Daniel J. Boorstin, on books:

 

Books are the main source of our knowledge, our reservoir of first faith, memory, wisdom, morality, poetry, philosophy, history and science.

- Daniel J. Boorstin.

Recommended reading - Star Trek: The Official Guide to Our Universe

Star Trek: The Official Guide to Our Universe
The True Science Behind the Starship Voyages

by Andrew Fazekas

Foreword by William Shatner.

Published by National Geographic.

Illustrated edition.

Published 2016.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1426216521
ISBN-13: 978-1426216527
 
Description:

This book reveals the science behind Star Trek’s beloved fictions about the universe, inviting readers to gaze up at the night sky and observe where the Starfleet has gone. Many of the galactic destinations featured in Star Trek over the years – multiple star systems, alien worlds, supernova explosions, emission nebulae, voracious black holes – are scientifically valid, so much so that one can step out and view them in the night sky. In this book astronomy educator Andrew Fazekas, “The Night Sky Guy,” takes you on that journey, starting with specific Star Trek voyages, explaining the science behind them, and guiding you in observing and learning more about the real-universe corollaries of planets and places in the Star Trek universe.

With a foreword from William Shatner and stunningly illustrated with hundreds of full-color images – some artists’ interpretations and some real images generated by the most recent NASA missions – plus stills of favorite Star Trek scenes and characters, Star Trek The Official Guide to Our Universe uses Star Trek to teach astronomy, taking every reader on a voyage of discovery. From Altair to Vega, from red giants to white dwarfs, from our solar system to exoplanets we are only beginning to imagine, the book visits dozens of celestial objects, spotlighting some 20 in careful scientific detail and offering easy-to-follow star-gazing instructions to find them in the night sky.

No warp-driven starship, not even a telescope is required to go on these voyages: Most destinations are bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. For Star Trek fans and budding stargazers who are ready to launch their own space mission, this inventive book blends science and fiction, making learning fun and making Star Trek’s 50th all the more worthy of celebration.

Born on this day – Hamilton MacFadden:

Hamilton MacFadden

Actor

Writer

Director

April 26, 1901 – January 1, 1977

Credits:

Are You There? (1930); As Husbands Go (1934); Charlie Chan Carries On (1931); Charlie Chan in Paris (1935); Charlie Chan in Reno (1939); Charlie Chan in Rio (1941); Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933); Cheaters at Play (1932); Chicken Wagon Family (1939); Crazy That Way (1930); Crazy That Way (1930); Dressed to Kill (1941); Elinor Norton (1934); Escape by Night (1937); Fighting Youth (1935); Five of a Kind (1938); Harmony at Home (1930); Hold That Girl (1934); Inside the Law (1942); It Can't Last Forever (1937); Keep Smiling (1938); Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940); Oh, for a Man! (1930); Pardon Our Nerve (1939); Pier 13 (1940); Ride, Kelly, Ride (1941); Riders of the Purple Sage (1931); Sea Racketeers (1937); Second Hand Wife (1933); Sharpshooters (1938); She Was a Lady (1934); Shooting High (1940); Sleepers West (1941); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Tarnished Angel (1938); The Black Camel (1931); The Fourth Horseman (1932); The Honeymoon's Over (1939); The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939); The Lady in Question (1940); The Legion of Missing Men (1937); The Man Who Dared (1933); The Power of God (1942); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); Their Mad Moment (1931); Three Legionnaires (1937); Time Out for Murder (1938); Touchdown, Army (1938); Trick for Trick (1933); Unmarried (1939); While New York Sleeps (1938); Wilson (1944); Yesterday's Heroes (1940); Young America (1942); Youth for the Kingdom (1945).

Born on this day – Dorothy Sebastian:

 

Dorothy Sebastian

Actress

April 26, 1903 – April 8, 1957

Credits:

A Woman of Affairs (1928); Allez Oop! (1934); Among the Living (1941); Beauty à la Mud (1926); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Brothers (1930); California (1927); Compression (2017); Contraband (1933); Contrabando (1932); Days of Jesse James (1939); Free and Easy (1930); George White's Scandals (1945); Hell's Island (1930); His First Command (1929); Isle of Forgotten Women (1927); Kansas Cyclone (1941); Ladies Must Play (1930); Love (1927); Montana Moon (1930); Morgan's Last Raid (1929); No Sleep on the Deep (1934); Officer O'Brien (1930); On Ze Boulevard (1927); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Our Dancing Daughters (1928); Radio Barred (1936); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); Rough Riders' Round-up (1939); Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930); Ship of Wanted Men (1933); Ships of Hate (1931); Show People (1928); Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927); Spite Marriage (1929); Tea for Three (1927); The Adventurer (1927); The Arizona Kid (1939); The Arizona Wildcat (1927); The Big Gamble (1931); The Deceiver (1931); The Demi-Bride (1927); The Devil's Apple Tree (1929); The Haunted Ship (1927); The House of Scandal (1928); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Lightning Flyer (1931); The Miracle of the Bells (1948); The Mysterious Pilot (1937); The Rainbow (1929); The Rounder (1930); The Show (1927); The Single Standard (1929); The Spirit of Youth (1929); The Unholy Night (1929); The Utah Kid (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Wide Open Spaces (1931); The Women (1939); Their Hour (1928); They Never Come Back (1932); Torrent (1926); True to the Army (1942); Twelve Miles Out (1927); Why Women Love (1925); Winds of Chance (1925); Wyoming (1928); You'd Be Surprised (1926).

Born on this day – Shirley Griffith:

Shirley Griffith

Blues singer

Guitarist

April 26, 1907 – June 18, 1974

Credits:

Mississippi Blues (1973); The Blues of J. T. Adams and Shirley Griffith: Indiana Ave. Blues (1964); The Blues of Shirley Griffith: Saturday Blues (1965).

Book references:

Blues: A Regional Experience (Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music) 1st Edition, by Eric LeBlanc (2013); The Guinness Who's Who of Blues, by Colin Larkin (1995).

Born on this day – Bernard Malamud:

Bernard Malamud

Writer

April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986

Credits:

Books:

A Malamud Reader (1967); A New Life (1961); A World of Fiction (1983); Baseball: a Literary Anthology (2002); Best of Science Fiction: No. 10 (1964); Dubin's Lives (1977); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); God's Grace (1982); Great Baseball Stories (1990); Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Idiots First (1963); Penguin Modern Stories 1 (1969); Pictures of Fidelman (1969); Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards (1970); Prize Stories 1973: The O. Henry Awards (1973); Rembrandt's Hat (1973); Selected Stories (1950); Talking Horse (1980); The Assistant (1957); The Best American Short Stories 1964 (1964); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Complete Stories (1997); The Fixer (1966); The Magic Barrel (1950); The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 (1999); The Natural (1952); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993); The People (1989); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Tenants (1971); Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction (1973); Winter's Tales 15 (1969); Wonderful Town (2000); Writing New York (1998).

Awards:

National Jewish Book Award: The Assistant (1958); National Book Award for Fiction: The Magic Barrel (1959); National Book Award for Fiction: The Fixer (1967); Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Fixer (1967); O. Henry Award: Man in the Drawer, published in the April 1968 edition of The Atlantic Monthly (1969); PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the runner-up award for The Stories (1984).

Movies and television:

Der Gehilfe (1978); Shoestring Theatre (1959); Storyboard (1961); Take Pity (1996); The Angel Levine (1970); The Assistant (1997); The Book Programme (1980); The First Seven Years (1998); The Fixer (1968); The Matchmaker (1984); The Model (1994); The Natural (1984); The Tenants (2005); Writers and Places (1980).

Born on this day – Mike Kellin:

Mike Kellin

Actor

Singer

April 26, 1922 – August 26, 1983

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Clear and Present Danger (1970); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); All in the Family (1976); Assignment: Munich (1972); At the Waterfront After the Social: The Legacy of Sleepaway Camp (2014); At War with the Army (1950); Banning (1967); Barney Miller (1976); Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980); Ben Casey (1964); Black Saddle (1959); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1964); Bonino (1953); Camera Three (1958); Combat! (1965); Cover Me Babe (1970); Crime Photographer (1951); Danger (1955); Decoy (1958); Dr. Kildare (1962); Echoes (1982); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Fitz and Bones (1981); Flamingo Road (1982); Fools' Parade (1971); Freebie and the Bean (1974); Galactica 1980 (1980); Girlfriends (1978); God Told Me To (1976); Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1952); Great Performances (1971); Grindl (1964); Gunsmoke (1966); Hands of Mystery (1951); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1961); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); Honestly, Celeste! (1954); Hurricane Smith (1952); I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (1977); Inner Sanctum (1954); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Ironside (1974); Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016); Johnny Staccato (1959); Just Before Dawn (1981); Kojak (1974); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1959); Lonelyhearts (1958); Lost in Space (1966); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1953); Man Against Crime (1953); Midnight Express (1978); Midnight Express: The Finished Film (2008); Mister Peepers (1952–1953); Mr. Novak (1964–1965); Naked City (1959–1963); Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976); Nightside (1973); Omnibus (1961); On the Yard (1978); One Step Beyond (1960); Outlaws (1962); Paternity (1981); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Rawhide (1964); Rendezvous (1959); Riot (1969); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Rocky King, Detective (1950); Route 66 (1961–1962); Save Our Stream (1965); Seventh Avenue (1977); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Sleepaway Camp (1983); Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor (1992); So Fine (1981); So Young, So Bad (1950); Stanley (1956); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Studio One (1954–1957); Suspense (1949–1953); Switch (1978); Terror at Alcatraz (1982); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Art of Crime (1975); The Boston Strangler (1968); The Catcher (1972); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1951); The Connection (1973); The Defenders (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Great Impostor (1960); The Incident (1967); The Islanders (1961); The Jazz Singer (1980); The Mail Story (1954); The Maltese Bippy (1969); The Mountain Road (1960); The New Breed (1961); The People Next Door (1970); The Phynx (1970); The Rifleman (1959); The Stranger (1954); The Tenth Level (1976); The Tragedy of King Lear (1982); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Untouchables (1960–1961); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960–1966); The Web (1953); The Wonderful Country (1959); Those Mad, Mad Moviemakers (1974); Tightrope (1960); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959).

Born on this day – Claudine Auger:

Claudine Auger

Actress

April 26, 1941 – December 18, 2019

Credits:

A Bay of Blood (1971); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); Adriatic Sea of Fire (1968); Alerte à Orly (1964); Anyone Can Play (1967); Asalto al casino (1981); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995); Best Ever Bond (2002); Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971); Bloody Sun (1974); Borsalino and Co. (1974); Christine (1958); Cinéma (1966); Cinémas (2010); Climb It, Tarzan! (2011); Come ti chiami, amore mio? (1969); Compression (2023); Credo (1983); Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra (1976); Danny Thomas Special: On the Road to Lebanon (1966); Desire (1992); Die goldenen Schuhe (1983–1984); Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977); Equinozio (1971); Escalation (1968); Fantastica (1980); Flic Story (1975); Fregoli (1981); Games of Desire (1964); Gli ordini sono ordini (1972); Grand Amphi (1971); Great Performances / The Man Who Married a French Wife (1981); Gypsy (1966); I bastardi (1968); Il colpaccio (1976); Il gioco dei 9 (1991); Il mistero del tempio indiano (1963); Il padre di famiglia (1967); Il pentito (1985); In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995); In the French Style (1963); Italiques (1971); James Bond 007 at the Movies (1986); James Bond in the Bahamas (2008); James Bond's 'Spectre' with Jonathan Ross (2015); Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta (1963); Komm, süßer Tod (1969); Kvitt eller dobbelt (1994); La bocca (1991); La caméra explore le temps (1964); La nasse (1978); La nuit des 7 d'or (1985); La nuit des Césars (1979–1991); La piovra (1990); L'associé (1979); Le masque de fer (1962); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1961); Les moutons de Panurge (1961); Les oiseaux de Meiji Jingu (1974); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982); L'homme de Marrakech (1966); L'intrépide (1975); Listen, Let's Make Love (1968); Lobster for Breakfast (1979); L'ombra della sera (1994); Lovers and Liars (1979); Mardi cinema (1987); Medical Center (1972); Men Always Lie (1995); Oggi ho vinto anch'io (1989); Pane, burro e marmellata (1977); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Pour cent millions (1990); Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006); Prestami tua moglie (1980); Que c'est triste Paris (1976); Qui c'est ce garçon? (1987); Reflets de Cannes (1965); Secret Places (1984); Signé croisette (1993); Spia - Il caso Philby (1977); Sport en fête (1973); Summertime Killer (1972); Take Thirty (1965); Terrain vague (1960); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The Bermuda Triangle (1978); The Bob Hope Show (1966); The Devil in Love (1966); The Devil's Lieutenant (1984); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Exotic Locations of 'Thunderball' (2006); The Incredible World of James Bond (1965); The Killing Game (1967); The Man who Married a French Wife (1984); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); The Red and the Black (1997); The Seven Deadly Sins / L’Envie (1962); The South Bank Show (2008); The Sparrow's Fluttering (1988); The Steve Lawrence Show (1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966); Thunderball (1965); Thunderball: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); Thunderball: Production Footage (1964); Thunderball: The London Pavillion Premiere (1965); Triple Cross (1966); Un amore di donna (1988); Un orage immobile (1995); Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978); Una bella grinta (1965); Una grande storia d'amore (1988); What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986); Yoyo (1965).

Born on this day – Warren Clarke:

Warren Clarke

Actor

April 26, 1947 – November 12, 2014

Credits:

A Clockwork Orange (1971); A Respectable Trade (1998); All Creatures Great and Small (1990); All Good Things (1991); All in the Game (1993); Angels (1992); Antony and Cleopatra (1972); Armchair Theatre (1973); Arthur's Dyke (2001); Bad Blood (2013); BBC Play of the Month (1977); BBC2 Playhouse (1980); Bergerac (1981–1985); Big Deal (1984); Blackadder the Third (1987); Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988); Bleak House (2005); Blow Dry (2001); Boon (1986–1991); Call the Midwife (2013); Callan (1970); Chelmsford 123 (1990); Christmas at the Riviera (2007); Chuggington (2008–2013); Clint Eastwood: Director (1982); Comic Relief (1988); Conjugal Rites (1993); Coronation Street (1965–1968); Crossroads (1966–1968); Crown Court (1973–1982); Crusoe (1988); Dalziel and Pascoe (1996–2007); De flyvende djævle (1985); Down to Earth (2000–2003); Empire of the Censors (1995); Enigma (1982); Firefox (1982); From a Far Country (1981); Giving Tongue (1996); GMTV (2004); Gone to Seed (1992); Gone to the Dogs (1991); Greenfingers (2000); Greenhill Pals (1975); Gulag (1985); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Hands of a Murderer (1990); Hawk the Slayer (1980); Heartland (1979); History of The World (2011–2012); Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985); How's Your Father? (1975); I.D. (1995); Il était une fois... (2011); In the Red (1998); In with the Flynns (2011–2012); Inheritance (1967); Inside Edge (1992); Inspector George Gently (2010); Inspector Lewis (2010); Ishtar (1987); It Shouldn't Happen to a TV Actor (2003); ITV Play of the Week (1966); ITV Playhouse (1967); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974); Joseph (1995); Just William (2010); Lassiter (1984); Live from Pebble Mill (1983); Loose Women (2011); Love Story (1973); Lovejoy (1991); Mandela (1987); Marple (2009); Masada (1981); Midsomer Murders (2011); Minder (1982); Mister Misfit (1967); Moving Story (1994–1995); NET Playhouse (1968); Nice Work (1989); O Lucky Malcolm! (2006); O Lucky Man! (1973); On the Rocks (1969); Our Mutual Friend (1976); Panorama (1982); Pardon the Expression (1965–1966); Parkin's Patch (1969); Perpetual Motion (1992); Play for Today (1972–1983); Poldark (2015); Real Life (1984); Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009); Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009); Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Richard & Judy (2005); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Save Our Bacon (2010); Screen Two (1986–1994); Screenplay (1979); Shelley (1980–1982); Six Days of Justice (1973); Six Different Kinds of Light John Alcott (2015); Sleepers (1991); Softly Softly: Task Force (1973); Star Games (1979); Stay Lucky (1990); Tales of the Unexpected (1981); The Avengers (1968); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985); The Breaking of Bumbo (1970); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983); The Cold Room (1984); The Comic Strip Presents (1988); The Culture Show (2007); The Debt (2003); The Deputy (2004); The Directors (2018); The Expert (1976); The Frighteners (1972); The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979); The Home Front (1983); The House of Windsor (1994); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1976); The Invisibles (2008); The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (1981); The Jewel in the Crown (1984); The Kumars at No. 42 (2001); The Locksmith (1997); The Man Who Married Himself (2010); The Manageress (1989–1990); The Mystery of Men (1999); The One Show (2008–2011); The Onedin Line (1978); The Return of the Antelope (1986); The Secret Agent (1992); The Sunday Drama (1977); The Sweeney (1975); The Tempest (1980); The Virgin Soldiers (1969); The Way of the World (1975); The Wednesday Play (1969); This Is Your Life (1992–1996); This Morning (1988); Tickets for the Titanic (1988); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979); Top Secret! (1984); Total Cops (2003); Trollied (2012); Turning Like Clockwork (2011); Unnatural Causes (1986); Victims (1979); Way to Go (2013); Wild at Heart (2011); Wish Me Luck (1988); Wogan (1991); Wolcott (1981); Worlds Beyond (1988); Z Cars (1978).

On this day in movie history - Mulholland Falls (1996)

Mulholland Falls

directed by Lee Tamahori,

written by Pete Dexter,

based on a story by Pete Dexter and Floyd Mutrux,

was released in the United States on April 26, 1996.

Music by Dave Grusin.

Cast:

Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Treat Williams, Jennifer Connelly, Daniel Baldwin, Andrew McCarthy, John Malkovich, Kyle Chandler, Ed Lauter, Larry Garrison, Chelsea Harrington, Johnna Johnson, Rick Johnson, Britt Burr, Melinda Clarke, Ernie Lively, Richard Sylbert, Michael Krawic, Titus Welliver, Robert Peters, William M. Thigpen, Drew Pillsbury, Brad Hunt, Aaron Neville, Buddy Joe Hooker, Eddie Caicedo, Price Carson, Azalea Davila, Suzanne Solari, Alisa Christensen, Bruce Dern, Louise Fletcher, Khris Kaneff, Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Rob Lowe, Johnny Martin, William Petersen, Lisa Rhyne, Randall Rutledge, Christopher Warner.

On this day in music history - American Recordings, by Johnny Cash (1994)

American Recordings

by Johnny Cash,

was released on April 26, 1994.

Track list:

Delia's Gone; Let the Train Blow the Whistle; The Beast in Me; Drive On; Why Me Lord; Thirteen; Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer); Bird on a Wire; Tennessee Stud; Down There by the Train; Redemption; Like a Soldier; The Man Who Couldn't Cry.

On this day in music history - The album Storyteller, by Secret Garden (2019)

Storyteller

by Secret Garden

was released on April 26, 2019.

Track list:

The Pilot; Beyond The Blue; Beautiful [feat. Brian Kennedy]; Flow; Song to a Child; Nostalgia; Open Doors; Sunshine [feat. Cathrine Iversen]; One More Chance; Fantasia; The Voyage; Strength [feat. Espen Grjotheim]; End of a Journey.

On this day in music history - Tattoo Me (2024)

Tattoo Me

Album by Lee Aaron,

released April 26, 2024.

Track list:

Tattoo; Are You Gonna Be My Girl; Even It Up; What Is and What Should Never Be; Is It My Body; Go Your Own Way; The Pusher; Malibu; Someone Saved My Life Tonight; Connection; Teenage Kicks.