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

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988)
Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: The Arsenal of Freedom.

Released April 9, 1988.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, Maurice Hurley, Robert Lewin, Hannah Louise Shearer, Tracy Tormé.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Vincent Schiavelli, Marco Rodríguez, Vyto Ruginis, Julia Nickson, George De La Pena, James G. Becker, Richard Sarstedt.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Before and After.

Released April 9, 1997.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ, Jessica Collins, Michael Maguire, Christopher Aguilar, Janna Michaels, Rachael Harris, Majel Barrett, Steve Carnahan, John Copage, Damaris Cordelia, Debbie David, Tarik Ergin, Jennifer Gundy, Grace Harrell, Susan Henley, Nichole McAuley, Louis Ortiz, Richard Sarstedt, Hallie Singleton, Scott Strozier, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Judgment.

Released April 9, 2003.

Directed by James L. Conway.

Written by David A. Goodman, Taylor Elmore, 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, J.G. Hertzler, John Vickery, Granville Van Dusen, Daniel Riordan, Victor Talmadge, Helen Cates, D.J. Lockhart-Johnson, Danny Kolker, Alexandrea Ortiz, Joseph Billingiere, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Evan English, Dieter Horneman, Lidia Sabljic.

           

On this day in music history - Behind the Mask, Love Your Sleep:

Behind the Mask by Fleetwood Mac (1990)

Leave Your Sleep by Natalie Merchant (2010)

 

Behind the Mask

Album by Fleetwood Mac,

released April 9, 1990.

Track list: Skies the Limit; Love Is Dangerous; In the Back of My Mind; Do You Know; Save Me; Affairs of the Heart; When the Sun Goes Down; Behind the Mask; Stand on the Rock; Hard Feelings; Freedom; When It Comes to Love; The Second Time.

Leave Your Sleep

Album by Natalie Merchant,

released April 9, 2010.

Track list: Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience; Equestrienne; Calico Pie; Bleezer's Ice-Cream; It Makes a Change; The King of China's Daughter; The Dancing Bear; The Man in the Wilderness; maggie and milly and molly and may; If No One Ever Marries Me; The Sleepy Giant; The Peppery Man; The Blind Men and the Elephant; Adventures of Isabel; The Walloping Window Blind; Topsyturvey-World; The Janitor's Boy; Griselda; The Land of Nod; Vain and Careless; Crying, My Little One; Sweet and a Lullaby; I Saw a Ship A-Sailing; Autumn Lullaby; Spring and Fall: To a Young Child; Indian Names.

B.B. King, on learning:

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

- B.B. King.

Born on this day – Victor Schertzinger:

 

Victor Schertzinger

Composer

Director

Producer

Writer

April 8, 1888 – October 26, 1941

Credits:

38-24-36 (1963); A Boy of Flanders (1924); A Dangerous Adventure (1937); A Hunting We Will Go (1932); A Nine O'Clock Town (1918); A Visit with Maurice Chevalier (1967); Abel Escoto: Fragmentos de Vida e Obra (2009); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); Alice (1990); All in the Family (1976); Am I Having Fun! (1936); And So They Were Married (1936); Arise, My Love (1940); Back to the Woods (1937); Backbeat (1994); Basquiat (1996); Beating the Game (1921); Beauty and the Beach (1941); Beloved (1934); Betrayal (1929); Between Men (1915); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Bimbo's Express (1931); Birds in Love (1936); Birth of the Blues (1941); Blondie (1938); Blondie on a Budget (1940); Bread (1924); By Your Leave (1934); Cabo Blanco (1980); Cadet Rousselle (1972); Catalina Interlude (1948); Caught Plastered (1931); Celebrity (1998); Ces chers disparus (1978); Chastity (1923); Civilization (1915); Coals of Fire (1918); Cocktail Hour (1933); Cousins (1989); Cry of the Werewolf (1944); Dad's Army (1970); Dangerous Corner (1934); Dead Again (1991); Devil's Playground (1937); Devil's Squadron (1936); Dollar Devils (1923); Don't Gamble with Love (1936); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Double Indemnity (1944); Extortion (1938); Extravagance (1919); Fashions in Love (1929); Flaming Love (1925); Follow Your Heart (1936); For the Boys (1991); Forgotten Faces (1928); Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984); Friends and Lovers (1931); Funny About Love (1990); Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006); Gilda (1946); Glamour Boy (1941); Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Hard Boiled (1919); Harem Girl (1952); Head Over Heels (1922); Heads Up (1930); Hell's Hinges (1916); His Mother's Boy (1917); His Own Home Town (1918); Hoi Polloi (1935); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); House of 1000 Corpses (2003); I Love a Mystery (1945); I Married a Witch (1942); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969–1970); Jinx (1919); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941); La joie de vivre (1953–1954); La légende (2005); Ladies of Leisure (1930); Lady Bodyguard (1943); Lady in the Dark (1944); Lady of Secrets (1936); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Let's Get Lost (1988); Let's Live Tonight (1935); Long Live the King (1923); Love Me Forever (1935); Made in Heaven (1921); Man and Maid (1925); Manhattan Cocktail (1928); Maurice Chevalier - Mistinguett: Un demi-siècle de chansons (2007); Maurice Chevalier, un canotier à Hollywood (2023); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997); Midsomer Murders (2001); Minding the Baby (1931); Mommie Dearest (1981); More Tales of the City (1998); Mr. Barnes of New York (1922); Musicolor (1970); My Woman (1933); NBC Follies (1973); Nickelodeon (1976); Northern Exposure (1993); Nothing But the Truth (1929); One Night of Love (1934); Other Men's Wives (1919); Outcast (1928); Outlaws of the Desert (1941); Paperback Hero (1999); Paramount on Parade (1930); Paycheck (2003); Peggy (1916); Pinto (1920); Playing the Game (1918); Plaza Suite (1971); Poivre et Sel in Numéro un (1979); Princess of the Dark (1917); Priorities on Parade (1942); Quicksand (1918); Racing with the Moon (1984); Rags to Riches (1941); Redskin (1929); Refuge (1923); Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier (2021); Rentaghost (1976); Rhythm on the River (1940); Road to Singapore (1940); Road to Zanzibar (1941); Robin Hood (1922); RocKwiz (2005); Rolling Caravans (1938); Sabrina (1995); Safety in Numbers (1930); Sahara (1919); Scandal (1989); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 25 (1923); Shadow of the Law (1930); She Married an Artist (1937); She Married Her Boss (1935); Short Cuts (1993); Siberia (1926); Soir 3 (1988); Something to Sing About (1937); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); Stage Madness (1927); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988–1993); Stars in Their Eyes (1992); Startime (1960); Strange Justice (1932); String Beans (1918); Sudden Jim (1917); Summer Rental (1985); Synthetic Sin (1929); Télé dimanche (1968); Termites of 1938 (1938); The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990); The Beckoning Flame (1915); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963); The Big Bus (1976); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Blooming Angel (1920); The Bootlegger's Daughter (1922); The Claws of the Hun (1918); The Climax (1930); The Clodhopper (1917); The Concert (1921); The Conqueror (1916); The Constant Woman (1933); The Conversation (1974); The Crystal Ball (1943); The Dancing Fool (1932); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951); The Edge of the Abyss (1915); The Execution of Private Slovik (1974); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); The Family Skeleton (1918); The First Wives Club (1996); The Fleet's In (1942); The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955); The Glass Key (1942); The Golden Strain (1925); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Heart of Salome (1927); The Hired Man (1918); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Homebreaker (1919); The Kingdom Within (1922); The Lady of Red Butte (1919); The Laughing Lady (1929); The Lily (1926); The Lone Wolf Returns (1935); The Lonely Road (1923); The Love Parade (1929); The Love Race (1931); The Majestic (2001); The Major and the Minor (1942); The Man Life Passed By (1923); The Man Next Door (1923); The Many Saints of Newark (2021); The Mark of Beauty (2006); The Mikado (1939); The Millionaire Vagrant (1917); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1973); The Music Goes 'Round (1936); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Peace of Roaring River (1919); The Pinch Hitter (1917); The Presidio (1988); The Return of Peter Grimm (1926); The Return of Peter Grimm (1935); The Scarlet Lily (1923); The Secret Studio (1927); The Sheriff's Son (1919); The Showdown (1928); The Silver Streak (1934); The Slim Princess (1920); The Son of His Father (1917); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976); The Sopranos (2002); The Stolen Melody (1934); The Tabasco Kid (1932); The Three Musketeers (1916); The Victors (1963); The Wheel (1925); The Wheel of Life (1929); The Winged Idol (1915); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); The Woman Between (1931); The Woman from Tangier (1948); The Year My Voice Broke (1987); This Is Your Music (1955); Thunder Mountain (1925); Top Man (1943); Trapeze (1956); Trente-Six Chandelles (1956); Two and a Half Men (2010); Under one roof (1920); Up Jumped a Swagman (1965); Upstairs (1919); Uptown New York (1932); Venus Makes Trouble (1937); Vive la France (1974); We Want Our Mummy (1939); West of the Pecos (1934); What Happened to Rosa (1920); When Doctors Disagree (1919); When G-Men Step In (1938); Where's That Fire? (1939); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); You Came Along (1945); You May Be Next! (1936); Yudum Yudum Sev (1979); Zander the Great (1925).

Born on this day – Mary Pickford:

 

Mary Pickford

Actress

Producer

April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979

Credits:

A Beast at Bay (1912); A Child's Impulse (1910); A Child's Stratagem (1910); A Decree of Destiny (1911); A Dog's Tale (1911); A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912); A Flash of Light (1910); A Gasoline Engagement (1911); A Girl of Yesterday (1915); A Gold Necklace (1910); A Good Little Devil (1914); A Little Princess (1917); A Lodging for the Night (1912); A Lucky Toothache (1910); A Manly Man (1911); A Midnight Adventure (1909); A Plain Song (1910); A Pueblo Legend (1912); A Pueblo Romance (1912); A Rich Revenge (1910); A Romance of the Redwoods (1917); A Romance of the Western Hills (1910); A Siren of Impulse (1912); A Strange Meeting (1909); A Sweet Revenge (1909); A Timely Repentance (1912); A Victim of Jealousy (1910); All on Account of the Milk (1910); All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917); Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918); An Affair of Hearts (1910); An Arcadian Maid (1910); An Indian Summer (1912); Artful Kate (1911); As a Boy Dreams (1911); As It Is in Life (1910); At a Quarter of Two (1911); At the Duke's Command (1911); Back to the Soil (1911); Behind the Scenes (1914); Behind the Stockade (1911); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Broken Hearts (1915); By the House That Jack Built (1911); Canadian Headlines of 1951 (1951); Caprice (1913); Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919); Cinderella (1914); Concept (1964); Conscience (1911); Coquette (1929); Coquette (1929); Daddy-Long-Legs (1919); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Esmeralda (1915); Examination Day at School (1910); Fanchon, the Cricket (1915); Fate's Interception (1912); For Her Brother's Sake (1911); For the Queen's Honor (1911); Forever Yours (1930); Friends (1912); From Farm to Fame (1922); From the Bottom of the Sea (1911); Garrison's Finish (1923); Getting Even (1909); Grannie (1912); Heart o' the Hills (1919); Hearts Adrift (1914); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942); Her Darkest Hour (1911); Her First Biscuits (1909); Here's Hollywood (1962); High Fury (1947); His Dress Shirt (1911); His Duty (1909); His Last Dollar (1910); His Lost Love (1909); His Wife's Visitor (1909); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934); Home Folks (1912); Honor Thy Father (1912); How Could You, Jean? (1918); How Mary Fixed It (1911); Hulda from Holland (1916); In Old Kentucky (1909); In Old Madrid (1911); In the Bishop's Carriage (1913); In the Season of Buds (1910); In the Sultan's Garden (1911); In the Watches of the Night (1909); Iola's Promise (1912); Johanna Enlists (1918); Just Like a Woman (1912); Kiki (1931); Lena and the Geese (1912); Less Than the Dust (1916); Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909); Little Annie Rooney (1925); Little Iodine (1946); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Little Nell's Tobacco (1910); Little Pal (1915); Little Red Riding Hood (1911); Love Among the Roses (1910); Love Happy (1949); Love Heeds Not Showers (1911); Love's Reflection (1915); Madame Butterfly (1915); Madame Rex (1911); Maid or Man (1911); May and December (1910); Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940); Mistress Nell (1915); M'Liss (1918); Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909); Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910); Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910); My Baby (1912); My Best Girl (1927); Never Again (1910); Oh, Uncle! (1909); One Hundred Percent American (1918); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars (1941); Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience (1909); Pollyanna (1920); Poor Little Peppina (1916); Potseluy Meri Pikford (1927); Rags (1915); Ramona (1910); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917); Rosita (1923); Science (1911); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 21 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 22 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 5 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 1-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 10 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 19 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 5 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1 (1924); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 14 (1925); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Premiere (1955); Second Sight (1911); Secrets (1933); Serious Sixteen (1910); Simple Charity (1910); So Near, Yet So Far (1912); Sparrows (1926); Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934); Stella Maris (1918); Stork Bites Man (1947); Such a Little Queen (1914); Suds (1920); Sunshine Sue (1910); Susie Steps Out (1946); Sweet and Twenty (1909); Sweet Memories (1911); Tender Hearts (1909); Tess of the Storm Country (1914); Tess of the Storm Country (1922); That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The Adventures of Dollie (1908); The Adventures of Don Coyote (1947); The Awakening (1909); The Better Way (1911); The Black Pirate (1926); The Broken Locket (1909); The Caddy's Dream (1911); The Call of the Song (1911); The Call to Arms (1910); The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909); The Children's Friend (1909); The Convert (1911); The Country Doctor (1909); The Courting of Mary (1911); The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915); The Day After (1909); The Dream (1911); The Eagle's Mate (1914); The Englishman and the Girl (1910); The Eternal Grind (1916); The Face at the Window (1910); The Faded Lilies (1909); The Fair Dentist (1911); The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909); The Female of the Species (1912); The Fisher-Maid (1911); The Foundling (1915); The Foundling (1916); The Gaucho (1927); The Gay Desperado (1936); The Gibson Goddess (1909); The Heart of an Outlaw (1909); The Hessian Renegades (1909); The Hoodlum (1919); The Iconoclast (1910); The Indian Runner's Romance (1909); The Informer (1912); The Inner Circle (1912); The Italian Barber (1911); The Kid (1910); The Light That Came (1909); The Lighthouse Keeper (1911); The Little American (1917); The Little Darling (1909); The Little Teacher (1909); The Lonely Villa (1909); The Love Light (1921); The Masher (1910); The Master and the Man (1911); The Mender of Nets (1912); The Message in the Bottle (1911); The Mexican Sweethearts (1909); The Mirror (1911); The Mountaineer's Honor (1909); The Narrow Road (1912); The Necklace (1909); The New York Hat (1912); The Newlyweds (1910); The Old Actor (1912); The One She Loved (1912); The Outcome (1914); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917); The Portrait (1911); The Pride of the Clan (1917); The Renunciation (1909); The Restoration (1909); The School Teacher and the Waif (1912); The Sealed Room (1909); The Sentinel Asleep (1911); The Seventh Day (1909); The Skating Bug (1911); The Slave (1909); The Smoker (1910); The Song of the Wildwood Flute (1910); The Son's Return (1909); The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910); The Stampede (1911); The Taming of the Shrew (1929); The Temptress (1911); The Test (1909); The Thread of Destiny (1910); The Toss of a Coin (1911); The Trick That Failed (1909); The Twisted Trail (1910); The Two Brothers (1910); The Unchanging Sea (1910); The Unwelcome Guest (1913); The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909); The Voice of Hollywood No. 15 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (1930); The Way of Man (1909); The Woman from Mellon's (1910); Their First Misunderstanding (1911); They Would Elope (1909); Three Sisters (1911); Through the Back Door (1921); Through the Breakers (1909); To Save Her Soul (1909); 'Tween Two Loves (1911); Two Memories (1909); United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (1918); Waiter No. 5 (1910); Wifey's Fling (1915); Wanted, a Child (1909); What Drink Did (1909); What the Daisy Said (1910); What's Your Hurry? (1909); When a Man Loves (1911); When Fate Decrees (1913); When the Cat's Away (1911); When We Were in Our Teens (1910); White Roses (1910); Wilful Peggy (1910); With the Enemy's Help (1912); Won by a Fish (1912).

Born on this day – Grace Cunard:

Grace Cunard

Actress

Writer

Director

April 8, 1893 – January 19, 1967

Born on this day – Carmen Boni:

Carmen Boni

Actress

April 8, 1901 – November 19, 1963

Credits:

Man to Men (1948); The Count of Monte Cristo (1943); Cleo, robes et manteaux (1935); Quella vecchia canaglia (1934); Ne sois pas jalouse (1932); La femme en homme (1932); La riva dei bruti (1931); La vacanza del diavolo (1931); Il richiamo del cuore (1930); Katharina Knie (1929); La grazia (1929); Quartier Latin (1929); Der Adjutant des Zaren (1929); The Art of Love (1928); The Jolly Peasant (1928); Liebeskarneval (1928); Scampolo (1928); La storia di una piccola Parigina (1928); Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927); Gehetzte Frauen (1927); Ihr letztes Liebesabenteuer (1927); Venus im Frack (1927); Addio giovinezza! (1927); L'ultimo lord (1926); La bocca chiusa (1925); Il focolare spento (1925); La preda (1924); La moglie bella (1924); Il riscatto (1924); La piccola ignota (1923); La dama de Chez Maxim's (1923); Passione di Popolo (1921); Mio zio Barbassous (1921); La preda (1921); Ma non è una cosa seria (1921); La scimitarra di Barbarossa (1921); Monella di strada (1920); Il fiore del Caucaso (1920); Ave Maria (1920); Miss Dorothy (1920); La pecorella (1920); Ave Maria, gratia plena! (1919).