On this day in Star Trek history - Star Trek, Voyager (1968, 2000)

Star Trek
Season 3. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Paradise Syndrome.

Released October 4, 1968.

Directed by Jud Taylor.

Written by Margaret Armen, Arthur H. Singer.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Marj Dusay, Sabrina Scharf, Rudy Solari, Richard Hale, Vincent St. Cyr, Naomi Newman, John Lindesmith, Peter Virgo Jr., Lamont Laird, George American Horse, Bill Blackburn, Roger Holloway, Foster Hood, Jeannie Malone.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Unimatrix Zero Part II.

Released October 4, 2000.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Michael/Mike Sussman, Michael Taylor, 

Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Mark Deakins, Jerome Butler, Joanna Heimbold, Susanna Thompson, Ryan Sparks, Andrew Palmer, Clay Storseth, Majel Barrett, Patrick Barnitt, Tarik Ergin, Susan Henley, Dieter Horneman, Irving E. Lewis, Brandon Nyte, Louis Ortiz, Stephen Pisani, Keith Rayve, Pablo Soriano, Phoenix Wong.

Betsy Byars, on writing:

 

Writing is like anything – baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails.

The more you work on it, the better you get.
But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails.
- Betsy Byars.

Recommended reading - The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day

The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day

by Cornelius Ryan

First published 1959.

Published by Simon & Schuster.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671890913

ISBN-13: 978-0671890919

Description:

The unparalleled, classic work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II – the Allied invasion of Normandy.

The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany.

This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.

Born on this day – Damon Runyon:

Damon Runyon

Writer

October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946

Credits:

Books:

The Tents of Trouble (1911); Rhymes of the Firing Line (1912); Guys and Dolls (1932); Little Miss Marker (1934); Money From Home (1935); More Than Somewhat (1937); Furthermore (1938); Take It Easy (1938); My Wife Ethel (1939); The Best of Runyon (1940); Damon Runyon Favorites (1942); Runyon a la Carte (1944); In Our Town (1946); The Three Wise Guys and Other Stories (1946); Poems for Men (1947); More Guys and Dolls (1950); Runyon On Broadway (1950); The Turps (1951); From First to Last (1954); A Treasury of Damon Runyon (1958); Slow Horses and Fast Women (1979); Guys and Dolls of Broadway (1986); Romance in the Roaring Forties and Other Stories (1986); Stories of Damon Runyan (1988); The Bloodhounds of Broadway and Other Stories (1990); Trials and Other Tribulations (1991); The Damon Runyon Omnibus (2001); Guys and Dolls and Other Writings (2008); The Informal Execution of Soupbone Pew (2010); A Slight Case of Murder (1940); My Old Man (1939); Short Takes (1946).

Movies and television:

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); A New York State of Mind: Written by Damon Runyon (2007); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); A Very Honorable Guy (1934); Arm, aber Ehrlich (1964); At the Round Table (1930); At the Stroke of Twelve (1941); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952 / 1989); Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018); Broadway Stories (1994); Butch Minds the Baby (1942 / 1979); Butch passt aufs Baby auf (1961); Continental Showcase (1966); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Die Gräfin vom Naschmarkt (1980); George White's 1935 Scandals (1935); Guys and Dolls (1955); Hold 'Em Yale (1935); Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944); It Ain't Hay (1943); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Johnny One-Eye (1950); Just a Cute Kid (1940); Lady for a Day (1933); Little Miss Marker (1934 / 1980); Madison Square Garden (1932); Midnight Alibi (1934); Million Dollar Ransom (1934); Miracles: The Canton Godfather (1989); Money from Home (1953); No Ransom (1934); Oh, Baby! (1926); Pocketful of Miracles (1961); Princess O'Hara (1935); Professional Soldier (1935); Racing Lady (1937); Sorrowful Jones (1949); Stop, You're Killing Me (1952); Straight Place and Show (1938); Suspense (1950); Talisman (1968); The 3 Wise Guys (1936); The Big Street (1942); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Great White Way (1924); The Lemon Drop Kid (1934 / 1951); The Pride of the Yankees (1942); Three Wise Guys (2004); Tight Shoes (1941).

Born on this day – Buster Keaton:

Buster Keaton

Actor

Comedian

Director

Stuntman

October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966

Born on this day – George Sidney:

George Sidney

Director

Producer

October 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002

Born on this day – Stan Dragoti:

Stan Dragoti

Director

Writer

October 4, 1932 – July 13, 2018

Credits:
Necessary Roughness (1991); She's Out of Control (1989); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); Mr. Mom (1983); Love at First Bite (1979); McCoy (1975); Dirty Little Billy (1972).