/* * Interesting showbusiness dates collected at Infodrom * * http://cvs.infodrom.org/calendar/calendar.infodrom.showbiz?cvsroot=infodrom * :pserver:anonymous@cvs.infodrom.org:/var/cvs/infodrom co calendar/calendar.infodrom.showbiz * * $Id$ */ #ifndef _calendar_infodrom_showbiz_ #define _calendar_infodrom_showbiz_ /* Star Trek History */ Jan 20 DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy) born in Atlanta, 1999 Mar 2 James Doohan (Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott) born in Vancouver, 1920 Aug 16 Gene Roddenberry born, 1921 Mar 22 William Shatner born in Montreal, Quebec, 1931 Mar 26 Leonard Nimoy born, 1931 Dec 28 Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) born in Robbins, Illinois, 1933 Sep 14 Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov) born in Chicago, 1936 Apr 20 George Takai (Hikaru Sulu) born in Los Angeles, 1940 Jul 13 Patrick Stewart born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, 1940 Mar 2 Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverley Crusher) born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 1949 Feb 2 Brent Spiner (Data) born in Houston, 1949 Aug 19 Jonathan Frakes (William Riker) born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1952 Dec 9 Michael Dorn (Worf) born in Luling, Texas, 1952 Oct 9 Scott Bakula (Jon Archer) born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1954 Apr 29 Kate Mulgrew (Kathryn Janeway) born in Dubuque, Iowa, 1955 Feb 13 LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge) born, Landstuhl, Germany, 1957 Mar 29 Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi) born in London, England, 1960 Dec 12 Star Trek starts filming the first pilot, 1964 Sep 8 Star Trek started on NBC, 1966 Sep 28 Star Trek The Next Generation pilot appeared on screen, 1987 Oct 24 Gene Roddenberry died, 1991 Jan 16 Star Trek Voyager started on screen, 1995 Jun 21 Star Trek Voyager started on screen in Germany, 1996 Jun 11 DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy) died, 1999 May 14 5th Star Trek incarnation "Enterprise" starts filming at Paramount Studios, 2001 May 23 Star Trek Voyager's last ever episode called Endgame is aired, 2001 /* Literature */ Oct 16 Günter Grass born, 1927 Jan 28 Astrid Lindgren died, 2002 /* Music */ Dec 29 Pablo Casals born, 1876 Aug 16 Madonna born, 1958 Aug 29 Michael Jackson born, 1958 Aug 16 Elvis Presley died, 1977 Jan 11 Morris Gibb died, 2003 Apr 21 Nina Simone died at the age of 70, 2003 /* TV and Movies */ Dec 24 The first public radio show, 1906 Jul 18 Oskar Sala (Trautonium player) born, 1910 Oct 18 Gründung des Studios für Elektronische Musik des NWDR in Köln, 1951 Dec 21 Start des ersten offiziellen Fernseh-Versuchsprogramms in der DDR, 1952 Dec 25 Start of the regular German TV program, 1952 Sep 17 Start of the Starship Orion show, 1966 Feb 26 Oskar Sala (Trautonium player) died at the age of 91, 2002 Mar 28 Billy Wilder died at the age of 95, 2002 /* German Actors and Actresses */ Dec 27 Marlene Dietrich born, 1901 Mar 7 Heinz Rühmann born, 1902 Dec 13 Curd Jürgens born, 1915 Apr 12 Hardy Krüger born, 1928 Jun 29 Harald 'Harry Heinz Herbert' Juhnke born, 1929 Sep 8 Mario Adorf born, 1930 Aug 12 Iris Berben born, 1950 Jun 18 Curd Jürgens died after heart attack, 1982 Oct 3 Heinz Rühmann died, 1994 Feb 1 Hildegard Knef died at the age of 76, 2002 Apr 4 Heinz Drache died, 2002 Dec 2 Klaus Löwitsch died, 2002 /* International Actors and Actresses */ Jan 18 Oliver Hardy born, 1892 Oct 1 George Peppard born, 1928 Apr 10 Steven Seagal born, 1951 Sep 25 Christopher Reeve born, 1952 May 8 George Peppard died, 1994 /* Miscellaneous */ May 18 Papst Johannes Paul II born, 1920 Aug 31 Prinzessin Diana killed in an accident, 1997 Jul 4 Hannelore Kohl commits suicide, 2001 Nov 26 Regine Hildebrand died, 2001 #endif /* !_calendar_infodrom_showbiz_ */