Legends Of Tomorrow: The Ex-Factor
The CW airs the 85th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Jes Macallan, and Tala Ashe.
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Batwoman: And Justice For All
The CW airs the 34th episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.
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Twilight Zone: Point Of Origin
The eighth episode of Jordan Peele’s revival of Rod Serling’s science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone streams on CBS All Access. Ginnifer Goodwin (Once Upon A Time) and James Frain (Star Trek: Discovery) star.
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The Expanse: Immolation
The 29th episode of the science fiction series The Expanse, based on the series of novels by James S.A. Corey (a pseudonym for writers Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham), is broadcast on cable channel Syfy. Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost, V) guest stars.
The Flash: Infantino Street
The CW airs the 68th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.
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The new and improved Great Dark Spot
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope confirms the observations of Earthbound astronomers with high-powered telescopes: a new dark atmospheric feature has emerged on the planet Neptune, signifying a major new storm system in the planet’s atmosphere. The new vortex feature emerges near the south polar area of Neptune, and was first observed by telescope in 2015.
Star Trek Into Darkness
The movie Star Trek Into Darkness opens in American theaters, having already opened overseas. This movie reunites director J.J. Abrams and the cast of the 2009 Star Trek movie, set in an alternate timeline from the original TV series and its big and small screen descendants. Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock), Peter Weller (Robocop) and Alice Eve also star.
STS-134: Endeavour’s final flight
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on its final flight into orbit, carrying an alpha magnetic spectrometer instrument and supplies to the International Space Station during a 16-day mission. This is Endeavour’s 25th and final launch. The crew for this mission consists of Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg Johnson, and mission specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and Roberto Vittori.
K-9: The Lost Library Of Ukko
UK cable channel Disney XD airs the 17th episode of K-9. The Australian-made series features no Doctor Who-related characters other than K-9.
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Battlestar Galactica: Guess What’s Coming…
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 60th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Richard Hatch guest stars.
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Lost: Greatest Hits
ABC airs the 68th episode of the J.J. Abrams-produced series Lost. Mira Furlan (Babylon 5) and Nestor Carbonell guest star.
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UPN airs the Special Unit 2: The Depths
UPN broadcasts the sixth episode of the supernatural crime comedy series Special Unit 2, starring Michael Landes (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman) and Alexondra Lee (Party Of Five). Tom Welling (Smallville) guest stars in the first season finale; the series returns in the fall.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Primeval
The 77th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Amber Benson guest stars.
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The X-Files: Biogenesis
The 139th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. William B. Davis and Nicholas Lea guest star in the sixth season finale.
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Sliders: This Slide Of Paradise
Fox airs the 47th episode of Tracy Torme’s alternate-universe science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, and Kari Wuhrer. Neil Dickson (She-Wolf Of London) and Michael York (Logan’s Run) guest star in the third season finale. This is Sabrina Lloyd’s final appearance as a series regular. Fox cancels the series after this season, but the show is rescued by the Sci-Fi Channel.
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Star Trek: TNG: Preemptive Strike
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 175th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Michelle Forbes guest stars as newly promoted Lt. Ro.
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Star Trek: DS9: The Collaborator
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 43rd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Lousie Fletcher (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest) guest stars.
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RoboCop: When Justice Fails
The tenth episode of RoboCop: The Series airs in syndication, starring Richard Eden, Yvette Nipar, Blu Mankuma, and Andrea Roth. Jeremy Ratchford (X-Men, Cold Case) guest stars.
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Star Trek: TNG: The Neutral Zone
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 25th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode marks the end of the first season (with no guarantee, due the 1988 Writers’ Guild strike, that the series will be back in production anytime soon), and the return of the Romulans to the Star Trek universe, a sign that Gene Roddenberry is relaxing his stance on revisiting elements of the original series.
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Misfits Of Science: Three Days Of The Blender
The 16th episode of James D. Parriott’s lighthearted sci-fi series, Misfits Of Science, airs on NBC, starring Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall, and Courteney Cox. Joe Dorsey (Brainstorm, WarGames) and Meg Wyllie (Star Trek) guest star in the final episode of the already-cancelled series.
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Crowded House
Australian-based Crowded House – formed by ex-Split Enz members Neil Finn and Paul Hester, with new bassist Nick Seymour – releases its self-titled first album worldwide. Early attempts to push the album internationally fall flat, until the single “Don’t Dream It’s Over” climbs the American radio charts, landing at #2 for a single week thanks to relentless promotion and small-venue touring.
Tales Of The Unexpected: Run, Rabbit, Run
ITV airs the 55th episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Leslie Carton guest stars.
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Totable Tornado Observatory
Researchers and storm chasers from the National Weather Service’s Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma make the first field deployment of the 300-pound TOtable Tornado Observatory (TOTO) instrument package, a modified oil drum filled with meteorological instrumentation which is intended to be placed directly into the path of an oncoming tornado. The first deployment, in north Texas, yields no data – no tornado forms for TOTO to study. Over the next five years, despite several “close calls”, TOTO is never successfully placed in the direct path of a tornado. The TOTO program is discontinued in 1987.
Basketball
Atari releases the two-player arcade game Basketball, which features one of the earliest instances of a basketball court drawn in a vaguely 3-D perspective. Like its Football predecessor from Atari, Basketball uses dual trackball controllers.
Doctor Who: Inferno, Part 2
The 273rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.
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Doctor Who: The Keys Of Marinus
The 26th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part six of the story now collectively known as The Keys Of Marinus. Geroge Colouris guest stars.
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One Step Beyond: Blood Flower
ABC airs the 91st episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Larry Gates guest stars.
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Fire the laser!
At the Hughes Research Laboratory in California, physicist Ted Maiman conducts the first completely successful laser demonstration, resulting in a brief pulse fired through a ruby. Though the concept of lasers had been published in the 1950s, Maiman is the first to develop a fully working test article. Within a few years, similar ruby lasers are used for numerous military applications, as well as early holography. Maiman’s test laser, when demonstrated again at a conference in 2010, is still operational.
Tales Of Tomorrow: Black Planet
The 33rd episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series, Tales Of Tomorrow, airs on ABC, with each episode’s opening titles proclaiming that the series is produced “in cooperation with the Science-Fiction League of America”, a collective of sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov and Theodore Sturgeon among its members. This episode is no longer in the archives and may be missing.
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