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Birthdays
| Prentis Hancock 1942, a regular cast member of the first season of science fiction series Space:1999 as Paul Morrow, and also appeared in a number of Doctor Who stories throughout the 1970s - Spearhead From Space and Planet of the Daleks with Jon Pertwee and Planet of Evil and The Ribos Operation with Tom Baker |
| Kay Elliot 1929, actress, Stella Mudd - Star Trek (1 episode, "I, Mudd", 1967). |
| Richard Merson 1934, actor, Pie Man - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Elementary, Dear Data", 1988), Vendor - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "Moments to Live - May 4, 1985", 1992). |
| Jonathan Baca 1984, actor, Starfleet Cadet - Star Trek (2009). |
| Richard Deacon 1921, actor, MP - Invaders from Mars (1953), Bald reporter, Los Angeles news conference - Them! (1954), Pilot - This Island Earth (1955), Dr. Harvey Bassett - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), James J. Jackson / Mr. Bentley, art expert - My Favorite Martian (2 episodes, 1963-1964), Mr. Kroog - The Lost Saucer (1 episode, "My Fair Robot", 1975). |
| George Lucas 1944, Producer / Director / Writer / Actor, As a film student he made several short films including THX-1138: 4EB (Electronic Labyinth) which won first prize at the 1967-68 National Student Film Festival. In 1967 he was awarded a scholarship by Warner Brothers to observe the making of Finian's Rainbow (1968) which was being directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas and Coppola became good friends and formed a company called American Zoetrope in 1969. The company's first project was Lucas' full-length version of THX 1138 (1971). In 1971, Lucas formed his own company, Lucasfilm Ltd. From 1973 to 1974 he began writing the screenplay for Star Wars (1977). He was inspired to make this movie from Flash Gordon and the Planet of the Apes films. In 1975 he established ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) to produce the visual effects needed for the movie. Another company called Sprocket Systems was established to edit and mix Star Wars and later becomes known as Skywalker Sound. His movie was turned down by several studios until Twentieth Century Fox gave him a chance. Lucas agreed to forgo his directing salary in exchange for 40% of the film's box-office take and all merchandising rights. The movie went on to break all box office records and earned seven Academy Awards. It redefined the term "blockbuster". The rest is history. Lucas made the other Star Wars films and along with 'Steven Spielberg' created the Indiana Jones series which made box office records of their own. From 1980 to 1985 Lucas was busy with the construction of Skywalker Ranch, built to accommodate the creative, technical, and administrative needs of Lucasfilm. Lucas also revloutionized movie theaters with the THX System which was created to maintain the highest quality standards in motion picture viewing. |
| Francesca Annis 1944, actress, The Widow of the Web - Krull (1983), Lady Jessica - Dune (1984), Lady Clare Wellesley - Jericho (1 episode, "A Pair of Ragged Claws", 2005). |
| Tamara Dobson 1947, actress, Samantha - Jason of Star Command (12 episodes, 1979-1981), Dr. Delora Bayliss - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "Happy Birthday, Buck", 1980). |
| Walter Olkewicz 1948, actor, Callahan - The Flash (1 episode, "Shroud of Death", 1990), Falcone - Batman: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 1993), The Boss - Sliders (1 episode, "World Killer", 1998). |
| Mark Blum 1950, actor, Dr. Claus Penrose - Fringe (1 episode,"The Same Old Story", 2008). |
| Gillian Bradshaw 1956, sci-fi author, Hawk of May |
Events
| 1990, Star Trek:TNG, "Sarek" airs. |
| 1994, Star Trek:TNG, "Preemptive Strike" airs. |
| 1997, Star Trek:Voyager, "Worst Case Scenario" airs. |
| 2000, Code Name: Eternity airs. |
| 2001, Filming begins on Enterprise. |
| 2001,Filming on Enterprise begins with the pilot, "Broken Bow" |
| 2003, Star Trek:Enterprise, "First Flight" airs. |
| 2005, Dr. Who, "Father's Day" airs. |
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