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2003 Hal Clement, science fiction writer/educator, Mission of Gravity, dies at 81

2002 Charles Sheffield, science and science fiction writer, Starfire, dies at 67

2002 Lloyd Biggle, "science fiction, mystery writer", dies at 79

2002 Laurence M. Janifer, science fiction writer, dies at 69

2002 Damon Knight, science fiction writer/editor/teacher, To Serve Man, dies at 79

2002 R. A. Lafferty, science fiction writer, Nine Hundred Grandmothers, dies at 87

2002 Jack Haldeman, science fiction writer, Perry's Planet, dies at 60

2001 Sir Fred Hoyle, "astronomer, science fiction writer", ", coined the term ""big bang"", ", dies at 86

2000 John Sladek, science fiction satirist, dies at 62

1996 Horace Leonard Gold, science fiction writer/editor, dies at 81

1996 Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64

1988 Neil Ronald Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78

1987 Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction

1974 Truman Bradley, TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69

1970 Uma Thurman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction

1963 Quentin Tarantino, director and screenwriter, Pulp Fiction

1961 Eric Stoltz, actor, Anaconda, Pulp Fiction, Mask

1954 John Travolta, born in Englewood, New Jersey, actor, Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction

1952 Somtow Sucharitkul, [SP Somtow], Thailand, science fiction author, Utopia Hunters

1939 Harvey Keitel, actor, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs

1939 Robert Nye, writer, Facts of Life and other fiction, 3 Views of Man

1928 Philip Jose Farmer, Indiana, science fiction novelist, Riverworld

1925 John Keith Laumer, [Anthony LeBaron], U.S., science fiction author, Retief's War

1913 Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight

1905 Truman Bradley, Missouri, TV host, Science Fiction Theater

1902 1st science fiction film released, A Trip To The Moon

1900 Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer, Fiction as Truth

1899 Jorge Luis Borges, born in Argentina, writer of fiction, essays, Labyrinths

1873 Harry M O'Connor, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Stranger than Fiction



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