1969 (production)

Real World article
(written from a Production point of view)

For information about 1969 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1969.

Events Edit

January Edit

3 January – TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy" airs on NBC.
5 January –
- Paul McGillion is born.
- Shea Whigham is born.
6 January – Aron Eisenberg is born.
9 January – Filming for TOS: "Turnabout Intruder" is completed and the Enterprise sets are struck.
10 January – TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" airs.
17 January – TOS: "The Mark of Gideon" airs.
18 January – The First UK Story Arc begins in Joe 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 – Tim Walston is born and the First UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #2 with the second of six installments.
28 January – Harry Williams, Jr. is born.
31 January – TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" airs.

February Edit

1 February –
- The First UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #3 with the third of six installments.
- Nicole Frank is born.
2 February – Travis Charest is born.
4 February – Craig Gilmore is born.
8 February – Karl Wiedergott is born and the First UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #4 with the fourth of six installments.
13 February – Joe Phillips is born.
14 February – TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" airs.
15 February – The First UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #5 with the fifth of six installments.
18 February – The New York Times publishes NBC's fall 1969 broadcast schedule. Among the current NBC series slated for cancellation is Star Trek: The Original Series.
21 February – TOS: "The Way to Eden" airs.
22 February – The First UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 90: Top Secret #6 with the sixth of six installments.
26 February – Jad Mager is born.
28 February –
- TOS: "The Cloud Minders" airs.
- Daniel Dvorkin is born.

March Edit

1 March – The Second UK Story Arc begins in Joe 90: Top Secret #7 with the first of four installments.
4 March – Glenn Hauman is born.
6 March – Amy Pietz is born.
7 March – TOS: "The Savage Curtain" airs.
8 March – The Second UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #8 with the second of four installments.
13 March – Felix Locher dies.
14 March –
- Jim Hart is born.
- TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" airs.
15 March – The Second UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #9 with the third of four installments.
16 March – Matt Merkovich and Kevin Reed O'Hara are born.
19 March – Connor Trinneer is born.
20 March – Chris Freeman is born.
22 March – The Second UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 90: Top Secret #10 with the fourth of four installments.
28 March – Original scheduled airdate for TOS: "Turnabout Intruder".
29 March – The Third UK Story Arc begins in Joe 90: Top Secret #11 with the first of four installments.

April Edit

2 April – Chris Ryall is born.
4 April – TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" is repeated.
5 April – The Third UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #12 with the second of four installments.
12 April – The Third UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #13 with the third of four installments.
18 April – Keith R.A. DeCandido is born.
19 April – The Third UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 90: Top Secret #14 with the fourth of four installments.
23 April – Byron Thames is born.
24 April – Melinda Clarke is born.
26 April – The Fourth UK Story Arc begins in Joe 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]

Star Trek 3 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

May Edit

3 May – The Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #16 with the second of four installments. Daryl F. Mallett is born.
10 May – The Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #17 with the third of four installments.
12 May – David Mack is born.
17 May – The Fourth UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 90: Top Secret #18 with the fourth of four installments.
24 May – The Fifth UK Story Arc begins in Joe 90: Top Secret #19 with the first of four installments.
26 May – Musetta Vander is born.
27 May – Jeffrey Hunter dies.
31 May – The Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #20 with the second of four installments.

June Edit

3 June – The last episode of the original Star Trek series, "Turnabout Intruder", is aired.
5 June – Nova Spivack is born.
7 June –
- Kim Rhodes is born.
- The Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #21 with the third of four installments.
10 June – TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is repeated.
14 June –
- The Fifth UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 90: Top Secret #22 with the fourth of four installments.
- Ben Robinson is born.
17 June – TOS: "Day of the Dove" is repeated.
21 June – The Sixth UK Story Arc begins in Joe 90: Top Secret #23 with the first of eight installments.
24 June – TOS: "Wink of an Eye" is repeated.
28 June – The Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #24 with the second of eight installments.
Gold Key TOS comic #4: "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" is published.

July Edit

1 July – TOS: "The Savage Curtain" is repeated.
4 July – Milena Zdravkovic is born.
5 July – The Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #25 with the third of eight installments.
8 July – TOS: "Spock's Brain" is repeated.
- Nikita Ager is born.
10 July – Joey Genitempo is born.
12 July – The original Star Trek begins airing in the UK by the BBC.
12 July – The Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #26 with the fourth of eight installments.
16 July – Ben Betts is born.
19 July – The Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #27 with the fifth of eight installments.
21 July – Christopher Shea is born.
22 July – Terrell Tilford is born.
26 July – Sam Zeller is born. The Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #28 with the sixth of eight installments.
27 July – Bryan Fuller is born.
29 July – TOS: "That Which Survives" is repeated. Kevin Porter is born.

August Edit

2 August – The Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #29 with the seventh of eight installments.
5 August –
- TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" is repeated.
- Wade Felker is born.
9 August – The Sixth UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 90: Top Secret #30 with the eighth of eight installments.
12 August – TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" is repeated.
15 August – Terri Osborne and D. Elliot Woods are born.
16 August –
- Andy Milder is born.
- The Seventh UK Story Arc begins in Joe 90: Top Secret #31 with the first of four installments.
18 August – Christian Slater is born.
19 August – TOS: "The Tholian Web" is repeated.
23 August – The Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #32 with the second of four installments.
25 August – Thomas Wood is born.
26 August – TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" is repeated.
28 August – Robert Sparr dies.
30 August – The Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #33 with the third of four installments.
31 August – John Eric Bentley and Jeff Russo are born.

September Edit

2 September – TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" is repeated.
6 September – The Seventh UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 90: Top Secret #34 with the fourth of four installments.
9 September – Pablo Espinosa is born.
13 September – Tyler Perry is born.
20 September – Victoria Dillard is born.
27 September – The Eighth UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #1 with the first of six installments.
Gold Key TOS comic #5: "The Ghost Planet" is published.

October Edit

4 October – The Eighth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #2 with the second of six installments.
8 October – Kara Zediker is born.
11 October – The Eighth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #3 with the third of six installments.
13 October – Todd Babcock and Aaron Rosenberg are born.
16 October – Robert Hoffmeister is born.
18 October – The Eighth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #4 with the fourth of six installments.
21 October – Nathan Anderson is born.
25 October – The Eighth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #5 with the fifth of six installments.
31 October – David Coburn is born.

November Edit

1 November – The Eighth UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #6 with the sixth of six installments.
3 November – Susie Stillwell is born.
5 November – David Mattey is born.
8 November – The Ninth UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #7 with the first of five installments.
11 November – Gil Rosales is born.
15 November – The Ninth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #8 with the second of five installments.
22 November – The Ninth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #9 with the third of five installments.
29 November – The Ninth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #10 with the fourth of five installments.
30 November – Michael Reilly Burke is born.

December Edit

6 December – The Ninth UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #11 with the fifth of five installments.
13 December – The Tenth UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #12 with the first of six installments.
17 December – David Waters is born.
20 December – The Tenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #13 with the second of six installments.
22 December – Wilbur Hatch dies.
27 December – The Tenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #14 with the third of six installments.
29 December – Patrick Fischler is born.
31 December – Geoff Meed and Saxon Trainor are born.
Gold Key TOS comic #6: "When Planets Collide" is published.