The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a US fantasy and science fiction magazine initially published by Lawrence E. Spivak (pictured), with regular issues from 1949 to the present. Under editors Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas, it became a leader in the science fiction and fantasy field, publishing literary material and including more diverse stories than its competitors. Well-known stories from its early years include Richard Matheson's "Born of Man and Woman" and Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee. After McComas left in 1954, Boucher continued as sole editor until 1958, winning the Hugo Award for Best Magazine that year, a feat his successor, Robert Mills, repeated in the next two years. Mills was responsible for publishing "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys, Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, and the first of Brian Aldiss's "Hothouse" stories. At the start of 1966, after short stints by Avram Davidson and Joseph Ferman, Edward Ferman began a 25-year career as editor. He published many well- received stories, including Fritz Leiber's "Ill Met in Lankhmar", Robert Silverberg's "Born with the Dead", and Stephen King's The Dark Tower series.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1793:

Inventor Diego Marín Aguilera, the "father of aviation" in Spain, flew one of the first gliders for about 300 yd (270 m). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Mar%C3%ADn_Aguilera

1850:

Members of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the United States Cavalry massacred at least 135 Pomo Indians in Lake County, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Island_massacre

1904:

Russo-Japanese War: After striking several mines off Port Arthur, the Japanese battleships Hatsuse and Yashima sank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yashima

1970:

During a confrontation with a group of Jackson State College students protesting the Vietnam War, specifically the United States invasion of Cambodia, police opened fire, killing two students and injuring twelve. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_State_killings

1990:

Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold at auction in Christie's New York office for US$82.5 million, at the time the world's most expensive painting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Dr._Gachet

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

parentcraft: The skills and knowledge used by parents in raising children. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parentcraft

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Se um dia alguém perguntar por mim Diz que vivi para te amar. Antes de ti, só existi Cansado e sem nada para dar. If one day someone asks about me Tell them I lived to love you. Before you, I only existed Tired and with nothing to give.   --Luísa Sobral https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADsa_Sobral