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The CW airs the 126th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Keith David guest stars.
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The CW airs the 73rd episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe. Terry Chen (Jessica Jones, The Exapnse) and Robin Atkin Downes (Babylon 5) guest star.
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Cable channel Disney XD airs the 51st episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen (House Of Cards, Sherlock) and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Steven Universe, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex) guest star. 
The CW airs the sixth episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz and Victor Garber.
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The 61st episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Katrina Law (Spartacus), and Marc Singer (V) guest star.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 49th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica.
ESA’s unmanned Rosetta space probe, carrying the Philae lander bound for a 2014 rendezvous with Comet 67/P Churyumov–Gerasimenko, makes a gravity-assist flyby of planet Mars to alter its trajectory. As Rosetta will be only 160 miles from the Martian surface at its closest approach, the spacecraft is put into a safe mode for this critical part of its trip, and emerges unscathed. Its next gravity assist will come from Earth itself later in the year.
Sci-Fi channel airs the eighth episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica.
The 90th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN. James Avery (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) and Eric Pierpoint (Alien Nation) guest stars.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 15th episode of Stargate Atlantis. Robert Davi guest stars.
The 169th episode of Stargate SG-1 airs on the Sci-Fi Channel, starring Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, and Christopher Judge.
The 68th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN.
The 138th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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Penguin Books publishes the novel Lucky Wander Boy by D.B. Weiss (later one of the showrunners of HBO’s Game Of Thrones TV adaptation).
The 104th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, Melinda Deines, Guylaine St. Onge, and Alan Van Sprang.
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The 175th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and Robert Patrick. David Duchovny appears as Agent Mulder; future series regular Annabeth Gish makes her first appearance as Agent Monica Reyes.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 63rd episode of Stargate SG-1. Tony Amendola and Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica) guest star.
Showtime airs the 113th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Mackenzie Astin (The Facts Of Life, The Magicians) and Peter Wingfield (Highlander) guest star.
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The 46th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
UPN airs the 84th episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
Cable channel TNT premieres the 94th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Walter Koenig (Star Trek) guest stars.
SuperTracks releases a “composer promo” CD of Dennis McCarthy‘s soundtrack from the TV series V.
The 60th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. John Shea guest stars.
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The 39th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Gordon Currie guest stars.
The 38th episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers). Timothy Leary guest stars.
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Tori Amos‘ first album, Little Earthquakes, is released, featuring the singles “Silent All These Years” and “Crucify”.
The 42nd episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Sandahl Bergman, Tony Dow, and Tim Russ (The Highwayman, Star Trek: Voyager) guest star.
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The 17th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Jeffrey Combs (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise) guest stars.
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The 16th episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Michael J. Pollard guest stars in an episode written by comics writer Denny O’Neil (who was at the time the editor of DC Comics’ Batman titles).
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The 58th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs in syndication. John Beck (Dallas) stars in an episode written by J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Jeremiah, Sense8).
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The 17th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Dennis Lipscomb (WarGames, Cop Rock) guest stars.
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BBC1 premieres the 34th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7.
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 32 on a long-duration mission to space station Salyut 6, with cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakhov and Valery Ryumin aboard. Over a record-setting 175 days, the new station crew conducts necessary repairs and upgrades to the station’s hardware, as well as conducting various experiments. With the arrival of equipment sent in the unmanned Progress 5 freighter in March, this is the first space crew to have a means to see ground controllers via a video link, rather than talking to them via radio; the cosmonauts also look forward to seeing family members during planned teleconferences. This is also the first crew to vacation in space, permitted a five-day break over May Day. Due to a major technical problem in the next manned Soyuz flight, the crew of Salyut 7 sets its duration record without a single visit from another cosmonaut.
The 17th episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. Ray Bolger guest stars.
The eighth episode of Watermark Radio’s syndicated sci-fi radio drama Alien Worlds is broadcast across the U.S., created by Lee Hensen and starring Roger Dressler, Linda Gary, and Corey Burton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Hans Conreid guest stars.
The 477th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Milton Johns and John Arnatt guest star. This is the first appearance of the Sontarans since 1975.
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The 54th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. James B. Sikking (Hill Street Blues, Doogie Howser M.D.) and Brock Peters (To Kill A Mockingbird, Star Trek VI, NPR’s Star Wars radio adaptation) guest star.
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Charisma Records releases Peter Gabriel‘s first self-titled solo album, featuring the single “Solsbury Hill”. This is Gabriel’s first album after departing Genesis.
The fifth episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Tippi Hedren (The Birds) guest stars.
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The 17th episode of The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV.
BBC2 airs the 34th episode of science fiction anthology series Out Of The Unknown. Adapted by Julian Bond from a story by C.M. Kornbluth, the story stars Emrys Jones and Geraldine Moffatt.
The 105th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Perry Lopez guest stars.
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The 151st episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Cybermen in a completely redesigned, more menacing form. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 111th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Julian Glover guest stars.
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The 25th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. Along with much of the rest of the second season, this episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.
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The eighth episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.
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The 67th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Henry Blair guest stars.
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