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These are the selected anniversaries for March that appear on the Speculative fiction portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.
March 1
Book releases
- 2000 - Ashes of Victory, the ninth Honor Harrington novel by David Weber
- 2006 - The Bonehunters, the sixth volume in Canadian author Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series, the Malazan Book of the Fallen
- 2006 - Ultraviolet, a novelization of the science fiction film of the same name, adapted from the screenplay by Yvonne Navarro
- 2009 - The Hunt for Dark Infinity, by James Dashner
Television series
- 1996 - Hypernauts, a proof of concept show produced by Foundation Imaging and Netter Digital Entertainment, begins airing on ABC
- 1989 - Hard Time on Planet Earth, a short-lived American science fiction series, begins airing on CBS
- 1994 - Weird Science, an American science fiction comedy series, begins airing on USA Network
Births
- 1923 - Péter Kuczka, a Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor
- 1939 - Leroy Dubeck, a chess master, chess politician, professor of physics, and science fiction writer
- 1941 - Martin H. Greenberg, an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer
- 1952 - Steven Barnes, an American science fiction writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician
Anniversaries and events
- 1940 - Super Science Stories, an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1940 by Popular Publications. Super Science Stories ceased publication in 1943.
- 1951 - The Adventures of Superman, a radio serial based on the DC Comics character of the same name, finishes airing on WOR
- 1952 - If, an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications. If ceased publication in 1975.
- 1979 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim, opens on Broadway
- 2007 - Launch of Chiller, a 24-hour American cable television channel specializing in horror and suspense programming
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March 2
Book releases
- 2010 - Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, a novel by Seth Grahame-Smith
- 2010 - Shadowrise, third book (of four) in the Shadowmarch fantasy series by Tad Williams
Television series
- 1996 - Space Cases, a science fiction television series begins airing on Nickelodeon
- 2007 - Day Break, a dramatic thriller science fiction television series finishes airing on ABC
Births
- 1900 - Morris K. Jessup (d. 1959), best known for pioneering ufological writings and his role in "uncovering" the so-called "Philadelphia Experiment"
- 1931 - Duane Graveline, a medical doctor and former NASA astronaut who now writes medical and science fiction
- 1962 - Hiroyuki Morioka, a Japanese science fiction writer
Deaths
- 1982 - Philip K. Dick (b. 1928), an American science fiction novelist, short story writer, and essayist
- 2003 - Fred Freiberger (b. 1915), an American television producer and script writer best known for producing of the third season of Star Trek: The Original Series and the second season of Space: 1999
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March 3
Book releases
- 2009 - Storm from the Shadows, a military science fiction novel by David Weber set in the Honorverse
Film releases
- 1940 - Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, a twelve episode science fiction serial film
- 2000 - Fortress 2: Re-Entry, the sequel to 1993 film Fortress
- 2006 - Aquamarine, an Australian-American teen fantasy comedy film
- 2006 - Ultraviolet, an American science fiction action film
- 2007 - Próxima, a Spanish science fiction film, written and directed by Carlos Atanes
Television series
- 1963 - The Jetsons, a prime-time animated sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, finishes airing on ABC
- 1996 - Phantom 2040, an animated science fiction television series loosely based on the comic strip hero The Phantom, finishes initial syndicated airing
- 2002 - Jeremiah, an American post-apocalyptic future television series, begins airing on Showtime
Births
- 1876 - David Lindsay (novelist) (d. 1945), a Scottish author most famous for the philosophical science fiction novel A Voyage to Arcturus
- 1920 - James Doohan (d. 2005), a Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as "Scotty" in the Star Trek television and film series
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March 4
Film releases
- 1977 - Man from Atlantis, the television pilot film for the American science fiction television series, premieres on NBC
- 2011 - The Adjustment Bureau, based on the Philip K. Dick short story "Adjustment Team"
- 2011 - Beastly
Television series
- 2008 - Knight Rider, a series that follows the 1982 TV series of the same title and the 2008 television movie, finishes airing on NBC
Deaths
- 2008 - Gary Gygax (b. 1938), an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating Dungeons & Dragons with Dave Arneson
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March 5
Film releases
- 1954 - Creature from the Black Lagoon, an American monster film directed by Jack Arnold
- 2010 - Alice in Wonderland, a fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton
Television series
- 2001 - Cleopatra 2525, a syndicated science fiction television series, finishes initial airing
Births
- 1907 - Martti Löfberg (d. 1969), a successful Finnish pulp fiction author
- 1942 - Mike Resnick, an American science fiction author and executive editor of Jim Baen's Universe
Deaths
- 1996 - Whit Bissell (b. 1909), an American actor who received a life career award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 1994
- 2007 - Ivan Supek (b. 1915), a Croatian physicist, philosopher, writer (including science fiction), playwright, peace activist and humanist
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March 6
Film releases
- 1992 - The Lawnmower Man, an American science fiction/horror film
Television series
- 1978 - The Six Million Dollar Man, based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, finishes airing on ABC
- 1982 - Spider-Man, an animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the same name, finishes airing in first-run syndication
Deaths
- 2000 - John Colicos (b.1928), an actor best known for his role as Commander Kor in the original Star Trek series and Baltar in the original Battlestar Galactica series
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March 7
Television series
- 1973 - The Six Million Dollar Man TV movie, The Moon and the Desert, airs on ABC
- 1977 - Quark, an American science fiction situation comedy series, begins airing on NBC
- 1988 - Probe, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on ABC
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March 8
Film releases
- 1978 - The Return of Captain Nemo, a science fiction TV movie directed by Alex March and Paul Stader and loosely based on characters and settings from Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- 1996 - Hellraiser: Bloodline, the fourth film in the Hellraiser series
- 2002 - The Time Machine, an American science fiction film loosely based on H. G. Wells' 1895 novel of the same name
Television series
- 1969 - The Space Pirates, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on the BBC
- 1999 - Strange World, an American medical science fiction television program about military investigations into criminal abuses of science and technology, begins airing on ABC
- 2008 - The Spectacular Spider-Man, an American animated series, begins airing on The CW
Births
- 1917 - Leslie Fiedler (d. 2003), a Jewish-American literary critic, editor, and anthologist
- 1980 - Wallace West (b. 1900), an American science fiction writer
Anniversaries and events
- 1978 – BBC Radio 4 transmitted the first episode of English author and dramatist Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other media formats.
- 1985 - Newtype, an anime and film industry magazine, is launched in Japan
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March 9
Film releases
- 1984 - Splash, an American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard
- 2006 - 300
- 2010 - Alice in Wonderland
Television series
- 1985 - Timelash, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on the BBC
Births
- 1996 - Richard M. Powers (b. 1921), a science fiction illustrator
Deaths
- 2009 - André Caroff (b. 1924), a French author of science fiction and horror
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March 10
Television series
- 1978 - The Incredible Hulk begins airing on CBS
- 1997 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer begins airing on The WB
Film releases
- 1964 - 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, a film adaptation of the 1935 fantasy novel The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney
- 2009 - Dragonball Evolution, American live-action film adaptation based upon the Dragon Ball media franchise
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March 11
Film releases
- 2008 - Stargate: The Ark of Truth premieres directly to DVD
- 2011 - Battle: Los Angeles
Deaths
- 1972 - Fredric Brown (b. 1906), an American science fiction and mystery writer
- 1982 - Edmund Cooper (b. 1926), an English poet and prolific writer of speculative fiction, children books, essays, and one detective novel
Anniversaries and events
- 1966 - The first Nebula Awards are awarded for works published in 1965
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March 12
Film releases
- 2002 - Resident Evil, a science fiction survival-horror film
- 2005 - Spider-Plant Man, a parody of Spider-Man, made for Comic Relief 2005
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March 13
Television series
- 1972 - Between Time and Timbuktu, a space fantasy television play adapted from several Vonnegut novels and stories by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Deaths
- 1968 - Juntree Siriboonrod (b 1917), a Thai novelist regarded as the "father of Thai science fiction"
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March 14
Television series
- 1968 - Batman finishes airing on ABC
- 1979 - Spider-Man, a Japanese superhero television series based on Marvel's popular Spider-Man character and produced by Toei Company, finishes airing on Tokyo Channel 12
- 1992 - Capitol Critters, an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House, finishes airing on ABC
Births
- 1957 - Tad Williams, an American fantasy and science fiction writer
Deaths
- 2002 - Cherry Wilder (b. 1930), the pseudonym of science fiction and fantasy writer Cherry Barbara Grimm
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March 15
Book releases
Television series
- 1974 - The Girl with Something Extra, a science fiction series about a woman with ESP, begins airing on NBC
Deaths
- 1937 - H. P. Lovecraft (b. 1890), an American author of horror, fantasy, and science fiction
Anniversaries and events
- 1950 - 2000 Plus, an American science fiction old-time radio series, began airing on the Mutual Broadcasting System
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March 16
Book releases
- 2009 - MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson
- 2010 - Oath of Fealty, first in a new trilogy by Elizabeth Moon
- 2010 - Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook 3: Psionic, Divine and Primal Heroes (4th Edition) , by Mike Mearls, Rob Heinsoo, and Robert J. Schwalb
Television series
- 1985 - Timelash, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on the BBC
- 1999 - Strange World, an American medical science fiction television program about military investigations into criminal abuses of science and technology, finishes airing on ABC after only three episodes
- 2009 - Kyle XY, a science fiction drama television series, finishes airing on ABC Family
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March 17
Book releases
Births
- 1889 - Bruno Winawer (d. 1944), a Polish comedy and prose writer, a journalist, a physicist, and a writer of early science fiction stories
Deaths
- 2005 - Andre Norton (b. 1912), an American science fiction and fantasy author
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March 18
Film releases
- 1920 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a horror silent film based upon Robert Louis Stevenson's novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and starring actor John Barrymore
Television series
- 1981 - The Greatest American Hero, an American science fiction TV series, begins airing on ABC
Births
- 1884 - Bernard Cronin (d. 1968), a British author and journalist
Deaths
- 1978 - Leigh Brackett (b. 1915), an American science fiction author and screenwriter
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March 19
Book releases
- 2010 - Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison, the fifth and final installment in the The New York Times bestselling Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
Film releases
Television series
- 1999 - Farscape, an Australian-American dark science fiction television series, begins airing on Nine Network and the Sci Fi Channel
Births
- 1904 - Clifford D. Simak (d. 1998), an American science fiction writer
Deaths
- 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs (b. 1875), an American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter
- 2008 - Arthur C. Clarke (b. 1917), British science fiction author
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March 20
Film releases
- 2009 - Knowing, a science fiction/disaster film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage
Television series
- 1993 - Beyond Reality, a Canadian/American science fiction television series, finishes airing
- 1996 - The Sentinel, a Canadian-produced science fiction television series, begins airing on UPN
- 2009 - Battlestar Galactica, a military science fiction serial drama television series, finishes airing on Syfy
Births
- 1902 - David Lasser (d. 1996), one of the most influential figures of early science fiction writing
- 1948 - John de Lancie, an American actor best known for portraying Q on the various Star Trek series, and as Frank Simmons in Stargate SG-1
- 1948 - Pamela Sargent, an American, feminist, science fiction author, and editor
- 1955 - Nina Kiriki Hoffman, an American fantasy, science fiction and horror writer
- 1957 - Chris Wedge, an American film director, best known for the films Ice Age and Robots
- 1958 - Stephen Sommers, an American screenwriter and film director, best known for The Mummy and its sequel, The Mummy Returns
- 1959 - Mariko Ōhara, a Japanese science fiction writer
- 1959 - Suzanne Francis, an English science fiction and fantasy author
- 1961 - Edward E. Kramer, an American editor and author of numerous science fiction, fantasy, and horror works, and founder of the Dragon Con fan convention in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1974 - Andrzej Pilipiuk, a Polish humoristic science-fiction and fantasy author
Deaths
- 2006 - John Morressy (b. 1930), an American science fiction and fantasy writer
Anniversaries and events
- 1976 - The first Stellarcon is held at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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March 21
Film releases
- 1938 - Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, a fifteen episode science fiction serial film
- 1969 - Gamera vs. Guiron, a kaiju film, the fifth entry in the original Gamera series
Television series
- 2003 - Farscape, an Australian-American dark science fiction television series, finishes airing on Nine Network and the Sci Fi Channel
Deaths
- 1958 - Cyril M. Kornbluth (b. 1923), an American science fiction author and editor
- 1959 - Edwin Balmer (b. 1883), an American science fiction and mystery writer
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March 22
Book releases
- 1996 - 2001 Nights, a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Hoshino, is released in the English language for the first time
Film releases
- 1991 - Defending Your Life, a romantic comedy/fantasy film
- 2007 - Mug Travel, a South Korean computer-animated film
Television series
- 1985 - V, a science fiction television series, finishes airing on NBC
- 1995 - Sliders, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on Fox
- 2002 - The Chronicle, a science fiction television series, finishes airing on the Sci Fi Channel
Births
- 1908 - Louis L'Amour (d. 1988), an American western, science fiction, and adventure author
- 1911 - Raymond Z. Gallun (d. 1994), an American science fiction writer
- 1931 - William Shatner, a Canadian actor and science fiction novelist, best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise, in the television series Star Trek
- 1946 - Rudy Rucker, an American mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author
- 1963 - John Ringo, an American science fiction and military fiction author
Deaths
- 1994 - Walter Lantz (b. 1899), an American cartoonist, animator, film producer, and director, best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker
- 2001 - William Hanna (b. 1910), an American animator, director, producer, television director, television producer, and cartoon artist, and cofounder of Hanna-Barbera
- 2006 - Kurt von Trojan (b. 1937), an Australian journalist and science fiction author
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March 23
Book releases
Births
- 1926 - Hugo Correa (d. 2008), a Chilean journalist and science fiction writer
Deaths
- 1972 - John Carnell (d. 1912), a British science fiction editor
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March 24
Television series
Deaths
- 1905 - Jules Verne (b. 1828), a French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre
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March 25
Film releases
- 1964 - The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, a Walt Disney science fiction film starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello
Television series
- 1985 - Guest from the Future, a five-part television miniseries based on the novel One Hundred Years Ahead (Сто лет тому вперед) by Kir Bulychev, begins airing on First Program in the Soviet Union
- 2008 - Gemini Division, an American science fiction series, begins airing on NBC and SciFi Channel
- 2008 - Jericho, an American post-apocalyptic action/drama series, finishes airing on CBS
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March 26
Film releases
- 2010 - How to Train Your Dragon
- 2010 - Kick-Ass
- 2010 - Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
- 2010 - Waking Sleeping Beauty
Television series
- 1989 - Quantum Leap, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on NBC
- 2005 - Rose, the first episode of the new Doctor Who series, airs on the BBC, with Christopher Eccleston making his first appearance as the Ninth Doctor
- 2010 - Ben 10: Alien Force, an American animated science fiction adventure television series, finishes airing on Cartoon Network
Deaths
- 1994 - Robert Spencer Carr (b. 1909), an American writer of science fiction and fantasy
- 2011 - Diana Wynne Jones (b. 1934), a British writer of science fiction and fantasy
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March 27
Film releases
- 2009 - Monsters vs. Aliens, an American computer-animated 3-D feature film from DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures
Television series
- 1965 - The Crusade, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on the BBC
- 1988 - Kiteretsu Daihyakka, a science fiction anime series based on the manga by Fujiko Fujio, begins airing on Fuji TV
Births
- 1892 - Thorne Smith (d. 1934), an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction
- 1910 - John R. Pierce (d. 2002), an American engineer and author
- 1949 - Mike Friedrich, an American comic book writer and publisher
- 1952 - Dana Stabenow, an American author who has produced works in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense/thriller genres
- 1953 - Patricia Wrede, an American fantasy writer
- 1962 - Kevin J. Anderson, an American science fiction author
Deaths
- 2007 - Stanisław Lem (b. 1921), a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire
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March 28
Television series
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March 29
Film releases
- 1961 - Gorgo, a British giant monster movie
- 2002 - Clockstoppers, science fiction film produced by Nickelodeon Movies and released by Paramount Pictures
Television series
- 1985 - Morons from Outer Space, a comedy/science-fiction film directed by Mike Hodges
- 2004 - Time Belt, a science fiction/comedy series created by Chris Tallman, finishes airing on Channel 101
Births
- 1950 - Val Mayerik, an American comic-book and commercial artist, best known as co-creator of Marvel Comics' satiric character Howard the Duck
- 1955 - Marina Sirtis, a British-American actress who is most noted for playing the human/betazoid Counselor Deanna Troi on the television and film series Star Trek: The Next Generation
- 1957 - Christopher Lambert, a French actor best known for his role as Connor MacLeod in the Highlander movie franchise series
- 1957 - Elizabeth Hand, an American science fiction writer and critic
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March 30
Book releases
- 2010 - Silver Borne, the fifth book in a series of urban fantasy novels written by Patricia Briggs
- 1999 - A Calculus of Angels, an alternate history book by Gregory Keyes
Film releases
- 1988 - Beetlejuice, an American comedy horror fantasy film directed by Tim Burton
Television series
- 1985 - Guest from the Future, a five-part television miniseries based on the novel One Hundred Years Ahead (Сто лет тому вперед) by Kir Bulychev, finishes airing on First Program in the Soviet Union
Births
- 1913 - Marc Davis (d. 2000), a prominent American artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios, one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films
- 1943 - J. J. Rawal, a Gujarati astrophysicist, scientific educator, and science fiction author
- 1948 - Jeanne Robinson, an American-born Canadian dancer, choreographer, teacher and science fiction author
- 1951 - Kōshū Tani, an award-winning Japanese science fiction writer
- 1991 - Michelle Izmaylov, a writer of fantasy-fiction books for young adults
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March 31
Book releases
- 1987 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes Side Stories volume 2, by Yoshiki Tanaka
- 1988 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes Side Stories volume 3, by Yoshiki Tanaka
Film releases
- 1999 - The Matrix, an American science fiction-action film directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski
- 2006 - Slither, a comedy horror film
Television series
- 1968 - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, an American science fiction television series based on the 1961 film of the same name, finishes airing on ABC
- 1987 - Max Headroom, a short-lived but ground-breaking British produced science fiction television series, begins airing on ABC
- 2001 - Spider-Man Unlimited, an animated series, finishes airing on Fox Kids
Births
- 1917 - Juntree Siriboonrod (d. 1968), a Thai novelist regarded as the "father of Thai science fiction"
- 1927 - William Daniels, an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild (1999 to 2001) known for playing the voice of KITT in Knight Rider
- 1932 - John Jakes, an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, westerns, and historical fiction
- 1936 - Marge Piercy, an American poet, novelist, and social activist
- 1941 - Franco Bonvicini (d. 1995), an Italian comic book artist and creator of the science fiction series, Cronache del dopobomba ("After the Bomb Chronicles")
- 1965 - Steven T. Seagle, an American writer who works in the comic book, television, film, live theater, video game, and animation industries
- 1971 - Craig McCracken, an American animator and creator of The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
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