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May 2:

Book releases
 * 1955 - The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis

Film releases
 * 1947 - Miracle on 34th Street, a Christmas children's fantasy film written by Valentine Davies
 * 2003 - X2, an American science fiction superhero film based on the X-Men comic book series
 * 2008 - Iron Man, an American science fiction superhero film based on the character of the same name
 * 2008 - Suspension, an American science fiction film

Television series
 * 1983 - V, an American science fiction miniseries, finishes airing on NBC
 * 1987 - Starman, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on ABC
 * 2008 - Ben 10, an American animated science fiction series, finishes airing on Cartoon Network

Births
 * 1868 - Robert W. Wood (d. 1955), an American physicist and inventor, and science, science fiction, and children's author
 * 1890 - E. E. Smith (d. 1965), an American food engineer and science fiction author best known for his Lensman and Skylark series
 * 1968 - Liam Sharp, a British comic book artist, writer and publisher

Deaths
 * 1980 - George Pal (b. 1908), a Hungarian-born American animator and film producer, principally associated with the science fiction genre
 * 2006 - Lisa A. Barnett (b. ca.1958), an American Lambda Literary Award- winning science fiction writer