On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1969)

Star Trek: Voyager (2001)

Star Trek: Discovery (2019)

Star Trek

Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: The Lights of Zetar.

Released January 31, 1969.

Directed by Herb Kenwith.

Written by Jeremy Tarcher, Shari Lewis, Arthur H. Singer.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Jan Shutan, John Winston, Libby Erwin, Barbara Babcock, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Roger Holloway, Jeannie Malone.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 7. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Repentance.

Released January 31, 2001.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Robert Doherty, Michael/Mike Sussman, Michael Taylor, Phyllis Strong.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jeff Kober, Tim DeZarn, F.J. Rio, Greg Poland, Robert Axelrod, Michael Bailous, Tarik Ergin, Peter Scott Harmyk, Clay Hodges, Pat Jankiewicz, Joyce Lasley, Irving E. Lewis, Louis Ortiz, Stephen Pisani, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Point of Light.

Released January 31, 2019.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Andrew Colville, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif, Anson Mount, Michelle Yeoh, Mia Kirshner, Alan Van Sprang, Mary Chieffo, Kenneth Mitchell, Bahia Watson, Hannah Cheesman, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Julianne Grossman, Xavier Sotelo, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Pay Chen, Damon Runyan, Avaah Blackwell, Donovan Brown, Nicole Dickinson, Jonathan Kim, Kyana Teresa.

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

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: The Shakedown.
Released January 31, 1958.
Directed by David Rich.
Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Katharine Bard, Dean Harens, June Dayton, Duncan McLeod, H.M. Wynant, Joe Di Reda, Ted Hecht.

On this day in movie history - Touch of Evil (1958 movie & novel):

Touch of Evil

directed by Orson Welles,

based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson,

was released in the United States on January 31, 1958.

Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:

Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Joanna Cook Moore, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Val de Vargas, Mort Mills, Victor Millan, Lalo Rios, Phil Harvey, Joi Lansing, Harry Shannon, Rusty Wescoatt, Wayne Taylor, Ken Miller, Raymond Rodriguez, Arlene McQuade, Dan White, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marlene Dietrich, Mercedes McCambridge, William Tannen, Joseph Cotton.

Recommended reading:

Badge of Evil

By Whit Masterson.

Filmed as Touch of Evil (1958), directed by Orson Welles.

Published by Adams Media.
First published 1956.
ASIN: 1440560919
ISBN-10: 9781440560910
ISBN-13: 978-1440560910

Description:

“Orson Welles based his noir masterpiece on this equally fine novel.” – The Washington Post.

Quinlan and McCoy – veteran cops who could smell out a murderer …
A dark, swift-running tale of love and hate and death under the bright California sun.
Assistant District Attorney Mitch Holt suspects the wrong people have been arrested in the murder of Rudy Linneker. But if it wasn't Linneker's daughter and her fiance, who was it? And why do two of the city's most decorated and beloved cops look like they're not shooting straight? If they've planted evidence in this case, what else are they guilty of in the past?

Born on this day – Torsten Michaelis:

Torsten Michaelis

Actor

January 31, 1970 – August 17, 2025

Credits:

1. Mai (2008); Ägyptens versunkene Hafenstadt - Ein Mythos taucht auf (2013); Angst in meinem Kopf (2018); Arme Millionäre (2006); Bella Block (2012); Berlin Station (2018); Bronstein's Children (1991); Castles and Palaces of Europe (2013); Close (2004); Cologne P.D. (2011); Das Joshua-Profil (2018); Der Clown (2000); Der kleine Herr Friedemann (1990); Der Kriminalist (2011–2016); Der letzte Zeuge (2007); Der Raketenmann - Wernher von Braun und der Traum vom Mond (2009); Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1988); Der Uranberg (2010); Der Verleger (2001); Die gestundete Zeit (1989); Die Männer vom K3 (2000); Die Stunde des Wolfes (2011); Die unheimliche Leichtigkeit der Revolution (2021); Die vielen Gesichter der USA: Der Fotograf Martin Schoeller (2023); Drachenlanze (2012); Drakensang: The Dark Eye (2008); Ein Dorf schweigt (2009); Eine Stadt wird erpresst (2006); Engel mit einem Flügel (1991); Ernst Thälmann (1986); Five Years (2013); Frantz (2016); Geheimnisvolle Orte (2004); Geisterjäger John Sinclair: Edition 2000 (2005–2013); Genug ist nicht genug (2009); Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation (2009); Gold für den König (1987); Greed: Black Border (2009); Großstadtrevier (2004); Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee (2013); Hallo, Onkel Doc! (1998); Heiter bis tödlich - Hauptstadtrevier (2012–2014); Hotel Lux (2011); In aller Freundschaft (1999–2019); Inspektor Rolle (2002–2004); Kabale und Liebe (2005); Kafka's the Burrow (2014); Kai aus der Kiste (1988); Konrads Erbtanten (1982); Legendäre Raddampfer (2012); Leipzig Homicide (2020); Let the Cat Out of the Bag (2005); Letzte Spur Berlin (2015); Lila, Lila (2009); Lotte Jäger und das tote Mädchen (2016); March of the Penguins (2005); Merle Trilogy: Hörspielserie (2017); My Führer (2007); Naked Among Wolves (2015); Never Too Late for Justice (2017); Nord bei Nordwest (2015); Notruf Hafenkante (2012); NVA (2005); Offroad (2012); Police Call 110 (1987–2011); Polnische Ostern (2011); Praxis mit Meerblick (2022); R.I.S (2007); Rache (1996); Raus aus dem Käfig - Wohin mit Europas Affen (2005); Sarah Kohr (2022); Schatten der Gerechtigkeit (2009); Shores of Hope (2012); SOKO Wismar (2004–2019); Special Unit (2007–2008); Spielzeugland (2007); Star Wars: Dark Lord / Podcast Series (2008); Star Wars: Rebels / Podcast Series (2014–2015); Sturmzeit (1999); Tatort (1998–2022); Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (2014); The Final Days (2008); The Fox (2015–2018); The Reader (2008); The Same Sky (2017); The Skin of Others (2018); Theresa Wolff - Waidwund (2022); This Is Not a Hotel (1996); Trauzeugen (2023); Unknown (2011); Victor Vran (2015); WaPo Berlin (2020); We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (2021); Wendland - Stiller und der rote Faden (2024); Where's Wanda? (2024); Wie ein Vogel im Schwarm (1990); Wilsberg (2009); Wolffs Revier (2003); Zwölf Winter (2009).

Born on this day – Ron Thompson:

Ron Thompson

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Dancer

January 31, 1941 – April 13, 2024

Credits:

American Me (1992); American Playhouse / This Ain't Bebop (1989); American Pop (1981); Amy Prentiss (1974); An Interview with Joe Black (2017); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962); Baretta (1975–1976); Bottleneck (2006); Bronk (1975); Brown Eye, Evil Eye (1968); Cagney & Lacey (1985); [Cargo] (2018); Chicks, Man (2018); Crisis Center (1997); Death Ring (1992); Deep Cover (1992); Ethnically Ambiguous (2020); Fallen Arches (2000); Gena (2018); Happy Winter Solstice (2014); Hate Horses (2017); Ironside (1974); Last Days of Coney Island (2015); Low Town (2017); Mannix (1974); Natasha Hall (2021); Quincy M.E. (1977); Stitches (2017); Suffrage (2023); Tellers (2019); The Actor's Choice (2018–2019); The Dream Makers (1975); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Gun (1974); The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell (2023); The No Mercy Man (1973); The Only One in the Room (2020); The Rebels (1976); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Waltons (1980); The White Buffalo (1977); This Ain't Bebop (1989).

Born on this day – Jessica Walter:

Jessica Walter

Actress

January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021

Born on this day – Stuart Margolin:

Stuart Margolin

Actor

Director

January 31, 1940 – December 12, 2022