On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)

Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series / book (1991)

Star Trek: Picard (2023)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: This Side of Paradise.

Released March 2, 1967.

Directed by Ralph Senensky.

Written by Jerry Sohl / Nathan Butler, D.C. Fontana.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Jill Ireland, Frank Overton, Grant Woods, Michael Barrier, Dick Scotter, Eddie Paskey, Bobby Bass, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Walker Edmiston, Carey Foster, John Lindesmith, Jeannie Malone, Sean Morgan, Fred Shue, Ron Veto.

Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series

By Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry.

Published by Titan Books Ltd.

Published 1991.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1852863633

ISBN-13: 978-1852863630

Description:

The behind-the-scenes story of the most popular science fiction show ever made!

Did you know … that Captain Kirk was originally Captain April? That Mr. Spock was nearly dropped as a character? That Dr. McCoy’s medical instruments were salt shakers? Why all buttons were banned? How the ‘beam down’ effect was achieved? What happens at Warp Factor Eight? All this, and much, much more, is revealed in this book that tells the complete behind-the-scenes story of the production of the science fiction series that became a phenomenon – Star Trek!

Star Trek: Picard

Season 3. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Seventeen Seconds.

Released March 2, 2023.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Cindy Appel, Jane Maggs, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Marina Sirtis, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Thomas Dekker, Allison Acosta, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Chad Lindberg, Jin Maley, Tiffany Shepis, Luis Avilez, Amy Earhart, Jermain Hollman, Grace Lee, Dean Neistat, An Dang, Hayden Hiebert, Frances Parsons, Aric Rogokos, Dominique Stango, Olivia Youngers.

Born on this day – Ángel Salazar:

Ángel Salazar

Actor

Writer

Director

Comedian

March 2, 1956 – August 11, 2024

Credits:

A Felon in New York (2017); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); Anarchy Radio (2024); Ante' (2012); Big Pun: I'm Not a Player (1997); Boulevard Nights (1979); Carlito's Way (1993); Comedian (2002); Counterpunch (2013); Crumble (2010); Da Pinche Code (2012); Duke of New York in New Ghost City (2021); Engaging (2009); For NYC (2020); Good Dads (2014); Harlem Blues (2003); Heart of the City (1986); Hollywood Entertainment News TV Show (2023); Hot to Trot (1988); In Living Color (1991); Japanese Borscht (2019); Jersey Mafia Chronicles (2017); Jim and James Morning Podcast (2021); Laugh Killer Laugh (2015); Made in Brooklyn (2007); Maniac Cop 2 (1990); Mob Tales with Nick Christophers (2022); Night Rapper (2021); On Our Own (2020–2021); Punchline (1988); Rose Woes and Joe's (2005); SacTown Underground (2017); Saved by the Pole (2012); Scarface (1983); Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006); Screen Machines (2014); Seven Diamonds (2013); Showtime at the Apollo (1992); Sylvester (1985); Take It Back (2016); Tatalia (2017); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The Black Caesar (2022); The Familia: The Rise of Don Pedro (2014); The Gilbert Diaries: The Movie (2023); The Last Gamble (2011); The Latin Legends of Comedy (2006); The New $treetz Seriez (2020); The Scarface Phenomenon (2011); The Streetz (2017); The Streetz 2 (2020); The Wild Life (1984); Trust Me (2009); Vamp Bikers Dos (2015); Vamp Bikers Tres (2016); Vote for Me (2003); Vote for Me! (2002); Walk Proud (1979); Where the Buffalo Roam (1980).

Born on this day – George Armitage:

George Armitage

Director

Writer

Producer

March 2, 1942 – February 15, 2025

Credits:

Caged Heat (1974); Carrott Butts (196?); Coming Together (1970); Darktown Strutters (1975); Fighting Mad (1976); Gas-s-s-s / Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Grosse Pointe Blank (1997); Hit Man (1972); Hot Rod (1979); Joy Division (2010); Miami Blues (1990); Monty Nash (1971); Mutiny! (2021); Night Call Nurses (1972); Peyton Place (1967); Pochantonas Revenge (1975); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Tantruma (1975); The Big Bounce (2004); The Burning Bride (2025); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Late Shift (1996); Trophy (197?); Vigilante Force (1976); Von Richthofen and Brown (1971).

Born on this day – Richard Compton:

Richard Compton

Writer

Director

Producer

March 2, 1938 – August 11, 2007

Credits:

Angels Die Hard (1970); Assault in Paradise (1977); Babylon 5 (1993–1994); Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989); Bury Me an Angel (1971); Call to Glory (1984); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Charmed (1998–1999); Deadman's Curve (1978); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Diagnosis Murder (1994); Diamond Stud (1970); Dr. Sex (1964); Get Christie Love! (1974); Get Real (1999–2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Hawkeye (1994); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1998); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home for the Holidays (2005); Home Improvement (1996); Hotel (1985); House of Zodiac (1969); Houston Knights (1987); JAG (2002–2005); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); L.A. Law (1990–1992); Like Mother Like Daughter (1969); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994); MacGruder and Loud (1985); Macon County Line (1974); Macon County Line: 25 Years Down the Road (2000); Miami Vice (1987–1989); Otherworld (1985); Over My Dead Body (1990); Peacemakers (2003); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997); Players (1998); Pointman (1995); Profiler (1999–2000); Ravagers (1979); Return to Macon County (1975); Run, Angel, Run! (1969); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Sliders (1996–1999); Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998); Star Trek (1967–1968); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Street Hawk (1985); Super Force (1990–1991); T.J. Hooker (1985); The Burning Zone (1996–1997); The California Kid (1974); The Commish (1995); The District (2000); The Division (2001); The Equalizer (1985–1988); The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969); The Felony Squad (1967); The Fugitive (2000); The Gun Runner (1969); The Keys (1992); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Sentinel (1998); The X-Files (2000–2001); The Young Riders (1991); Under Cover (1991); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Wild Times (1980).

Born on this day – Katharine Whitehorn:

Katharine Whitehorn

Writer

Radio presenter

March 2, 1928 – January 8, 2021

Credits:

Cooking in a Bedsitter (aka Kitchen in the Corner: A Complete Guide to Bedsitter Cookery) (1961); Observations (1970); Only on Sundays (1966); Roundabout (1962); Selective Memory by Katharine Whitehorn (2007); Sunday Best (1976); View from a Column (1981).

Born on this day – Jennifer Jones:

Jennifer Jones

Actress

March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009

Credits:

The Towering Inferno (1974); Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969); The Idol (1966); Tender Is the Night (1962); A Farewell to Arms (1957); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Beat the Devil (1953); Terminal Station (1953); Ruby Gentry (1952); Carrie (1952); Gone to Earth (1950); Madame Bovary (1949); We Were Strangers (1949); Portrait of Jennie (1948); Duel in the Sun (1946); Cluny Brown (1946); Love Letters (1945); The Fighting Generation (1944); Since You Went Away (1944); The Song of Bernadette (1943); Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939); The Streets of New York (1939); New Frontier (1939).

Born on this day – David Goodis:

David Goodis

Writer

March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967

Credits:

Retreat from Oblivion (1939); Dark Passage (1946); Behold This Woman (1947); Nightfall / Missing Believed Murdered / The Dark Chase / Convicted (1947); Of Missing Persons (1950); Cassidy's Girl (1951); Of Tender Sin (1952); Street of the Lost (1952); The Burglar (1953); The Moon in the Gutter (1953); Black Friday (1954); The Blonde on the Street Corner (1954); Street of No Return (1954); The Wounded and the Slain (1955); Down There / Shoot the Piano Player (1956); Fire in the Flesh (1957); Night Squad (1961); Somebody's Done For (1967); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996).