Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 16

April 16:

Film releases
 * 1999 - The Thirteenth Floor, a science fiction film directed by Josef Rusnak
 * 2007 - Spider-Man 3 premiers in Tokyo

Births
 * 1922 - Samuel Youd. a British science fiction author
 * 1962 - Kathryn Cramer, an American science fiction author, editor, and literary critic

Deaths
 * 1945 - Malcolm Jameson (b. 1891), an American science fiction author
 * 1984 - Byron Haskin (b. 1899), an American film and television director best known for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds

Anniversaries and events
 * 2007 - The Road, a post-apocalyptic tale by Cormac McCarthy, receives the Pulitzer Prize for fiction
 * 2007 - Ray Bradbury receives a special citation from The Pulitzer Board "for his distinguished, prolific, and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy."