The fifth episode of the syndicated series Mr. District Attorney, starring David Brian, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Defense Plant Gambling, is the first television script sold by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who is moonlighting as a novice TV writer while still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley. Though no longer commercially available, the original film prints are held by the University of Wisconsin at Madison. 
British broadcaster ABC airs the 118th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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The Soviet Union launches the Soyuz 10 mission, intended to become the first crew to occupy an Earth-orbiting space station. Flying a new modification of the Soyuz vehicle, fitted with a new system for docking to the Salyut 1 space station, are Vladimir Shatalov, Alexei Yeliseyev and Nikolai Rukavishnikov, but they won’t be the first space station crew in history: the Soyuz capsule fails to hard-dock to the station, making it impossible for them to enter. Soyuz 10 returns to Earth after two days, and even on the return journey the cosmonauts are sickened by toxic fumes in their environmental system. Salyut 1 remains in orbit, still unmanned.
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The 13th episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. Christine Belford, George Murdock, and Michael Pataki guest star in the last episode of the show’s first season.
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ITV airs the 110th episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Glynis Barber (Blake’s 7) guest stars.
The 21st episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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NBC airs the 72nd episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Lisa Darr (Popular) guest stars.
Fox airs the 24th episode of the sci-fi western, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, and Christian Clemenson. Kelly Rutherford (Melrose Place), John Pyper-Ferguson (Caprica), and James Hong guest star.
The 21st episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Doug Hutchison (Space: Above & Beyond, Lost) reprises his role from the episode Squeeze.
The 40th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Deborah Rennard (Dallas) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for 
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 
The week-long national syndication window opens for 
The week-long national syndication window opens for 
UPN airs the 
The 107th 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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In a launch simply designated USA-212, the U.S. Air Force launches the Boeing-built X-37B unmanned vehicle into Earth orbit. Resembling a scaled-down Space Shuttle, the X-37B is launched via an Atlas V rocket, though during launch it is fully surrounded by an aerodynamic shell rather than being side-mounted to its booster like the manned Shuttle. The X-37B does not return until December, using a landing profile similar to that of the Shuttle (but automated), and the details of the mission remain classified.