Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 4
Book releases
- 1914 - At the Earth's Core, a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is first published as a serial in All-Story Weekly
Television series
- 1964 Marco Polo, a serial in the Doctor Who series, finishes airing on the BBC
Births
- 1902 - Stanley G. Weinbaum (d. 1935), an American science fiction author
- 1941 - Kim Cheong-gi, a South Korean director of animated, fantasy, and science fiction films
- 1948 - Dan Simmons, an American science fiction author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning series Hyperion Cantos
- 1949 - David C. Sutherland III (d. 2005), an early Dungeons & Dragons artist
- 1949 - John Wooley, a prolific horror, fantasy, film noir, science fiction, and comic book author
Deaths
- 1987 - C. L. Moore (b. 1911), an American science fiction and fantasy writer
- 1999 - Faith Domergue (b. 1924), an American television and film actress who is known for her work in various science fiction, fantasy, and horror films
Anniversaries and events
- 1930 - The American Rocket Society is founded (now merged with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
- 2005 - Debut of Gunnerkrigg Court, a science-fantasy webcomic created by Tom Siddell
- Gliese 581 c, the first extra-terrestrial planet to be discovered, is discovered