Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 30

April 30:

Book releases
 * 1984 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 3, by Yoshiki Tanaka
 * 1985 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 5, by Yoshiki Tanaka
 * 1986 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes Side Stories volume 1, by Yoshiki Tanaka
 * 2006 - Dirty Pair no Daiseifuku, by Haruka Takachiho

Film releases
 * 2010 - A Nightmare on Elm Street

Television series
 * 1989 - The Six Million Dollar Man TV movie, Bionic Showdown, airs on ABC
 * 2000 - Arabian Nights, a three-hour, two-part miniseries that was made by Hallmark Entertainment, begin airing on ABC and BBC One

Births
 * 1926 - Edmund Cooper (d. 1982), an English poet and prolific writer of speculative fiction, children books, essays, and one detective novel
 * 1930 - Bill Buchanan (d. ), an American songwriter best known for his science fiction songs
 * 1938 - Larry Niven, an American science fiction author
 * 1973 - Naomi Novik, an American historical fantasy and alternate history author

Deaths
 * 1981 - François Bordes (b. 1919), a French scientist, geologist, archaeologist, and science fiction author