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These are the selected anniversaries for June that appear on the Speculative fiction portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.
June 1
Book releases
- 1984 - The Dune Encyclopedia, a collection of essays written by Dr. Willis E. McNelly and 42 other contributors as a companion to Frank Herbert's classic science fiction series which began with Dune
- 2010 - Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton
Anniversaries and events
- 2006 - Sci Fi Channel launches in Spain
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June 2
Television series
- 1999 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a science fiction television program, finishes airing on UPN and in first-run syndication
Births
- 1915 - Lester del Rey (d. 1993), an American science fiction author and editor
Deaths
- 2011 - Joel Rosenberg (b. 1954), a Canadian American science fiction and fantasy author
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June 3
Film releases
- 2003 - The Animatrix, a compilation of nine animated short films based on The Matrix film series
Television series
- 1969 - Star Trek, a science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, finishes airing on NBC
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June 4
Book releases
- 2002 - Year's Best SF 7, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
Film releases
- 1963 - The Nutty Professor, a science fiction comedy feature film produced, directed, co-written (with Bill Richmond) and starring Jerry Lewis
- 2010 - Ondine, an American fantasy-drama film
- 2010 - Splice, a Canadian-French science fiction horror film
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June 5
Book releases
- 2007 - Soon I Will Be Invincible, a science novel by Austin Grossman
- 2010 - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, a novella in the Twilight series by author Stephenie Meyer
Film releases
- 1954 - Gog, a science fiction film directed by Herbert L. Strock
- 1998 - The Truman Show
Births
- 1932 - W. Warren Wagar (d. 2004), an American historian, futures studies scholar, and an expert in the work of pioneering science fiction writer H.G. Wells
- 1938 - Massimo Belardinelli (d. 2007), an Italian comics artist best known for his work in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD
- 1964 - PJ Haarsma, a Canadian born science fiction author
Deaths
- 2006 - Karl T. Pflock (b. 1943), an American science fiction and non-fiction author
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June 6
Book releases
- 2000 - Year's Best SF 5, edited by David G. Hartwell
Television series
- 1978 - Man from Atlantis, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on NBC
- 2007 - Jekyll, a British television drama serial produced as a sequel to the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, begins airing on BBC One
Deaths
- 2005 - David C. Sutherland III (b. 1949), an early Dungeons & Dragons artist
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June 7
Film releases
- 2005 - Hellraiser: Deader, the seventh film in the Hellraiser series, is released straight-to-DVD
Births
- 1955 - Mark Schultz, an American writer and illustrator of books and comics
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June 8
Book releases
- 2010 - Android Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and Ben H. Winters
- 2010 - The Passage by Justin Cronin
Births
- 1906 - Joseph W. Ferman (d. 1974), a Lithuanian-American science fiction publisher
- 1910 - John W. Campbell (d. 1971), an influential author and editor in American science fiction, generally credited with shaping the Golden Age of Science Fiction
- 1915 - Robert F. Young (d. 1986), an American science fiction writer
- 1921 - Ivan Southall (d. 2008), an award-winning Australian writer of young-adult fiction and non-fiction
- 1928 - Kate Wilhelm, an American writer whose works include science fiction, mystery, and fantasy
- 1957 - Scott Adams, an American author and the creator of the Dilbert comic strip
- 1965 - Paul Youll, a British science fiction and fantasy artist and illustrator
- 1965 - Stephen Youll, a British science fiction and fantasy artist and illustrator
Deaths
- 1942 - Morley Roberts (b. 1857), an English science fiction novelist and short story writer
- 1947 - Murray Leinster (b. 1896), the nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history
- 1997 - George Turner (b. 1916), an Australian science fiction writer and critic
- 1997 - Amos Tutuola (b. 1920), a Nigerian writer famous for his books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales
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June 9
Television series
Births
- 1925 - Keith Laumer (d. 1993), an American science fiction author
- 1930 - Lin Carter (d. 1988), an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic
- 1943 - Joe Haldeman, an American science fiction author
- 1954 - Gregory Maguire, an American fantasy author
- 1955 - Pierce Askegren (d. 2006), an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror author
Deaths
- 1870 - Charles Dickens (b. 1812), the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era
- 1968 - Bernard Cronin (b. 1884), a British author and journalist
- 1971 - Russell R. Winterbotham (b. 1904), an American writer of westerns, crime fiction, and science fiction
- 1973 - John Creasey (b. 1908), a British crime and science fiction writer
- 1974 - Miguel Ángel Asturias (b. 1899), a Nobel Prize–winning Guatemalan poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and diplomat
- 2008 - Algis Budrys (b. 1931), a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic
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June 10
Births
- 1951 - Charles Vess, an American fantasy artist and comic-book illustrator
Deaths
- 1988 - Louis L'Amour (b. 1908), an American western, science fiction, and adventure author
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June 11
Television series
- 1860 - The Man and the Challenge, a science fiction adventure television series, finishes airing on NBC
- 1964 - Space Patrol, a British science-fiction television series featuring marionettes, finishes airing on Associated British
Births
- 1912 - James Algar (d. 1998), an American film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and other Disney films
Deaths
- 1936 - Robert E. Howard (b. 1906), an American author of pulp fiction, most well known for his Conan the Barbarian series
- 1986 - Chesley Bonestell (b. 1888), a painter, designer and illustrator who was a major influence on science fiction art and illustration. He is known as the "Father of Modern Space Art".
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June 12
Film releases
Births
- 1927 - Henry Slesar (d. 2002), an American author, playwright and copywriter
Anniversaries and observances
- 2000 - Schlock Mercenary, a Hugo-nominated, satiric, mildly-dystopian space opera webcomic written and drawn by Howard Tayler, makes its premiere
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June 13
Television series
- 1964 The Aztecs, a serial in the Doctor Who series, finishes airing on the BBC
Births
- 1920 - Walter Ernsting (d. 2005), a German science fiction and fantasy author
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June 14
Film releases
- 1947 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse, a one-reel animated cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- 2012 - Man of Steel
Television series
- 1970 - Spider-Man, an animated television series, finishes airing on ABC
- 2008 - The Spectacular Spider-Man, an American animated series, finishes airing on The CW
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June 15
Television series
- 1994 - Dead at 21, a science fiction television series, begins airing on MTV
Births
- 1910 - Hugh Walters (d. 1993), a British writer of juvenile science fiction novels
- 1939 - László L. Lőrincz, a Hungarian orientalist, science fiction author, and translator
- 1945 - Don McGregor, an American comic book writer, and the author of one of the first graphic novels
Deaths
- 2005 - Dan Tsalka (b. 1936), an Israeli writer
- 2006 - Stan Winston (b. 1946), an American visual effects supervisor, make-up artist, and film director best known for his work on films such as the Terminator and the Jurassic Park series
Anniversaries and events
- 2001 - Z: Steel Soldiers, a futuristic military science fiction real-time strategy game released by the Bitmap Brothers
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June 16
Film releases
Births
- 1896 - Murray Leinster (d. 1947), the nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history
- 1924 - Faith Domergue (d. 1999), an American television and film actress who is known for her work in various science fiction, fantasy, and horror films
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June 17
Film releases
- 2010 - Kidnapped, a Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas and written by Javier García
Births
- 1927 - Wally Wood (d. 1981), an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad
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June 18
Film releases
- 2010 - Jonah Hex
- 2010 - Toy Story 3 (released with the short Day & Night)
Television series
- 2004 - Phil of the Future, an American science fiction situation comedy, begins airing on Disney Channel,
Deaths
- 1988 - E. Hoffmann Price (b. 1898), an American writer of popular fiction for the pulp magazine marketplace
Anniversaries and events
- 2005 - David Tennant makes his first appearance as the Tenth Doctor in The Parting of the Ways, the final episode of the first season of the new Doctor Who series
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June 19
Film releases
- 1974 - The Terminal Man, a film directed by Mike Hodges based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton
- 1992 - Batman Returns, an American superhero action movie directed by Tim Burton
Births
- 1910 - J. Francis McComas (d. 1978), an American science fiction editor
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June 20
Film releases
- 1977 - Man from Atlantis: The Disappearances, a television film leading up to the American science fiction television series, premieres on NBC
- 2008 - Get Smart, an American action-comedy spy-fi film adaptation of the 1960s spy parody television series of the same name
Television series
- 1964 The Sensorites, a serial in the Doctor Who series, begins airing on the BBC
Births
- 1920 - Amos Tutuola (d. 1997), a Nigerian writer famous for his books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales
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June 21
Book releases
- 1985 - Skeleton Crew, the second collection of short fiction by Stephen King
Film releases
- 1972 - Beware! The Blob, the sequel to horror science-fiction film The Blob
- 1985 - Cocoon, a science fiction film directed by Ron Howard
- 1985 - Lifeforce, a science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper
- 1991 - The Rocketeer, a period science fiction adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures
- 1991 - Suburban Commando, a science fiction comedy film starring Hulk Hogan
- 2002 - Minority Report, science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick
- 2006 - Superman Returns, a science fiction superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman
- 2008 - Tokyo Gore Police, a Japanese near-future gore film
Television series
- 1989 - Hard Time on Planet Earth, an American science fiction series, finishes airing on CBS
- 1997 - Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys, an American animated science fiction television series, finishes airing in first-run syndication
Births
- 1935 - William Tuning (d. 1982), an American author of science fiction
- 1944 - Akira Hori, a Japanese science fiction writer
- 1948 - Vasili Golovachov, a Russian science fiction writer
- 1952 - David J. Skal, an American cultural historian known for his writings on horror films and horror literature
- 1956 - Jeff Green, a Canadian author, playwright, producer, and director
Deaths
- 1934 - Thorne Smith (b. 1892), an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction
- 2007 - Douglas Hill (b. 1935), a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer
Anniversaries and events
- 1992 - Calvin and Hobbes suggests "Horrendous Space Kablooie" as an alternative name for the Big Bang
- 2000 - Release of Star Trek: Klingon Academy, a starship combat space flight simulator computer game
- 2005 - Release of Destroy All Humans!, a science fiction third-person shooter adventure video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ
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June 22
Book releases
- 2010 - Mission of Honor by David Weber
- 2010 - Stravaganza: City of Ships by Mary Hoffman
Births
- 1894 - George Fielding Eliot (d. 1971), an American author
Deaths
- 1986 - Robert F. Young (b. 1915), an American science fiction writer
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June 23
Film releases
- 1989 - Batman, a superhero film based on the character of the same name and directed by Tim Burton
- 2001 - Elvira's Haunted Hills, a comedy horror film and sequel of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark directed by Sam Irvin
Births
- 1908 - Sloan Nibley (d. 1990), an American screenwriter known for his work on Science Fiction Theatre, The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, and The Addams Family
- 1928 - Michael Shaara (d. 1988), an American writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction
Deaths
- 1967 - Frank Edwards (b. 1908), an American writer, broadcaster, and one of the pioneers in radio, well-known for a series of popular books about UFOs and other paranormal phenomena
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June 24
Film releases
- 1958 - The H-Man, a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios
- 1987 - Spaceballs, a science fiction parody film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks
- 2011 - World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2
Births
- 1937 - Charles N. Brown (d. 2009), the co-founder and editor of Locus
Deaths
- 1969 - Willy Ley (b. 1906), a German-American science writer, science fiction fan, and space advocate who helped popularize rocketry and spaceflight in both Germany and the United States
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June 25
Film releases
- 1982 - The Thing, science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter
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June 26
Book releases
Television series
- 2006 - Kyle XY, a science fiction drama television series, begins airing on both ABC Family and ABC
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June 27
Television series
- 1949 - Captain Video and His Video Rangers, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on the DuMont Television Network
- 1967 - Dark Shadows, a Gothic soap opera, begins airing on ABC
Births
- 1909 - Billy Curtis (d. 1988), an American film and television actor known for his work mainly in Westerns and in science fiction films
- 1947 - Tron Øgrim (d. 2007), a Norwegian journalist, political and science fiction author, and politician
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June 28
Film releases
- 1996 - The Nutty Professor, an American science fiction-romantic comedy film and remake of the 1963 film of the same name
- 2011 - Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Television and web series
- 2003 - Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles, a comic science fiction video series released online and via DVD, finishes broadcasting
Births
- 1884 - Milo Hastings (d. 1957), an American inventor, author, and nutritionist
Deaths
- 1975 - Rod Serling (b. 1924), an American screenwriter, television producer, and narrator best known his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone
- 2006 - Jim Baen (b. 1943), a noted U.S. science fiction publisher and editor and founder of Baen Books
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June 29
Deaths
- 1963 - Frank R. Paul (b. 1884), an illustrator of US science fiction pulp magazines
- 2008 - Don S. Davis (b. 1942), an American character actor, theatre professor, painter, and captain in the United States Army, best known for his role as General George S. Hammond in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
Anniversaries and events
- 1993 - Emperor of the Daleks, a black and white comic strip based on the television series Doctor Who, begins serialization
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June 30
Book releases
- 2010 - Amberjack: Tales of Fear and Wonder by Terry Dowling
- 2010 - The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan
- 2010 - Conjunctions 54 edited by Bradford Morrow
Film releases
Television series
- 1971 - Out of the Unknown, a British television science fiction anthology drama series, finishes airing on BBC2
- 2001 - Men in Black: The Series, an animated television series based on the 1997 film, finishes airing on Kids' WB
- 2003 - Time Belt, a science fiction/comedy series created by Chris Tallman, begins airing on Channel 101
Births
- 1920 - Sam Moskowitz (d. 1997), an early fan and organizer of interest in science fiction and, later, a writer, critic, and historian of the field
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