- 1915: Star Wars writer Leigh Brackett is born in Los Angeles, California.
- 1937: Actor Kenneth Colley is born in Manchester, England.
- 1945: Writer W.D. Richter is born in New Britain, Connecticut.
- 1945: House of Dracula is released theatrically in the United States.
- 1963: Doctor Who episode "The Forest of Fear" airs on the BBC.
- 1965: Actor Jeffrey Wright is born in Washington, D.C.
- 1966: Actor/director C. Thomas Howell is born in Los Angeles, California.
- 1968: Doctor Who episode "The Invasion" (Part 6) airs on the BBC.
- 1974: Shazam! episode "The Past Is Not Forever" airs on CBS on Saturday morning.
- 1976: Actress/Model Orli Shoshan is born in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- 1979: Star Trek: The Motion Picture opens theatrically in the United States.
- 1984: 2010: The Year We Make Contact is released theatrically in the United States.
- 1988: Actress Emily Browning is born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- 1994: Tales from the Crypt episode "The Assassin" airs on HBO.
- 1997: The X-Files episode "Christmas Carol" airs on the FOX Network.
- 1998: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is released on the Nintendo 64 and Windows PC.
- 2001: Dark Angel episode "Gill Girl" airs on the Fox Network.
- 2005: Cinematographer Adrian Biddle passes away in London, England.
- 2011: American Horror Story episode "Smoldering Children" airs on the FX Network.
- 2015: Supergirl episode "Human for a Day" airs on CBS.
- 2023: The Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora video game is released by Massive Entertainment & Ubisoft Entertainment.