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April 23:

Film releases
 * 1999 - eXistenZ, a psychological thriller/science fiction film by Canadian director David Cronenberg

Births
 * 1923 - Avram Davidson (d. 1993), an American Jewish writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction
 * 1936 - Tom Doherty, an American publisher, and the founder of Tor Books
 * 1957 - Kenji Kawai, a Japanese music composer, for motion pictures, anime movies, videogames and televised programs

Deaths
 * 1965 - George Adamski (b. 1891), a Polish-born American ufologist and science fiction writer
 * 1992 - Michael B. Wagner (b. 1947), a television writer and producer whose work on science fiction shows include Mann & Machine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Probe, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Man from Atlantis
 * 2007 - Axel Madsen (b. 1930), a Danish-American biographer, journalist, and science fiction novelist

Anniversaries and events
 * International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, a commemoration declared by Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction author Jo Walton since 2007