Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/June/June 11
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Television series
- 1860 - The Man and the Challenge, a science fiction adventure television series, finishes airing on NBC
- 1964 - Space Patrol, a British science-fiction television series featuring marionettes, finishes airing on Associated British
Births
- 1912 - James Algar (d. 1998), an American film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and other Disney films
Deaths
- 1936 - Robert E. Howard (b. 1906), an American author of pulp fiction, most well known for his Conan the Barbarian series
- 1986 - Chesley Bonestell (b. 1888), a painter, designer and illustrator who was a major influence on science fiction art and illustration. He is known as the "Father of Modern Space Art".
