasting on the Canadian television channel CHCH-TV

Anniversaries and events

1995 - Sci Fi Channel (United Kingdom) goes on-air

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January 6

January 6:

Births

1905 - Eric Frank Russell (d. 1978), a British science fiction writer
1943 - Karl T. Pflock (d. 2006), an American science fiction and non-fiction author

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January 7

January 7:

Television series

1989 - ALF: The Animated Series, an animated cartoon spin-off of ALF, finishes airing on NBC

Anniversaries and events

1927 - Buck Rogers makes his first appearance in newspapers in a comic strip created by John Flint Dille
1934 - The first strip of the Flash Gordon comic, by Alex Raymond, is published in newspapers

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January 8

January 8:

Births

1941 - Boris Vallejo, a Peruvian-born American science fiction, fantasy, and erotica painter
1944 - Terry Brooks, an American writer of fantasy fiction
1947 - Don Bendell, an American author of military thrillers, science fiction, biographies, and historical Westerns
1959 - Ovidiu Pecican, a Romanian historian, essayist, science fiction novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, playwright, and journalist

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January 9

January 9:

Film releases

1980 - The Lathe of Heaven, based on the novel of the same name by Ursula K. Le Guin

Television series

1996 - 3rd Rock from the Sun begins airing on NBC

Births

1931 - Algis Budrys (d. 2008), a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic

Anniversaries and events

1958 - X Minus One, a half-hour science fiction radio series, finishes airing on NBC Radio

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January 10

January 10:

Television series

2004 - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, an update of the 1980s animated series of the same name, finishes airing on Cartoon Network

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January 11

January 11:

Film releases

2006 - In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, a film inspired by the video game Dungeon Siege

Television series

1976 - The Bionic Woman, an American television series spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man, begins airing on ABC

Births

1923 - Jerome Bixby (d. 1998), an American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter

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January 12

January 12:

Film releases

1996 - The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, an American science fiction/horror film sequel to The Lawnmower Man

Television series

1966 - Batman, an American comedic superhero series, begins airing on ABC
1982 - Castrovalva, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on BBC

Deaths

2000 - Marc Davis (b. 1913), a prominent American artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios, one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films

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January 13

January 13:

Deaths

1993 - Hugh Walters (b. 1910), a British writer of juvenile science fiction novels
1996 - Sam Merwin, Jr. (b. 1910), an American mystery fiction writer, science fiction author and editor

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January 14

January 14:

Film releases

1954 - Riders to the Stars, an American science fiction film

Births

1914 - Vince Alascia (d. 1998), an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America during the Golden Age of comics

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January 15

January 15:

Television series

1968 – The Man from U.N.C.L.E., an American spy-fi television series, finishes airing on NBC
1995 – Get Smart, a short-lived sequel to the original Get Smart television series, begins airing on FOX

Births

1935 – Robert Silverberg, an American science fiction and fantasy author

Deaths

1992 – Hari Rhodes (b. 1932), an African-American actor who had a pioneering role portraying a black member of an exploration team on an episode of The Outer Limits in 1964, predating Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Lt. Uhura on Star Trek
2005 – Walter Ernsting (b. 1920), a German science fiction and fantasy author

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January 16

January 16:

Film releases

1912 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a horror film based on both Robert Louis Stevenson's novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and on the play version by Thomas Russell Sullivan

Television series

1965 - The Romans, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on BBC
1965 - The Outer Limits, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on ABC
1978 - Logan's Run, a television series spin-off from the film of the same name, finishes airing on CBS after only 11 episodes
1995 - Star Trek: Voyager, a science fiction television series, begins airing on UPN

Births

1926 - Takumi Shibano (d. 2010), Japanese science fiction translator and author

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January 17

January 17:

Television series

2000 - Cleopatra 2525, a syndicated science fiction television series, begins airing

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January 18

January 18:

Television series

1974 - The Six Million Dollar Man, based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, begins airing on ABC

Deaths

1971 - Virgil Finlay (b. 1914), an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator
1936 - Rudyard Kipling (b. 1865), a British author and poet whose works included short stories, novels, children's literature, poetry, travel literature, and science fiction

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January 19

January 19:

Film releases

2002 - Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers, a feature-length television film set in the Babylon 5 universe, airs on Sci Fi Channel
2006 - Pan's Labyrinth

Television series

2004 - Jeremiah, an American post-apocalyptic future television series, finishes airing on Showtime

Deaths

1996 - Bernard Baily (b. 1916), an American comic book artist, publisher, and editor best known as co-creator of the DC Comics characters the Spectre and Hourman

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January 20

January 20:

Television series

1959 - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, an American horror, mystery, science fiction, and drama television series created by Merwin Gerard, begins airing on ABC

Deaths

1975 - Edna Mayne Hull (b. 1905), a science fiction writer (under the name E. Mayne Hull) and first wife of author A. E. van Vogt

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January 21

January 21:

Births

1923 - Judith Merril (d. 1997), an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist

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January 22

January 22:

Book releases

1906 - Robert E. Howard (d. 1936), an American author of pulp fiction, most well known for his Conan the Barbarian series

Television series

2010 - Caprica, a science fiction prequel television series of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, begins airing on Syfy

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January 23

January 23:

Film releases

2004 - The Butterfly Effect

Births

1935 - Tom Reamy (d. 1977), an award-winning American science fiction and fantasy author

Deaths

1993 - Keith Laumer (b. 1925), an American science fiction author

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January 24

January 24:

Births

1911 - C. L. Moore (d. 1987), an American science fiction and fantasy writer

Deaths

2005 - Volodymyr Ivanovych Savchenko (b. 1933), a Soviet and Ukrainian science fiction writer

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January 25

January 25:

Book releases

2005 - Dragonsblood, a fantasy-science fiction novel by Todd McCaffrey

Film releases

1928 - Alraune, a silent science fiction horror film

Television series

2001 - RoboCop: Prime Directives, a cyberpunk/science fiction TV miniseries based on the 1987 film RoboCop, finishes airing on Space

Births

1931 - Ion Hobana, a Romanian science fiction writer, literary critic and ufologist
1943 - Tobe Hooper, an American director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre
1969 - Vincent Villafranca, an American sculptor whose works range from traditional wildlife imagery to futuristic science-fiction-based imagery

Deaths

1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya (b. 1901), the Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction movies

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January 26

January 26:

Births

1946 - Judy-Lynn del Rey (d. 1986), a science fiction editor

Deaths

2000 - A. E. van Vogt (b. 1912), a Canadian-born science fiction author

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January 27

January 27:

Television series

1980 - Galactica 1980, a science fiction television series and a spin-off from original Battlestar Galactica, begins airing on ABC

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January 28

January 28:

Television series

2006 - Strange Days at Blake Holsey High, a Canadian science fiction television program, finishes airing on NBC and Discovery Kids

Deaths

1996 - Jerry Siegel (b. 1914), the American co-creator of Superman (along with Joe Shuster)

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January 29

January 29:

Deaths

2003 – Leslie Fiedler (b. 1917), a Jewish-American literary critic, editor, and anthologist

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January 30

January 30:

Film releases

1989 – Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders, sequel to Flesh Gordon

Deaths

1964 – Allen Adler (b. 1916), an American science fiction author and screenwriter

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January 31

January 31:

Book releases

1987 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 8, by Yoshiki Tanaka

Television series

1992 – Capitol Critters, an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House, begins airing on ABC
1998 – Spider-Man, an American animated series, finishes airing on Fox Kids

Deaths

2001 – Gordon R. Dickson (b. 1923), an American science fiction author

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