Monday, 12 March 2018

Sci-Fi Trivia: March 12th.

Events on this day: March 12th.

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 1907 – Arthur Hewlett, actor who has appeared in Moondial, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, and Quatermass and the Pit.



In Doctor Who he played Kalmar in the State of Decay and Kimber in Terror of the Vervoids.

Born on this day in 1925 – Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, science fiction author.

Born on this day in 1956 – Lesley Manville, who appeared in the Doctor Who special An Adventure in Space and Time as Heather Hartnell.

On this day in 1957 – Philip K. Dick’s novel Eye in the Sky is published by Ace.

Cthulhu Mythos Trivia:

On this day in 1898 - A frozen body found near Vancouver is identified as Father Jacque DeCasque, who had vanished 84 years earlier. August Passengers on a train near Trenton, Missouri, see a "globular light." (The Lurker at the Threshold, Lovecraft and Derleth).



On this day in 1929 - An explorer named Slauenwite encounters the ruins once ruled by beings known as the "Fishers from Outside." ("Winged Death," Heald and Lovecraft)

Source: Cthulhu Mythos Timeline - https://www.yogsothoth.com/wiki/index.php/Cthulhu_Mythos_Timeline

No comments:

Post a Comment