1969 (production)

Events[]

January[]

• 3 January –
  • TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy" airs.
  • John Ales is born.
• 5 January –Paul McGillion andShea Whigham are born.
• 6 January –Aron Eisenberg,Jules Kovisars andVincenzo Natali are born.
• 9 January – Filming forTOS: "Turnabout Intruder" is completed and theEnterprise sets are struck.
• 10 January –TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" airs.
• 11 January –Oscar Torre is born.
• 12 January –Rebecca Alling is born.
• 17 January –
  • TOS: "The Mark of Gideon" airs.
  • Naveen Andrews is born.
• 18 January – TheFirst UK Story Arc begins inJoe 90: Top Secret #1 with the first of six installments.
• 22 January –Olivia d'Abo is born.
• 24 January –TOS: "That Which Survives" airs.
• 25 January –
  • TheFirst UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #2 with the second of six installments.
  • Tim Walston is born.
• 27 January –Erik Buckland andPatton Oswalt are born.
• 28 January –Harry Williams, Jr. is born.
• 31 January –TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" airs.

February[]

• 1 February –
  • Nicole Frank is born.
  • TheFirst UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #3 with the third of six installments.
• 2 February –
  • Boris Karloff dies.
  • Travis Charest is born.
• 4 February –Craig Gilmore is born.
• 6 February –Roger Morrissey is born.
• 8 February –
  • TheFirst UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #4 with the fourth of six installments.
  • Karl Wiedergott is born.
• 13 February –Joe Phillips is born.
• 14 February –TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" airs.
• 15 February –
  • Michael Taylor is born.
  • TheFirst UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #5 with the fifth of six installments.
• 18 February – TheNew York Times publishes NBC's fall 1969 broadcast schedule; among the current NBC series slated for cancellation isStar Trek: The Original Series.
• 20 February –Mike Allred is born.
• 21 February –TOS: "The Way to Eden" airs.
• 22 February –
  • Tad Leckman is born.
  • TheFirst UK Story Arc concludes inJoe 90: Top Secret #6 with the sixth of six installments.
• 23 February –Courtney J. Andersen,Tom Cano, andJulianne Grossman are born.
• 26 February –Jad Mager is born.
• 28 February –
  • Daniel Dvorkin is born.
  • TOS: "The Cloud Minders" airs.

March[]

• 1 March – TheSecond UK Story Arc begins inJoe 90: Top Secret #7 with the first of four installments.
• 4 March –Ingrid Rae Doucet andGlenn Hauman are born.
• 6 March –
  • Amy Pietz is born.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #4: "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" is published.
• 7 March –TOS: "The Savage Curtain" airs.
• 8 March – TheSecond UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #8 with the second of four installments.
• 12 March –Eric Christensen is born.
• 13 March –Felix Locher dies.
• 14 March –
  • TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" airs.
  • Thomas Derenick,Jim Hart andSteven J. Winslow are born.
• 15 March – TheSecond UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #9 with the third of four installments.
• 16 March –Matt Merkovich,Kevin Reed O'Hara, andTricia Sheldon are born.
• 19 March –Robert Schnakenberg andConnor Trinneer are born.
• 20 March –Chris Freeman andLynne Langdon are born.
• 21 March –Allen Coulter is born.
• 22 March –
  • TheSecond UK Story Arc concludes inJoe 90: Top Secret #10 with the fourth of four installments.
  • Michael Aron is born.
• 29 March –Gary Ray Stearns is born.
• 28 March –
  • Keith Aiken is born.
  • Original scheduled airdate forTOS: "Turnabout Intruder".
• 29 March – TheThird UK Story Arc begins inJoe 90: Top Secret #11 with the first of four installments.
• Unknown date –Peggy Jo Jacobs is born.

April[]

• 2 April –Chris Ryall is born.
• 4 April –TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" is repeated.
• 5 April –
  • TheThird UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #12 with the second of four installments.
  • Jeff Pruitt is born.
• 10 April –Carlos Mota is born.
• 12 April – TheThird UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #13 with the third of four installments.
• 18 April –Jill Danton andKeith R.A. DeCandido are born.
• 19 April – TheThird UK Story Arc concludes inJoe 90: Top Secret #14 with the fourth of four installments.
• 23 April –Byron Thames is born.
• 24 April –Melinda Clarke is born.
• 26 April – TheFourth UK Story Arc begins inJoe 90: Top Secret #15 with the first of four installments.
• 27 April –Star Trek: The Original Series premieres on Japanese television. Broadcast by the Nippon Television Network Corporation, Japan is the third and last country, after the United States and Canada, where the series was broadcast, while it was still in production.[1]
• 28 April –Brian Dzyak is born.
• Unknown date:Star Trek 3 byJames Blish is published byBantam Books.

May[]

• 3 May –
  • TheFourth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #16 with the second of four installments.
  • Daryl F. Mallett is born.
• 7 May –Vanessa Grayson andÁngel Unzueta are born.
• 8 May –John Kalisz is born.
• 9 May –Anna Vocino is born.
• 10 May – TheFourth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #17 with the third of four installments.
• 11 May –Christopher Jude is born.
• 12 May –David Mack is born.
• 16 May –Amy Miller is born.
• 17 May – TheFourth UK Story Arc concludes inJoe 90: Top Secret #18 with the fourth of four installments.
• 24 May – TheFifth UK Story Arc begins inJoe 90: Top Secret #19 with the first of four installments.
• 26 May –Akemi Royer is born.
• 27 May –Jeffrey Hunter dies.
• 29 May –Anthony Azizi is born.
• 31 May – TheFifth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #20 with the second of four installments.

June[]

• 3 June – The last episode of theStar Trek: The Original Series, "Turnabout Intruder", is aired.
• 5 June –
  • Gold Key TOS comic #5: "The Ghost Planet" is published.
  • Nova Spivack is born.
• 7 June –
  • TheFifth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #21 with the third of four installments.
  • Kim Rhodes is born.
• 10 June –TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is repeated.
• 14 June –
  • TheFifth UK Story Arc concludes inJoe 90: Top Secret #22 with the fourth of four installments.
  • Ben Robinson is born.
• 16 June –Steve Kenson is born.
• 17 June –TOS: "Day of the Dove" is repeated.
• 21 June – TheSixth UK Story Arc begins inJoe 90: Top Secret #23 with the first of eight installments.
• 22 June –Shine Fitzner is born.
• 23 June –Joe Menendez is born.
• 24 June –TOS: "Wink of an Eye" is repeated.
• 28 June –
  • TheSixth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #24 with the second of eight installments.
  • George A. Gonzalez is born.

July[]

• 1 July –
  • TOS: "The Savage Curtain" is repeated.
  • Keith Allan andRino Romano are born.
• 4 July –Mark Irwin andMilena Zdravkovic are born.
• 5 July – TheSixth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #25 with the third of eight installments.
• 8 July –
  • TOS: "Spock's Brain" is repeated.
  • Nikita Ager is born.
• 9 July –Christinna Chauncey is born.
• 10 July –Joey Genitempo is born.
• 12 July – The originalStar Trek begins airing in the UK by theBBC.
• 12 July – TheSixth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #26 with the fourth of eight installments.
• 16 July –Ben Betts is born.
• 17 July –Jodie Fisher-Coady is born.
• 19 July –
  • TheSixth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #27 with the fifth of eight installments.
  • 19 July –Courtenay Taylor is born.
• 21 July –Christopher Shea is born.
• 22 July –Terrell Tilford is born.
• 26 July –
  • TheSixth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #28 with the sixth of eight installments.
  • Robb Gardner andSam Zeller are born.
• 27 July –Bryan Fuller is born.
• 29 July –
  • TOS: "That Which Survives" is repeated.
  • Kevin Porter is born.

August[]

• 2 August – TheSixth UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #29 with the seventh of eight installments.
• 5 August –
  • TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" is repeated.
  • Wade Felker is born.
• 9 August –
  • TheSixth UK Story Arc concludes inJoe 90: Top Secret #30 with the eighth of eight installments.
  • Cris Borgnine is born.
• 12 August –TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" is repeated.
• 14 August –Ericka Bryce,Matthew Wilhelm Kapell andTom Waltz are born.
• 15 August –Terri Osborne andD. Elliot Woods are born.
• 16 August –
  • TheSeventh UK Story Arc begins inJoe 90: Top Secret #31 with the first of four installments.
  • Andy Milder is born.
• 18 August –Christian Slater is born.
• 19 August –TOS: "The Tholian Web" is repeated.
• 20 August –Mark Bennington is born.
• 22 August –Brian Davis is born.
• 23 August – TheSeventh UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #32 with the second of four installments.
• 25 August –Steve Conley,Glenn Greenberg andThomas Wood are born.
• 26 August –TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" is repeated.
• 28 August –
  • Robert Sparr dies.
  • Michael Mukatis is born.
• 30 August – TheSeventh UK Story Arc continues inJoe 90: Top Secret #33 with the third of four installments.
• 31 August –John Eric Bentley andJeff Russo are born.

September[]

• 2 September –
  • TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" is repeated.
  • Tracey Frakes is born.
• 3 September –John Picacio is born.
• 4 September –Gold Key TOS comic #6: "When Planets Collide" is published.
• 5 September –Jeffrey Moy andPhilip Moy are born.
• 6 September – TheSeventh UK Story Arc concludes inJoe 90: Top Secret #34 with the fourth of four installments.
• 9 September –Pablo Espinosa is born.
• 10 September –Terran Benveniste is born.
• 13 September –Tyler Perry is born.
• 14 September –Lee Joyner is born.
• 23 September –Chris Covics is born.
• 27 September – TheEighth UK Story Arc begins inTV21 & Joe 90 #1 with the first of six installments.

October[]

• 2 October –Tess Lina is born.
• 4 October –
  • Lorin McCraley is born.
  • TheEighth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #2 with the second of six installments.
• 8 October –Kara Zediker is born.
• 9 October –Gary Frank is born.
• 11 October – TheEighth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #3 with the third of six installments.
• 12 October –Todd Babcock is born.
• 13 October –Aaron Rosenberg is born.
• 14 October –Brandon Peterson is born.
• 16 October –Robert Hoffmeister is born.
• 18 October –
  • Rachel Pinnock is born.
  • TheEighth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #4 with the fourth of six installments.
• 19 October –Vanessa Marshall is born.
• 21 October –Tami-Adrian George andNathan Anderson are born.
• 23 October –Chris Cox is born.
• 25 October – TheEighth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #5 with the fifth of six installments.
• 31 October –David Coburn andCam Smith are born.

November[]

• 1 November –
  • TheEighth UK Story Arc concludes inTV21 & Joe 90 #6 with the sixth of six installments.
  • Yumi Mizui is born.
• 3 November –Susie Stillwell is born.
• 4 November –Samantha Smith is born.
• 5 November –David Mattey is born.
• 8 November – TheNinth UK Story Arc begins inTV21 & Joe 90 #7 with the first of five installments.
• 11 November –Gil Rosales is born.
• 14 November –Joey Anaya is born.
• 15 November – TheNinth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #8 with the second of five installments.
• 22 November – TheNinth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #9 with the third of five installments.
• 25 November –Ruth Yasharpour is born.
• 29 November –
  • TheNinth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #10 with the fourth of five installments.
  • Christine Artecona andIssam M. Husseini are born.

December[]

• 1 December –Dave Galanter is born.
• 4 December –
  • Gold Key TOS comic #7: "The Voodoo Planet" is published.
  • Peter C. Antoniou andScott Sava are born.
• 5 December –Alex Kapp is born.
• 6 December – TheNinth UK Story Arc concludes inTV21 & Joe 90 #11 with the fifth of five installments.
• 11 December –Chris Casny is born.
• 13 December – TheTenth UK Story Arc begins inTV21 & Joe 90 #12 with the first of six installments.
• 14 December –Michael Behrens is born.
• 17 December –David E. Waters is born.
• 20 December – TheTenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #13 with the second of six installments.
• 22 December –
  • Wilbur Hatch dies.
  • Christopher Goodman is born.
• 27 December – TheTenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #14 with the third of six installments.
• 29 December –Patrick Fischler is born.
• 30 December –Kimm Collinsworth is born.
• 31 December –John Duff is born.

Media gallery[]

"Whom Gods Destroy"

"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"

"The Mark of Gideon"

"That Which Survives"

"The Lights of Zetar"

"Requiem for Methuselah"

"The Way to Eden"

"The Cloud Minders"

"The Peril of Planet Quick Change"

"The Savage Curtain"

"All Our Yesterdays"

Star Trek 3

"Turnabout Intruder"

"The Ghost Planet"

"When Planets Collide"

"The Voodoo Planet"