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September 21:

Book releases
 * 2010 - Rocket Girls by Hōsuke Nojiri

Television series
 * 1969 - The Secret Service, a British children's spy-fi series produced by Gerry Anderson, begins airing on ATV
 * 1996 - Dark Skies, a government UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi drama television series, begins airing on NBC
 * 2008 - Spaceballs: The Animated Series, an animated television series loosely based on the parody sci-fi film Spaceballs, begins airing on G4 and Canada's Super Channel

Births
 * 1866 - H. G. Wells (d. 1946), an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre
 * 1904 - Alexander Key (d. 1979), an American science fiction writer