Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/December/December 30

December 30:

Births
 * 1841 - Charles E. Carryl (d. 1920), an American children's literature author
 * 1865 - Rudyard Kipling (d. 1936), a British author and poet whose works included short stories, novels, children's literature, poetry, travel literature, and science fiction
 * 1919 - François Bordes (d. 1981), a French scientist, geologist, archaeologist, and science fiction author