2018

For other uses, see2018.

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2018 was, onEarth'scalendar, the 19thyear of the21st century, and the ninth year of the2010sdecade. Although this was a time period beforeHuman formulation ofstardates, this era begins with stardate 2018.0.^[1]

Events[]

• Asleeper ship is launched towardsAlpha Centauri, one of the last such missions due to advances in propulsiontechnology.^[2]
• 2018 was the beginning of a rash ofbaseball team bankruptcies, which would culminate in a total of four teams going defunct between 2018 and2023.^[3]
• 2018 marked the last known case of aHuman taking aphotograph of aVulcan probe ship, the 18th such event to happen since theyear1955.^[4]
• A suspectedcomet,C/2018-G2, is first observed byHumanNASAscientists on theplanetEarth.^[5]

People[]

Births and deaths[]

• TheDax symbiont is born onplanetTrill.^[6][7]

14 March

Stephen Hawking dies.^[8]

27 June

Harlan Ellison dies.^[8]

30 November

George H. W. Bush dies.^[8]

Notable people[]

Buck Bokai.

Christopher Brynner.

George H. W. Bush andMikhail Gorbachev.

George W. Bush andTony Blair.

Jimmy Carter.

Shaun Geoffrey Christopher.

Bill andHillary Clinton.

Dax.

Harlan Ellison.

Stephen Hawking.

Shannon O'Donnel.

other notable people

Hank Aaron •Buzz Aldrin •Pamela Anderson •Ann-Margret •Margaret Atwood •Drew Barrymore •Barry Bonds •Ben Bova •Kenneth Branagh •Naomi Campbell •Jimmy Carter •Charles, Prince of Wales •Jaques Chirac •Katie Christopher •Kevin Christopher •Rory Christopher •Joan Collins •Max Allan Collins •Robert Crais •Dax symbiont •Olivia de Havilland •Robert De Niro •Cameron Diaz •Athene Donald •Frank Drake •Bob Dylan •Freeman Dyson •Clint Eastwood •Elizabeth II •Shepard Fairey •Vigdís Finnbogadóttir •Heidi Fleiss •Alice Fontana •Tera Franklin •Bill Gates •Patty Hearst •Hultquist •Stephen King •Lady Gaga •Debbie Lauderdale •Sumi Lee •Alexey Leonov •James Lovell •Shirin Ludden •Elle Macpherson •Madonna •John Major •Lee Majors •Junior Mance •Johnny Mandel •Willie Mays •Jennifer McCarthy •Paul McCartney •Larry McMurtry •Walter Mondale •Demi Moore •Elon Musk •Jocelyn O'Herlihy •Marcus O'Herlihy •Roger Penrose •Plummer •Helen Reddy •Derek Redmond •Donald Rumsfeld •Emilia Sakamoto •Claudia Schiffer •William Shatner •Simone •Will Smith •Patrick Stewart •Sharon Stone •Valentina Tereshkova •Frank J. Tipler •Andrew Wiles •Chuck Yeager •Jase Zero

Appendices[]

References and notes[]

Releases[]

January[]

7 January

• DSCepisode: "Despite Yourself" is released.

9 January

• Boldly Go, Volume 2 fromIDW Publishing.
• Star Trek Magazine, Issue 192 (US #65)

14 January

• DSCepisode: "The Wolf Inside" is released.

16 January

• The New Adventures, Volume 4 fromIDW Publishing.

21 January

• DSCepisode: "Vaulting Ambition" is released.

24 January

• DSC -The Light of Kahlesscomic: "Issue 2" fromIDW Publishing.

28 January

• DSCepisode: "What's Past Is Prologue" is released.

31 January

• TOS -Boldly Gocomic: "Issue 16" fromIDW Publishing.
• Discovery: The Official Starships Collection begins withIssue 1, theUSSShenzhou.

February[]

• Discovery: The Official Starships Collection,Issue 2, theUSSDiscovery.
• TOS -New Visionscomic: "Isolation" fromIDW Publishing.

4 February

• DSCepisode: "The War Without, the War Within" is released.

6 February

• DSCnovel:Drastic Measures fromPocket Books.

11 February

• DSCepisode: "Will You Take My Hand?" is released.

13 February

• New Visions, Volume 6 fromIDW Publishing.
• Star Trek Magazine, Issue 193 (US #66)

March[]

7 March

• TOS -Boldly Gocomic: "Issue 17" fromIDW Publishing.

14 March

• DSC -The Light of Kahlesscomic: "Issue 3" fromIDW Publishing.

27 March

• VOY novel,Architects of Infinity byKirsten Beyer.

April[]

4 April

• DSCcomic: "2018 Annual" fromIDW Publishing.

11 April

• TOS -New Visionscomic: "Issue 21" fromIDW Publishing.

18 April

• TOS -Boldly Gocomic: "Issue 18" fromIDW Publishing.
• New Adventures, Volume 5 fromIDW Publishing.
• DSC -Successioncomic: "Issue 1" fromIDW Publishing.

25 April

• DSC -The Light of Kahlesscomic: "Issue 4" fromIDW Publishing.

May[]

• PRMnovel:The Root of All Rage (English language edition).

2 May

• TNG -Through the Mirrorcomic: "Issue 1" fromIDW Publishing.

8 May

• Star Trek Magazine, Issue 194 (US #67)

9 May

• TNG -Through the Mirrorcomic: "Issue 2" fromIDW Publishing.

16 May

• TNG -Through the Mirrorcomic: "Issue 3" fromIDW Publishing.

23 May

• DSC -Successioncomic: "Issue 2" fromIDW Publishing.
• TNG -Through the Mirrorcomic: "Issue 4" fromIDW Publishing.

30 May

• TNG -Through the Mirrorcomic: "Issue 5" fromIDW Publishing.

June[]

• DSC -Successioncomic: "Issue 3" fromIDW Publishing.

5 June

• Boldly Go, Volume 3 fromIDW Publishing.
• DSCnovel:Fear Itself.

27 June

• TOS -New Visionscomic: "An Unexpected Yesterday" fromIDW Publishing.

July[]

• DSC -Successioncomic: "Issue 4" fromIDW Publishing.
• TNG -Terra Incognitacomic: "Issue 1" fromIDW Publishing.

August[]

• New Visions, Volume 7omnibus fromIDW Publishing.

September[]

4 September

• DSC:The Light of Kahlessomnibus fromIDW Publishing.

10 September

• Star Trek Magazine, Issue 195 (US #68)

25 September

• Shipyards: Starfleet Ships 2151 - 2293.

October[]

• The Autobiography of Mr. Spock byDavid A. Goodman.

4 October

• Short Treksepisode: "Runaway" is released.

November[]

6 November

• DSC:Successionomnibus fromIDW Publishing.

8 November

• Short Treksepisode: "Calypso" is released.

13 November

• Shipyards: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future.
• Star Trek Magazine, Issue 196 (US #69)

27 November

• PRMnovel:In the Heart of Chaos (English language edition).

December[]

6 December

• Short Treksepisode: "The Brightest Star" is released.

External links[]

• 2018 article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
• 2018 (production) article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
• 2018 article atWikipedia, the free encyclopedia.