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September 12:

Television series
 * 1959 - The Man and the Challenge, a science fiction adventure television series, begins airing on NBC
 * 1981 - Spider-Man, an animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the same name, begins airing in first-run syndication
 * 1981 - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, an animated series, begins airing on NBC
 * 1992 - The Addams Family, an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters, begins airing on ABC
 * 2003 - Spider-Man: The New Animated Series finishes airing on MTV

Births
 * 1921 - Stanisław Lem (d. 2007), a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire

Deaths
 * 1997 - Judith Merril (b. 1923), an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist
 * 2002 - Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (b. 1923), a musician, author, and oral historian whose science fiction and mystery stories have received international acclaim