On this day in music history - Divenire, by Ludovico Einaudi (2006):

Divenire

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,
released November 7, 2006.

Track list:

Uno; Divenire; Monday; Andare; Rose; Primavera; Oltremare; L’origine Nascosta; Fly; Ascolta; Ritornare; Svanire.

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 7.

Episode entitled: Justice.

Released November 7, 1987.

Directed by James L. Conway.

Written by Worley Thorne, Ralph Wills, Worley Thorne.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Brenda Bakke, Jay Louden, Josh Clark, David Q. Combs, Richard Lavin, Judith Jones, Eric Matthew, Brad Zerbst, David M. Graves, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Steven Craig, Jeffrey Deacon, Susan Duchow, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Brad Phillips, Steve Reed, Tricia Sheldon, Brian Sterling.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: A Fistful of Datas.

Released November 7, 1992.

Directed by Patrick Stewart.

Written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, 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, Brian Bonsall, John Pyper-Ferguson, Joy Garrett, Jorge Cervera Jr., Majel Barrett, Debbie David, Nick Dimitri, Christi Haydon, Bruce Mercury, Mikki Val.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Breaking the Ice.

Released November 7, 2001.

Directed by Terry Windell.

Written by André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Phyllis Strong, Michael / Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, 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 Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, William Utay, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Michael Duisenberg, Jack Guzman, Joel Heyman, Aldric A. Horton, Amina Julianna, Bobby Pappas, Alise Phelan, Aric Rogokos, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

On this day in movie history - Sid & Nancy (1986):

Sid & Nancy

directed by Alex Cox,

written by Alex Cox and Abbe Wool,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.
Music by Dan Wool.

Cast:

Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkeley, Perry Benson, Tony London, Sandy Baron, Sy Richardson, Edward Tudor-Pole, Biff Yeager, Courtney Love, Rusty Blitz, John Spacely, Coati Mundi, Ed Pansullo, Vincent J. Isaac, J. Steven Markus, Anne Lambton, Sallie Anne Field, Kathy Burke, Sara Sugarman, Mark Monero, Michele Winstanley, Andy Bradford, Tom Little, Barbara Coles, Pete Lee-Wilson, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Stuart Fox, Victoria Harwood, Jude Alderson, James Snell, Niven Boyd, Miguel Sandoval, Richard W. Barker III, Patti Tippo, John M. Jackson, Peter McCarthy, Desirée Erasmus, Gloria LeRoy, Milton Selzer, Bruce J. Magrane, Stefanie Auerbach, Jeffrey Kumer, Bradley Lieberman, Tricia Bartholome, Jeanne McCarthy, John Snyder, Ron Moseley, Fox Harris, Iggy Pop, Suchi Asano, Dan Wool, Mitch Dean, Circle Jerks, Angel Dove, Sherice Prince, Kelly Louise Lynn, Sri Johnston, Jamie L. Crowe, Julie St. Claire, Raymond Rosario, Daniel Louis Rivas, Favian Xavier, Al Alu, Bob Ellis, Peyton Kirkpatrick, Jimmy Emig, Keith Morris, Alexander Folk, Dick Rude, G.J. Thomson, Lawrence Bell Jr., Rome Jefferson Jr., Cat Vicious, Eric Barrett, Alex Cox, Colin Davis, Gary Finan, Peter Jaques, Ken Leicht, Branden Marlowe, David McCarthy, Slash, Anthony Straeger, Jaynie Sustar, Reg Thomason, Barrie Wild, Del Zamora.

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

Betty Blue

directed and written by Jean-Jacques Beineix,

based on the novel by Philippe Djian,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.
Music by Gabriel Yared.

Cast:

Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo de Haviland, Jacques Mathou, Clémentine Célarié, Vincent Lindon, Louis Bellanti, Philippe Laudenbach, Claude Aufaure, Dominique Besnehard, Raoul Billerey, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Dominique Pinon.

Recommended reading:

Betty Blue

By Philippe Djian.

French title: 37°2 le matin (37.2°C in the Morning).

Published by Little, Brown Book Group.
First published 1985.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0349101108
ISBN-13: 978-0349101101

Description:

This is a full-fledged lovers' tragedy between a drifter-turned-writer and the fatally flawed Betty, his muse and obsessive promoter.

On this day in movie history - 52 Pick-up (movie & novel):

52 Pick-up

directed by John Frankenheimer,

written by John Steppling and Elmore Leonard,

based on the novel by Elmore Leonard,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.
Music by Gary Chang.

Cast:

Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Robert Trebor, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Doug McClure, Clarence Williams III, Alex Henteloff, Michelle Walker, Philip Bartko, Tom Byron, Herschel Savage, Ron Jeremy, Amber Lynn, Sharon Mitchell, Ines Ochoa, Allyson Palmeter, Katherine Poland, Debra Satell, Amy White, Charles Bowden, Marc Castenada, Mike Caruso, Steven Clawson, Christopher Cory, Maurice Jenkins, John Kahnen, Bobby Ponce, Ray Vela, Robin Bronfman, Debra Berger, Laisa Carrie, Blackie Dammett, Barbara Ferris, John Francis, Conroy Gedeon, Bill Gratton, Jai M. Jefferson, Lenora Logan, Mark M. Mayuga, Lorrie Lovett, Sandra Perron, Barbara Summers, William John Murphy, Anthony Palmer, Frank Sivero, Arlin Miller, Erica Boyer, Barbara Dare, Jamie Gillis, Nicholas Grabowsky, Bill Kucera, Cara Lott, Pat Manning, Randy West, Honey Wilder.

Recommended reading:

52 Pick-up

By Elmore Leonard.

aka Fifty-Two Pick Up.

Published by Mariner Books.

First published 1974.

ISBN-10: 0062266004

ISBN-13: 978-0062266002

Description:

Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell had had only one affair in his twenty-two years of happy matrimony. Unfortunately someone caught his indiscretion on film and now wants Harry to fork over one hundred grand to keep his infidelity a secret. And if Harry doesn't pay up, the blackmailer and his associates plan to press a lot harder – up to and including homicide, if necessary. But the psychos picked the wrong pigeon for their murderous scam. Because Harry Mitchell doesn't get mad ... he gets even.

"Probably no one knows this nation's rogues, bent cops, and sleazebags better than Elmore Leonard." – Newsday.

“An absolute master.” – The Detroit News.

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

Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: The AB Chrysalis.

Released November 7, 1976.

Directed by Val Guest.

Written by Tony Barwick.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Nick Tate, Ina Skriver, Sarah Douglas, Robert Rietty, John Hug, David Sebastian Bach, Sarah Bullen, Albin Pahernik, Yasuko Nagazumi, Glenda Allen, Jenny Cresswell, Harry Fielder, Quentin Pierre, Robert Reeves, Pam Rose.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 7.
Episode entitled: The Phantom Raiders.
Released November 7, 1958.
Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski.
Written by Merwin Gerard.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, John Brinkley, Yvette Vickers, Nicky Blair, Ed Nelson, Elizabeth Harrower, Stuart Wilson, Dean Casey.