On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 & 1992)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Last Outpost.

Released October 17, 1987.

Directed by Richard A. Colla.

Written by Herbert Wright, Richard Krzemien.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Fred Steiner.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Armin Shimerman, Jake Dengel, Tracey Walter, Darryl Henriques, Mike Gomez, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Jeffrey Deacon, Tim McCormack, Andrew Parker.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Schisms.

Released October 17, 1992.

Directed by Robert Wiemer.

Written by Brannon Braga, Jean Louise Matthias, Ronald/Ron Wilkerson, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Lanei Chapman, Ken Thorley, Angelina Fiordellisi, Scott T. Trost, Angelo McCabe, John Nelson, Majel Barrett, Lena Banks, Michael Braveheart, Tyce Bune, Cameron, David Paul Christian, Brian Ciari, Tracee Cocco, Debbie David, Elliot Durant III, Holiday Freeman, Jack Gilroy, Grace Harrell, Melanie Hathorn, Kerry Hoyt, Gary Hunter, Arvo Katajisto, Mark Lentry, Ivonne Perez Montijo, Victor Sein, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Unexpected.

Released October 17, 2001.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, 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, Julianne Christie, Christopher Darga, Randy Oglesby, Regi Davis, T.L. Kolman, Mike Baldridge, John Cragen, Drew Howerton, Job Alonso, Jef Ayres, Jane Bordeaux, Michael Braveheart, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Vince Deadrick Jr., Michael Duisenberg, Evan English, Stacy Fouche, Hilde Garcia, Jack Guzman, Bryan Heiberg, Aldric A. Horton, Alise Phelan, Lisa Thornhill, Cynthia Uhrich.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):

Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: The Mark of Archanon.

Released October 17, 1976.

Directed by Charles Crichton.

Written by Lew Schwartz.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, John Standing, Michael Gallagher, Veronica Lang, John Alkin, John Hug, Anthony Forrest, Raul Newey, Yasuko Nagazumi, Quentin Pierre, Terry Walsh.

On this day in movie history - The Projectionist (1970):

The Projectionist

directed and written by Harry Hurwitz,

was released at the Rochester Film Festival in the United States on October 17, 1970.
Music by Igo Kantor and Erma E. Levin.

Cast:

Chuck McCann, Ina Balin, Rodney Dangerfield, Jára Kohout, Harry Hurwitz, Mike Gentry, Lucky Kargo, David Holliday, Sam Stewart, Alex Stevens, Robert Lee, Stephen Philips, Morocco, Clara Rosenthal, Jacqueline Glenn, Robert Staats, Robert King, Rita Bennett, João Fernandes.

On this day in movie history - Bullitt (movie & novel):

Bullitt

directed by Peter Yates,

written by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner,

based on the novel Mute Witness, by Robert L. Pike,

was released in the United States on October 17, 1968.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell, Georg Stanford Brown, Justin Tarr, Carl Reindel, Felice Orlandi, Vic Tayback, Robert Lipton, Ed Peck, Pat Renella, Paul Genge, John Aprea, Al Checco, Bill Hickman, Mal Alberts, Scott Beach, Mary Benoit, Barbara Bosson, Roger Bowen, Joy Carlin, Brandy Carroll, Joanna Cassidy, Julie Christy, Robert Cleaves, Tony Dario, Michael L. Davis, Jim Demarest, Chuck Dorsett, Thomas Duncan, Marjorie Eaton, Walker Edmiston, Sam Edwards, Mimi Fariña, Shirley Fitzgerald, Dick Geary, Frank Gerstle, Dennis Gribbon, Bob Harks, Stacy Harris, Bill Jones, Stu Klitsner, Jean Le Bouvier, Margo Lungreen, Larry D. Mann, Claire Merrill, Kathleen Morrissey, Ned Moss, Vic Perrin, Charlene Polite, Angel Sanchez Jr., Suzanne Somers, Eron Tabor, Liz Treadwell, John Vick, Erick Vinther, Regina Waldon.

Recommended reading:

Mute Witness

By Robert L. Pike.

Filmed as Bullitt (1968), directed by Peter Yates.

Paperback.

First published 1963.

Published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks

ISBN 13: 9780747578628

ISBN 10: 0747578621

ASIN: 0747578621

Description:

'Rossi isn't dead yet. And from what I hear, the Rossi brothers are pretty tough monkeys.' Clancy's knuckles whitened on the steering wheel. 'Yeah,' he said. 'They're all tough monkeys. Until they lose those precious ten pints...' Lieutenant Clancy, a tough cop from New York's 52nd Precinct, has been handpicked for an assignment. Assistant District Attorney Chalmers needs him to protect a witness whose testimony is vital. That man is Johnny Rossi, an infamous gangster involved in every West Coast racket from prostitution to gambling, who has turned into a whistle-blower. Shacked up in a fleabag hotel, Rossi should be safe. But when a hood with a shotgun breaks past the police guard and blasts Rossi into a critical condition, Clancy has just seventy-two hours to find out why Chalmers can't keep his mouth shut about his so-called secret case, why Rossi came to New York in the first place, who else knows where he is and when they are coming to finish the job off.

On this day in movie history - Julie (1956):

Julie

directed and written by Andrew L. Stone,

was released in the United States on October 17, 1956.
Music by Leith Stevens, Tom Adair and Leonard Pennario.

Cast:

Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy, Jack Kelly, Ann Robinson, Barney Phillips, Jack Kruschen, John Gallaudet, Carleton Young, Hank Patterson, Ed Hinton, Harlan Warde, Aline Towne, Eddie Marr, Joel Marston, Mae Marsh.

Born on this day – Norm Macdonald:

Norm Macdonald

Comedian

Actor

Writer

October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021

Born on this day – Sam Bottoms:

Sam Bottoms

Actor

Producer

October 17, 1955 – December 16, 2008