If you ever wondered which sci-fi writer coined the phrase "Gas Giant", then today's the day to check out the blog.
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Birthdays
| James Benjamin Blish 1921, Blish wrote science fiction criticism under the pen name 'William Atheling, Jr.' While he was well known within the SF field, he's best known outside the field for novelizations of the original 'Star Trek' episodes. Two sci-fi TV shows he wrote for were Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949) and The Secret Files of Captain Video (1953). Blish was responsible for coining the term "gas giant" in the story "Solar Plexus" as it appeared in the anthology Beyond Human Ken when describing Jupiter. |
| Joan Collins 1933, actress, Sister Edith Keeler - Star Trek (1 episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever", 1967), The Siren - Batman (2 episodes, "Ring Around the Riddler", "The Wail of the Siren", 1967), Kara - Space: 1999 (1 episode, "Mission of the Darians", 1975), Eve Di Falco - Future Cop (1 episode, "The Kansas City Kid", 1977), Marilyn Fryser - H.G. Wells' Empire of the Ants (1977), Pearl Slaghoople - The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). |
| Hal Landon, Jr. 1941, actor, O'Dell - The Twilight Zone (segment "The Little People of Killany Woods") (1 episode, 1986), Norm - Quantum Leap (1 episode, 1991), Neral - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", 1999). |
| Alex Henteloff 1942, actor, Rick Steiner - The Invisible Man (1 episode, "The Invisible Man", 1975), Dr. Nichols - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Mr. Rasmussen - Alf (1 episode, "It's My Party", 1989). |
| Iona Morris 1957, actress, Little African American Girl - Star Trek (1 episode, "Miri", 1966), Claudia Grant - Robotech (1 episode, "Boobytrap", 1985)(voice), Claudia Grant - Codename: Robotech (1985) (TV), Annie - The Twilight Zone (segment "Chameleon") (1 episode, 1985), Katsumi Liqueur - Silent Möbius (1991) (voice: English version), Storm / Ororo Munroe - X-Men (11 episodes, 1992-1993)(voice), Nila Fontaine / Betty the Saxophonist - Phantom 2040 (4 episodes, 1994-1995), Woman - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1 episode, "Never the Twain Shall Meet", 1996)(voice), Medusa - Fantastic Four (4 episodes, 1995-1996)(voice), Teacher - The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1 episode, "Heroes", 1996)(voice), Kate - Homeboys in Outer Space (1 episode, 1996), Storm (Ororo Munroe) - Spider-Man: Secret Wars (1997) (V) (voice), Martha Robertson / Storm / Ororo Munroe - Spider-Man (5 episodes, 1996-1997), Mother Elephant - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, "Iron Curtain", 1998), Umali - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, "Workforce part 1 & 2", 2001), Principal Stringent - ChalkZone (3 episodes, 2003), Jean Grant - Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006) (voice), Luba - W.I.T.C.H. (4 episodes, 2006)(voice). |
| Beverly Leech 1959, actress, Rita Allan Poe - Alien Nation (1 episode, "Gimme, Gimme", 1990), Catherine Farrington - Quantum Leap", (1 episode, 1990), Elizabeth Sheridan - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Revelations", 1994), Dayla - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Nightingale", 2000). |
| Herbert Marshall 1890, actor, Dr. Donald L. Stanton/Narrator - Riders to the Stars (1954), Dr. Van Ness - Gog (1954), Insp. Charas - The Fly (1958). |
| Marius Goring 1912, actor, Lord Linchmere - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1 episode, "The Beetle Hunter", 1967), Theodore Maxtible - Doctor Who (6 episodes, "The Evil of the Daleks: Episode 2-7", 1967). |
| Sid Melton 1920, actor, 'Mouse' Gifford - Blondie Goes to College (1942), Ichabod 'Ikky' Mudd - Captain Midnight (15 episodes, 1954-1956), Thug - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Deadly Rock", 1956), Yeoman Chester Tuttle - The Atomic Submarine (1959). |
| James [Benjamin] Blish 1921, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader |
| Nigel Davenport 1928, actor, Montgomery - The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977), Major Jack Downing - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). |
Events
| 1964, Dr. Who, four-part serial "The Aztecs" airs. |
| 1993, Star Trek:DS9, "The Forsaken" airs. |
| 1994, Star Trek:TNG, "All Good Things..." airs. Series finale. |
| 2001, Star Trek:Voyager, "Endgame" airs. Series finale. |
| 2001,The two-hour series finale of Star Trek: Voyager, "Endgame", airs. |
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