Sunday, June 14, 2026

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 25.

Episode entitled: Timescape.

Released June 14, 1993.

Directed by Adam Nimoy.

Written by Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Bofshever, John DeMita, Joel Fredericks, Majel Barrett, Steve Blalock, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Elliot Durant III, Melba Gonzalez, Kerry Hoyt, Lorine Mendell, Teri Noel, Ericka Bryce Poniewaz, Shannon Ratigan, Dee Giffin Scott, Sissy Sessions, Patricia Tallman, Oliver Theess, Mikki Val, Guy Vardaman.

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Stephen King, on writing:


Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art.
The water is free.
So drink.
Drink and be filled up.
- Stephen King.


Born on this day – Lois Weber:


Lois Weber


Director

Writer

Actress

June 13, 1879 – November 13, 1939


Credits:
White Heat (1934); The Angel of Broadway (1927); Topsy and Eva (1927); Sensation Seekers (1927); The Marriage Clause (1926); A Chapter in Her Life (1923); What Do Men Want? (1921); The Blot (1921); Too Wise Wives (1921); What's Worth While? (1921); Mum's the Word (1920); Life's Mirror (1920); To Please One Woman (1920); Forbidden (1919); Home (1919); Mary Regan (1919); A Midnight Romance (1919); When a Girl Loves (1919); Borrowed Clothes (1918); For Husbands Only (1918); The Doctor and the Woman (1918); The Price of a Good Time (1917); The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917); Even As You and I (1917); The Boyhood He Forgot (1917); The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite (1917); Alone in the World (1917); The Gilded Life (1916); The Rock of Riches (1916); The People vs. John Doe (1916); The Celebrated Stielow Case (1916); Wanted: A Home (1916); Idle Wives (1916); Under the Spell (1916); Saving the Family Name (1916); Shoes (1916); The Eye of God (1916); Where Are My Children? (1916); John Needham's Double (1916); The Dance of Love (1916); There Is No Place Like Home (1916); The Flirt (1916); Hop - The Devil's Brew (1916); The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); Discontent (1916); The Children Shall Pay (1916); Idle Wives (1916); Jewel (1915); A Cigarette - That's All (1915); Scandal (1915); Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915); Captain Courtesy (1915); Sunshine Molly (1915); Hypocrites (1915); It's No Laughing Matter (1915); Helping Mother (1914); The Traitor (1914); Daisies (1914); Behind the Veil (1914); Plain Mary (1914); Lost by a Hair (1914); The Pursuit of Hate (1914); Closed Gates (1914); The Stone in the Road (1914); Avenged (1914); The Triumph of Mind (1914); The Career of Waterloo Peterson (1914); An Episode (1914); On Suspicion (1914); The Man Who Slept (1914); The Baby's Doll (1914); In the Days of His Youth (1914); The Spider and Her Web (1914); A Modern Fairy Tale (1914); The Weaker Sister (1914); The Merchant of Venice (1914); Woman's Burden (1914); An Old Locket (1914); The Coward Hater (1914); The Leper's Coat (1914); A Fool and His Money (1914); False Colors (1914); The Female of the Species (1914); The Wife's Deceit (1913); The Jew's Christmas (1913); The Mask (1913); James Lee's Wife (1913); The Blood Brotherhood (1913); The Haunted Bride (1913); Two Thieves and a Cross (1913); The Clue (1913); The Thumb Print (1913); Memories (1913); Shadows of Life (1913); His Brand (1913); Never Again (1913); The Light Woman (1913); Just in Time (1913); Civilized and Savage (1913); The Fallen Angel (1913); How Men Propose (1913); Through Strife (1913); Suspense (1913); The Pretender (1913); The King Can Do No Wrong (1913); The Trifler (1913); The Cap of Destiny (1913); The Poverty of Riches (1913); The Rosary (1913); The Dragon's Breath (1913); A Book of Verses (1913); Until Death (1913); Bobby's Baby (1913); The Peacemaker (1913); An Empty Box (1913); Troubled Waters (1913); In the Blood (1913); Two Thieves (1913); His Sister (1913); Leaves in the Storm (1912); Faraway Fields (1912); A Japanese Idyll (1912); An Old Fashioned Girl (1912); The Greater Christian (1912); The Troubadour's Triumph (1912); The Lash of Fate (1912); The Greater Love (1912); The Power of Thought (1912); The Price of Peace (1912); Eyes That See Not (1912); The Final Pardon (1912); The Bargain (1912); Fine Feathers (1912); Angels Unaware (1912); The Martyr (1911); The Price (1911); A Breach of Faith (1911); Fate (1911); On the Brink (1911); The Twins (1911); From Death to Life (1911); The Realization (1911); The Heiress (1911); A Heroine of '76 (1911).

Born on this day – Irene Franklin:

 

Irene Franklin


Actress

Vaudeville comedian

Singer

June 13, 1885 - June 16, 1941

Credits:

A Very Honorable Guy (1934); Actors' Fund Field Day (1910); Along Came Love (1936); Animated Weekly, No. 37 (1912); Blazing Barriers (1937); Change of Heart (1934); Death Flies East (1935); Down to Their Last Yacht (1934); Fast Workers (1933); Fatal Lady (1936); Finishing School (1934); Fixer Dugan (1939); Flirting with Fate (1938); Irene Franklin, the American Comedienne (1929); Ladies Crave Excitement (1935); Ladies Love Danger (1935); Land Beyond the Law (1937); Lazy River (1934); Married Before Breakfast (1937); Midnight Madonna (1937); Rebellious Daughters (1938); Registered Nurse (1934); Saratoga (1937); Song and Dance Man (1936); Strictly Dynamite (1934); Swingtime in the Movies (1938); The Affair of Susan (1935); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); The Garden of Allah (1936); The President Vanishes (1934); The Women in His Life (1933); Those Were the Days (1929); Timothy's Quest (1936); Wanted for Murder (1918); Wanted! Jane Turner (1936); Whipsaw (1935).

Born on this day – Tay Garnett:



Tay Garnett


Director

Writer

June 13, 1894 – October 3, 1977

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Beauty Parlor (1926); A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949); A Mandarin Mixup (1924); Alcoa Theatre (1957); All Wool (1925); Bad Company (1931); Bataan (1943); Bonanza (1963–1965); Broken Chains (1922); Cafe Hostess (1940); Cattle King (1963); Cause for Alarm! (1951); Celebrity (1928); Challenge to Be Free (1975); Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941); China Seas (1935); Death Valley Days (1961–1966); Destination Unknown (1933); Detained (1924); Don't Park There (1924); Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925); Eternally Yours (1939); Fast Black (1924); Femme Fatales (2012); Fiddlesticks (1927); Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956); Frontier Circus (1962); Galloping Bungalows (1924); Getting Gertie's Garter (1927); Goodyear Theatre (1957–1958); Gunsmoke (1961–1966); Half a Man (1925); Her Man (1930); Hold Tight (1925); Honeymoon Hardships (1925); Joy of Living (1938); Laramie (1961); Long Pants (1927); Love Is News (1937); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Mrs. Parkington (1944); My Favorite Spy (1942); Naked City (1960–1961); Navy Blue Days (1925); No Control (1927); Off His Trolley (1924); Officer O'Brien (1930); Oh, Yeah? (1929); Okay America! (1932); On the Links (1925); One Minute to Zero (1952); One Way Passage (1932); Overland Trail (1960); Panama Flo (1932); Pie-Eyed (1925); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Power (1928); Prestige (1931); Professional Soldier (1935); Puppy Lovetime (1926); Rawhide (1962); Riders of the Kitchen Range (1925); Riverboat (1960); Rubber Tires (1927); S.O.S. Iceberg (1933); Salute (1925); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Seven Sinners (1940); Seven Wonders of the World (1956); She Couldn't Take It (1935); Since You Went Away (1944); Skyscraper (1928); Slave Ship (1937); Slightly Honorable (1939); Smith's Visitor (1926); Soldiers Three (1951); Somewhere in Wrong (1925); Stand-In (1937); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's My Baby (1926); The 15th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1963); The Beachcomber (1962); The Black Knight (1954); The Boy from Stalingrad (1943); The Cop (1928); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926); The Delta Factor (1970); The Deputy (1960–1961); The Fireball (1950); The Flying Fool (1929); The Funnymooners (1926); The Hottentot (1922); The Legend of Jesse James (1965–1966); The Loner (1965); The Loretta Young Show (1958–1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The New Loretta Young Show (1962–1963); The Night Fighters (1960); The Plumber (1925); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946); The Quack Doctor (1920); The Racket (1951); The Reckless Mollycoddle (1927); The Sleuth (1925); The Snow Hawk (1925); The Spieler (1928); The Strong Man (1926); The Tall Man (1961–1962); The Timber Tramps (1973); The Uncovered Wagon (1923); The Untouchables (1959–1960); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Wise Wife (1927); There You Are! (1926); Three Wise Goofs (1925); Trade Winds (1938); Turkish Delight (1927); Twins (1925); Unexpected Uncle (1941); Up in Mabel's Room (1926); Wagon Train (1959–1960); Weekend for Three (1941); West of Hot Dog (1924); Whispering Smith (1961); White Gold (1927); Who's Your Friend (1925); Wild Harvest (1947).

Born on this day – L.B. Abbott:


L.B. Abbott


Cinematographer

Special effects expert

Cameraman

June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985

Credits:
Wrong Is Right (1982); When Time Ran Out... (1980); 1941 (1979); The Swarm (1978); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); Viva Knievel! (1977); Fire (1977); Flood (1976); Logan's Run (1976); Planet of the Apes (1974); The Towering Inferno (1974); Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); City Beneath the Sea (1971); The Great White Hope (1970); Cover Me Babe (1970); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Move (1970); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Land of the Giants (1968–1970); The Challenge (1970); Patton (1970); M*A*S*H (1970); The Only Game in Town (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Hello, Dolly! (1969); John and Mary (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); The Undefeated (1969); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Justine (1969); Che! (1969); Hard Contract (1969); 100 Rifles (1969); The Man from the 25th Century (1968); Lady in Cement (1968); The Boston Strangler (1968); Star! (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968); Bandolero! (1968); The Detective (1968); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968); Batman (1967–1968); Lost in Space (1965–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Valley of the Dolls (1967); Doctor Dolittle (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); Caprice (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Green Hornet (1967); In Like Flint (1967); The Sand Pebbles (1966); Way... Way Out (1966); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Batman: The Movie (1966); Stagecoach (1966); Our Man Flint (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The Reward (1965); Morituri (1965); Von Ryan's Express (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); The Sound of Music (1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); What a Way to Go! (1964); Move Over, Darling (1963); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); State Fair (1962); Tender Is the Night (1962); Bachelor Flat (1961); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); The Wizard of Baghdad (1960); North to Alaska (1960); High Time (1960); The Lost World (1960); The Story of Ruth (1960); From the Terrace (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Woman Obsessed (1959); Warlock (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Roots of Heaven (1958); The Hunters (1958); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); The Fly (1958); From Hell to Texas (1958); Ten North Frederick (1958); Fräulein (1958); The Young Lions (1958); South Pacific (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Gift of Love (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Stopover Tokyo (1957); April Love (1957); No Down Payment (1957); The Three Faces of Eve (1957); Forty Guns (1957); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Bernardine (1957); A Hatful of Rain (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).

Born on this day – Ben Johnson:


Ben Johnson


Actor

Stuntman

Rodeo cowboy

June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996