On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Rightful Heir.

Released May 15, 1993.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, James E. Brooks, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Alan Oppenheimer, Robert O'Reilly, Norman Snow, Charles Esten, Kevin Conway, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Martin Brümmerhoff, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, Inez Edwards, Arvo Katajisto, Diane Lee, Rad Milo, Joyce Robinson, Irving Ross, Dee Giffin Scott.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 1. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: Jetrel.

Released May 15, 1995.

Directed by Kim Friedman.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Jack Klein, Karen Klein, Kenneth Biller, James Thomton, Scott Nimerfro.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, James Sloyan, Larry Hankin, Majel Barrett, Johnetta Anderson, Derek Anthony, Kimberly Auslander, Jasmin Bischoff, John Copage, James Delano, Tarik Ergin, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Ken Gruz, Julie Jiang, Bob Mascagno, Jordan Monheim, Karole Nellis, Louis Ortiz, Tami Peterson, Rob Plaza, Heather Rattray, Richard Sarstedt, Daunette Saunders, Simon Stotler.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 25.

Episode entitled: Two Days and Two Nights.

Released May 15, 2002.

Directed by Michael Dorn.

Written by Chris Black, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Dey Young, Kellie Waymire, Rudolf Martin, Joseph Will, DonnaMarie Recco, James Ingersoll, Jennifer Williams, Geoff Meed, Stephen Wozniak, Dennis Cockrum, Toshiya Agata, Tom Archdeacon, Jef Ayres, Stephen Blackehart, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Diamond Dawn Cook, Dawn Drake, Alison Ebbert, Evan English, Susan Foley, Stacy Fouche, Hilde Garcia, Whitney Hall, Glen Hambly, Terita Jackson, Amina Julianna, John Jurgens, Lynne Langdon, Kevin Porter, Prada, Virginia Simonson, Dawn Stern, James R. Tweedell.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek (2009)

Star Trek / novel (2009)

Star Trek: The Art of the Film / book (2009)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Suspicions.

Released May 8, 1993.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by Joe Menosky, Naren Shankar, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Patti Yasutake, Tricia O'Neil, Peter Marx/Slutsker, James Horan, John S. Ragin, Joan Stuart Morris, Whoopi Goldberg, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Tracee Cocco, Robert Cox, Debbie David, Hal Donahue, Goldie Gareza, Christi Haydon, Arvo Katajisto, Mary Kohnert, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, Oliver Theess.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Faces.

Released May 8, 1995.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Jonathan Glassner.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Brian Markinson, Rob LaBelle, Barton Tinapp, Derek Anthony, Tarik Ergin, Kerry Hoyt, Julie Jiang, Dennis Madalone, Jaehne Moebius, Jordan Monheim, Louis Ortiz, Simon Stotler, Beverly Swanson, Martine Wood.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Fallen Hero.

Released May 8, 2002.

Directed by Patrick Norris.

Written by Alan Cross, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Chris Black, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Rubinstein, Vaughn Armstrong, Fionnula Flanagan, J. Michael Flynn, Dennis Howard, Jef Ayres, Jane Bordeaux, Glen Hambly, Dieter Horneman, John Jurgens, Bobby Pappas, Adam Segen, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: Desert Crossing.

Released May 8, 2002.

Directed by David Straiton.

Written by André Bormanis, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Charles Dennis, Clancy Brown, Brandon Karrer, Jane Bordeaux, Mark Correy, Tarik Ergin, Stacy Fouche, Hilde Garcia, Lindley Gardner, Robert Gatewood, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Max Valentine.

Star Trek

Directed by J. J. Abrams.

Written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

Released in the United States on May 8, 2009.

Music by Michael Giacchino.

Cast: Chris Pine, Jimmy Bennett, Zachary Quinto, Jacob Kogan, Leonard Nimoy, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Clifton Collins, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Rachel Nichols, Faran Tahir, Deep Roy, Greg Ellis, Tyler Perry, Amanda Foreman, Spencer Daniels, Victor Garber, Chris Doohan, James Cawley, Pavel Lychnikoff, Lucia Rijker, W. Morgan Sheppard, Wil Wheaton, Randy Pausch, Majel Barrett.

Star Trek

By Alan Dean Foster.

Published by Pocket Books.

Published 2009.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1439171254

ISBN-13: 978-1439171257

Description:

The origins of James Kirk, Spock and the crew of the USS Enterprise from the original Star Trek series and how these iconic characters came together.

Star Trek: The Art of the Film

By Mark Cotta Vaz.

Foreword by J. J. Abrams.

Published by Titan Books.

Film tie-in edition.

Published 2009.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1848566204

ISBN-13: 978-1848566200

Description:

Director J.J. Abrams’ new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek features a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, as it tells the story of how the brash Starfleet cadet James T. Kirk first meets a Vulcan named Spock, and earns the Captain’s chair of the Starship Enterprise. The film quickly became a critical and commercial smash hit worldwide, as audiences – confirmed Trekkers and newcomers alike – thrilled to a state-of-the-art action epic which both respected the legacy of Gene Roddenberry’s archetypal modern myth and forged ahead into an exciting future of its own. Star Trek: The Art of the Film is a lavishly illustrated celebration of that new vision, tracing the evolution of the movie’s look through a stunning array of previously unseen pre-production paintings, concept sketches, costume and set designs, unit photography and final frames. Written by New York Times-bestselling author Mark Cotta Vaz in close co-operation with the film’s production team, and including a Foreword by J.J. Abrams, this is the essential companion to the film.

On this day in music history:

Banba by Clannad (1993)

With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails (2005)

Embers by Helen Jane Long (2010)

In Your Dreams by Stevie Nicks (2010)

Banba

Album by Clannad,

released May 3, 1993.

Track list: Na Laethe Bhi; Banba Oir; There For You; Mystery Game; Struggle; I Will Find You (Theme From The Last Of the Mohicans'); Soul Searcher; Caide Sin Do' N Te Sin; The Other Side; Sunset Dreams; A Gentle Place.

With Teeth

Album by Nine Inch Nails,

released May 3, 2005.

Track list: All The Love In The World; You Know What You Are?; The Collector; The Hand That Feeds; Love Is Not Enough; Every Day Is Exactly The Same; With Teeth; Only; Getting Smaller; Sunspots; The Line Begins To Blur; Beside You In Time; Right Where It Belongs.

Embers

Album by Helen Jane Long,

released May 3, 2010.

Track list: Embers; One Day; Finding; To Dust; What If; Mirror; Absolute; Everything; Wishes; Bells; Besides; Just.

In Your Dreams

Album by Stevie Nicks,

released May 3, 2010.

Track list: Secret Love; For What It's Worth; In Your Dreams; Wide Sargasso Sea; New Orleans; Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream); Annabel Lee; Soldier's Angel; Everybody Loves You; Ghosts Are Gone; You May Be the One; Italian Summer; Cheaper Than Free (feat. Dave Stewart).

On this day in television history - Murder in the Heartland (1993):

Murder in the Heartland

a made-for-TV miniseries directed by Robert Markowitz,

written by Michael O'Hara,

was released in the United States on May 3, 1993.
Based on the true Charles Starkweather murder case (1957-1958).
Music by Patrick Williams.

Cast:

Tim Roth, Fairuza Balk, Kate Reid, Brian Dennehy, Randy Quaid, Roberts Blossom, Tom Bower, Rondi Reed, Bob Gunton, Ryan Cutrona, Angie Bolling, Jake Carpenter, Heather Kafka, Don Bloomfield, John Hussey, James Hansen Prince, John S. Davies, Mark Walters, Jennifer Griffin, Milo O'Shea, Gerry Bamman, Jeff Perry, Connie Cooper, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Valentina Marie Lomborg, Tom Smith, Renée Zellweger, Darryl Cox, Marco Perella, John Cantwell, Chamblee Ferguson, Gary Mitchell Carter, Suzi McLaughlin, Joan Arenstein.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Frame of Mind.

Released May 1, 1993.

Directed by James L. Conway.

Written by Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, David Selburg, Andrew Prine, Gary Werntz, Susanna Thompson, Allan Dean Moore, Teda Bracci, Cameron, Debbie David, Inez Edwards, Holiday Freeman, Goldie Gareza, Gary Hunter, Arvo Katajisto, David B. Levinson, Dennis Madalone, Lorine Mendell, Keith Rayve, Richard Sarstedt, Oliver Theess.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Cathexis.

Released May 1, 1995.

Directed by Kim Friedman.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Kenneth Biller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Brian Markinson, Michael Cumpsty, Carolyn Seymour, Majel Barrett, Kimberly Auslander, Jasmin Bischoff, Christine Delgado, Tarik Ergin, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Ken Gruz, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Julie Jiang, Jordan Monheim, Louis Ortiz, Chad Patterson, Simon Stotler, Jeff Witzke.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Vox Sola.

Released May 1, 2002.

Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Written by Fred Dekker, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Vaughn Armstrong, Joseph Will, Renée E. Goldsberry, Jef Ayres, Steve Blalock, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Evan English, Hilde Garcia, Lindley Gardner, Glen Hambly, Aldric A. Horton, John Jurgens, Mark Major, Louis Ortiz, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

Recommended reading - The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 1, by Ross Macdonald (1993):

The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 1

By Ross Macdonald.

Published by Allison & Busby.
Published 1993.
Paperback.
ISBN 13: 9780749001094
ISBN 10: 0749001097
ASIN: 0749001097

Description:

This first volume of Lew Archer novels presents "The Drowning Pool", "The Chill" and "The Goodbye Look".

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: The Chase.

Released April 24, 1993.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Written by Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Salome Jens, John Cothran, Maurice Roëves, Linda Thorson, Norman Lloyd, Majel Barrett, Lena Banks, David Paul Christian, Tracee Cocco, Gerard David Jr., Inez Edwards, Star Halm, Grace Harrell, Christi Haydon, Kerry Hoyt, Gary Hunter, Shannon Ratigan, Keith Rayve, Dee Giffin Scott, Sissy Sessions, Oliver Theess, Michael Zurich.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 1. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Heroes and Demons.

Released April 24, 1995.

Directed by Les Landau.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor, Kenneth Biller, Naren Shankar.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Marjorie Monaghan, Christopher Neame, Michael Keenan, Majel Barrett, Derek Anthony, Jasmin Bischoff, Christopher Canole, Christine Delgado, Kenneth David Ebling, Tarik Ergin, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Margareta Hammar, Julie Jiang, Joyce Lasley, Coleman McClary, Jordan Monheim, Tom Morga, Richard Sarstedt, Garret Sato, Simon Stotler, Jeff Witzke.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Detained.

Released April 24, 2002.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, Phyllis Strong, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Dennis Christopher, Christopher Shea, David Kagen, Jessica D. Stone, Dean Stockwell, Wilda Taylor, Les Belbot, Jane Bordeaux, Troy A. Cephers, Vince Deadrick Jr., Evan English, Dianna Carmel Faulkner, Hilde Garcia, Trey King, Colin Lockerbie, Jillana Neiman, Louis Ortiz, Diesel Pfingsten, Laura Renault, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson.

On this day in movie history - The Dark Half (1993):

The Dark Half

directed and written by George A. Romero,

based on the novel by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on April 23, 1993.
Music by Christopher Young.

Cast:

Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris, Robert Joy, Chelsea Field, Royal Dano, Rutanya Alda, Beth Grant, Kent Broadhurst, Tom Mardirosian, Glenn Colerider, Larry John Meyers, Patrick Brannan, Sarah Parker, Elizabeth Parker, John Ponzio, William Cameron, Rohn Thomas, Molly Renfroe, Judy Grafe, John Machione, Erik Jensen, Christine Forrest, Nardi Novak, Zachary Mott, David W. Butler, Curt DeBor, Drinda Lalumia, Lamont Arnold, Lee Hayes, Jack Skelly, Marc Field, Rik Billock, Bruce Kirkpatrick, David Early, Jeff Monahan, Jeff Howell, Melissa Papp, J. Michael Hunter, Therese Courtney, Marty Roppelt, John Amplas, Donna Lynne Champlin, George C. Romero.