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April 18:

Film releases
 * 1937 - Night Key, a science fiction crime film, starring Boris Karloff

Television series
 * 1981 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century finishes airing on NBC
 * 1995 - Legend, a science fiction Western television show, begins airing on UPN
 * 1997 - Lexx, a science fantasy television series, begins airing on Global Television Network
 * 2008 - Ben 10: Alien Force, an American animated science fiction adventure television series, begins airing on Cartoon Network

Births
 * 1884 - Frank R. Paul (d. 1963), an illustrator of US science fiction pulp magazines
 * 1916 - Carl Burgos (d. 1984), an American comic book and advertising artist best known for creating the original Human Torch
 * 1963 - Hemendrakumar Roy (b. 1888), a Bengali writer known for detective, horror, and science-fiction work that formed a substantial portion of the early literature for children in Bengali
 * 1968 - David Hewlett, a British-born Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. McKay on the science fiction television shows Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis
 * 1969 - Keith R. A. DeCandido, an American science fiction and fantasy writer
 * 1971 - Russell Payne, an English author of humour, science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, weblogs, graphic novels, comics, and films
 * 1972 - Eli Roth, an American film director, producer, writer and actor known for making violent, low-budget horror films that are box office hits worldwide, and for bringing back the R-rating to horror films

Deaths
 * 1981 - James H. Schmitz (b. 1911), an American science fiction writer
 * 1982 - William Tuning (b. 1935), an American author of science fiction

Anniversaries and events
 * 1994 - The Beauty and the Beast musical premieres on Broadway
 * 2005 - Girl Genius becomes a webcomic, and quarterly print publication of the comic ceases
 * 2007 - Wizards of the Coast announces that it will not be renewing Paizo's licenses for Dragon and Dungeon magazines