Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/September/September 5

September 5:

Film releases

• 1942 - The Impatient Patient, a Warner Bros. cartoon short film directed by Norman McCabe and featuring Daffy Duck and Dr. Jekyll

Television series

• 1995 - Deadly Games, an American sci fi, begins airing on UPN

Deaths

• 1992 - Fritz Leiber (b. 1910), an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction

Anniversaries and events

• 1953 - The first of what would become the Hugo Awards are presented during the 11th World Science Fiction Convention held September 5-7