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Star Trek: Voyager debuts (1995). Voyager was the fourth series derived from Gene Roddenberry's original concept, and the first Trek series with a female captain as the lead character, Captain Kathryn Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew. The fine cast also included Robert Picardo, Roxann Dawson, Jeri Taylor, Robert Beltran, Tim Russ, Ethan Phillips, and Robert Duncan McNeill.
Caroline Munro is born (1950). This scream queen began her career with an uncredited appearance as Vincent Price's deceased wife in both The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972). Her other plentiful genre credits include Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), The Devil Within Her (1975), At the Earth's Core (1976), Starcrash (1979), Maniac (1980), The Last Horror Film (1984), Don't Open 'Til Christmas (1985), Slaughter High (1986), and The Black Cat (1989). Caroline was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
Ted Cassidy dies (1979). Ted Cassidy portrayed the butler Lurch, as well as Thing (the hand-in-the-box) on TV's The Addams Family (1964–1966) and various spinoffs. His Star Trek appearances include Ruk, an android, and the voice of the Gorn. He also voiced both Marvel Comics' Ben Grimm (the Fantastic Four's The Thing), and the supervillain Galactus. Ted was born July 31, 1932, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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