Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/October/October 26
Book releases
Television series
- 1984 - V: The Series, an American science fiction TV series, begins airing on NBC
Births
- 1971 - Jim Butcher, an American author best known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files
Deaths
- 1993 - Albert Zugsmith (b. 1910), 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