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.

Table of Contents:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown • Media

Events[]

January[]

3 January –
- TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy" airs.
- John Ales is born.
5 January – Paul McGillion and Shea Whigham are born.
6 January – Aron Eisenberg, Jules Kovisars and Vincenzo Natali are 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.
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 – 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 –
- The First UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #2 with the second of six installments.
- Tim Walston is born.
27 January – Erik Buckland and Patton Oswalt are born.
28 January – Harry Williams, Jr. is born.
31 January – TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" airs.

February[]

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 –
- Boris Karloff dies.
- Travis Charest is born.
4 February – Craig Gilmore is born.
6 February – Roger Morrissey is born.
8 February –
- The First UK Story Arc continues in Joe 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.
- 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.
20 February – Mike Allred is born.
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.
23 February – Courtney J. Andersen, Tom Cano, and Julianne Grossman are born.
26 February – Jad Mager is born.
28 February –
- TOS: "The Cloud Minders" airs.
- Daniel Dvorkin is born.

March[]

1 March – The Second UK Story Arc begins in Joe 90: Top Secret #7 with the first of four installments.
4 March – Ingrid Rae Doucet and Glenn Hauman are born.
6 March –
- Gold Key TOS comic #4: "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" is published.
- 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 –
- TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" airs.
- Thomas Derenick and Jim Hart are born.
15 March – The Second UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #9 with the third of four installments.
16 March – Matt Merkovich, Kevin Reed O'Hara, and Tricia Sheldon are born.
19 March – Robert Schnakenberg and Connor Trinneer are born.
20 March – Chris Freeman and Lynne Langdon are born.
21 March – Allen Coulter is born.
22 March –
- The Second UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 90: Top Secret #10 with the fourth of four installments.
- Michael Aron is born.
29 March – Gary Ray Stearns is born.
28 March –
Original scheduled airdate for TOS: "Turnabout Intruder".
Keith Aiken is born.
29 March – The Third UK Story Arc begins in Joe 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 –
- The Third UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #12 with the second of four installments.
- Jeff Pruitt is born.
10 April – Carlos Mota is born.
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]
28 April – Brian Dzyak is born.
Unknown date: Star Trek 3 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

May[]

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.
7 May – Vanessa Grayson is born.
8 May – John Kalisz is born.
9 May – Anna Vocino is born.
10 May – The Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 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 – 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 – Akemi Royer is born.
27 May – Jeffrey Hunter dies.
29 May – Anthony Azizi is born.
31 May – The Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #20 with the second of four installments.

June[]

3 June – The last episode of the Star 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 –
- The Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 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 –
- The Fifth UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 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 – The Sixth UK Story Arc begins in Joe 90: Top Secret #23 with the first of eight installments.
23 June – Joe Menendez is born.
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.
- George A. Gonzalez is born.

July[]

1 July –
- TOS: "The Savage Curtain" is repeated.
- Keith Allan and Rino Romano are born.
4 July – Mark Irwin and Milena Zdravkovic are 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.
9 July – Christinna Chauncey 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.
17 July – Jodie Fisher-Coady is born.
19 July –
- The Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 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 –
- The Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #28 with the sixth of eight installments.
- Sam Zeller is born.
27 July – Bryan Fuller is born.
29 July –
- TOS: "That Which Survives" is repeated.
- Kevin Porter is born.

August[]

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.
- Cris Borgnine is born.
12 August – TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" is repeated.
14 August – Ericka Bryce, Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Tom Waltz are born.
15 August – Terri Osborne and D. Elliot Woods are born.
16 August –
- The Seventh UK Story Arc begins in Joe 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.
23 August – The Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Joe 90: Top Secret #32 with the second of four installments.
25 August – Steve Conley, Glenn Greenberg and Thomas Wood are born.
26 August – TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" is repeated.
28 August –
- Robert Sparr dies.
- Michael Mukatis is born.
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[]

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 and Philip Moy are born.
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.
14 September – Lee Joyner is born.
23 September – Chris Covics is born.
27 September – The Eighth UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #1 with the first of six installments.

October[]

2 October – Tess Lina is born.
4 October –
- Lorin McCraley is born.
- The Eighth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #2 with the second of six installments.
8 October – Kara Zediker is born.
9 October – Gary Frank is born.
11 October – The Eighth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & 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.
- The Eighth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #4 with the fourth of six installments.
19 October – Vanessa Marshall is born.
21 October – Tami-Adrian George and Nathan Anderson are born.
23 October – Chris Cox 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 and Cam Smith are born.

November[]

1 November –
- The Eighth UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & 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 – The Ninth UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #7 with the first of five installments.
11 November – Gil Rosales is born.
14 November – Joey Anaya 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.
25 November – Ruth Yasharpour is born.
29 November –
- The Ninth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #10 with the fourth of five installments.
- Christine Artecona and Issam M. Husseini are born.