On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995 & 1996)

Star Trek

Season 1. Pilot episode.

Episode entitled: The Cage.

Released at the Cleveland, Ohio, World Science Fiction Convention on September 4, 1966.

Directed by Robert Butler.

Written by Gene Roddenberry.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Leonard Nimoy, Majel Barrett / M. Leigh Hudec, John Hoyt, Peter Duryea, Laurel Goodwin, John Burnside, Carol Daniels, Michael Dugan, Joe Evans, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Clegg Hoyt, Anthony Jochim, Bob Johnson, Jon Lormer, Ed Madden, William McCarter, Joseph Mell, Leonard Mudie, William H. O'Brien, Robert Phillips, Janos Prohaska, Adam Roarke, Gene Roddenberry, Serena Sande, Rube Schaffer, Georgia Schmidt, Felix Silla, Malachi Throne, Meg Wyllie.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Initiations.

Released September 4, 1995.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by 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, Aron Eisenberg, Patrick Kilpatrick, Tim de Zarn, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Heather Ferguson, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Julie Jiang, Jordan Monheim, Louis Ortiz, Rob Plaza, Daunette Saunders, Jeff Witzke.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 3. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Basics, Part II.

Released September 4, 1996.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Piller, 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, Brad Dourif, Anthony De Longis, Martha Hackett, Nancy Hower, Simon Billig, Scott Haven, David Cowgill, Michael Bailey Smith, John K. Shull, Russ Fega, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Heather Ferguson, Jennifer Gundy, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Donald R. Jankiewicz, Pat Jankiewicz, Emily Leibovitch, Susan Lewis, Dennis Madalone, Linda L.C. Madalone, Mark Major, Lorin McCraley, Tom Morga, Louis Ortiz, Shepard Ross, Charles Spector, John Alex Tampoya.

On this day in movie history - Bodyguard (1948):

Bodyguard

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Harry Essex,

based on a story by George W. George and Robert Altman,

was released in the United States on September 4, 1948.
Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed, June Clayworth, Elisabeth Risdon, Steve Brodie, Frank Fenton, Charles Cane, Erville Alderson, Bobby Barber, Charles Bedell, Claire Carleton, Jack Carr, Russ Clark, Marcelle Corday, David Cota, Joe Devlin, Ray Dolciame, Jack Ellis, Dan Foster, Ben Frommer, Jack Gargan, Michael Harvey, Jimmy Hawkins, Pepe Hern, John Indrisano, William J. O'Brien, Lucien Prival, Dewey Robinson, Michael St. Angel, Brick Sullivan, David Thursby, Charles Wagenheim.

Born on this day – Annabel Schofield:

Annabel Schofield

Actress

Producer

September 4, 1963 – February 28, 2026

Credits:

A Man Is Mostly Water (2000); Bloodtide (1982); Body Armor (1997); City of Ember (2008); Clifford (1994); Dallas (1988); Dangerous Curves (1992); Dizzyland (1998); Doom (2005); Dragonard (1988); Exit in Red (1996); Eye of the Widow (1991); Flash! (2003); How Do You Know (2010); Midnight Blue (1997); Paradise (date?); Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story (2010); Solar Crisis (1990); The Brothers Grimm (2005); The Patent Scam (2017).

Born on this day – L.J. Smith:

L.J. Smith

Writer

September 4, 1958 – March 8, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Black Dawn (1997); Bloodlust (2011); Dark Angel (1996); Dark Reunion (1992); Daughters of Darkness (1996); Destiny Rising / aka The Vampire Diaries: Volume 10 (2012); Heart of Valor (1990); Huntress (1997); Midnight (2011); Moonsong / aka The Vampire Diaries: Volume 9 (2012); Night World 1 (2008); Night World 2 (2008); Night World 3 (2009); Nightfall (2009); Origins (2010); Phantom / aka The Vampire Diaries: Volume 8 (2011); Secret Vampire / aka Night World (1996); Shadow Souls (2010); Soulmate (1997); Spellbinder (1996); Strange Fate (2010); The Asylum (2012); The Awakening (1991); The Captive (1992); The Chase (1994); The Chosen (1997); The Compelled (2012); The Craving (2011); The Divide (2012); The Fury (1991); The Hunt (2012); The Hunter (1994); The Initiation (1992); The Kill (1994); The Night of the Solstice (1987); The Night World Collection (2017); The Night World Series Books 1 -6 Collection Box Set (2023); The Passion (1995); The Possessed (1995); The Power (1992); The Ripper (2011); The Strange Power (1994); The Struggle (1991); The Temptation (2013); The Ultimate Fan Guide (2009); The Vampire Diaries: The Return & The Hunters Collection (2014); Unmasked (2012); Unseen (2013); Unspoken (2013); Witchlight (1998); Your Very Own Vampire Diary 2011 (2010).

Movies and television:

Legacies (2018–2022); The Originals (2013–2018); The Secret Circle (2011–2012); The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017); The Vampire Diaries / Video Game (1996).

Born on this day – Michael Schlesinger:

Michael Schlesinger

Director

Producer

Writer

September 4, 1950 – January 9, 2025

Credits:

13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O (2001); A Stanley Kramer Production (2016); American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal (2019); Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2002); Beast Wishes (2012); Bride of Finklestein (2015); Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005); Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005); Complicated Women (2003); Damn Dirty Geeks (2017); Dark and Stormy Night (2009); Film It Again, Sam: The Katzman Chronicles (2015); Footprints (2009); Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal (2025); Frank Capra's American Dream (1997); Glorious Technicolor (1998); Godzilla 2000 (1999); If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017); Imagining 'Heavy Metal' (1999); Imitation of Wife (2015); In the Picture (2012); It's a Frame-Up! (2013); It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993); Monstrkyd Manor (2016); Obey the Lost Skeleton! (2004); Out of Print (2014); Psychette: William Castle and 'Homicidal' (2002); Rita (2003); Rock and Doris (try to) Write a Movie (2024); Schmo Boat (2015); Screen Test / Contestant (1981) (1979–1984); So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Stu's Show (2013–2018); Taking the Punishment Poll (2002); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster (2015); The Biffle Murder Case (2015); The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2008); They Came from Beyond - Sam Katzman at Columbia (2023); Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007); Trailers from Hell (2016–2025); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007); Yesterday Was a Lie (2009).

Born on this day – Mitzi Gaynor:

Mitzi Gaynor

Actress

Singer

Dancer

September 4, 1931 – October 17, 2024

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2011); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); All About Alfred (1998); American Masters (2021); Anything Goes (1956); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes (1959); Biography (1999–2001); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (2024); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Call the Midwife (2013); Cavalcade of Champions (1973); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019); Danny Thomas Special: My Home Town (1966); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (2003); Eye for an Eye (1996); For Love or Money (1963); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Funny You Never Knew (2019); George Jessel Show (1959); Golden Girl (1951); Good Morning America (2006); Happy Anniversary (1959); Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips (2013); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); It's Your Health (1949); Les Girls (1957); Lykke og krone (1962); Marilyn (1963); Mia, a Dancer's Journey (2014); Mission: Impossible (1989); Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975); Mitzi (1968); Mitzi Gaynor: Impressions of the Fox Years (2007); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife (1974); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Mitzi... The First Time (1973); Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978); Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (1977); Mitzi's 2nd Special (1969); Monty and the Movies (2024); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Music: A Classic Christmas (2019); Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (2012); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Perry Como's Winter Show (1971); Red Carpet Report (2013); Reflets de Cannes (1956–1958); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2010); South Pacific (1958); Springtime in Greenland (1981); Surprise Package (1960); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (1974); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Children of Lindos (1960); The Dick Clark Show (1960); The Donald O'Connor Show (1954–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1964); The Fabulous Fox (2004); The Frank Sinatra Show (1959); The George Jessel Show (1953); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2012); The Jack Benny Hour (1959); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Kraft Music Hall (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1977); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Three Young Texans (1954); Vancouver: Focus on Expo 86 (1986); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997); We're Not Married! (1952); Women He's Undressed (2015).

Born on this day – John Cephas:

John Cephas

Blues guitarist

September 4, 1930 – March 4, 2009

Credits:

Albums:

Bluesmen (1993); Cool Down (1996); Dog Days of August (1986); Flip, Flop & Fly (1992); From Richmond to Atlanta (2000); Goin' down the Road Feelin' Bad (1998); Guitar Man (1987); Homemade (1999); Let It Roll: Bowling Green (1985); Living Country Blues USA, vol. 1 (1981); Richmond Blues (2008); Shoulder to Shoulder (2006); Somebody Told the Truth (2002); Sweet Bitter Blues (1984 / 1994); Walking Blues (1988).