Star Trek Generations is a 1994 American science fiction film, the seventh in the Star Trek film series. Malcolm McDowell (pictured) joined cast members from the 1960s television show Star Trek and the 1987 spin- off The Next Generation, including William Shatner and Patrick Stewart. In the film, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-D joins with Captain James T. Kirk to stop the villain Tolian Soran from destroying a planetary system. David Carson directed with photography by franchise newcomer John A. Alonzo. The distributor, Paramount, marketed the film with merchandising tie-ins, including toys, books, games, and the first website to ever promote a major motion picture. The film opened at the top of the United States box office its first week of release and grossed a total of $118 million worldwide. Critical reception was lukewarm, with critics divided on the film's characters and comprehensibility to a casual viewer.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1883:
The last known quagga (example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at the Natura Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga
1944:
World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%27Anna_di_Stazzema_massacre
1985:
Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into the ridge of Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_123
1990:
Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete discovered Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_%28dinosaur%29
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sericulture: (agriculture) The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sericulture
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am born into an environment — I know not whence I came nor whither I go nor who I am. This is my situation as yours, every single one of you. The fact that everyone always was in this same situation, and always will be, tells me nothing. Our burning question as to the whence and whither — all we can ourselves observe about it is the present environment. That is why we are eager to find out about it as much as we can. That is science, learning, knowledge; it is the true source of every spiritual endeavour of man. --Erwin Schrödinger https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger