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This Week in Geek (6/15-6/21)

On June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation, first issued in January 1863, was read in Texas, the most remote of the U.S. states that had rebelled in the American Civil War. The date, which has come to be known as Juneteenth, Freedom Day, and other names, is celebrated as the end of slavery in the United States, and a day to honor the contributions of African Americans to the nation’s history.

This week, Geek Unified Theory will be sharing several stories to do just that. On #TrekTuesday, we will post a story about Star Trek and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. For Comic Book Wednesday, we will discuss the history of black superheroes. Thursday Game Night will feature a story about African Americans in the game industry, and SFF Friday will showcase African American science fiction and fantasy writers.

Events

16: Captain Picard Day

18: Golden Ratio (Phi) Day

19: Juneteenth

21: Father’s Day

Birthdays

15: Richard Derr (1918); Morgan Jones (1928); Victor Lundin (1930); Neal Adams (1941); Dan Laustsen (1954); Robin Curtis (1956); Helen Hunt (1963); Mark Morris (1963); Courteney Cox (1964); Leah Remini (1970); Jake Busey (1971); Neil Patrick Harris (1973); Ray Santiago (1984)

16: Murray Leinster (1896); Faith Domergue (1924); Bill Cobbs (1934); Carole Ann Ford (1940); Arnold Vosloo (1962); Clifton Collins, Jr. (1970); John Cho (1972); Andy Weir (1972); Eddie Cibrian (1973); Daniel Bruhl (1978); Mackenzie Mason (1988); Alexis G. Zall (1998)

17: William Lucking (1941); John Gries (1957); Thomas Haden Church (1960); Arthur Darvill (1982); Jodie Whittaker (1982); Marie Avgeropoulos (1986)

18: John Warburton (1899); Keye Luke (1904); Bud Collyer (1908); Robert Ellenstein (1923); Michael Sheard (1938); Ralph Brown (1957); Barbara Broccoli (1960); Kim Dickens (1965); Greg Yaitanes (1970); Tara Platt (1978); Meaghan Rath (1986); Richard Madden (1986); Willa Holland (1991)

19: Julius Schwartz (1915); Virginia Hey (1952); Alan van Sprang (1971); Robin Tunney (1972); Chelah Horsdal (1973); Bumper Robinson (1974); Zoe Saldana (1978); Lauren Lee Smith (1980)

20: Martin Landau (1928); Bonnie Bartlett (1929); James Tolkan (1931); John Mahoney (1940); Tress Macneille (1951); Robert Rodriguez (1968); Christopher Mintz-Plasse (1989); Eve Harlow (1989)

21: Ron Ely (1938); Mariette Hartley (1940); Michael Gross (1947); David Morrissey (1964); Lana Wachowski (1965); Carrie Preston (1967); Erica Durance (1978); Chris Pratt (1979)

Anniversaries

15: The Beast With a Million Eyes (1955); Creature of the Walking Dead (1965); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); The Lion King (1994); Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001); Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001); The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004); Batman Begins (2005); Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007); Incredibles 2 (2018); Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4 finale (1991)

16: Ghostbusters II (1989); Batman Forever (1995); Tarzan (1999); Titan: A.E. (2000); The Lake House (2006); The Smurfs (2011); My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013); Kill Switch (2017); Otherlife (2017); Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3 finale (1990); Witchblade season 2 premiere (2002)

17: Mesa of Lost Women (1953); The Mouse on the Moon (1963); Superman III (1983); WildC.A.T.S series finale (1995); The 4400 season 4 premiere (2007)

18: The Underground World (1943); Exo-Man (1977); Last Action Hero (1993); Jonah Hex (2010); Toy Story 2 (2010); Doctor Who series 1 finale (2005); Outcasts series premiere (2011)

19: Frankenstein (1932); Them! (1954); Captain Sinbad (1963); Jason and the Argonauts (1963); The Lost Continent (1968); Superman II (1981); Not Quite Human (1987); Batman Returns (1992); The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998); Existo (1999); Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6 finale (1993); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 4 finale (1995); The Maxx series finale (1995); Spawn season 2 finale (1998); Falling Skies series premiere (2011)

20: Arabian Nights (1974); Batman & Robin (1997); Hulk (2003); Hollow Man II (2006); Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006); Spike (2008); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 1 finale (1993)

21: Beware! The Blob (1972); Cocoon (1985); Lifeforce (1985); Return to Oz (1985); The Rocketeer (1991); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); Minority Report (2002); Monsters University (2013); World War Z (2013); LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout (2016); Transformers: The Last Knight (2017); Toy Story 4 (2019)

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