On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1998)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2005)

These Are the Voyages - TOS: Season Three (2015)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 4. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: The Omega Directive.

Released April 15, 1998.

Directed by Victor Lobl.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Lisa Klink, Jimmy Diggs, Steve J. Kay, Bryan Fuller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jeff Austin, Kevin McCorkle, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Glenn Goldstein.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 4. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Bound.

Released April 15, 2005.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Manny Coto.

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, William Lucking, Cyia Batten, Derek Magyar, Crystal Allen, Menina Fortunato, Christopher Jewett, Duncan K. Fraser, Alexandrea Ortiz, Jef Ayres, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Joe Davis, Evan English, Henry Farnam, Peter Godoy, Tamara Hambly, John Jurgens, Melissa O'Keeffe, Bobby Pappas, Cecelia Specht, Aaron White.

These Are the Voyages - TOS: Season Three

By Marc Cushman & Susan Osborn.

Foreword by David Gerrold.

These Are The Voyages series.

Published by Jacobs Brown Press.

Published 2015.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0989238180

ISBN-13: 978-0989238182

Description:

Marc Cushman's biography of Star Trek the original series (TOS) takes you back in time for the final season of this iconic television show, to the production offices, the writers' room, onto the soundstages, and in front of your TV sets for what many thought would be Star Trek's final voyage. Included are hundreds of memos between Roddenberry, the producers and staff, production schedules, budgets, fan letters, behind-the-scene images, and the TV ratings. You'll find out the real reason Star Trek was cancelled. So buckle your seat belts, this final trek gets really bumpy.

On this day in music history:

White Stones by Secret Garden (1997)

Say You Will by Fleetwood Mac (2003)

Reflections 2000​-​2005, The Best of Michele McLaughlin by Michele McLaughlin (2006)

Trialogue by Sherry Finzer, Darin Mahoney & Will Clipman (2016)

White Stones

Album by Secret Garden,

released April 15, 1997.

Track list: Steps; Poeme; Hymn to Hope; Moving; First Day of Spring; Passacaglia; Reflection; Windancer; Appassionata; Escape; Sanctuary; Celebration; Home; Illumination.

Say You Will

Album by Fleetwood Mac,

released April 15, 2003.

Track list: What's the World Coming To; Murrow Turning over in His Grave; Illume (9-11); Thrown Down; Miranda; Red Rover; Say You Will; Peacekeeper; Come; Smile at You; Running Through the Garden; Silver Girl; Steal Your Heart Away; Bleed to Love Her; Everybody Finds Out; Destiny Rules; Say Goodbye; Goodbye Baby.

Reflections 2000​-​2005, The Best of Michele McLaughlin

Album by Michele McLaughlin,

released April 15, 2006.

Track list: I Love You (2005); The Beginning of Forever (2004); Without You (2003); The Greatest Gift (2002); Elysium (2001); Russian Music Box (2000); Coming Home (2005); Surrender (2004); Just Because (2003); A Fresh Start (2002); An Evening With Friends (2001); Not Without Flaw (2000); What You Mean To Me (2005); Enraptured (2004); A Tale of Courage (2003); Learning to Grieve (2002); The Fairies Dance (2001); The Lonely Ballerina (2005); Sunday Morning (2004); Swept Away (2003).

Trialogue

Album by Sherry Finzer, Darin Mahoney & Will Clipman,

released April 15, 2016.

Track list: Cote D'Ivoire; Mending Fences; Midnight in Marrakech; Confused; Dark Horse; Top Down; Alger Street; Woodland Lake; Thanks For Asking; Wolf Haven.

On this day in movie history - The Wages of Fear (1953 movie & novel):

The Wages of Fear

French title: Le Salaire de la peur,

directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot,

written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérome Geronimi,

based on the novel by Georges Arnaud,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on April 15, 1953.
Music by Georges Auric.

Cast:

Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter van Eyck, Véra Clouzot, William Tubbs, Darío Moreno, Jo Dest, Antonio Centa, Luis De Lima, Grégoire Gromoff, Josep Palau i Fabre, Faustini, Seguna, Darling Légitimus, René Baranger, Pat Hurst, Evelio Larenagas, Jeronimo Mitchell, Ricardo, François Valorbe, Rico Zermano.

Recommended reading:

The Wages of Fear

Original title: Le Salaire de la peur.

By Georges Arnaud.

Originally published in 1950.

This English language translation edition was published in 1968.

Paperback.

Avon edition.

ASIN: B000VDT4KS

Description:

Las Piedras, beaching port. There are hundreds of them, coming from who knows where, to forget the impasse of their existence in the tropics. For a handful of dollars, these low-rankers are ready to do anything. Ready to face kilometers of impassable track, behind the wheel of a dilapidated truck, to transport nitroglycerin. At the slightest deviation, at the slightest shock, it is death. An epic of pure anguish...

On this day in movie history - Hoodlum Empire (1952):

Hoodlum Empire

directed by Joseph Kane,

written by Bruce Manning and Bob Considine,

based on a story by Bob Considine,

was released in the United States on April 15, 1952.
Music by Nathan Scott.

Cast:

Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler, John Russell, Gene Lockhart, Grant Withers, Taylor Holmes, Roy Barcroft, William Murphy, Richard Jaeckel, Don Beddoe, Roy Roberts, Richard Benedict, Phillip Pine, Damian O'Flynn, Pat Flaherty, Gertrude Astor, Walter Bacon, Joe Bailey.

Born on this day – Michael Kamen:

Michael Kamen

Composer

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1997

April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003

Credits:

Concert works:

24 Nights (1991); Concerto for Saxophone (1990); Guitar Concerto (with Tomoyasu Hotei) (1998); Live in Hyde Park (1997); Quintet (Canadian Brass) (2002); S&M (with Metallica) (1999); The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms (2001).

Movies and television:

100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001); 101 Dalmatians (1996); 20 Moments That Rocked Pop (2015); A Good Day to Die Hard (2013); Action Jackson (1988); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); Against the Ropes (2004); Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (2009); Alaska (1996); Amazing Stories (1986); American Idol (2003–2006); Angelo My Love (1983); Animals, Animals, Animals (1976); Anna Magdalena (1998); Arrested Development (2005); Asaf Avidan: Live at the Acropolis - Odeon of Herodes Atticus (2023); Assassins (1995); Australian Idol (2003); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Band of Brothers (2001); BaseBoys (2018); Beavis and Butt-Head (1994); Behind Poem (2004); Big Sister (2016); Blue Ice (1992); Boardwalk (1979); Boo, Zino & the Snurks (2004); Bordello of Blood (1996); Brandy: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (2000); Brazil (1985); Britain's Got Talent (2013); Bryan Adams in Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Live at Wembley 1996) (1996); Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting: All for Love (1993); Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (1991); Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Live) (1992); Bryan Adams: Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? (1995); Bryan Adams: Star (1996); Canadian Idol (2004); Cesko hledá SuperStar (2006); Cine Chalom (2019–2020); Circle of Friends (1995); Classic Albums (2001); Cold Dog Soup (1990); Company Business (1991); Concert for George (2003); Crusoe (1988); Dancing with the Stars (2010–2015); Das Geheimnis von Schloss Balthasar (2011); David Gilmour Live 1984 (1984); Dead Bang (1989); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–2006); Die Hard (1988); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Diminishing Returns (2016); Divendres (2011); Divorce (2013); Don Juan DeMarco (1994); Double You: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (2003); Earth to Echo (2014); EastEnders (1991–2013); Easter (2023–2024); Edge of Darkness (1985); El making of del disc de La Marató (2015); Em dónes vida. El llibre i el disc de La Marató (2011); Eric Clapton: 24 Nights (1991); Event Horizon (1997); Fair Game (1995); Family Guy (2009); First Daughter (2004); For Queen & Country (1988); Free Willy (1994); Frequency (2000); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Gintberg på kanten (2012); Gintberg på kanten (2014); Gladys Knight: Licence to Kill (1989); Godspell (1973); Hab (2020); Hand Made in Hong Kong..... The Making of Shanghai Surprise (1986); Ha-Shminiya (2006); Highlander (1986); Homeboy (1988); Hope Floats (1998); House of Fools (2002); Hudson Hawk (1991); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2004–2005); Idol (2002–2005); Idol stjörnuleit (2003); Idols (2002–2009); If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001); Inventing the Abbotts (1997); Jack (1996); Jerry Seinfeld: 'I'm Telling You for the Last Time' (1998); Judge Dredd (1995); Kelly & Cal (2014); La Marató 2015 (2015); La vengeance est un plat qui ne se mange pas (2007); Ladykracher (2002); Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001); Last Action Hero (1993); Leaving the Life (2005); Let Him Have It (1991); Lethal Weapon (1987); Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); Lethal Weapon 3 (1992); Lethal Weapon 4 (1998); Licence to Kill (1989); Lifeforce (1985); Live Free or Die Hard (2007); Liza's Pioneer Diary (1976); Love & Life (1992); Mad TV (2000); Marry Me (2014); McHale's Navy (1997); Memento (1993); Metallica: S&M (2000); Michael Kamen: Concert for Saxophone (1991); Mild Poison (1999); Mona Lisa (1986); Monkey Dust (2003); Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington (2001); Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); Na plovárne (2003); NBC Special Treat (1978); Night City Angels (1981); Nothing But Trouble (1991); Open Range (2003); Operación triunfo (2001); Pavarotti & Friends 2 (1994); Pink Floyd: The Final Cut (1983); Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982); Polyester (1981); Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 (2012); Pop Idol (2001–2003); Radioman (2012); Reel Iconic (2015); Remember Me? (1997); Renegades (1989); Richard Osman's House of Games (2017); Rifftrax: Highlander (2011); Rifftrax: Road House (2016); Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987); Road House (1989); Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991); Rodin mis en vie (1976); Rooftops (1989); Rude Tube (2013); S&M Documentary (2000); S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert (1980); Scream Queens (2015); Scrubs (2003); Shanghai Surprise (1986); Shining Through (1992); Shoot for the Sun (1986); Singapore Idol (2004); Someone to Watch Over Me (1987); Splitting Heirs (1993); Spoof Movie No Jutsu! (2011); Stars in Their Eyes (1992); Sting Feat. Eric Clapton: It's Probably Me (1992); Sting in The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (1994); Stonewall (1995); Strange Days (1995); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Stunts (1977); Super Idol (2004); SuperStar KZ (2004); Suspect (1987); Tales from the Crypt (1992–1993); Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); The Alps (2007); The Avengers (1998); The Beatles Revolution (2000); The Big Bang Theory (2007); The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000); The Dead Zone (1983); The Fighting Temptations (2003); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Heart Surgeon (1997); The Iron Giant (1999); The Krays (1990); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The Longest Yard (2005); The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (2008); The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (2000); The Next Man (1976); The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s (2015); The Raggedy Rawney (1988); The Three Musketeers (1993); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2016); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012); The Video Pool (1996); The Winter Guest (1997); The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (2005); The X Factor UK (2005–2012); This Life (1996); Todd's Pop Song Reviews (2015); Top of the Pops (1994–1995); Top of the Pops 2 (1999); Tosh.0 (2012); Traveling Hopefully (1982); Tvoje tvár má známý hlas (2016); Two-Fisted Tales (1992); Two-Fisted Tales / Showdown (1992); U Turn (1997); Ultrasordine (2007); Venom (1981); Visions (1976); Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll (2014); What Dreams May Come (1998); What's Up Doc? (1994); Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000); Who Are 'They'? (2006); Wilder Napalm (1993); X-Men (2000); X-Men: First Class (2011); X-Men: The Animated Series (1993); Zachariah (1971).

Born on this day – Frances Doel:

Frances Doel

Writer

Producer

April 15, 1942 – May 26, 2025

Credits:

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (2000); Alien Avengers (1996); Avalanche (1978); Big Bad Mama (1974); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Black Rose of Harlem (1996); Black Scorpion (2001); Cockfighter (1974); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Crazy Mama (1975); Cyclops (2008); Deathsport (1978); Dinocroc (2004); Dinoshark (2010); Flyin' Ryan (2003); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Harold Robbins' Body Parts (2001); Mama Knows Best: A Retrospective - 'Big Bad Mama' Special Edition DVD (2005); Palace of the Damned (2013); Raptor (2001); Some Nudity Required (1998); Starship Troopers (1997); Stray Bullet (1998); Supergator (2007); Target: Harry (1969); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998); The Game of Death (2000); The Lost (2006); The Sea Wolf (1997); The Trip (1967); The Wild Racers (1968); The Young Nurses (1973).

Born on this day – Roger Dicken:

Roger Dicken

Special effects artist

April 15, 1939 – February 18, 2024

Credits:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); Alien (1979); ATV Today (1966); Curse of the Blood Ghouls (1962); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982); Scars of Dracula (1970); The Blood Beast Terror (1968); The Hunger (1983); The Land That Time Forgot (1974); The Perfect Scary Movie (2005); Thunderbirds (1965); Warlords of the Deep (1978); When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970); White Dog (1982); Witchfinder General (1968).