"The Man Trap" was the first episode to be broadcast in the American science fiction television series Star Trek, but the sixth to be filmed. It aired on NBC on September 8, 1966. The story was assigned to George Clayton Johnson; his first draft was entitled "Damsel With a Dulcimer", incorporating elements from his Twilight Zone episode "The Four of Us Are Dying". Series creator Gene Roddenberry, producer Robert H. Justman and story editor John D. F. Black all tweaked elements of the episode. The story, part of Roddenberry's original Star Trek pitch to the studio, was chosen for the first broadcast episode because the studio liked its horror-based plot. "The Man Trap" placed first in the timeslot with a Nielsen rating of 25.2 percent for the first half-hour and 24.2 for the remainder. After broadcast, reviewers criticized the violent scenes but praised the acting. More recent appraisals have been mixed; praise has been given to the plot and diverse cast, but Hollywood.com listed it among the worst episodes of the series. The creature, created by Wah Chang and William Ware Theiss, has been dubbed the "salt vampire" by fans.
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617:
Li Yuan defeated a Sui dynasty army in the Battle of Huoyi, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Huoyi
1755:
French and Indian War: British and French forces and their respective Indian allies fought to a draw in the Battle of Lake George. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_George
1941:
World War II: German forces severed the last land connection to Leningrad, beginning a 28-month siege that would result in the deaths of over 1 million of the city's civilians from starvation, making it one of the most lethal battles in world history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad
1966:
Queen Elizabeth II opened the Severn Bridge, hailing it as the dawn of a new economic era for South Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Bridge
1978:
Iranian Revolution: After the government of the Shah of Iran declared martial law in response to protests, the Iranian Army shot and killed at least 88 demonstrators in Tehran on Black Friday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1978)
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folio: 1. A leaf of a book or manuscript. 2. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book. 3. (printing) A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages. 4. (paper) A sheet of paper folded in half. 5. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height. 6. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. 7. (law, dated, 19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/folio
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When you’re a charmer the world applauds they don’t know that secretly charmers feel like they’re frauds When you’re a charmer you hate yourself a victim of sideshow hypnosis like everyone else. --Aimee Mann https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aimee_Mann
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