Tuesday, May 19, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 24.
Episode entitled: Warhead.
Released May 19, 1999.
Directed by John Kretchmer.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Michael Taylor, Kenneth Biller, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, McKenzie Westmore, Steve Dennis, John Austin, Sylvester Foster, Maya Fujimoto, Kerry Hoyt, Tony Jones, Pablo Soriano.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 23.
Episode entitled: Countdown.
Released May 19, 2004.
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.
Written by André Bormanis, Chris Black.
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 Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Scott MacDonald, Rick Worthy, Tucker Smallwood, Josette Di Carlo, Bruce Thomas, Andrew Borba, Mary Mara, Ruth Williamson, Steven Culp, Paul Dean, Alexandrea Ortiz, Jeff Bodean, Solomon Burke Jr., Daphney Damaraux, Kevin Derr, Yuri Elvin, Tarik Ergin, Ian Eyre, Glen Hambly, Tamara Hambly, Andrew Macbeth, Dorenda Moore, Michael O'Laskey II, Lidia Sabljic, Paul Sklar, Ator Tamras.

On this day in music history:

Belinda by Belinda Carlisle (1986)
Land of Forever by 2002 (1998)
Ophelia by Natalie Merchant (1998)


Belinda
Album by Belinda Carlisle,
released May 19, 1986.
Track list: Mad About You; I Need a Disguise; Since You’ve Gone; I Feel the Magic; I Never Wanted a Rich Man; Band of Gold; Gotta Get to You; From the Heart; Shot in the Dark; Stuff and Nonsense; Band of Gold [Featuring Freda Payne] [Single Mix]; Dancing in the City; Mad About You [Extended Version]; Band of Gold [Featuring Freda Payne] [Extended Mix]; Band of Gold [Featuring Freda Payne] [Dub Mix]; Shot in the Dark; Lust to Love; Mad About You; Since You’ve Gone; Head Over Heels.


Land of Forever
Album by 2002,
released May 19, 1998.
Track list: Summer of 300 Years; Sea of Dreams; Land of Forever; Realms of Splendor; The Calling; Dance with a Princess; Feast of Immortals; Falling Through Time; Heavenly Cities; Oceansky.


Ophelia
Album by Natalie Merchant,
released May 19, 1998.
Track list: Ophelia; Life Is Sweet; Kind & Generous; Frozen Charlotte; My Skin; Break Your Heart; King of May; Thick As Thieves; Effigy; The Living; When They Ring the Golden Bells.

On this day in movie history - The Missouri Breaks (1976):


The Missouri Breaks

directed by Arthur Penn,
written by Thomas McGuane,
was released in the United States on May 19, 1976.
Music by John Williams.


Cast:

Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam, John P. Ryan, Sam Gilman, Steve Franken, Richard Bradford, James Greene, Luana Anders, Danny Goldman, Hunter von Leer, Virgil Frye, R.L. Armstrong, Daniel Ades, Dorothy Neumann, Charles Wagenheim, Vern Chandler, Mark Montgomery, Scott Palmer.

Born on this day – Steve Pepoon:


Steve Pepoon


Writer

Producer

May 19, 1956 – May 3, 2025

Credits:

ALF (1987–1990); Cleghorne! (1995); Dinosaurs (1992); Ferris Bueller (1990–1991); Get a Life (1991–1992); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1990); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Roseanne (1993–1994); Rugrats Go Wild (2003); Silver Spoons (1986); Teen Angel (1997–1998); The Jackie Thomas Show (1992–1993); The PJs (1999 / 2000); The Simpsons (1991); The Wild Thornberrys (1998–2004); The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001); Tom (1994); You Wish (1997).

Born on this day – Nora Ephron:


Nora Ephron


Writer

Director

May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012

Credits:

60 Minutes / Randy Newman / Rob Reiner (1994–1997); Acting for the Camera (2009); Adam's Rib (1973); AFI Life Achievement Award (2002–2010); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); American Masters (2012); Bewitched (2005); Bewitched: Star Shots (2005); Biography (1999–2006); Cake (2005); Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005); CBS This Morning (1993); Charles Portis: The Greatest Writer You've Never Heard Of... (2011); Charlie Rose (1998–2010); Cookie (1989); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); Dateline NBC (2006); Delivering 'You've Got Mail' (2008); Dreams on Spec (2007); E! True Hollywood Story (2005); ESPN SportsCentury (2001); Film Genre (2002); From Weepies to Chick Flicks (2010); Greatest Ever Romantic Movies (2007); Hanging Up (2000); HBO First Look (1998–2000); Heartburn (1986); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hopeless Pictures (2005); Husbands and Wives (1992); Intimate Portrait (1995–2003); Julie & Julia (2009); L'amour, la mort, les fringues (2011); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1992); Late Show with David Letterman (2008); Leaves of Grass (2009); Lucky Numbers (2000); Makers: Women Who Make America (2013); Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015); Michael (1996); Mixed Nuts (1994); My Blue Heaven (1990); New York 360º Presents: The 2007 Matrix Awards (2007); New York at the Movies (2002); On Story (2019); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Primetime (1989); Real Time with Bill Maher (2010); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia (2009); Signed, Sealed, Delivered (1998); Silkwood (1983); Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Smiling Through the Apocalypse (2013); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Steve Martin: Seriously Funny (1999); Strike! (1998); Tavis Smiley (2006); The 2011 Annual American Theatre Wing Gala (2011); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Colbert Report (2006); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1971); The Directors (1999); The Five Stages of Grief (2011); The Five-Year Engagement (2012); The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996); The Home Show (1992); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006); The Making of 'Hanging Up' (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006); The Post (2017); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The South Bank Show (1995); The View (2007); This Is My Life (1992); This Week (2006); Through The Grape Vine (2011); Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006); We All Dream of Oz (2000); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); Where's Elvis This Week? (1996); Why I Love 'Bewitched' (2005); You've Got Mail (1998).

Born on this day – Bruce Bilson:


Bruce Bilson


Producer

Director

Producer

Writer

May 19, 1928 – January 16, 2026

Credits:

Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Alice (1976); Almost Home (1993); Aloha Paradise (1981); Arnie (1971); B.J. and the Bear (1978–1980); Barbary Coast (1975); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Barney and me (1973); Barney Miller (1976–1981); Bewitched (1968); Blondie (1968); Bonanza (1970); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Camp Runamuck (1966); Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984); Chopper One (1974); Dallas (1986); Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1979); Dead Man on the Run (1975); Deadly Games (1996); Delta House (1979); Dinosaurs (1991–1993); Duffy (1977); Dusty's Trail (1973–1974); Dynasty (1988–1989); Emergency! (1975); Finder of Lost Loves (1984–1985); Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992); Get Smart (1965–1968); Get Smart Reunion Seminar (2006); Gidget (1966); Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985); Glitter (1984); Green Acres (1971); Half Nelson (1985); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981); Hawaii Five-O (1974–1976); Hogan's Heroes (1967–1971); Hotel (1983–1987); House Calls (1980–1982); Hull High (1990); Human Target (1992); Hunter (1977); Inside TV Land (2001); Jigsaw (1972); Journeys Below the Line: 24 - The Editing Process (2005); Journeys Below the Line: ER - The Prop Masters (2006); Journeys Below the Line: Lost - The Cinematography Team (2007); Just Our Luck (1983); Knight Rider (1982); Life with Lucy (1986); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Love, American Style (1969–1971); M*A*S*H (1972); Matt Helm (1975); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); One Potato, Two Potato (1964); One West Waikiki (1994–1995); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires (1969); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1999); Pioneers of Television (2011); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966–1967); Pleasure Cove (1979); Private Benjamin (1981–1982); Quark (1978); Roll Out (1973); Route 66 (1962–1963); Run Buddy Run (1966); S.W.A.T. (1975–1976); Sanford and Son (1972); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Sierra (1974); Simon & Simon (1981); Skag (1980); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Smokey and the Bear (1986); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Spenser: For Hire (1987–1988); Stu's Show (2016); Tabitha (1977); Teenage Millionaire (1961); That Girl (1967); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1962); The Bad News Bears (1979); The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965); The Banana Company (1977); The Brady Bunch (1973–1974); The Bradys (1990); The Colbys (1987); The Doris Day Show (1968–1972); The Fall Guy (1982–1986); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Flash (1990–1991); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1969); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Good Life (1971); The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2008); The Lawbreakers (1964); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957–1958); The Love Boat (1981–1986); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1971); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The Munsters Today (1989); The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969); The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Nutt House (1989); The Odd Couple (1970–1971); The Partridge Family (1972–1973); The Patty Duke Show (1965–1966); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Renegades (1983); The Rookies (1974–1975); The Secret History of Get Smart (2006); The Sentinel (1996–1998); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Texan (1959); The Tim Conway Show (1970); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Welcome to Winfield (1986); The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976); They Came from Outer Space (1990); Too Close for Comfort (1983); Too Soon to Love (1960); Touched by an Angel (1995); Turnabout (1979); U.S. Marshal (1958–1959); Viper (1994–1999); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Whirlybirds (1957–1958); Wild Harvest (1962); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Dora Doll:


Dora Doll


Actress

May 19, 1922 – November 15, 2015

Credits:

125 rue Montmartre (1959); A Funny Boss (1964); A Man Walks in the City (1950); Has Strong Commitment (2002–2005); Act of Love (1953) Adorable Demons (1957); Ah What a team! (1957); Thus Ends the Night (1949); AllĂ´ police (1967–1969); Angel of Death (1985); Angels and Wolves (1988); Antoine et Julie (1981); Any Number Can Win (1963); Archimedes, the Tramp (1959); Au bon beurre (1981); Beyond The Screen (1967); Ave Maria (1984); Bastille (1984); Heartbeat (1940); Bed for Two (1950); Bernard Quesnay (1979); Black and White in Color (1976); Bloody Murder (1974); Boomerang (1976); Cabaret du soir (1958); Catherine & Co. (1975); Catherine, il suffit d'un amour (1986); This World Is Wonderful (1981); It's Even Better in the Afternoon (1986); He Was a Gentleman (1957); Champagne aus dem Knobelbecher (1975); Heir Finder (2001); Cloud Waltzing (1987); Cocagne (1961); Commander X (1964); Compression (2023); Love at First Sight (1992); In Life Everything Is Arranged (1952); Daughters of Destiny (1954); From the head to the feet (2002); Dehors c'est nulle part (1978); Two Happy Fools (1976); Devil and the Angel (1946); Dictionary of Sex (1964); Funny Stories (1995); Of the Lead in the Head (1973); Édith Piaf: A Brief Encounter (1993); Ein Fall fĂ¼r Männdli (1975); El señor president (1983); Elena and Her Men (1956); In large push-ups (1974); In Your Soul and Conscience (1957); Enigma at the Folies-Bergère (1959); Entente cordiale (1939); Spy and Shut Up (1988); And tomorrow, Paula? (2002); Femmes Fatales (1976); Ferbac (1992); Fernand Cowboy (1956); Foreign Intrigue (1952); Four Flights to Love (1939) François Villon - Poetul vagabond (1987); French Cancan (1955); Gaston Phoebus (1978); Girl on the Third Floor (1955); Godefinger or Some cats don't like the soft (1975); Grandison (1979); Gros dĂ©gueulasse (1986); Gueule d'ange (1955); Gueule d'arnaque (1989); Hell (1994); HellĂ© (1972); Hey Good Looking! (2006); Hortense Schneider (1964); Hotel Baltimore (1976); HĂ´tel du Nord (1938); Hothead (1979); Human Cargo (1954); He was a musician (1978–1979); Imogene (1991); Incorrigible (1975); Inspector Sergil (1947); Jacques Martin behind your applause (2022); Jacquou the croquant (2007); Jealousy (2001); Jeanne (1952); Jenny Lamour (1947); Julia (1977); Julie Lescaut (1995); Julien Fontanes, magistrate (1983); The salt box (1960); The Mouse Cage (1954); The Key to the Fields (1998); The Countess of Charny (1989); La derelitta / Cinema 16 (1977–1989); The Italian's Wife (1998); The Ivory Woman (1984); The Lost Girl (1954); La libertĂ© en croupe (1970); The House Under the Sea (1947); The animal share (2007); The Passenger (1949); The Passante (1951); La ramandeuse (1981); La reina del TabarĂ­n (1960); The rose red (1951); The Steppe (1982); Over there... My Country (2000); The Agency (1989); Love descend from the sky (1957); Le baladin du monde occidental (1971); The Good Number (1962); Le Chambon (1994); Le chapeau du p'tit JĂ©sus (2006); The Castle (1984); The ChĂ¢teau des Oliviers (1993); The Chevalier de Pardaillan (1988); The knight Tempest (1967); Le colonel est de la revue (1957); The Bravag (1955); The last episode of Dallas (2006); The Last Quarter of an Hour (1962); The diamond Salisbury (1985); The donation made to Catchaires (2003); The Savoyard Boy (1967); The Gyrfalcon (1987); Le grand Batre (1997); Tom Thumb (1980); The Gambler (1962); The Wedding Day (1977); The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1964); The Mythomaniac (1981); The payS Blue (1977); Le petit thĂ©Ă¢tre d'Antenne 2 (1979–1983); The smartest is there let it take (1973); The Bridge of Sighs (1985); The Refuge (1996–1999); The Red Curtain (1960); The Secret of the Andrenes (1982); The Sorcerer of the Sky (1949); The triple win (1989–1992); The Journey to Paimpol (1985); L'Ă©claire (1979); The other side Paradise (1953); Leon's Husband (1993); The 2 Crocodiles (1987); The Swedish Matches (1996); The Tramps vs. Dracula (1980); The desert chestnut trees (2010); The Last Five Minutes (1959–1982); The Burning Hearts (1992); The Columns of the Sky (1985); The Uprooted (1972); The mixed waters (1969); The Stuffed (1969); The investigations of Commissioner Maigret (1972–1989); The Daughters of the Regiment (1978); The Sisters (1960); Les givrĂ©s (1979); Rose's Men (1978); The Idiots (1987); Days of the Moon (1991) The binoculars (1972); The Keufs (1987); The Monday Optimists (1962); Red summer (2002); The Strange Castle of Doctor Lerne, 1983; The story of Saturday (1996–1997); The Handyman (1988); The Man of the Night (1983); The Inspector Leclerc Investigates (1962); The Sunday Guest (1969); Madam... Are you free? (1971); Mademoiselle Ardel (1990); Mademoiselle Strip-tease (1957); Maigret and La Grande Perch (1991); Main Street (1956); Maniac Killer (1987); Manon (1949); Marianne, a Star for Napoleon (1983); Marie Pervenche (1990); Have you seen me? (1988); Clandestine Maternity (1953); Night Doctors (1981); Most Promising Actor female (2000); MĂ©lissol (1999); Hostage Contempt (1992); Midi-Première (1981); Miss Pigalle (1958); My Friend the Traitor (1988); Monsieur Scrupule gangster (1953); Morasseix!! (1993); Moulin Rouge (1940); Music Hall (1986); Musicolor (1969); Nana (1955); Napoleon (1955); Night in December (1939); We Didn't Love Her Enough (1981); Obsession (1954); On dĂ©mĂ©nage le colonel (1955); Once More (1988); Parade in 7 nights (1941); Pardon My French (1951); Paris Vice Squad (1951) No love without love! (1993); No Caviar for Aunt Olga (1965); No grisbi for Ricardo (1957); No Pity for the Cellars (1955); No mice in business (1955); Peppermint Soda (1977); Midnight Leave (1987); PoĂ©sie del amor (2006); First Criminal Brigade (Interpol File M.A.T. 444) (1961); Princess Alexandra (1992); Puzzle for Demons (1976); When Jean became Renoir (2017); What a Sacred Evening (1957); Research in the interest of families (1977); Reflections of Cannes (1956); Sabbath (1989); Sapho (1997); Savage Triangle (1951); Secret File 1413 (1961); Suspicions (1956); One-Night Show (1969); That Night in Varennes (1982); The Curtain Rises (1938) The Heart of a Nation (1943); The Little Rebels (1955) The Maiden (1955) The Marked Woman (1992); The School Teacher (1994); The Tide of Life (1998); The Young Lions (1958) Tides of Passion (1956); Don't Touch the Grisbi (1954); Thirty-six Candles (1956–1957); A Shock CurĂ© (1974); One Equals Three (1964); A Frenchman named Gabin (2017); A Woman with a Heart Too Small (1972); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Violette (1978); Car 7, seat 15 (1958); Your Devoted Blake (1954); Witness in the City (1959); Women in Cellblock 9 (1978); You Are So Beautiful (2005); Zerschossene Träume (1976).