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 7. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Gambit, Part II.

Released October 16, 1993.

Directed by Alexander Singer.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Naren Shankar, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Richard Lynch, Robin Curtis, Julie Caitlin Brown, Cameron Thor, James Worthy, Sabrina Le Beauf, Martin Goslins, Majel Barrett, Steve Blalock, Eugenie Bondurant, Kevin Indio Copeland, Goldie Gareza, Paul Genick, Kerry Hoyt, Keith Rayve, Oliver Theess.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 2. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Parturition.

Released October 16, 1995.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Tom Szollosi, Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

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, Majel Barrett, Jasmin Bischoff, John Copage, Kenneth David Ebling, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Ken Gruz, Susan Henley, Julie Jiang, Louis Ortiz, Tami Peterson, Richard Sarstedt, Louis C. Simon, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: A Night in Sickbay.

Released October 16, 2002.

Directed by David Straiton.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, 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, Alexandrea Ortiz, Emma the Beagle, Evan English, Aldric A. Horton, Mark Watson.

On this day in movie history - Barfly (movie & screenplay):

Barfly

directed by Barbet Schroeder

written by Charles Bukowski

was released in the United States on October 16, 1987.

Music by Jack Baran.

Cast: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Sandy Martin, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy, Joe Unger, Harry Cohn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Joe Rice, Julie ‘Sunny’ Pearson, Donald L. Norden, Wil Albert, Hal Shafer, Zeke Manners, Pearl Shear, Rik Colitti, Michael Collins, Ronald G. Joseph, Damon Hines, Lahmard J. Tate, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Peter Conti, Vance Colvig Jr., Stacey Pickren, Leonard Termo, Gary Cox, Fritz Feld, Albert Henderson, Sandy Rose, Madalyn Carol, George Marshall Ruge, Debby Lynn Ross, Charles Bukowski, John Forker.

Recommended reading:

The Movie: "Barfly"

By Charles Bukowski.

Edited by Barbet Schroeder.

Published by Black Sparrow Press.

Published in 1987.

ISBN 10: 087685708X

ISBN 13: 9780876857083

Paperback.

Description:

The screenplay of the 1987 movie, directed by Barbet Schroeder.

On this day in movie history - Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962):

Requiem for a Heavyweight

directed by Ralph Nelson,

written by Rod Serling,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1962.

A remake of the 1956 teleplay, directed by Ralph Nelson and written by Rod Serling.
Music by Laurence Rosenthal.

Cast:

Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams, Madame Spivy, Cassius Clay, Val Avery, Herbie Faye, Jack Dempsey, Haystack Calhoun.

On this day in television history - The Detectives (1959-1962):

The Detectives

aka The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, Captain of Detectives,

and Robert Taylor's Detectives,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1959,

and ran for three seasons until May 18, 1962.

Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Directed by: Alvin Ganzer, Arnold Laven, Arthur Hiller, Charles F. Haas, David Friedkin, David Lowell Rich, Dick Moder, Don McDougall, Don Medford, Don Weis, Felix E. Feist, Gerald Mayer, Harry Keller, James Clavell, James Neilson, James P. Yarbrough, John Rich, Joseph H. Lewis, Lamont Johnson, Lawrence Dobkin, Lewis Allen, Murray Golden, Paul Landres, Paul Wendkos, Richard Carlson, Richard Donner, Richard Whorf, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert Butler, Roger Kay, Stuart Rosenberg, Ted Post, Thomas Carr, Tom Gries, Walter Doniger, William A. Graham, William F. Claxton.

Written by: A.I. Bezzerides, Alfred Brenner, Alvin Sapinsley, Anthony Boucher, Antony Ellis, Arthur Browne Jr., Barry Trivers, Borden Chase, Boyd Correll, Calvin Clements Sr., Christopher Knopf, Clark Howat, Curtis Kenyon, David P. Harmon, Don Brinkley, Donald S. Sanford, Ed Adamson, Elliot West, Ellis Marcus, Erna Lazarus, Gene Roddenberry, George Bruce, George W. George, Gordon Gordon, Harry Kronman, Henry F. Greenberg, Herbert Abbott Spiro, Herman Groves, Howard Dimsdale, Jack Laird, Jay Simms, John K. Butler, Joseph Petracca, Joseph Stefano, Judy George, Laurence E. Mascott, Lawrence Dobkin, Lee Berg, Lee Karson, Leonard Freeman, Lewis Reed, Louis Pelletier, Meyer Dolinsky, Michael Morris, Michael Plant, Mildred Gordon, Milton S. Gelman, Mort Thaw, Norman T. Herman, Palmer Thompson, Patricia Chase, Peter Packer, Peter Stephens, Philip Saltzman, Richard Collins, Richard Morgan, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert C. Dennis, Robert J. Shaw, Stanley Niss, Sy Salkowitz.

Cast:

Robert Taylor, Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Mark Goddard, Lee Farr, Adam West, Ursula Thiess, Michael Harris, Rita Lynn, Joe Higgins, Johnny Seven, Arthur Batanides, Enid Jaynes, Marc Lawrence, Sandra Warner, Dabbs Greer, William Sargent, Adam Williams, John Anderson, Michael Parks, Sandra White, Al Ruscio, Laura Shelton, Alice Backes, Arlene Martel, Joe Mantell, John Milford, Naomi Stevens, Robert Brubaker, Bruce Gordon, Vera Miles, Jay Adler, Grace Lee Whitney, Diane Mountford, Aneta Corsaut, Jena Engstrom, Jack Kruschen, Harold J. Stone, Eileen Ryan, Robert Karnes, Michael Fox, Joey Faye, Sue England, Joan Marshall, Bernard Fein, Denise Alexander, John Considine, Augusta Merighi, William Tannen, Jack Holland, Jean Allison, Hazel Shermet, Philip Bourneuf, Kay Stewart, Larry Breitman, Mel Carter, Marc Cavell, Jay Strong, John Larkin, Morris D. Erby, George E. Mather, Hugh Sanders, Arthur Malet, Joe Turkel, Adrianne Ellis, Adrienne Hayes, Alice Allyn, Alice Frost, Amzie Strickland, Anita Sands, Barbara Nichols, Brian G. Hutton, Bruce Dern, Catherine Mazzola, Cathy O'Donnell, Charles McGraw, Claire Carleton, Danielle Aubry, Darlene Fields, Diane Ladd, Dianne Foster, Donna Douglas, Dyan Cannon, Edward G. Robinson, Ellen Burstyn, Eva Gabor, Fay Spain, George Conrad, Inger Stevens, James Coburn, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Joseph Sargent, Joyce Van Patten, L.Q. Jones, Lawrence Tierney, Lee Meriwether, Marianna Hill, Marion Ross, Marsha Hunt, Martin Landau, Michael Constantine, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Anderson, Robert Culp, Telly Savalas.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Murder in C-Sharp Minor.

Released October 16, 1959.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Stuart Jerome and Arthur Orloff.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Jackson, Howard McNear, Peter Leeds, Jody Lawrance, Herb Vigran, Robert Osterloh, Peter Brian, Kenner G. Kemp.

On this day in movie history - Confidential (1935):

Confidential

directed by Edward L. Cahn,

written by Wellyn Totman and Olive Cooper,

based on a story by Scott Darling and John Rathmell,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1935.
Music by Abe Meyer.

Cast:

Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, Theodore von Eltz, Warren Hymer, J. Carrol Naish, Herbert Rawlinson, Kane Richmond, Guy Edward Hearn, James P. Burtis, Clay Clement, Reed Howes, Morgan Wallace, Monte Carter, Al Bridge, Earl Eby, Lynton Brent, George Chesebro, Mary Gwynne, Frank Marlowe, Lillian Castle, Donald Kerr, Edwin Argus, Jack Gustin, David Worth, Allen Connor, Tom Brower, Harry Harvey, Sr., Robert Homans, Allan Cavan, Earl Dwire, John Ince, Lee Phelps.

Born on this day – Pamela Bach:

Pamela Bach

Actress

Producer

October 16, 1963 – March 5, 2025

Credits:

74th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2005); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); Appointment with Fear (1985); Baywatch (1991–2000); Baywatch Nights (1997); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2011); Biography (2005); Castle Rock (2000); Celebrity Big Brother (2011); Cheers (1986); David Hasselhoff Live & Forever (1990); Diversity News TV (2009); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Entertainment Tonight (2007); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Good Day Live (2004); Inside Edition (2015); Knight Rider (1985); Larry King Live (2007); Luxury Gala 2023 (2023); Mansion of Blood (2015); Missing (2003); More Than Puppy Love (2002); Nudity Required (1989); Otherworld (1985); Rhythm (Make Moves Towards What You Love) (2025); Ring of the Musketeers (1992); Route 66 (1998); Sirens (1994–1995); Sonny Spoon (1988); Superboy (1989); T.J. Hooker (1985); Talent Watch (2012); The 11th Annual Satellite Awards (2006); The 19th Annual ARIA Awards (2005); The Fall Guy (1986); The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special (1986); The Young and the Restless (1973); This Is David Gest (2007); Throb (1986); Very Important Pennis (1996); VH1: All Access (2006); Viper (1998); Wobworld / as the voice of Magic the Cat (2025).