Girlamatic, Capricorn One, Alien Nation, The Day After Tomorrow, X2, Space Patrol Orion, Battlestar Galactica, Out of this World, ReBoot.

Today is an anniversary for a few of my favorite sci-fi shows and cartoons. Hope they are some of yours also.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Hope Larson 1982, illustrator and cartoonist. Her main field is graphic novels. She was invited to the webcomics anthology site Girlamatic and produced her first professional comic, a web serial entitled I Was There & Just Returned. Afterwards, Larson concentrated on a number of small, hand-made minicomics, combining her interests in comics, screenprinting, and bookmaking.

David Huddleston 1930, actor, Hollis Peaker - Capricorn One (1977), The Conductor - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Emergence", 1994), E.J. Green - Jericho (2 episodes, 2007-2008).

Craig Richard Nelson 1947, actor, Dick Castel - Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1 episode, "The 21-Inch Sun", 1987), Attorney - Alien Nation (1 episode, "The Game", 1989), Inspector Krag - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "A Matter of Perspective", 1990), The Director - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "The Play's the Thing - September 9, 1969", 1992), Vaskan Arbiter - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Living Witness", 1998).

Aaron Lustig 1956, actor, Amos N. Andy - Alien Nation (1 episode, "Alien Nation", 1989), Willie #2 - ALF (1 episode, "Wanted: Dead or Alive", 1989), Martin Katz - Darkman (1990), Judge Bowers - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "Raped - June 20, 1980", 1991), Technician - Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Doctor - The Shadow (1994), Doctor Gordon - Scanner Cop II (1995), Doctor - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Ex Post Facto", 1995), Dr. Severson - 3rd Rock from the Sun (1 episode, "Sex and the Sally", 1999), Guri - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "The Catwalk", 2002), Bernie - The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Reporter - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009).

Christian R. Conrad 1964, actor, Dunbar / Alien Miner - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, 1996), Brilgar - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "The Darkness and the Light", 1997).

Bryan Singer 1965, writer, film and television director, Kelly - Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Security Officer in Magneto's Prison - X2 (2003).

Events

1966, Space Patrol Orion, "Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion", the first German science fiction television series, airs on ARD.

1976, NASA names first space shuttle Enterprise (OV-101).

1978, Battlestar Galactica airs.

1982, The Powers of Matthew Star airs on NBC.

1984, The Transformers animated television series airs.

1987, Out Of This World airs in the U.S. This was the second series by that name, the first was in the 1962.

1990, Wake, Rattle, and Roll airs on Disney Channel.

1994, ReBoot a CGI-animated action-adventure series begins on YTV.

1997, Star Trek:Voyager, "Day of Honor" airs.

2003, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Anomaly" airs.