1996 (production)

Events[]

January[]

• 1 January –DS9: "Homefront" airs.
• 2 January –UK VHS releases:Star Trek - 30th Anniversary Trial Pack,VOY volume 1.10 (end season 1).
• 3 January –Oscar Katz dies.
• 6 January –Keith Smith dies.
• 8 January –DS9: "Paradise Lost" airs.
• 15 January –VOY: "Prototype" airs.
• 17 January –Victoria Goodman is born.
• 22 January –VOY: "Alliances" airs.
• 25 January –Star Trek Monthly issue 12 released.
• 27 January –
  • UK VHS release:Star Trek GenerationsSpecial Collectors Edition.
  • Pocket TOS #77:Twilight's End byJerry Oltion is published byPocket Books.
• 29 January –DS9: "Crossfire" airs.
• 29 January –VOY: "Threshold" airs.

February[]

• 5 February –DS9: "Return to Grace" airs.
• 5 February –VOY: "Meld" airs.
• 9 February –
  • Jimmy Bennett is born.
  • Vince Cadiente dies.
• 12 February –DS9: "Sons of Mogh" airs.
• 12 February –VOY: "Dreadnought" airs.
• 19 February –DS9: "Bar Association" airs
• 19 February –VOY: "Death Wish" airs.
• 26 February –
  • DS9: "Accession" airs.
  • VOY: "Lifesigns" airs.
  • UK VHS releases:DS9 volume 4.1,VOY volume 2.1.
• 29 February –Star Trek Monthly issue 13 released.
• Unknown date –Brett andNolan Donahue are born.

March[]

• 5 March –Whit Bissell dies.
• 11 March – UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 4.2, VOY volume 2.2.
• 13 March –VOY: "Investigations" airs.
• 17 March –Lawrence Miller dies.
• 18 March –VOY: "Deadlock" airs.
• 19 March –Bo Ching dies.
• 25 March –
  • UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 4.3, VOY volume 2.3.
  • Mike Roy dies.
• 28 March –Star Trek Monthly issue 14 released.
• 29 March – The original release ofStar Trek: The Original Series onVHS in theUK is deleted, in preparation for a re-release later this year.

April[]

• 8 April –DS9: "Rules of Engagement" airs.
• 8 April –VOY: "Innocence" airs.
• 14 April –Ben Shenkman dies.
• 15 April –DS9: "Hard Time" airs.
• 16 April –Trevor Logan is born.
• 22 April – UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 4.4, VOY volume 2.4.
• 22 April –DS9: "Shattered Mirror" airs.
• 25 April –
  • Star Trek Monthly issue 15 released.
  • Robert Hamner dies.
• 27 April –Adam Roarke dies.
• 29 April –DS9: "The Muse" airs.
• 29 April –VOY: "The Thaw" airs.
• 30 April –Jeanne Bal andDavid Opatoshu die.

May[]

• 6 May –DS9: "For the Cause" airs.
• 6 May –VOY: "Tuvix" airs.
• 13 May – UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 4.5, VOY volume 2.5.
• 13 May –DS9: "To the Death" airs.
• 13 May –VOY: "Resolutions" airs.
• 20 May –DS9: "The Quickening" airs.
• 20 May –Star Trek: Voyager'ssecond season ends with "Basics, Part I".
• 24 May –John Abbott dies.
• 29 May –Darby Madison is born.
• 30 May –Star Trek Monthly issue 16 released.

June[]

• 1 June – The hardcover edition ofInside Star Trek: The Real Story is released byPocket Books.
• 3 June – Prior to their rerelease ofStar Trek: The Original Series,CIC Video releases theStar Trek: The Original Series - Tricorder Pack, featuring episodes chosen by the readers ofStar Trek Magazine. Also released: DS9 volume 4.6.
• 5 June –Bernie Pock dies.
• 10 June –DS9: "Body Parts" airs.
• 11 June –Curt Perkins dies.
• 16 June –Curt Swan dies.
• 17 June –Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'sfourth season ends with "Broken Link".
• 24 June – UK VHS release:TOS rerelease volume 1.1.
• 27 June –Star Trek Monthly issue 17 released.

July[]

• 8 July – UK VHS releases: TOS volumes 1.2 & 1.3, DS9 volume 4.7, VOY volume 2.6.
• 9 July –Melvin Belli dies.
• 10 July – The officialStar Trek website,Star Trek: Continuum, comes online.
• 20 July –Megha Sandhu is born.
• 22 July – UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 4.8, VOY volume 2.7.
• 25 July –
  • Final draft script forDS9: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places" is submitted.
  • Star Trek Monthly issue 18 released.

August[]

• 5 August – UK VHS releases: TOS volume 1.4, VOY volume 2.8.
• 7 August –Brett Gray is born.
• 10 August –Evan Evagora is born.
• 12 August –Torri Webster is born.
• 26 August – TheBBC showsStar Trek Night. The evening includes the UK premiere ofStar Trek: Voyager.
• 28 August – Final draft script ofVOY: "Warlord" is submitted.
• 29 August –
  • First day of filming onVOY: "Warlord" onParamount Stage 8.
  • Star Trek Monthly issue 19, a 100-page 30th anniversary special, released.
• 30 August –
  • Second day of filming onVOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 8 and9.
  • Dominique Stango is born.

September[]

• 3 September – Third day of filming onVOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 9.
• 4 September –
  • Star Trek: Voyager'sthird season begins with "Basics, Part II".
  • Fourth day of filming onVOY: "Warlord" onParamount Stage 16.
• 5 September –
  • Fifth day of filming onVOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 16.
  • Christine Trinh is born.
• 6 September – Sixth day of filming onVOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 16.
• 7 September –Bibi Besch dies.
• 8 September –Star Trek celebrates its30th anniversary.UPN broadcasts aspecial tribute fromParamount Studios hosted by Ted Danson. Nearly the entire casts of all fourStar Trek series are in attendance.Mae Jemison and Buzz Aldrin presented them with American flags, each flown in space aboard thespace shuttle orbiter.
• 9 September –
  • Seventh day of filming onVOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 16.
  • UK VHS releases: TOS volume 1.5, DS9 volume 4.9, VOY volume 2.9.
• 10 September – Eight and final first unit filming day onVOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 16.
• 11 September –VOY: "Flashback" airs.
• 16 September –Gene Nelson dies.
• 17 September –Ella Purnell is born.
• 18 September –VOY: "The Chute" airs.
• 25 September –VOY: "The Swarm" airs.
• 26 September –Star Trek Monthly issue 20 released.
• 30 September –Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'sfifth season begins with "Apocalypse Rising".

October[]

• 2 October –
  • VOY: "False Profits" airs.
  • Second unit filming onVOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 16 and 9.
• 7 October –
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's one hundredth episode, "The Ship" airs
  • UK VHS releases: TOS volume 1.6, DS9 volume 4.10, VOY volume 2.10.
• 9 October –
  • VOY: "Remember" airs.
  • Harvey Vernon dies.
• 14 October –DS9: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places" airs.
• 21 October –DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong" airs.
• 28 October –
  • DS9: "The Assignment" airs.
  • Jasmine Anthony is born.
  • UK VHS releases: DS9 volumes 4.11 and 4.12.
• 30 October –VOY: "Sacred Ground" airs.
• 31 October –Star Trek Monthly issue 21 released.

November[]

• 1 November –
  • Star Trek Chronology (2nd edition) released.
  • Pocket VOY novelBless the Beasts is published.
  • Pocket Books pop-up bookStar Trek: These Are the Voyages... is published.
  • Maximillian Orion Kesmodel is born.
• 4 November –
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's30th anniversary tribute tothe Original Series airs. "Trials and Tribble-ations" features almost all of the original series stars appearing with the DS9 actors, using technology similar to that used inForrest Gump. The episode features footage from "The Trouble with Tribbles" and "Mirror, Mirror"
  • UK VHS releases: TOS volume 1.7, VOY volume 2.11 (end season 2).
• 6 November –VOY: "Future's End" airs.
• 11 November –DS9: "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." airs.
• 13 November –VOY: "Future's End, Part II" airs.
• 14 November –Mason Gooding is born.
• 18 November –
  • DS9: "Things Past" airs
  • The gala premiere ofStar Trek: First Contact is held in Hollywood, Los Angeles,
  • UK VHS release: DS9 volume 4.13 (end season 4).
• 20 November –VOY: "Warlord" airs.
• 22 November –
  • Star Trek: First Contact, directed byJonathan Frakes, premieres in the US and Canada.
  • Mark Lenard dies.
• 23 November –Star Trek: First Contact premieres in Colombia.
• 25 November –DS9: "The Ascent" airs.
• 27 November –VOY: "The Q and the Grey" airs.
• 28 November –
  • Star Trek: First Contact premieres in Australia.
  • Star Trek Monthly issue 22 released.

December[]

• 2 December –
  • UK VHS release: TOS volume 1.8.
  • André Dae Kim is born.
• 9 December – UK VHS releases: Special releases of "The Best of Both Worlds", "The Way of the Warrior", "Caretaker" to tie-in with the UK release ofStar Trek: First Contact.
• 11 December –VOY: "Macrocosm" airs.
• 13 December –Star Trek: First Contact premieres in Cameroon, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
• 14 December –Edward K. Milkis dies.
• 16 December –Derek Garth dies.
• 19 December –Star Trek: First Contact premieres in Germany and New Zealand.
• 27 December –Star Trek Monthly issue 23 released.
• 30 December –
  • DS9: "Rapture" airs.
  • UK VHS release: TOS volume 1.9.

Unknown month[]

• UK VHS release viaThe Sun –Jonathan Ross' Guide toStar Trek: First Contact.

Media gallery[]

"Homefront"

"Paradise Lost"

"Prototype"

"Alliances"

"Crossfire"

"Threshold"

"Return to Grace"

"Meld"

"Sons of Mogh"

"Dreadnought"

"Bar Association"

"Death Wish"

"Accession"

"Lifesigns"

"Investigations"

"Deadlock"

"Rules of Engagement"

"Innocence"

"Hard Time"

"Shattered Mirror"

"The Muse"

"The Thaw"

"For the Cause"

"Tuvix"

"To the Death"

"Resolutions"

"Basics, Part I"

"Body Parts"

"Broken Link"

"Basics, Part II"

"Flashback"

"The Chute"

"The Swarm"

"Apocalypse Rising"

"False Profits"

"The Ship"

"Remember"

"Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"

"Nor the Battle to the Strong"

"The Assignment"

"Sacred Ground"

"Trials and Tribble-ations"

"Future's End"

"Let He Who Is Without Sin..."

"Future's End, Part II"

"Things Past"

"Warlord"

"The Ascent"

"The Q and the Grey"

"Macrocosm"

"Rapture"