Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/August/August 21

August 21:

Film releases

Television series

Births

  • 1862 - Emilio Salgari (d. 1911), an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction in Italy
  • 1911 - Anthony Boucher (d. 1968), an American science fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories

Anniversaries and events

  • 1933 - Brick Bradford, a science fiction comic strip created by writer William Ritt, begins serialization