March 26, 2024

This Day In Halloween: Leonard Nimoy -- a.k.a. Spock in "Star Trek" and host of "In Search of..." -- is born in Boston in 1931. / Illustration by Presley Rodriguez

Leonard Nimoy is born in Boston in 1931. Known primarily for his role as Spock in the Star Trek franchise, his long career also includes Zombies of the Stratosphere, Them!, The Brain Eaters, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, TV episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Night Gallery and as narrator and host of the long-running mystery documentary show In Search of … He died in 2015.

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