The Adventures Of Superman: The Monkey Mystery

The Adventures Of SupermanThe fifth episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, based on the comic by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, and Jack Larson star.

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A For Andromeda: The Miracle

A For AndromedaThe third episode of the British science fiction series A For Andromeda, created and written by John Elliot and astronomer Fred Hoyle, is broadcast on the BBC, starring Esmond Knight and Julie Christie. Despite being considered a seminal early British science fiction series, much of A For Andromeda, including this episode, no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.

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The light-emitting diode

Nick HolonyakWorking at General Electric’s New York R&D lab, scientist Nick Holonyak fires up the first working visible-spectrum light-emitting diode, producing a single small red light. (Texas Instruments had already created infrared LEDs the year before.) Too expensive to mass-produce initially, LEDs will become commonplace in calculators and other electronic devices in the 1970s, though more modern variants in the 1990s will lead to a revolution in lighting and display technology, resulting in flat-screen computer monitors and televisions and spinoff technology such as tablet computers and portable telephones with LED-based touchscreens – all unimaginable in 1962.

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Cyborg

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 36th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Victor Buono (Batman, Man From Atlantis) and Brooke Bundy guest star.

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The Invaders: The Spores

The InvadersThe 24th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Gene Hackman (The French Connection, The Poseidon Adventure, Superman: The Movie) guest stars.

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Six Million Dollar Man: The Most Dangerous Enemy

Six Million Dollar ManThe 61st episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Ina Balin guest stars.

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Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends: 7 Little Superheroes

Spider-Man And His Amazing FriendsNBC airs the sixth episode of the Marvel animated series Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, starring the voices of Dan Gilvezan (Transformers), Kathy Garver (Family Affair), and Frank Welker (Scooby-Doo, Transformers, The Smurfs).

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Gateway To Apshai (Atari Home Computers)

Gateway To ApshaiThe third and final game in Epyx’s “Apshai trilogy” is released for various home computer platforms. Gateway To Apshai continues the trend of pushing traditionally turn-based computer RPGs toward real-time action games, a trend that will culminate in the smash success of the unrelated NES game The Legend Of Zelda years later. Read more

Track & Field

Track & FieldKonami introduces the arcade game Track & Field in the United States, a multi-event game built around a summer Olympic theme. Due to the nature of the game’s control scheme, the Track & Field coin-ops take a huge amount of abuse as players pound the action buttons to determine the “intensity” of their on-screen athletes’ movement. Read more

Coleco ships Adam home computer

ColecovisionHaving claimed from the start that a computer add-on for its Colecovision console would be forthcoming, Coleco delivers on the promise with the first shipments of Adam home computer systems. Compatible with Colecovision games, Adam proves to be an immediate setback to the company due to serious technical problems and product failures, leading to a startling fourth-quarter shortfall at the end of 1983.

The Flash: Watching The Detectives

The FlashThe third episode of the superhero series The Flash, based on the DC Comics character, airs on CBS, starring John Wesley Shipp and Amanda Pays. Richard Belzer (Homicide: Life On The Street) and Dick Miller (Gremlins) guest star.

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Lois & Clark: Requiem For A Superhero

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of SupermanThe fifth episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. John Shea (Mutant X) guest stars.

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Deadly Games: The Practical Joker

Deadly GamesThe seventh episode of science fiction series Deadly Games is broadcast on UPN, starring James Calvert, Cynthia Gibb, and Chrstopher Lloyd (Taxi, Back To The Future); Leonard Nimoy serves as the series’ executive producer. Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest stars in an episode directed by Adam Nimoy.

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Neverwhere: As Above, So Below

NeverwhereThe sixth episode of Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry’s modern-day fantasy series Neverwhere airs on BBC2, starring Gary Bakewell, Laura Fraser, Hywel Bennett, and Paterson Joseph. Peter Capaldi (The Thick Of It, Doctor Who) and Freddie Jones (Children Of The Stones, Dune) guest star in the series finale.

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Highlander: The Raven: Immunity

Highlander: The RavenThe fourth episode of Highlander: The Raven, starring Amanda Gracen and Paul Johannson, airs in syndication; the series is a spinoff from Highlander: The Series.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Out Of My Mind

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 82nd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Amber Benson guest stars.

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