The 23rd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Arthur Franz and Doris Dowling.
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The 63rd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Chuck Connors (The Rifleman) guest stars.
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The 130th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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ITV broadcasts the first episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. The series involves the imprisonment of a man, now known only by the number six, in a “Village” which cannot be escaped, and whose leaders are obsessed with breaking his mind. Guy Doleman guest stars as Number Two.
The 86th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Vincent Price guest stars.
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ABC airs the second episode of the modern-day science fiction series The Immortal, starring Christopher George. Ross Martin (The Wild Wild West) guest stars.
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The National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio system finally finds its purpose with the introduction of a piercing “warning tone” preceding emergency weather announcements such as severe weather warnings. Manufacturers of weather radio receivers (an item which hit the market in 1970) use the five-second burst of 1050Hz warning tone to trigger attention-grabbing alert sounds and then activate the radio so the relevant information can be heard. NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts on 29 stations around the country, and the agency continues to bring new transmitters online throughout the year.
NBC airs the 31st episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. James Farentino, John Astin, and Joanna Pettet guest star.
The fourth episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. A combatant from a mostly forgotten war is discovered, and he’s still in a mood to fight.
The 458th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Sheard (The Empire Strikes Back) and Frederick Jaeger guest star.
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Produced in the wake of Star Wars mania, Meco Menardo’s disco cover of John Williams’ music from Star Wars tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks. A shortened, radio-friendly single is the song certified as #1, although the album version (titled Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk) is an extended suite lasting over 15 minutes and covering most of the movie’s major music themes. Meco would continue to ride the Star Wars train, disco-style, for years to come.
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The 40th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. James Olson (The Andromeda Strain) and Melinda Fee (The Invisible Man) guest star.
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The third episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. Part two of a two-part story, this is one of a handful of two-part episodes that hint toward Larson’s original preference toward occasional miniseries events rather than a weekly series. Jane Seymour guest stars.
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Fed up with Atari’s refusal to grant them bylines on the best-selling games they’ve been designing and programming for the Atari VCS, Atari employees Alan Miller, David Crane, Larry Kaplan and Bob Whitehead quit their jobs and form the first third-party video game software house, Activision, with former music executive Jim Levy aboard as the new company’s CEO. Infuriated, Atari files a raft of lawsuits alleging theft of trade secrets, but is ultimately unable to get an injunction preventing Activision from releasing games for the VCS.
The 21st episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S.
A musical ode to video gaming starts climbing the charts as Buckner & Garcia issue their single Pac-Man Fever (a full album, filled out with other video game tribute songs, will follow in 1982). Shortly before the album’s release, the “Pac-Man Fever” single peaks in the Billboard Hot 100 at #9, having sold over a million copies.
Atari releases the home version of the arcade hit Berzerk as a cartridge for the Atari VCS home video game system. Almost a dead ringer for the graphically simple arcade game, the console port is only missing the distinctive Cylon-esque voice synthesis of the coin-op. The second issue of the Atari Force comic from fellow Warner Communications subsidiary DC Comics is packed-in with Berzerk.
The third episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Bill Daily (I Dream of Jeannie) guest stars.
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NBC airs the 19th episode of the Marvel animated series Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, starring the voices of Dan Gilvezan, Kathy Garver, and Frank Welker.
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The Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation releases a new version of the perennial favorite educational computer game The Oregon Trail for the Apple II computer. Now featuring more action-based sequences than purely textual interactions, this version of The Oregon Trail is the most recognizable iteration of the game, which will be ported to numerous other computer systems.
The 37th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs in syndication. Marc Singer (V) stars.
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CBS airs the third episode of the animated series Superman, starring the voices of Beau Weaver and Ginny McSwain, and comprised of two stories: By The Skin Of The Dragon’s Teeth and At The Babysitter’s.
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Nintendo releases the Dr. Mario cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System, giving everyone’s favorite Mushroom Kingdom plumper a medical degree and pitting him against viruses and germs, Tetris-style.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 75th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Whoopi Goldberg, Theodore Bikel and Jeremy Kemp guest star in an episode that, for the first time in the Star Trek franchise, has no scenes on the bridge of the Enterprise.
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Fox airs the sixth episode of the sci-fi western, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, and Christian Clemenson. Kelly Rutherford (Melrose Place) and Xander Berkeley guest star.
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The fourth episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, and guest starring Michael Cavanaugh (Starman).
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Baen Books publishes the fourth novel in the Honor Harrington series, “Field Of Dishonor” by David Weber.
Fox premieres Farthest Man From Home, the second episode of Space: Above And Beyond. French Stewart (Third Rock From The Sun) guest stars.
The 46th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Patrick Labyorteaux (JAG, Little House On The Prairie) guest stars.
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