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1971 (production)

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(written from aproduction point of view)

For information about 1971 in the fictionalStar Trek universe, please see1971.

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Events[]

January[]

2 January –
- Renee E. Goldsberry is born.
- TheEighteenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #67 with the third of nine installments.
7 January –Kevin Rahm is born.
9 January – TheEighteenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #68 with the fourth of nine installments.
12 January –Wagner Reis is born.
13 January –Brandi Sherwood is born.
16 January – TheEighteenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #69 with the fifth of nine installments.
18 January –Darrell Craig Davis is born.
19 January –Mitch Deoudes is born.
22 January –Grady Cofer andStephen Wozniak are born.
23 January –
- Claire Rankin is born.
- TheEighteenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #70 with the sixth of nine installments.
27 January –Trampas Thompson is born,
29 January –Boris Sobelman dies.
30 January – TheEighteenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #71 with the seventh of nine installments.
31 January –Damon Kirsche is born.

February[]

6 February – TheEighteenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #72 with the eighth of nine installments.
8 February –Gretchen J. Berg is born.
9 February –Jennifer Caputo andLauren Moore are born.
12 February –Scott Menville is born.
13 February – TheEighteenth UK Story Arc concludes inTV21 & Joe 90 #73 with the ninth of nine installments.
18 February –Ken Niederbaumer is born.
20 February – TheNineteenth UK Story Arc begins inTV21 & Joe 90 #74 with the first of four installments.
27 February –
- TheNineteenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #75 with the second of four installments.
- Carrick O'Quinn is born.
28 February –Howie Muzika is born.

March[]

1 March –
- Matthew Dow Smith is born.
- Gold Key TOS comic #10: "Sceptre of the Sun" is published.
6 March –
- TheNineteenth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #76 with the third of four installments.
- Grant Goleash is born.
13 March – TheNineteenth UK Story Arc concludes inTV21 & Joe 90 #77 with the fourth of four installments.
14 March –Lisa Hoyle is born.
16 March –Tamara Hambly is born.
18 March –Randall N. Bills is born.
20 March –
- TheTwentieth UK Story Arc begins inTV21 & Joe 90 #78 with the first of four installments.
- Jonathan Goad is born.
24 March –Tig Notaro is born.
25 March –John B. Josselyn is born.
27 March – TheTwentieth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #79 with the second of four installments.

April[]

1 April –Jessica Collins is born.
2 April –Joshua Feinman is born.
3 April – TheTwentieth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #80 with the third of four installments.
6 April –Mona Grudt is born.
10 April –
- Byron Quiros are born.
- TheTwentieth UK Story Arc concludes inTV21 & Joe 90 #81 with the fourth of four installments.
14 April –David Reddick andFaith C. Salie are born.
15 April –Brett Heneise is born.
16 April –Patricia Skeriotis is born.
17 April – TheTwenty-First UK Story Arc begins inTV21 & Joe 90 #82 with the first of nine installments.
19 April –Marta Cunningham is born.
29 April –Chris Derrick is born.
20 April –
- Rahvaunia is born.
- TheTwenty-First UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #83 with the second of nine installments.
25 April –David M. Barrett is born.
28 April –Brendan Fleming andTed Sullivan are born.
29 April –Mark Casimir Dyniewicz is born.

May[]

1 May –
- Diesel Pfingsten andBoni Yanagisawa are born.
- TheTwenty-First UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #84 with the third of nine installments.
6 May –Ondar Tarlow is born.
7 May –Kelli Kirkland is born.
8 May – TheTwenty-First UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #85 with the fourth of nine installments.
11 May –Janine Schiro is born.
13 May –Tim Harrison is born.
15 May –
- Jeff Wolfe is born.
16 May –Thom Zahler is born.
- TheTwenty-First UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #86 with the fifth of nine installments.
18 May –Thomas Nittmann is born.
22 May – TheTwenty-First UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #87 with the sixth of nine installments.
28 May –Andrea Di Vito andDavid Dozoretz are born.
29 May – TheTwenty-First UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #88 with the seventh of nine installments.
31 May –Eli Golub is born.

June[]

1 June –Gold Key TOS comic #11: "The Brain Shockers" is published.
2 June –Anthony Montgomery andCaprice Crawford are born.
4 June –Kevin Blank andJames Callis are born.
5 June – TheTwenty-First UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #89 with the eighth of nine installments.
8 June –Matt Kaminsky is born.
9 June –Daniel Montlouis is born.
10 June –Leanza Cornett is born.
12 June – TheTwenty-First UK Story Arc concludes inTV21 & Joe 90 #90 with the ninth of nine installments.
13 June –Shannon Fill is born.
16 June –Michael McKee is born.
19 June –
- Alan van Sprang is born.
- TheTwenty-Second UK Story Arc begins inTV21 & Joe 90 #91 with the first of four installments.
22 June –Shawn Crowder is born.
24 June –Matthew K. Grigsby is born.
26 June – TheTwenty-Second UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #92 with the second of four installments.
28 June –Benito Martinez is born.

July[]

3 July –
- TheTwenty-Second UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #93 with the third of four installments.
- Angelo Palazzo is born.
4 July –David Finch is born.
5 July –Travis Payne is born.
8 July –Amy O'Neill is born.
9 July –Scott Grimes is born.
10 July –
- Matthew Paul Cushman is born.
- TheTwenty-Second UK Story Arc concludes inTV21 & Joe 90 #94 with the fourth of four installments.
15 July –Victor Martinez andS. John Ross are born.
16 July –Matt Huhn andJill Lover are born.
17 July – TheTwenty-Third UK Story Arc begins inTV21 & Joe 90 #95 with the first of six installments.
18 July –Ryan Church is born.
19 July –Matthew Beisner,Dawn Drake andAndrew Kavovit are born.
21 July –Aladino V. Debert is born.
23 July –Christina Rydell is born.
24 July – TheTwenty-Third UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #96 with the second of six installments.
28 July –Chad Zimmerman is born.
31 July – TheTwenty-Third UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #97 with the third of six installments.
Unknown day –Star Trek 4, byJames Blish, is published byBantam Books.

August[]

3 August –Chris O'Hara andJohn Rosenfeld are born.
6 August –Merrin Dungey is born.
7 August – TheTwenty-Third UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #98 with the fourth of six installments.
8 August –Dan Jolley is born.
11 August –Ken Lally is born.
13 August –Craig Cady is born.
14 August – TheTwenty-Third UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #99 with the fifth of six installments.
16 August –Bill Gilman is born.
17 August –Dominic Rambaran is born.
19 August –
- Jonathan Cook is born.
- Billy Vernon dies.
21 August – TheTwenty-Third UK Story Arc concludes inTV21 & Joe 90 #100 with the sixth of six installments.
22 August –Edel Rodriguez is born.
23 August –Oliver McGowan dies.
28 August –
- Stephanie Belding andLaura Putney are born.
- TheTwenty-Fourth UK Story Arc begins inTV21 & Joe 90 #101 with the first of five installments.

September[]

1 September
- Maury Sterling is born.
- Gold Key TOS comic #12: "The Flight of the Buccaneer" is published.
3 September –Lance Parkin andPaul Zies are born.
4 September – TheTwenty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #102 with the second of five installments.
11 September – TheTwenty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #103 with the third of five installments.
13 September –Diane andElaine Klimaszewski are born.
14 September –Pat Healy is born.
15 September –Laura DePuy is born.
16 September –Joel Heyman is born.
18 September – TheTwenty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues inTV21 & Joe 90 #104 with the fourth of five installments.
24 September –Alia Almeida Agha is born.
25 September – TheTwenty-Fourth UK Story Arc concludes inTV21 & Joe 90 #105 with the fifth of five installments.
Jason Martin is born.

October[]

2 October – TheTwenty-Fifth UK Story Arc begins inValiant & TV21 #1 with the first of two installments.
7 October –Arlo Hemphill is born.
8 October –Mike Dalager is born.
9 October – TheTwenty-Fifth UK Story Arc concludes inValiant & TV21 #2 with the second of two installments.
11 October –Justin Lin is born.
16 October – TheTwenty-Sixth UK Story Arc begins inValiant & TV21 #3 with the first of nine installments.
17 October –Blues Saraceno is born.
19 October –Lili Malkin is born.
23 October – TheTwenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues inValiant & TV21 #4 with the second of nine installments.
26 October –Anthony Rapp is born.
28 October –Bruce Sears is born.
29 October –Winona Ryder is born.
30 October – TheTwenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues inValiant & TV21 #5 with the third of nine installments.
31 October –Cricket Yee is born.

November[]

1 November –Paul Eliopoulos is born.
2 November –John Watson is born.
6 November – TheTwenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues inValiant & TV21 #6 with the fourth of nine installments.
10 November –Athena Massey is born.
11 November –Kathy Ahart dies.
12 November –Rebecca Wisocky is born.
13 November – TheTwenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues inValiant & TV21 #7 with the fifth of nine installments.
15 November –Jay Harrington andScott Allen Rinker are born.
16 November –Valarie Ianniello is born.
17 November –Margot Muraszkiewicz is born.
18 November –Lisa Schultz Boyd is born.
20 November –Christopher Leps is born. TheTwenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues inValiant & TV21 #8 with the sixth of nine installments.
24 November –
- Brandon Molale is born.
26 November –Amy H. Sturgis is born.
- Gold Key TOS comic #13: "Dark Traveler" is published.
27 November –
- Kirk Acevedo is born.
- TheTwenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues inValiant & TV21 #9 with the seventh of nine installments.
29 November –Marc Bernardin is born.

December[]

1 December –Elena-Melanie Fabri is born.
3 December –Kelli Dawn Hancock andErica Samuel are born.
4 December – TheTwenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues inValiant & TV21 #10 with the eighth of nine installments.
10 December –Ellen J. Hornstein is born.
11 December –
- TheTwenty-Sixth UK Story Arc concludes inValiant & TV21 #11 with the ninth of nine installments.
- Terryl Daluz is born.
18 December – TheTwenty-Seventh UK Story Arc begins inValiant & TV21 #12 with the first of six installments.
20 December –Son of Lee is born.
23 December –Jon Donahue is born.
25 December – TheTwenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues inValiant & TV21 #13 with the second of six installments.
30 December –Chris Fisher is born.

Unknown month[]

Two of the first text basedStar Trek video games are published on university mainframes:Mike Mayfield'sStar Trek onSDS Sigma 7 andDon Daglow'sStar Trek onPDP-10.
The 1971TV21 Annual is published, featuring two comic stories, "Captives in Space" and "Planet of Rejects", as well as one prose story, "Gateway to the Future".