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1966
The Green Hornet: The Silent Gun

The Green HornetABC premieres the first episode of The Green Hornet, an update of the 1930s radio character from the production company behind Batman. Van Williams and Bruce Lee star; Lloyd Bochner guest stars.

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Time Tunnel: Rendezvous With Yesterday

The Time TunnelThe first episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel premieres on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert as two members of a top secret government time travel project who travel back in time to the sinking of the Titanic. Michael Rennie guest stars.

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Doctor Who: The Smugglers, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 127th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story opens the series’ fourth season. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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It’s About Time: And Then I Wrote Happy Birthday To You

It's About TimeThe first episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, premieres on CBS. The series involves two astronauts thrown back in time to the prehistoric era, and a comedy of errors ensues as they try to get along with the primitive neighbors with whom they find themselves stranded. Richard Donner (Superman: The Movie, Ladyhawke, Lethal Weapon) directs the series premiere.

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Gemini 11

Gemini 11Gemini 11 lifts off on a three-day mission to continue validating rendezvous, docking and spacewalking techniques that will be needed on the upcoming Apollo lunar missions. With Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon aboard, Gemini 11 becomes the furthest manned object from Earth, using an Agena booster to push itself into a higher orbit that takes Gemini 850 miles away from Earth at its furthest point. After three days of docking, spacewalks and orbit-changing exercises, Gemini 11 returns to Earth.

Lost In Space: Blast Off Into Space

Lost In SpaceThe 30th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. This is the beginning of Lost In Space’s second season, and is the first episode of the series to be broadcast in color. Strother Martin guest stars.

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Adam Adamant Lives!: Beauty Is An Ugly Word

Adam Adamant Lives!The 12th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.

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The Green Hornet: Give ‘Em Enough Rope

The Green HornetABC airs the second episode of The Green Hornet, an update of the 1930s radio character from the production company behind Batman. Van Williams and Bruce Lee star.

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Mission: Impossible

Mission: ImpossibleCBS airs the first episode of Bruce Geller’s “spy-fi” series Mission: Impossible, starring Steven Hill, Barbara Bain (Space: 1999), Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, and Martin Landau (Space: 1999, Ed Wood). Together with NBC’s recent pickup and premiere of Star Trek, Mission: Impossible becomes a mainstay of CBS’ prime-time schedule, and marks a major turnaround in the fortunes of Lucille Ball’s Desilu Studios.

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It’s About Time: The Copper Caper

It's About TimeThe second episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: Monster From The Inferno

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 59th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Arthur Hill guest stars in the third season premiere.

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Lost In Space: Wild Adventure

Lost In SpaceThe 31st 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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Adam Adamant Lives!: The League Of Uncharitable Ladies

Adam Adamant Lives!The 13th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. This episode is one of the earliest directing credits for Ridley Scott (Alien).

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Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Star TrekThe third episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) and Gary Lockwood (2001) guest star. This is the second pilot, and shows numerous noticeable differences in casting and costumes, but NBC and Desilu Studios elect to air it anyway, giving the production team time to complete more new episodes.

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Surveyor 2 doesn’t land on the moon

SurveyorThree days after lifting off from Earth, NASA’s Surveyor 2 robotic probe is en route to the moon when all contact is lost. Thanks to an engine failure, Surveyor 2 is left tumbling out of control, and does eventually reach the moon, slamming into the lunar dust of Copernicus Crater at a leisurely speed of 6,000 miles per hour – perfect for traversing the distance between Earth and moon in a hurry, but not so good for landing intact.

Time Tunnel: End Of The World

The Time TunnelThe third episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel airs on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Paul Fix, Whit Bissell, and Lee Meriwether geust star.

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It’s About Time: The Initiation

It's About TimeThe third episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS.

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