Dorothy Catherine Fontana(March 25, 1939 – December 2, 2019)
NEW YORK (AP) — D.C. Fontana, a writer and story editor for the original “Star Trek” television series and later a contributor to “Star Trek: The Next Generation" and other related projects, has died.
Fran Evans, a family friend, told The Associated Press that she died Tuesday after a brief illness.
A native of Sussex, New Jersey, Fontana worked on a wide range of other TV shows, from “Bonanza” and “Ben Casey,” along with “Star Trek: The Next Generation" and “Star Trek: New Voyages." She also wrote the “Star Trek” novel “Vulcan’s Glory," about Spock’s first mission on the U.S.S. Enterprise.
On this day in 2005, President George W. Bush spoke to the nation from New Orleans, promising the United States government will pay most of the costs of rebuilding the Gulf Coast ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. It would be one of the largest reconstruction projects the world has ever seen.
Bush acknowledged his administration had failed to adequately respond to Hurricane Katrina, which killed hundreds of people across five states.
The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Nazi Germany on this day in 1935. The act stripped all German Jews of their civil rights and the swastika was made the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
On this day in 1950, U.N. forces landed at Inchon, Korea in an attempt to relieve South Korean forces and recapture Seoul.
British-Hessian troops under the command of General Howe march through New York as they took over the city during the American Revolution on this day in 1776.
(FoxNews) – Writer’s block is no fun for any author. But one writer has such a severe mental blockage that he’s decided to step down from his job after three decades in the business.
For 30 years, Donald Lau has been the “Chief Fortune Writer” at Wonton Foods, a manufacturer that touts itself to be one of the world’s largest producers of fortune cookies. But now,Lau is leaving his position following a long bout of writer’s block.
Lau recently stated, "I used to write 100 a year, but I’ve only written two or three a month over the past year.”
Lau has been with the New York City-based company– which operates out of Brooklyn and Queens boroughs, since the 1980s but a new push to produce inspiring sayings that promote wellness and serenity has Lau coming up blank.
Instead, James Wong, a nephew of the company’s founder, will now handle the writing position. He’s already being trained by Lau.
