On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)

The Star Trek Reader I / book (1976)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)

Star Trek: Picard (2023)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 26.

Episode entitled: Errand of Mercy.

Released March 23, 1967.

Directed by John Newland.

Written by Gene L. Coon.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, John Abbott, John Colicos, Peter Brocco, Victor Lundin, David Hillary Hughes, Walt Davis, George Sawaya, Bobby Bass, Bill Blackburn, John Blower, Gary Combs, Frank da Vinci, Eddie Paskey, Basil Poledouris, Paul Power, Tom Steele, Ron Veto.

The Star Trek Reader I

By James Blish.

Published by E P Dutton.

First Edition.

Published 1976.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0841504679

ISBN-13: 978-0841504677

Description:

Episodes from the popular TV series, many of which have been selected by fans themselves, have been adapted into short stories.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Identity Crisis.

Released March 23, 1991.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Brannon Braga, Tim de Haas, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Maryann Plunkett, Patti Yasutake, Amick Byram, Dennis Madalone, Mona Grudt, Majel Barrett, Thomas J. Booth, Michael Braveheart, Nyra Crenshaw, Denise Deuschle, Jeremy Doyle, Randy James, Kraig Kishi, Lorine Mendell, Teri Noel, Brian Phelps, Joyce Robinson, Mark Thompson, Paul Tompkins, K. Uchizono.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 3. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: The Bounty.

Released March 23, 2023.

Directed by Dan Liu.

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

Written by Christopher Monfette, 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, Gates McFadden, Todd Stashwick, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Daniel Davis, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Mica Burton, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Jin Maley, Amy Earhart, Vaughn Page, Byron Quiros, Angel Manuel.

On this day in movie history - Forbidden Planet (1956):

Forbidden Planet

directed by Fred M. Wilcox,

written by Cyril Hume,

based on a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler,

was released in the United States on March 23, 1956.
Inspired by The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
Narrated by Les Tremayne.
Music by Bebe Barron and Louis Barron.

Cast:

Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, George D. Wallace, Robert Dix, Jimmy Thompson, James Drury, Harry Harvey Jr., Roger McGee, Peter Miller, Morgan Jones, Richard Grant, Robby the Robot, James Best, William Boyett, Frankie Darro, Marvin Miller, Les Tremayne.

Born on this day – Penelope Milford:

Penelope Milford

Actress

March 23, 1948 – October 14, 2025

Credits:

Blood Link (1982); Cold Justice (1991); Coming Home (1978); Endless Love (1981); Heathers (1988); Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2 (1996); Maidstone (1970); Man on a Swing (1974); Miss Missouri (1990); Night of the Lawyers (1997); Normal Life (1996); Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982); Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris (1980); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The Blue Knight (1976); The Burning Bed (1984); The Golden Seal (1983); The Hitchhiker (1985); The Last Word (1979); The Oldest Living Graduate (1980); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); Valentino (1977).

Born on this day – Winston Groom:

Winston Groom

Writer

March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020

Credits:

1942 (2005); A Storm in Flanders (2002); Alabama Noir (2020); As Summer Dies (1980); Better Times Than These (1978); Conversations With the Enemy (1983); Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs They Quit (2010); El Paso (2016); Forrest Gump (1986); Gone the Sun (1996); Gump & Co. (1995); Gumpisms (1994); Kearny's March (2011); Only (1984); Patriotic Fire (2006); Ronald Reagan Our 40th President (2012); Shiloh, 1862 (2012); Shrouds of Glory (1995); Stories from the Blue Moon Café (2002); Such a Pretty, Pretty Girl (1997); The Allies (2018); The Aviators (2013); The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Cookbook (1994); The Crimson Tide (2000); The Generals (2015); The Patriots (2020); Vicksburg, 1863 (2009).

Born on this day – Tony Burton:

Tony Burton

Actor

March 23, 1937 – February 25, 2016

Credits:

Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut (2021); Biography (2011); The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance (2011); Hack! (2007); Rocky Balboa (2007); Rocky Balboa (2006); Assault on Precinct 13 (2005); Exorcism (2003); Shade (2003); The Lot (2001); Knockout (2000); The Magnificent Seven (1998); Farticus (1997); Chicago Hope (1996); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996); Black Rose of Harlem (1996); NYPD Blue (1996); Flipping (1996); Fatal Choice (1995); Cyber-Tracker 2 (1995); Private Obsession (1995); Renegade (1993); The Bulkin Trail (1992); Mission of Justice (1992); Hook (1991); Life Goes On (1991); House Party 2 (1991); The New Adam-12 (1990); Twin Peaks (1991); Rocky V (1990); Over My Dead Body (1990); Equal Justice (1990); Side Out (1990); A Different World (1990); In the Heat of the Night (1990); Amen (1989); Police Story: Cop Killer (1988); Frank's Place (1987–1988); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Magical World of Disney (1987); On Fire (1987); Oceans of Fire (1986); Armed and Dangerous (1986); The Paper Chase (1986); The Fall Guy (1982–1986); Airwolf (1986); James Brown: Living in America (1985); Rocky IV (1985); Beyond Reason (1985); Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (1985); Moonlighting (1985); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); The A-Team (1984); Happy (1983); The Toy (1982); T.J. Hooker (1982); Rocky III (1982); Bret Maverick (1982); Quincy M.E. (1981); CHiPs (1981); The Greatest American Hero (1981); Fitz and Bones (1981); Inside Moves (1980); Stir Crazy (1980); Scared Straight! Another Story (1980); The Hunter (1980); The Shining (1980); White Mama (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Skag (1980); Rocky II (1979); The Incredible Hulk (1979); Blackjack (1978); CPO Sharkey (1978); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); Heroes (1977); The Rockford Files (1977); Kill Me If You Can (1977); Ransom for Alice! (1977); Sanford and Son (1977); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Switch (1977); Gibbsville (1976); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); Gemini Man (1976); Rocky (1976); Good Times (1976); Johnny Staccato (1976); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976); Trackdown (1976); Future Cop (1976); The River Niger (1976); Harry O (1976); Baretta (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Kojak (1974); The Black Godfather (1974); The Red Skelton Hour (1969).

Born on this day – Erich Fromm:

Erich Fromm

Psychologist

Writer

March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980

Born on this day – Madison Cawein:

Madison Cawein

Writer

March 23, 1865 – December 8, 1914

Credits:

A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems (1902); Accolon of Gaul (1889); Blooms of the Berry (1887); Christmas Rose and Leaf (1913); Days and Dreams (1891); Idyllic Monologues (1898); Intimations of the Beautiful (1894); Kentucky Poems (1902); Let Us Do the Best We Can (1909); Library of Southern Literature (1907); Lyrics and Idyls (1890); Minions of the Moon (1913); Modern American Poetry: A Critical Anthology, 4th revised edition (1930); Moods and Memories (1892); Myth and Romance (1899); Nature-Notes and Impressions (1906); New Poems (1909); One Day & Another (1901); Poems by Madison Cawein (1911); Poems of Nature and Love (1893); Red Leaves and Roses (1893); Shapes and Shadows (1898); So Many Ways (1911); The Cup of Comus (1915); The Days of Used to Be (1913); The Garden of Dreams (1896); The Giant and the Star (1909); The Message of the Lilies (1913); The Poems of Madison Cawein. Volumes 1–5 (1907); The Poet and Nature and the Morning Road (1914); The Poet, the Fool and the Faeries (1912); The Republic, A Little Book of Homespun Verse (1913); The Shadow Garden (A Phantasy);  and Other Plays (1910); The Triumph of Music and Other Lyrics (1888); The Vale of Tempe (1905); The White Snake and Other Poems (1895); Undertones (1896); Weeds by the Wall (1901); Whatever the Path (1913).