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Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/January/January 25

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January 25:

Book releases

Film releases

Television series

Births

  • 1931 - Ion Hobana, a Romanian science fiction writer, literary critic and ufologist
  • 1943 - Tobe Hooper, an American director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre
  • 1969 - Vincent Villafranca, an American sculptor whose works range from traditional wildlife imagery to futuristic science-fiction-based imagery

Deaths

  • 1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya (b. 1901), the Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction movies