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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