The first in a new generation of weather satellites operating in geosynchronous orbit for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, GOES-1, is launched from Cape Canaveral. An acronym for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-1 is positioned over the Indian Ocean, where it is expected to become but the first in a constellation of weather satellites monitoring Earth’s atmosphere in both visible and infrared light. In 1978, GOES-1 will be repositioned over the Pacific Ocean, which it will monitor until it is decommissioned in 1985, after almost ten full years of operation.
The seventh episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Julian Glover guest stars. 
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The 22nd episode of Filmation’s live-action Shazam! series airs on CBS, starring John Davey, Michael Gray and Les Tremayne. Joanna Cameron guest stars as Isis in the second season finale.
ABC airs the seventh episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s The Lost Saucer, starring Jim Nabors (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC) and Ruth Buzzi (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In).
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The 409th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Prentis Hancock (Space: 1999) guest stars.
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The 41st episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Tim O’Connor (Buck Rogers In The 25th Century) and Erik Estrada (CHiPs) guest star.
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NBC airs the sixth episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens. David Opatoshu guest stars. (more…)
Virgin Records releases Mike Oldfield‘s third prog-rock instrumental album, Ommadawn. (more…)
The Soviet Venera 9 unmanned space probe touches down on the surface of Venus, the first spacecraft to soft-land on another planet and send back pictures. With atmospheric pressure measured at almost 100 times Earth sea level pressure, and temperatures over 900 degrees Fahrenheit, Venera 9 manages to stay intact for barely an hour, sending back a single panoramic picture of Venus before the environment overcomes its systems.
The eighth episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s Far-Out Space Nuts airs on CBS, starring Bob Denver (Gillgan’s Island) and Chuck McCann (Herbie Rides Again). (more…)
The eighth episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Michael Sheard guest stars. This is the only episode to show a flashback to life before the moon was blasted out of Earth’s orbit. (more…)
Launched less than a week after history-making sister ship Venera 9, the unmanned Soviet space probe Venera 10 lands on Venus mere days after its twin, and experiences similar system failures due to the harsh environment on the planet. Venera 10’s landing site – captured in a single picture – shows strong evidence of past lava flows.
ABC airs the eighth episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s The Lost Saucer, starring Jim Nabors (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC) and Ruth Buzzi (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In). Henry Beckman guest stars.
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The 410th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Sheard (The Empire Strikes Back) and Gabriel Woolf guest star in an episode regarded by many fans as one of the series’ all-time classics. 
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The 43rd episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson.
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The ninth episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s Far-Out Space Nuts airs on CBS, starring Bob Denver (Gillgan’s Island) and Chuck McCann (Herbie Rides Again). (more…)
The ninth episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Joan Collins guest stars. (more…)
American game manufacturer Midway releases the arcade game Gun Fight, the first-ever fully microprocessor controlled arcade videogame, based on Taito’s similar Western Gun game for the Japanese market. Developed by Nutting Associates, the game is a moderate success as a coin-operated arcade game, but in hindsight it is perhaps more significant as a technical milestone. (more…)
ABC airs the ninth episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s The Lost Saucer, starring Jim Nabors (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC) and Ruth Buzzi (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In). Jean Ross guest stars.
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Jet Records releases Roy Wood‘s second solo album, Mustard, which shows off the ELO/Move co-founder’s penchant for ’50s-style rock and his ability to play every instrument in a given song by himself. (more…)
The 411th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Sheard (The Empire Strikes Back) and Gabriel Woolf guest star in an episode regarded by many fans as one of the series’ all-time classics.
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The ninth episode of Land Of The Lost premieres on NBC, as Rick Marshall finds himself having to depend on the help of a Sleestak to escape more aggressive Sleestaks. (more…)
The 44th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Lee Majors directs an episode featuring pro football players Larry Csonka, Mike Henry, Tom Mack, and Earl Faison; Dick Butkus and Carl Weathers (Rocky, Predator 2, The Mandalorian) guest star.
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Electric Light Orchestra‘s fourth album, Face The Music, is released, featuring the singles “Evil Woman” and “Strange Magic”. The band lineup featured on this album stays largely intact through the early 1980s. (more…)
NBC airs the seventh episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens. (more…)
The tenth episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s Far-Out Space Nuts airs on CBS, starring Bob Denver (Gillgan’s Island) and Chuck McCann (Herbie Rides Again). (more…)
The tenth episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Guest starring in this episode is Paul Jones, one of the founding members of Manfred Mann. (more…)
CBS Records releases Chicago’s Greatest Hits (also known as Chicago IX), the first compilation of hit singles from the group, covering their most popular songs from 1969 through 1974. (more…)
The TV movie-of-the-week The New Original Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Red Buttons, Chloris Leachman and Eric Braeden guest star. This is ABC’s second attempt to bring the comic book heroine to the small screen (following a 1974 pilot movie starring Cathy Lee Crosby). Ratings and reviews are impressive enough to merit two more one-hour specials, followed by a series pickup.
ABC airs the tenth episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s The Lost Saucer, starring Jim Nabors (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC) and Ruth Buzzi (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In).
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The 412th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Sheard (The Empire Strikes Back) and Gabriel Woolf guest star in an episode regarded by many fans as one of the series’ all-time classics.
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The tenth episode of Land Of The Lost premieres on NBC. This episode is a “clip show” built around highlights from earlier episodes. (more…)
The 45th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Monte Markham and Donald Moffat (Logan’s Run) guest star.
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Ballantine Books releases the Star Trek book Star Trek: Star Fleet Technical Manual, written and illustrated by Franz Joseph Schnaubelt. The book ushers in an obsession with science fiction blueprints and design manuals, both Star Trek and otherwise, and will be reprinted and referred to (including on the Enterprise’s own displays in 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture) for decades to come. (more…)
The 11th episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s Far-Out Space Nuts airs on CBS, starring Bob Denver (Gillgan’s Island) and Chuck McCann (Herbie Rides Again). (more…)