On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1998)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004 & 2005)
Star Trek: Discovery (2018)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: The Measure of a Man.

Released February 11, 1989.

Directed by Robert Scheerer.

Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Diana Muldaur, Whoopi Goldberg, Majel Barrett, Amanda McBroom, Clyde Kusatsu, Brian Brophy, Michael Braveheart, Denise Crosby, Victor Paul.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Hunters.

Released February 11, 1998.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Jeri Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Tiny Ron, Roger W. Morrissey, Majel Barrett, Christine Delgado, Tarik Ergin, Linda Harcharic, Kerry Hoyt, Alicia Lewis, Guy Richardson, Pablo Soriano.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Harbinger.

Released February 11, 2004.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Manny Coto, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Noa Tishby, Thomas Kopache, Steven Culp, Alexandrea Ortiz, Solomon Burke Jr., Evan English, Duncan K. Fraser, Hilde Garcia, Scott Sterling Hill, Yoshio Iizuka, John Jurgens, Andrew Macbeth, Dorenda Moore, Aric Rogokos, Paul Sklar, Chris Torres, Jeff Wolfe.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: The Aenar.

Released February 11, 2005.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Written by André Bormanis, Manny Coto.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeffrey Combs, Alexandra Lydon, Brian Thompson, Geno Silva, Alicia Adams, Scott Rinker, Alexandrea Ortiz, Nathan Effron, Evan English, J. Michael Flynn, Duncan K. Fraser, Glen Hambly, John Jurgens, Marti Matulis, Guy Richardson.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Will You Take My Hand?

Released February 11, 2018.

Directed by Akiva Goldsman.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Akiva Goldsman, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Yeoh, Mia Kirshner, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, James Frain, Clint Howard, Michael Ayres, Matthew Binkley, Emily Coutts, Riley Gilchrist, Anthony Grant, Julianne Grossman, Harry Judge, Morgan Kohan, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Crystal Leger, Clare McConnell, Damon Runyan, Sara Mitich, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Bree Wasylenko, Adam Winlove-Smith.

On this day in television history - Justified (2014)

Justified
Season 5. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Kill the Messenger.

Released February 11, 2014.

Directed by Don Kurt.

Written by Graham Yost, Ingrid Escajeda, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Michael Rapaport, A.J. Buckley, Damon Herriman, John Kapelos, Jesse Luken, Jacob Lofland, Don McManus, Danielle Panabaker, Amy Smart, Alicia Witt, Branton Box, Mickey Jones, James Kyson, Justin Welborn, Jocelyn Ayanna, Tom Beyer, Jeff Bowser, Nicole J. Butler, Kaitlin Ferrell, Justin Huen, Jonathan Kowalsky, Casey McCarthy, Pat McNeely, Howard S. Miller, Heather Olt, Jammie Patton, Reggie Watkins, Russell Bertolino, Lisa Pevc, Spice Williams-Crosby.

On this day in music history - Process of Being by Zero Ohms (2014) and Under the Stars by Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel (2003)

Under the Stars by Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel (2003)

Process Of Being by Zero Ohms (2014)

Under the Stars

Album by Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel,

released February 11, 2003.

Track list: "Not While I'm Around" (From Sweeney Todd By Stephen Sondheim); "Moonfall" (From the Mystery of Edwin Drood By R. Holmes); "I Don't Remember You the Happy Tim" and "Sometimes a Day Goes By" (From Woman of the Year By Kander & Ebb); "All the Love I Have" (from The Beautiful Game by Ben Elton & Andrew Lloyd Webber); "I Wish I Could Forget You / Loving You" (From Passion By Stephen Sondheim); "Stars" (From Les Misirables By Boublil & Schvnberg); "All I Ask of You" (From the Phantom of the Opera By Andrew Lloyd Webber); "Hello, Young Lovers" (From the King and I By Rodgers & Hammerstein); "Pretty Women" (From Sweeney Todd By Stephen Sondheim); "Aimer" (From Romio Et Juliette By Presgurvic); "All the Wasted Time" (From Parade By J. Brown); "Seventy-Six Trombones" (From the Music Man By Willson); "How Could I Ever Know" (From the Secret Garden By Simon and Norman); "So in Love" (From Kiss Me Kate By Cole Porter); "Wheels of a Dream" (From Ragtime By Ahrens & Flaherty).

Process Of Being

Album by Zero Ohms,

released on February 11, 2014.

Track list: The Present Perfect Tense of Being; The Approach of Nothingness; Glimpsing the Eternal; The Dream Dreaming You; The Process of Being There; Nameless.

Isabel Allende, on writing:

 

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

- Isabel Allende.

Recommended reading - The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023

by Lisa Unger and Steph Cha.

Published by Mariner Books.
Published 2023.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0063315815
ISBN-13: 978-0063315815
 
Description:

"In this selection of tales exploring crime-sparking marginalization and thwarted desires, guest editor Alafair Burke and debut series editor Steph Cha have created a powerful vehicle for processing 2020’s volatility...Cha and Burke have curated a magical collection that serves as a master class in suspense writing." – Booklist.

"To Cha’s great credit, along with her guest editor, novelist Alafair Burke, this year’s edition...not only features many women and writers of color, but also pairs household names like Alex Segura, Lisa Unger and Laura Lippman...with top up-and-comers to paint a clear picture of the genre in 2021." – USA Today.

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger and series editor Steph Cha.

“This form has a special kind of magic, the ability to transport you quickly, intensely, to capture character, time, place, and story with immediacy,” writes guest editor Lisa Unger in her introduction. The transporting stories in this year’s The Best American Mystery and Suspense are populated by those who exist on the fringe of our society and want more than what life has dealt them: A haunted veteran turned career criminal is on the run. An injured fighter turned bouncer seeks vengeance for his lost love. An assassin on his last job finds himself questioning his life choices and breaks all the rules to understand his final victim. By turns thrilling and enlightening, each story, according to Unger, “will have you holding your breath, flipping the pages, will leave you thinking about people and why they do the dark, dangerous, frightening things that they do.”

Born on this day – Joseph Kessel:

Joseph Kessel

Writer

Veteran of World War I & II

February 10, 1898 – July 12, 1973

Credits:

Awarded the Legion of Honour.

Books:

Army of Shadows (1944); Belle De Jour (1928); Blinded Kings (1926); Crossroads (1932); Cry of Violence (1951); Kisling (1971); Mogok, the Valley of Rubies (1960); Princes of the Night (1928); Sirocco (1947); Slave Markets (1930); The Bernan Affair (1965); The Enemy in the Mouth (1935); The Horseman (1967); The Israel I Love (1977); The Lion (1959); The Magic Touch / aka The Man With the Marvelous Hands (1961); The Man with Miraculous Hands (1961); The Medici Fountain (1963); The Road Back (1962); The Valley of Rubies (1961); They Weren't All Angels (1965); Trial and Terror (1973).

Movies and television:

A Wall in Jerusalem (1968); Ab Mitternacht (1938); Act of Love (1953); All About Yves Montand (2021); An Intimate History (2011); Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009); Army of Shadows (1969); Au Bon Beurre (1981); Au grand balcon (1949); Belle de Jour (1967 / 2000); Bibi Canta Piaf (2004); Cessez le feu (1934); Chantons sous l'occupation (1976); Cinéma 16 (1989); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); En votre âme et conscience (1958); Flight Into Darkness (1935); Forbidden Love (1940); Fortune carrée (1955); France, song (1969); Infrarouge (2011); Italiques (1971–1972); Ivo Livi, dit Yves Montand (2011); Jean Moulin (2002); Joséphine Baker, le Musical (2023); Kessel: A Lion (2019); Kupa Kizi (1986); Kuroi doresu no onna (1985); La mort n'oublie personne (2008); La passe du diable (1958); La peur (1936); La règle de l'homme (1994); La solitude du chanteur de fond (1974); L'art et les hommes (1960); Le 16 à Kerbriant (1972); Le concert de la paix (2025); Le grand cirque (1949); Le lion (2003); Lectures pour tous (1960–1966); L'équipage (1928); Les amants du tage (1955); Les amants du Tage (1992); Les bateliers de la Volga (1936); Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse (1963); Les Nuits de France Culture (2018); Les secrets de la Mer Rouge (1937); L'invité du dimanche (1971); L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (2010); L'or du Rhône (1950); Mayerling (1936 / 1968); Monsieur Montand (1997); Nuits de princes (1929 / 1938); Oasis (1955); Paris express (1928); Paris: The Luminous Years (2010); Pariser Journal (1964); Pensando Sin Cansarme (2024); Projection privée (1987); Régie 4 (1968–1969); Rencontres de septembre (1961); RetroNews BnF / Podcast (2025); Salut, Jerusalem (1972); Sikkim, terre secrete (1956); Sirocco (1951); Stormy Summer (1989); The Horsemen (1971); The Lion (1962); The Night of the Generals (1967); The Passerby (1982); The Woman I Love (1937); They Are Not Angels (1947); Traître ou patriote (2000); Ukikusa nikki (1955); Voyage en Afghanistan, 1ère partie: Le desert (1967); Voyage en Afghanistan, 2ème partie: La Montagne (1967); Wilson chante Montand (2017); Wish Me Luck (1989).

Born on this day – Lon Chaney Jr.:

 

Lon Chaney Jr.

Actor

February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973

Credits:

House of the Black Death (1971); Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971); The Female Bunch (1971); A Stranger in Town (1970); Fireball Jungle (1968); Buckskin (1968); Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Gallery of Horror (1967); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); The Monkees (1966); Johnny Reno (1966); Apache Uprising (1965); Town Tamer (1965); Black Spurs (1965); Young Fury (1964); Thunder Rock (1964); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Witchcraft (1964); Law of the Lawless (1964); Route 66 (1961–1963); The Haunted Palace (1963); Empire (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1963); Rawhide (1959–1963); The Devil's Messenger (1962); Lawman (1962); The Rifleman (1962); The Phantom (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Wagon Train (1960–1961); The Deputy (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Klondike (1961); Stagecoach West (1961); Rebellion in Cuba (1961); Bat Masterson (1960); Lock Up (1960); La casa del terror (1960); Johnny Ringo (1960); 13 Demon Street (1959); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Adventures in Paradise (1959); Border Patrol (1959); The Alligator People (1959); The Texan (1959); General Electric Theater (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1953–1959); The Rough Riders (1959); Target (1958); Money, Women and Guns (1958); Tombstone Territory (1958); The Defiant Ones (1958); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Climax! (1954–1957); The Cyclops (1957); Studio 57 (1956); Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956); Pardners (1956); The Black Sleep (1956); Telephone Time (1956); Indestructible Man (1956); Manfish (1956); The Indian Fighter (1955); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Cavalcade of America (1954–1955); The Silver Star (1955); Big House, U.S.A. (1955); The Black Pirates (1954); The Whistler (1954); Passion (1954); Casanova's Big Night (1954); The Boy from Oklahoma (1954); Jivaro (1954); A Lion Is in the Streets (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Bandit Island (1953); Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952); The Black Castle (1952); Springfield Rifle (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); High Noon (1952); Thief of Damascus (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); The Bushwhackers (1951); Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951); Bride of the Gorilla (1951); Behave Yourself! (1951); Only the Valiant (1951); Inside Straight (1951); Once a Thief (1950); Captain China (1950); There's a Girl in My Heart (1949); The Life of Riley (1948); 16 Fathoms Deep (1948); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Counterfeiters (1948); Albuquerque (1948); My Favorite Brunette (1947); Pillow of Death (1945); House of Dracula (1945); The Daltons Ride Again (1945); Strange Confession (1945); The Frozen Ghost (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); The Mummy's Curse (1944); House of Frankenstein (1944); Dead Man's Eyes (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); Ghost Catchers (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Cobra Woman (1944); Weird Woman (1944); Calling Dr. Death (1943); Son of Dracula (1943); Crazy House (1943); Frontier Badmen (1943); What We Are Fighting For (1943); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); Keeping Fit (1942); The Mummy's Tomb (1942); Eyes of the Underworld (1942); Overland Mail (1942); The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); North to the Klondike (1942); The Wolf Man (1941); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Riders of Death Valley (1941); San Antonio Rose (1941); Billy the Kid (1941); Too Many Blondes (1941); Man Made Monster (1941); North West Mounted Police (1940); One Million B.C. (1940); Of Mice and Men (1939); City in Darkness (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Jesse James (1939); Road Demon (1938); Submarine Patrol (1938); Straight Place and Show (1938); Passport Husband (1938); Speed to Burn (1938); Josette (1938); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938); Walking Down Broadway (1938); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Happy Landing (1938); City Girl (1938); Love and Hisses (1937); Checkers (1937); Second Honeymoon (1937); Life Begins in College (1937); Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); Thin Ice (1937); One Mile from Heaven (1937); The Lady Escapes (1937); Wild and Woolly (1937); Born Reckless (1937); Slave Ship (1937); Angel's Holiday (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); That I May Live (1937); Secret Agent X-9 (1937); Midnight Taxi (1937); Love Is News (1937); Cheyenne Rides Again (1937); The Old Corral (1936); Rose Bowl (1936); Killer at Large (1936); Ace Drummond (1936); Undersea Kingdom (1936); The Singing Cowboy (1936); The Shadow of Silk Lennox (1935); A Scream in the Night (1935); Accent on Youth (1935); Hold 'Em Yale (1935); Captain Hurricane (1935); The Marriage Bargain (1935); Girl O' My Dreams (1934); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934); Son of the Border (1933); The Three Musketeers (1933); Scarlet River (1933); Lucky Devils (1933); The Last Frontier (1932); Bird of Paradise (1932); The Galloping Ghost (1931); The Trap (1922).