Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/December/December 16

Film releases

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked

Births

• 1917 - Arthur C. Clarke (d. 2008), British science fiction author
• 1928 - Philip K. Dick (d. 1982), an American science fiction novelist, short story writer, and essayist

Deaths

• 2008 - Julius Fast (b. 1919), an American author of both fiction and non-fiction

Anniversaries and observances

• Syfy Universal
  launches in France as "Sci Fi Channel"