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April 4th in Science Fiction, Comics, and Games

Scrabble creator Alfred Mosher Butts; critic and early fan Roger Ebert; DC comics figures Carmine Infantino and Joe Orlando; EC artist "Ghastly" Graham Ingles; hot rod cartoonist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth; and science fiction/fantasy writers C. L. Moore, Dan Simmons, and Stanley G. Weinbaum.

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Quote of the Day

"A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy;' it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack."

Yamamoto Isoroku, Japanese admiral born April 4, 1884