On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)

Star Trek: Voyager (1998)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: The Bonding.

Released October 21, 1989.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Susan Powell, Gabriel Damon, Colm Meaney, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Michael Braveheart, George B. Colucci Jr., Jeremy Doyle, Lorine Mendell, Lincoln Simonds.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Drone.

Released October 21, 1998.

Directed by Les Landau.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Bryan Fuller, Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Harry 'Doc' Kloor, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, J. Paul Boehmer, Todd Babcock, Majel Barrett, Andre Alexsen, Chester E. Tripp III, Phoenix Wong.