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Mercy Point is an American science fiction medical drama that aired for seven episodes on UPN in 1998 and 1999. It was adapted from a film screenplay by Trey Callaway (pictured); production on the film project had ended due to the poor commercial performance of the 1997 film Starship Troopers. Starring Joe Morton, Maria del Mar, Alexandra Wilson, Brian McNamara, Salli Richardson, Jordan Lund, and Joe Spano, the series focuses on the doctors and nurses in a 23rd-century hospital space station. It was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Storylines initially focused on ethical and medical cases, but later shifted to the characters' personal relationships, to better fit UPN's primarily teen demographic. The show suffered from low ratings, and has never been released on DVD or Blu-ray. Some commentators praised the show's characterization and use of science fiction elements, while others found it to be uninteresting and unoriginal. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ... that Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski (pictured) – considered "the founding father of Polish literature" – wrote threnodies, the first Polish-language tragedy, and epigrams?
- ... that George Balanchine choreographed Ballo della Regina to showcase ballerina Merrill Ashley's speed and precision?
- ... that Elbridge Colby was considered for a top job in Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential campaign, but was not hired after "prominent, interventionist neoconservatives" objected?
- ... that the perpetrator of a murder on a bus once described meeting his victim, who was his girlfriend, to be "like winning the Mark Six"?
- ... that the site of an old paper mill is being redeveloped into a residential area dubbed "Tesla town"?
- ... that the number of employees in the US represented by a union is rising while the proportion of workers represented by a union is decreasing?
- ... that Romanian actress Mitzura Arghezi was once told by her father that her career path held "few satisfactions [...] if you're not a director's wife, a manager's wife, this and that man's girlfriend"?
- ... that Ray Bradbury's short story "I, Rocket" won an award 76 years after it was first published?
In the news
- Twenty-one people are killed when a bus falls from a bridge (aftermath pictured) near Venice, Italy.
- In the United States, Kevin McCarthy is removed as Speaker of the House.
- Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that led to the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
- In Australian rules football, Collingwood defeat the Brisbane Lions to win the AFL Grand Final.
On this day
October 6: German-American Day in the United States
- 1762 – Seven Years' War: The Battle of Manila concluded with a British victory over Spain, leading to a twenty-month occupation.
- 1927 – The Jazz Singer, one of the first feature-length motion pictures with a synchronized recorded music score, was released.
- 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S., dying six days later.
- 2002 – Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden.
- 2008 – The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.
- Nicetas the Patrician (d. 836)
- Matteo Ricci (b. 1552)
- Sarah Crosby (b. 1729)
- Babasaheb Bhosale (d. 2007)
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Moreton Bay is located on the eastern coast of Australia 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from central Brisbane, in the Australian state of Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are used by commercial operators who provide seafood to market. Photograph credit: NASA Earth Observatory, Joshua Stevens
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