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April 7:

Book releases
 * 2010 - The Blade of Shattered Hope, third book in the The 13th Reality series by James Dashner

Television series
 * 1973 - Planet of the Daleks, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on BBC
 * 1978 - Quark, an American science fiction situation comedy series, finishes airing on NBC

Births
 * 1844 - Paschal Grousset (d. 1909), a French politician, journalist, translator, and science fiction writer
 * 1946 - Stan Winston (d. 2006), an American visual effects supervisor, make-up artist, and film director best known for his work on films such as the Terminator and the Jurassic Park series