The 43rd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Whit Bissell and Kenneth Tobey, and plays on the rising nuclear fear of the fifties.
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The 29th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Janice Rule and Terry Burnham star in an episode written by Serling and scored by a young Jerry Goldsmith.
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The 13th 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. 
Toho releases the fourth Godzilla movie, Mothra Vs. Godzilla, directed by Inoshiro Honda.
British broadcaster ABC airs the 119th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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The 160th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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The 321st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Garrick Hagon (Star Wars) and John Hollis (The Empire Strikes Back) guest star.
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The 25th episode of The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV.
The 21st episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. This is the end of the first season, and the last episode to feature the original characters; when Battlestar Galactica returns nearly a year later, it reflects dramatic budgetary and creative restrictions imposed upon Larson by ABC.
ABC airs the sixth episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp.
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Cinematronics releases the laserdisc-powered arcade video game Space Ace, with animation overseen by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth.
Mute Records releases the non-album single Shake the Disease by Depeche Mode.
Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off on a week-long mission to perform experiments in the cargo-bay-mounted Spacelab laboratory module. Aboard Challenger for the Spacelab 3 flight are Commander Robert Overmyer, Pilot Frederick Gregory, mission specialists Don Lind, Norm Thagard, and William Thornton, and payload specialists Lodewijk van den Berg and Taylor Wang. Following the landing gear damage experienced by Discovery on its last flight, Challenger makes its landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
ITV airs the 111th episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Michael Brandon (Dinotopia, Dempsey & Makepeace) guest stars.
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The 22nd episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Stuart Whitman, Salome Jens, and Joseph Campanella guest star.
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The 18th 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.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 94th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Jean Simmons guest stars.
Fox airs the 25th episode of the sci-fi western, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, and Christian Clemenson.
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The 22nd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Brian Markinson (Dark Angel, Caprica, Continuum) guest stars.
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The 41st episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 58th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Walter Koenig (Star Trek) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 91st episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Meg Foster, Michael Ansara and Majel Barrett Roddenberry guest star; this is the only episode of the entire Star Trek franchise to give Majel Barrett a story credit.
UPN airs the 38th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Michael McKean guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 20th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Kevin Smith guest stars as Ares.
The 22nd episode of Lawrence Hertzog’s paranoid spy-fi thriller Nowhere Man, starring Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek), airs on UPN.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 117th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. David Graf (Police Academy) guest stars.
UPN airs the 90th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This episode is directed by Tim Russ, the actor who plays Voyager security chief Tuvok.
The 179th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Robert Patrick. Casey Biggs (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and M.C. Gainey (Lost) guest star.
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Not Lame Records releases the 2-CD set Lynne Me Your Ears, an all-star tribute to ELO frontman Jeff Lynne’s songs from ELO, The Traveling Wilburys, The Idle Race, and the Move, with contributions from Todd Rundgren, Jason Falkner, Ben Lee, and Sixpence None The Richer.
The 108th 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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