- 1935: Director/Screenwriter Juan Piquer Simón is born in Valencia, Spain.
- 1945: Boba Fett actor Jeremy Bulloch is born in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, England.
- 1946: Actor Pete Postlethwaite is born in Warrington, Cheshire, England.
- 1957: Actor LeVar Burton is born in Landstuhl, West Germany.
- 1964: Actor Christopher Eccleston is born in Salford, Lancashire, England.
- 1967: Star Trek episode "Space Seed" airs on NBC.
- 1968: Quatermass and the Pit is released theatrically in the United States.
- 1968: Star Trek episode "Patterns of Force" airs on NBC.
- 1974: Actor Mahershalalhashbaz Ali is born in Oakland, California.
- 1977: Wonder Woman episode "Wonder Woman in Hollywood" airs on ABC.
- 1981: Arne Cheyenne Johnson, purportedly possessed by the devil, stabs his landlord, Alan Bono to death. The case is investigated by paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren.
- 1990: Nightbreed is released theatrically in the US.
- 1996: Principal filming on the Doctor Who television movie concludes.
- 1998: Earth: Final Conflict episode "If You Could Read My Mind" airs on CTV.
- 1999: Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Consequences" airs on the WB Network.
- 2003: Charmed episode "The Day the Magic Died" airs on the WB Network.
- 2004: The remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre closes out of theaters.
- 2006: The Star Wars: Empire at War video game is released for Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS game platforms.
- 2007: Ghost Rider is released theatrically in the United States.
- 2010: Small Wonder: The Complete First Season is released on DVD in Region 1 format by Shout! Factory.
- 2012: Real Steel closes out of theaters.
- 2014: Director Jimmy T. Murakami passes away in Dublin, Ireland.
- 2014: The Walking Dead episode "Inmates" airs on AMC.
- 2015: Gotham episode "The Blind Fortune Teller" airs on the FOX Network.
- 2016: Film producer Roy Lee announces plans for It: Chapter Two.
- 2018: Black Panther premieres in the United States.
- 2022: Wellington Paranormal episode "Bird Woman" airs in New Zealand.
- 2023: Mayfair Witches episode "Tessa" premieres early to AMC+ subscribers.