Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/June/June 21

June 21:

Book releases
 * 1985 - Skeleton Crew, the second collection of short fiction by Stephen King

Film releases
 * 1972 - Beware! The Blob, the sequel to horror science-fiction film The Blob
 * 1985 - Cocoon, a science fiction film directed by Ron Howard
 * 1985 - Lifeforce, a science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper
 * 1991 - The Rocketeer, a period science fiction adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures
 * 1991 - Suburban Commando, a science fiction comedy film starring Hulk Hogan
 * 2002 - Minority Report, science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick
 * 2006 - Superman Returns, a science fiction superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman
 * 2008 - Tokyo Gore Police, a Japanese near-future gore film

Television series
 * 1989 - Hard Time on Planet Earth, an American science fiction series, finishes airing on CBS
 * 1997 - Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys, an American animated science fiction television series, finishes airing in first-run syndication

Births
 * 1935 - William Tuning (d. 1982), an American author of science fiction
 * 1944 - Akira Hori, a Japanese science fiction writer
 * 1948 - Vasili Golovachov, a Russian science fiction writer
 * 1952 - David J. Skal, an American cultural historian known for his writings on horror films and horror literature
 * 1956 - Jeff Green, a Canadian author, playwright, producer, and director

Deaths
 * 1934 - Thorne Smith (b. 1892), an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction
 * 2007 - Douglas Hill (b. 1935), a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer

Anniversaries and events
 * 1992 - Calvin and Hobbes suggests "Horrendous Space Kablooie" as an alternative name for the Big Bang
 * 2000 - Release of Star Trek: Klingon Academy, a starship combat space flight simulator computer game
 * 2005 - Release of Destroy All Humans!, a science fiction third-person shooter adventure video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ