In the initial Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch novels, Odo is succeeded as security chief by Ro Laren, who is working for the Bajoran Militia.
John A. Macdonald, future Prime Minister of Canada, was a member of the Sedentary Militia of Upper Canada. He was called into service during the 1837 Rebellion and did patrol duty as a private, but did not see combat.
Combat! premiered on ABC on October 2, 1962 and was broadcast for five seasons. TV’s longest-running World War II drama (through May 2013).
Combat! star Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed by a helicopter while filming Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1982.
In the original Twilight Zone TV series (1959-64), Rod Serling invited viewers to submit their own scripts. He was flooded with over 14,000 of them and actually got around to reading 500. But he said only two were any good, and he couldn’t use them because they didn’t fit the format of the show.
The 33rd episode in the first season of Twilight Zone was titled “Mr. Bevis” and starred Orson Bean, son of George Frederick Burrows, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Orson Bean is a founding member of The Sons of the Desert, the international Laurel and Hardy Society. In addition, he played the main characters Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in the 1977 and 1980 Rankin/Bass animated adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, and The Return of the King.
Orson Pratt, who died in 1881, was the last surviving member of the original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. However, his service wasn’t continuous – he was called in 1835, excommunicated for apostasy in 1842, but then recalled in 1843. He subsequently kept up his membership until his demise.
Three men served as President of the United States in 1881: Rutherford B. Hayes, who completed his single term in March; James Garfield, who succeeded him but was shot and died later that year; and Chester Arthur, Garfield’s Vice President, who took office upon Garfield’s death.
Four different men served as Thailand’s Prime Minister in 1992 (or five if Cleveland-equivalent is counted twice): Anand Panyarachun, Suchinda Kraprayoon, Meechai Ruchuphan, Anand Panyarachun, Chuan Leekpai. Of these, only Meechai and Chuan were elected M.P.'s.
Septimus G. Stevens vividly remembers watching TV with his future bride at 10:00 PM the night before the resignation of Suchinda Kraprayoon, whose name had become a dirty word. In the program, during which only His Majesty spoke, the King and his top advisor walked into a sitting room in the Royal Palace. Suchinda, along with a key politician imprisoned by Suchinda, crawled in after them. The King calmly suggested that riots and repression weren’t working and that they try a different approach to solving political impasse.
Adlai Stevenson I served as Vice President of the United States from 1893-1897 while Grover Cleveland was the President.
Grover on Sesame Street has an unusual speech pattern, in that he does not use contractions.
Grover Cleveland’s first name was Stephen.
The first black manager in modern major league baseball was Frank Robinson, who became a player - manager for the Cleveland Indians in 1974.
The last player-manager in major league baseball was Pete Rose of the 1984-86 Cincinnati Reds, although Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko was under consideration for the role in 2011 before the team hired its former third baseman Robin Ventura to manage instead.
Cincinnati was the first city in the U.S. to publish greeting cards – Gibson Greeting Card Company, 1850.
Henry Gibson played the head Nazi in the original Blues Brothers movie.
Henry Fonda studied acting with Dorothy Brando, mother of Marlon.
Dorothy Schiff, progressive daughter of a wealthy banker, owned the New York Post from 1939 until 1976, during most of which time she was also its publisher. After the sale, new owner Rupert Murdoch turned it from a choleric lowbrow lefty rag into a choleric lowbrow *righty *rag, with very few staffers unable to make the adjustment.
Dorothy L. Sayers, author of the Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels, had an illegitimate son whom she passed off as her nephew. His parentage only came to light upon her death, when her will was probated.