The fourth episode of the science fiction drama series Men Into Space airs on CBS, starring William Lundigan.
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The 40th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Richard Haydn stars in an episode written by Serling.
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UK broadcaster ATV Midlands premieres the first episode of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson’s science fiction series Fireball XL5, featuring the voices of David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, and Paul Maxwell. The series is filmed with puppets on detailed miniature sets, with “exteriors” involving equally detailed miniature models a system Anderson refers to as “Supermarionation”, also used on Supercar. 
ABC airs the sixth episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Martin Landau (Mission: Impossible, Space: 1999) and Shirley Knight star in a script by Anthony Lawrence.
UK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the fifth episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.
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The eighth episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel airs on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Joe Maross, Whit Bissell, and Lee Meriwether geust star.
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ABC broadcasts the eighth episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 125th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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The 178th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is the first of two Troughton-era stories featuring the robotic Yeti. Jack Watling (the father of series regular Deborah Watling) guest stars. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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The 18th episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. John Hillerman (Magnum P.I.) guest stars.
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The seventh episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Robert Lansing guest stars.
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The Soviet Union launches the unmanned space probe Luna 23 toward the moon, intended to gather surface samples from the Mare Imbrium region for return to Earth. The sample collection hardware is unable to complete its task after landing, and ground controllers are only able to receive partial scientific data from the lander, whose batteries run out within three days of landing. It won’t be until 2012, when NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographs Luna 23’s landing site from orbit, that the truth will be learned: the lander tipped over on its side during a descent mishap, leaving it intact but unable to gather a soil sample.
The 33rd episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 airs on British broadcaster ITV, starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Catherine Schell.
The 20th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor), David Hedison (Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea), and John Colicos (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica) guest star.
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CBS airs the eighth episode of the Space Academy spinoff series Jason Of Star Command, starring Craig Littler, Sid Haig, and James Doohan (Star Trek).
The 488th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. Susan Engel and Beatrix Lehmann guest star.
Midway releases the arcade video game Jr. Pac-Man, a new Pac-Man sequel which introduces a scrolling element with mazes that are bigger than the screen.
Activision releases the Pressure Cooker cartridge for the Atari 2600 home video game system. A fast-paced video game version of the fast food industry, Pressure Cooker turns players into short-order cooks with very little time to accurately build burgers to order.
The fourth episode of Glen A. Larson’s superhero series Manimal airs on NBC, starring Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson, and Michael D. Roberts.
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After a six-month loss totaling over $200,000,000, Texas Instruments puts its computer division out of its misery immediately, ending all manufacturing and support for the TI 99/4a home computer. Prices on the remaining stock of TI computers drop well below the $100 mark, and the company lays off thousands of employees; third-party software and peripheral vendors such as Milton Bradley take a hit by the end of the year as a result. Company executives describe TI’s losses in 1983 so far as the worst that the company has ever suffered.
The 30th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Lloyd Bochner guest stars in an episode co-written by comics writer Cary Bates and producer Ilya Salkind.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 105th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Wil Wheaton guest stars as Wesley Crusher.
The 34th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. Hugh Quarshie (Star Wars Episode I) guest stars.
MGM releases the movie Stargate, starring Kurt Russell and James Spader. This movie’s story will be continued directly in the television series Stargate SG-1, but it also serves as the starting point of an entire Stargate TV franchise.
The 55th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and Lisa Ryder.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 66th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Melissa Gilbert guest stars in the third season finale.
Capitol Records releases the 2-CD set The Beatles Anthology, Volume 3, gathering rarities, outtakes, and live cuts from the Beatles’ final albums (1967-70). Unlike the previous two Anthologies, there is no “new” single.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 29th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Ted Raimi (seaQuest: DSV) and Hudson Leick guest star.
The eighth episode of the science fiction series The Cape airs in syndication in North America, starring Corbin Bernsen and Adam Baldwin, and focusing on a fictionalized version of NASA’s shuttle program.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 101st episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.