Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 19
Book releases
- 2007 - The Last Dodo, a science fiction novel by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long running television series Doctor Who
- 2007 - Sting of the Zygons, a science fiction novel by Stephen Cole and based on the long running television series Doctor Who
- 2007 - Wooden Heart, a science fiction novel by Martin Day and based on the long running television series Doctor Who
Film releases
- 1973 - Soylent Green, an American science fiction film depicting a dystopian future
- 1996 - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, a theatrical adaptation of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000
- 1998 - Brave New World, a made-for-TV science fiction film loosely based on Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World
- 2002 - The Scorpion King, an American fantasy adventure film
- 2003 - Threshold, a Sci Fi Pictures original film adaptation of the 1958 film It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Television series
- 1977 - The Amazing Spider-Man begins airing on CBS
- 1987 - The Simpsons shorts first appear on the The Tracey Ullman Show
Births
- 1967 - Steven H Silver, an American science fiction fan and bibliographer, publisher, and editor
- 1978 - K. Tempest Bradford, an African-American science fiction and fantasy author and editor
Deaths
- 1978 - J. Francis McComas (b. 1910), an American science fiction editor