Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 8

April 8:

Television series
 * 1966 - The Addams Family finishes airing on ABC

Births
 * 1912 - John Carnell (d. 1972), a British science fiction editor
 * 1915 - Ivan Supek (d. 2007), a Croatian physicist, philosopher, writer (including science fiction), playwright, peace activist and humanist

Deaths
 * 2010 - John Schoenherr (b. 1935), an American science fiction, wildlife, and children's book illustrator

Anniversaries and events
 * 1950 - Dimension X, an NBC science fiction radio program, begins airing