Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 24
Film releases
- 2004 - Casshern, a Japanese tokusatsu film adaptation of the anime series of the same name
- 2009 - Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, a British science fiction comedy feature film
Births
- 1910 - Albert Zugsmith (d. 1993), an American film producer, film director and screenwriter known for works such as the science-fiction classic The Incredible Shrinking Man and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil
Deaths
- 1998 - Leslie Stevens (b. 1924), the creator of the cult TV series The Outer Limits (1963–1965) and director of the cult horror film Incubus (1965)
Anniversaries and events
- 1955 - X Minus One, a half-hour science fiction radio series, begins airing on NBC Radio
- 2007 - Gliese 581 c, the first extra-terrestrial planet to be discovered, is announced to have been discovered three weeks prior