On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967 & 1968)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: The Galileo Seven.

Released January 5, 1967.

Directed by Robert Gist.

Written by Oliver Crawford, Shimon Wincelberg / S. Bar-David.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, Don Marshall, James Doohan, George Takei, John Crawford, Peter Marko, Phyllis Douglas, Rees Vaughn, Grant Woods, Robert 'Big Buck' Maffei, David L. Ross, Majel Barrett, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: The Gamesters of Triskelion.

Released January 5, 1968.

Directed by Gene Nelson.

Written by Margaret Armen.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Joseph Ruskin, Angelique Pettyjohn, Steve Sandor, Walter Koenig, Jane Ross, Victoria George, Dick Crockett, Mickey Morton, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Walker Edmiston, Roger Holloway, Bob Johnson, Bart La Rue, Jeannie Malone, Eddie Paskey, Frieda Rentie.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Data’s Day.

Released January 5, 1991.

Directed by Robert Wiemer.

Written by Harold Apter, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Rosalind Chao, Colm Meaney, Sierra Pecheur, Alan Scarfe, Shelly Desai, April Grace, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Denise Deuschle, Jeremy Doyle, Eben Ham, Melanie Hathorn, Randy James, Teri Noel, Keith Rayve, Denise Lynne Roberts, Jane Sibbett, Maureen Tamblyn, Matt Tufo, K. Uchizono.