Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 2

April 2:

Book releases
 * 2009 - Prisoner of the Daleks, an original Doctor Who novel by Trevor Baxendale

Film releases
 * 1968 - World premier of 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
 * 1982 - Silent Rage, romantic/action/science fiction/horror movie starring Chuck Norris
 * 2010 - Clash of the Titans, a fantasy and action remake of the 1981 film of the same name

Television series
 * 1971 - Dark Shadows, a Gothic soap opera, finishes airing on ABC
 * 1984 - Automan, an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson, finishes airing on ABC

Births
 * 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen (d. 1875), a Danish author and poet noted for his children's stories
 * 1948 - Joan D. Vinge, an American science fiction author
 * 1956 - Kevin Siembieda, an American artist, writer, designer, publisher of role-playing games, and founder and president of Palladium Books

Deaths
 * 1994 - Raymond Z. Gallun (b. 1911), an American science fiction writer
 * 2002 - John R. Pierce (b. 1910), an American engineer and author
 * 2002 - Henry Slesar (b. 1927), an American author, playwright and copywriter
 * 2010 - Israr Ahmad (b. 1940), an Indian theoretical nuclear physicist, professor, science fiction writer, and editor