It was on this day in 2005.

On this day in 1996, President Bill Clinton signed legislation that ended guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanded work 
from recipients.
   

     Assonated on this day in 1989.

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012)

Ray Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. He worked
in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror and
mystery fiction.

Widely known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953), and his science
fiction and horror story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950),
and The Illustrated Man (1951).

X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio drama series
broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in numerous
timeslots on NBC. The series was never able to generate a
large following.   

A vintage Zenith tube radio from 1955.

Richard Lawrence Hatch (May 21, 1945 – February 7, 2017)

(FoxNews) – Richard Hatch, best known for his role as Captain Apollo in
"Battlestar Galactica," died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

The actor had been in hospice care and died around 1:30 p.m. at his home
in Santa Clarita, Calif., with his son Paul by his side. He is also survived by
his brother, John.

 
MAY 1976 (#70)

Gold Key Comics published a long-running Twilight Zone comic that featured
the likeness of Rod Serling introducing both original stories and occasional
adaptations of episodes. The comic outlived the television series by nearly
20 years and Serling by nearly a decade. A later revival of Twilight Zone
comics was published by Now Comics, spinning off of the 1980s revival of
the show.

In 2009, the Star Trek film franchise underwent a re-launch with a prequel
to the original series set in an alternate timeline titled simply Star Trek. The
film featured a new cast portraying younger versions of the crew from the
original show. A sequel to that film, Star Trek Into Darkness, premiered on
May 16, 2013. A thirteenth film feature and sequel, Star Trek Beyond, has 
been confirmed for release in July to coincide with the franchise’s 50th
anniversary of the cult phenomenon. A new Star Trek TV series will also
debut in January 2017 on the digital platform CBS All Access.