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October 21:

Book releases
 * 2008 - Millennium Falcon, a novel by James Luceno about the history of the Millennium Falcon

Film releases
 * 1959 - A Bucket of Blood, an American comedy horror film directed by Roger Corman
 * 1977 - Damnation Alley, a science fiction film directed by Jack Smight which is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny

Television series
 * 1988 - Something Is Out There, an American science fiction television miniseries, begins airing on NBC

Births
 * 1904 - Edmond Hamilton (d. 1977), an American author of science fiction stories and novels during the mid-twentieth century
 * 1937 - Richard C. Meredith (d. 1979), an American science fiction author
 * 1956 - Carrie Fisher, an American actress, screenwriter, and novelist best known for playing Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy