On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Friday’s Child.

Released December 1, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by D.C. Fontana.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Gerald Fried.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Julie Newmar, Tige Andrews, Michael Dante, Cal Bolder, Ben Gage, Walter Koenig, Kirk Raymond, Bob Bralver, Bill Blackburn, Vic Christy, Frank da Vinci, Walker Edmiston, Eddie Paskey.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Pathfinder.

Released December 1, 1999.

Directed by Michael Vejar.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by David Zabel, Kenneth Biller, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

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, Dwight Schultz, Richard Herd, Richard McGonagle, Marina Sirtis, Victor Bevine, Mark Daniel Cade, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Adolphus Hankins, Peter Scott Harmyk, Nichole McAuley, Angus McLellan, Pablo Soriano.

December in movie history - Gangster Story (1959):

Gangster Story

directed by Walter Matthau,

written by Paul Purcell,

based on a story by Richard Grey and V.J. Rheims,

was released in the United States in December, 1959.
Exact release date unknown.
Music by Alex Compinsky.

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Carol Grace, Bruce MacFarlane, Garry Walberg, Raikin Ben-Ari, David Leonard, John Albright, Clegg Hoyt, Leonard Bremen, Vic Tayback.

On this day in movie history - Highway 301 (1950):

Highway 301

directed and written by Andrew Stone,

was released in the United States on December 1, 1950.
Narrated by Edmon Ryan.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:

William P. Lane Jr., John S. Battle, W. Kerr Scott, Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby André, Edmon Ryan, Robert Webber, Wally Cassell, Aline Towne, Richard Egan, Edward Norris.

Born on this day – Ray Chan:

Ray Chan

Art director

Production designer

December 1, 1967 – April 23, 2024

Credits:

Alien vs. Predator (2004); Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023); Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015); Avengers: Endgame (2019); Avengers: Infinity War (2018); Blood Diamond (2006); Children of Men (2006); Deadpool & Wolverine (2024); Doctor Strange (2016); Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023); Enigma (2001); Five Seconds to Spare (2000); Flyboys (2006); Fool's Gold (2008); Guardians of the Galaxy (2014); Hackers (1995); Heartlands (2002); How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008); Johnny English (2003); King Arthur (2004); Knight and Day (2010); Marvel Studios: Assembled (2021); Monte Carlo (2011); Nanny McPhee (2005); National Treasure (2004); Robin Hood (2010); Robinson Crusoe (1997); Screen Two (1994–1996); Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019); Stoned (2005); The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021); The Honeymooners (2005); The Hunger (1997–2000); The Lost Son (1999); The Secret Rapture (1993); The Wings of the Dove (1997); Thor: The Dark World (2013); Thunderbirds (2004); Wrath of the Titans (2012).

Born on this day – Julee Cruise:

Julee Cruise

Singer

Songwriter

Actress

December 1, 1956 – June 9, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Floating into the Night (1989); The Voice of Love (1993); The Art of Being a Girl (2002); My Secret Life (2011).

Movies and television:

Alice in Wonderland (1983); Beavis and Butt-Head (1995); Behind the Music (1992); Blue Velvet (1986); Chromatics: Shadow (2017); Cinéma, de notre temps (1989); El club lento (2023); Free Enterprise (1998); Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1992); Kinetica (2001); Nutcracker (2001); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); Psych (2010); Puss in Boots (1983); Saturday Night Live (1990); Scream (1996); Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks (2007); Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); Tele 5 dígame (1991); The Company (2003); The Dream (2017); The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981); The Media Show (1991); The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert (2015); The Red Shoes (1985); The Wind in the Willows (1983); Too Young to Die (2012); Top of the Pops (1990); Twin Peaks (1989–1990); Twin Peaks (2017); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Until the End of the World (1991); VIP noche (1991).

Born on this day – Treat Williams:

Treat Williams

Actor

Writer

Aviator

December 1, 1951 – June 12, 2023

Born on this day – Ed Askew:

Ed Askew

Painter

Folk singer

Songwriter

December 1, 1940 – January 4, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Art and Life (2017); Ask The Unicorn (1968); Ask the Unicorn (2015); For the World (2013); Imperfiction (2011); Little Eyes (2005); London (2020); Rainbow Bridge (2014); Rainy Day Song (2008); Rose (2014); These Nights and Days (1999).

Movie:

Marvins Platz (2017).