Electric Light Orchestra: Face The Music
Electric Light Orchestra‘s fourth album, Face The Music, is released, featuring the singles “Evil Woman” and “Strange Magic”. The band lineup featured on this album stays largely intact through the early 1980s.
The Invisible Man: Go Directly To Jail
NBC airs the seventh episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens.
The Starlost: Circuit Of Death
The seventh episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Circuit Of Death, premieres.
Mariner 10 launched
The first unmanned space probe to use a gravity assist maneuver to get from one planet to another in a reduced amount of time, Mariner 10 is lauched on a course for the planet Venus, where a carefully planned trajectory allows it to take pictures and measurements at that planet before using Venus’ gravity to fling Mariner 10 inward toward Mercury, allowing it to reach two planets in under two months. It will be the first space probe to visit Mercury.
Ghost Story: Half A Death
NBC airs the eighth episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. Pamela Franklin and Eleanor Parker guest star. (This series will be retitled Circle Of Fear in 1973.)
Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Episode 13
NBC airs the 13th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Glenn Corbett and Susan Strasberg guest star.
Land Of The Giants: Terror-Go-Round
ABC airs the fifth episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Joseph Ruskin guest stars.
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Star Trek: I, Mudd
The 37th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Roger C. Carmel returns – the only recurring singular villain character of the original series – in the role of interplanetary rogue Harry Mudd.
Star Trek: Dagger Of The Mind
The ninth episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Morgan Woodward guest stars.
Lost In Space: Invaders From The Fifth Dimension
The eighth episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.
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The Avengers: The Removal Men
British broadcaster ABC airs the 32nd episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
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The Twilight Zone: It’s A Good Life
The 73rd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Bill Mumy (Lost In Space, Babylon 5) and Chloris Leachman star in one of the series’ best remembered episodes.
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One Step Beyond: The Open Window
ABC airs the 29th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Louise Fletcher (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
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Sputnik 2
The Soviet Union launches the Sputnik 2 satellite, this time with the first life form from Earth to reach orbit. A dog named Laika is strapped into the satellite, where she has air and food (though only a limited supply, with no provision for a safe return to Earth), but Laika dies within hours due to overheating from the stress of launch and the unfamiliar sensations of zero gravity, making her the first living thing from Earth to die in space.
Science Fiction Theatre: Survival In Box Canyon
The 63rd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars DeForest Kelley (Star Trek) and Bruce Bennett.
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