Sci-Fi Trivia: March 20th.

Events on this day: March 20^th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1895 – science fiction author Fredric Wertham.

Born on this day in 1922 – Jack Kruschen, actor who has appeared in Lois & Clark, The Time Machine, The Incredible Hulk, The Angry Red Planet, Adventures of Superman, and The War of the Worlds.

Born on this day in 1931 – Hal Linden, actor who has made appearances in Light Years Away, Time Changer, Starflight: The Plane that Couldn’t Land, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Godzilla Versus the Sea Monster, and Destroy All Monsters.

Born on this day in 1948 – science fiction author Pamela Sargent.

Doctor Who Trivia:

On this day in 2004 Christopher Eccleston was announced as the new Doctor.

Born on this day in 1979 Freema Agyeman, who played Martha Jones companion to the Tenth Doctor.

Freema Agyeman first appeared on Doctor Who in the series 2 episode Army of Ghosts as Adeola Oshodi, a Torchwood Institute employee, who was an early victim of the Cybermen. She returned to the series as Adeola's cousin, Martha Jones, at the start of series 3 in Smith and Jones. Agyeman continued as Martha throughout the rest of Series 3, and also provided the character's voice for the special animated serial, The Infinite Quest. She left the series with the finale episode, Last of the Time Lords. She reprised the role of Martha Jones for five episodes of series 4, returning as Jones for a trilogy of episodes beginning with The Sontaran Stratagem, and returning once more for the finale, The Stolen Earth/Journey's End.

And in the Horror genre:

On this day in 1964 - Two Thousand Maniacs! was released theatrically.