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1st Star Trek Episode was broadcast on TV in 1966

The first regular episode of Star Trek aired on Thursday, September 8, 1966.
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Star Trek 1 The man trap

"The Man Trap" is a first season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It originally aired on September 8, 1966, and was the first episode to be shown on NBC. It was written by George Clayton Johnson, and directed by Marc Daniels.

Although it was first aired, it was not the first produced (the pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and several regular episodes had been produced before it). The current official timeline considers "Where No Man Has Gone Before" to be set first.

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William Shatner hosts screening of his new 'Star Trek' doc on NYC's Intrepid

Trekkers (or Trekkies, if you prefer) turned out in droves to New York City's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Saturday, July 30 for Epix's free screening of The Captains, a documentary directed and starring William Shatner. The actor, best known for playing Capt. James T. Kirk on Star Trek: The Original Series, introduced the film before a crowd that numbered in the hundreds, many of them donning their favourite Star Trek uniform. One woman, who went on to win the costume contest, wore a fully-lit, homemade USS Enterprise as a headpiece.
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Fans energized by Toronto's first-ever Star Trek Day

Toronto's Trekkies won't have to travel far for their next fix.
The city is hosting its first-ever Star Trek Day, slated for Oct. 2 at the Toronto Underground Cinema on Spadina Ave.
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They've explored strange new worlds and boldly gone where no man has gone before. And now, items from the "Star Trek" television shows and movies will be coming to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
On Saturday, "Star Trek: The Exhibition," will begin a four-month run, including a massive display of sets, costumes and gadgets such as phasers and communicators from more than four decades of "Star Trek."
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