Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/March/March 9

March 9:

Film releases
 * 1984 - Splash, an American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard
 * 2006 - 300
 * 2010 - Alice in Wonderland

Television series
 * 1985 - Timelash, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on the BBC

Births
 * 1996 - Richard M. Powers (b. 1921), a science fiction illustrator

Deaths
 * 2009 - André Caroff (b. 1924), a French author of science fiction and horror