On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1975):

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: Earthbound.

Released December 8, 1975.

Directed by Charles Crichton.

Written by Anthony Terpiloff.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Roy Dotrice, Christopher Lee, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Nick Tate, Tony Allyn, Emily Bolton, Sarah Bullen, Loftus Burton, Andy Dempsey, Roy Everson, Alan Harris, Joy Harrison, Christine Hewett, Barbara Kelly, Rhonda Parker, Robert Phillips, Quentin Pierre, Suzanne Roquette, Angela Staines.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966 & 1967)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: The Conscience of the King.

Released December 8, 1966.

Directed by Gerd Oswald.

Written by Barry Trivers.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Joseph Mullendore.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, Arnold Moss, Barbara Anderson, Grace Lee Whitney, William Sargent, Natalie Norwick, David Somerville / David-Troy, Karl Bruck, Marc Grady Adams, Bruce Hyde, Tom Anfinsen, Majel Barrett, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Carey Foster, Robert H. Justman, Jeannie Malone, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: The Deadly Years.

Released December 8, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by David P. Harmon.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Charles Drake, Sarah Marshall, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Felix Locher, Carolyn Nelson, Laura Wood, Beverly Washburn, Frank da Vinci, Roger Holloway, Eddie Paskey, Frieda Rentie.

On this day in music history - Symphony No. 7, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1813):

Symphony No. 7

by Ludwig van Beethoven,

was first performed in Vienna on December 8, 1813.
Symphony in four movements.
Opus 92, in A Major.
Composed: 1811–1812.

Born on this day – Sólveig Anspach:

Sólveig Anspach

Director

Writer

December 8, 1960 – August 7, 2015

Born on this day – Birgit Carlstén:

Birgit Carlstén

Actress

December 8, 1949 – June 2, 2025

Credits:

Borkmann's Point (2005); Brevet (1981); Burn All My Letters (2022); Fallet G (2006); Good Night, Irene (1994); Håll huvet kallt (1994); Hans-Christian och sällskapet (1981); Har du hört den förut? (2002); Intimt umgänge (1979); Ivar Kreuger (1998); Knäppupp hurra, Povel Ramel! (2002); Linus (1979); Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet (1979); Lola Blau (1988); På spåret (1991–2006); Polisen och domarmordet (1993); Så ska det låta (2000); Saltön (2005–2007); Sinkadus (1980); Sparvöga (1989); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Sacrifice (1986).

Born on this day – Valora Noland:

Valora Noland

Actress

December 8, 1941 – March 27, 2022

Credits:

Beach Party (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Dr. Kildare (1963); Laramie (1962); Mannix (1967); Muscle Beach Party (1964); Sex and the College Girl (1964); Star Trek (1968); Summer Children (1965); The Donna Reed Show (1963–1965); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Passionate Strangers (1966); The Rifleman (1961); The Virginian (1967); The War Wagon (1967); Up Your Teddy Bear (1970); Wagon Train (1964).

Born on this day – Jack De Mave:

Jack De Mave

Actor

December 8, 1933 – January 16, 2025

Credits:

1776 (1972); Adam-12 (1973); Blindfold (1966); Daniel Boone (1967); Days of Our Lives (1998); Deadly Harvest (1972); Ellery Queen (1976); F Troop (1967); Funny Face (1971); Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974); Ladies of the House (2008); Lassie (1968–1970); Life with Linkletter (1970); Loving (1983–1995); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971–1973); Meet the Santas (2005); Men at Law (1971); Sierra (1974); Skeezer (1982); Surfside 6 (1962); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Bold and the Beautiful (1987); The Darker Side of Terror (1979); The Doris Day Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1965); The Fugitive (1967); The Man Without a Face (1993); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1971); Wagon Train (1965).