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For information about 2020 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 2020.

Table of Contents: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December • Media

Events[]

January[]

4 January – Joe Podnar dies.
8 January – Lloyd A. Buswell dies.
9 January –
- Lan O'Kun dies.
- Star Trek: Short Treks "Children of Mars" premieres on CBS All Access.
- Star Trek Adventures - Gamma Quadrant by Modiphius Entertainment is released.
18 January – Robert Sampson dies.
23 January –
- Robert Harper dies.
- Star Trek: Picard's premiere, "Remembrance", and its The Ready Room aftershow air on CBS All Access.
28 January – Marj Dusay and Dyanne Thorne die.
29 January – Issue 3 of Star Trek: Picard - Countdown, from IDW Publishing is released.
30 January –
- Jason Rossilli dies.
- the second episode of Star Trek: Picard, "Maps and Legends", and its The Ready Room aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.

February[]

3 February – Douglas Knapp dies.
4 February – Star Trek: Year Five - Odyssey's End, from IDW Publishing, is released.
5 February – Kevin Conway and Edward Penn die.
6 February – the third episode of Star Trek: Picard, "The End is the Beginning", and its The Ready Room aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
7 February – Star Trek: Picard - Season 1, Chapter 1, from Lakeshore Records, is released in digital format.
11 February –
- Fred Hafner dies.
- The Last Best Hope, a Star Trek: Picard novel written by Una McCormack, is released.
12 February – Cheryl Wheeler Duncan dies.
13 February –
- Ryan MacDonald dies.
- the fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard, "Absolute Candor", and its The Ready Room aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
18 February – Star Trek: Voyager 25th Anniversary Special, from Titan Comics, is released.
19 February – Issue 10 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
20 February –
- Claudette Nevins and Elyse Rosenstein die.
- the fifth episode of Star Trek: Picard, "Stardust City Rag", and its The Ready Room aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
24 February – Teda Bracci dies.
26 February – Valentine's Day Special Edition of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
27 February –
- Gene Dynarski dies.
- the sixth episode of Star Trek: Picard, "The Impossible Box", and its The Ready Room aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.

March[]

2 March – Jubin K dies.
3 March –
- James Otis and David Wise die.
- Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual, by Dayton Ward, is released.
- Star Trek Starships Coaster Book, by Chip Carter, from RP Studio is released.
4 March – Popular Culture, Conspiracy Theory, and the Star Trek Text, from Lexington Books.
5 March – the seventh episode of Star Trek: Picard, "Nepenthe", and its The Ready Room aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
10 March –
- The Higher Frontier, a Pocket TOS novel by Christopher L. Bennett, is released.
- Social Movements and the Collective Identity of the Star Trek Fandom, from Lexington Books, is released.
12 March – the eighth episode of Star Trek: Picard, "Broken Pieces", and its The Ready Room aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
13 March – Douglas Alan Shanklin dies.
18 March – Steven Grothe dies.
19 March – the ninth episode of Star Trek: Picard, "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1", and its The Ready Room aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
25 March – Garret Sato dies.
26 March –
- The tenth episode and season 1 finale of Star Trek: Picard, "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2", and its The Ready Room aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
- Jerry Daniels dies.
27 March – Star Trek: Picard Official Collector's Edition, from Titan Comics, is released.

April[]

2 April – Exploring Star Trek: Voyager, from McFarland Publishing, is released.
3 April – Star Trek: Picard - Season 1, from Lakeshore Records, is released in digital format.
6 April – Erik Holland dies.
14 April –
- Richard Danus dies.
- The Unsettling Stars, a novel by Alan Dean Foster set in the alternate reality, is released.
17 April – Beaming Up and Getting Off by Walter Koenig, from Jacobs Brown Press, is released.
20 April – Rina Bennett dies.
30 April – Michael Keenan dies.

May[]

1 May – Else Blangsted dies.
3 May – John Mahon dies.
5 May – IncrediBuilds: Star Trek - Klingon Bird-of-Prey Book and 3D Wood Model from Insight Editions is released.
9 May – Geno Silva dies.
10 May – Martin Pasko dies.
12 May – Frank Bolle dies.
26 May – Richard Herd and Anthony James die.
27 May – Omnibus edition of Star Trek: Discovery - Aftermath, from IDW Publishing.

June[]

2 June – The first nine episodes of Star Trek: Short Treks are released on DVD and Blu-ray.
3 June – Issue 11 of Star Trek: Year Five from IDW Publishing is released.
9 June –
- Thomas DeWier dies.
- Agents of Influence, a Pocket TOS novel by Dayton Ward, is released.
11 June –
- Mel Winkler dies.
- Denny O'Neil dies.
14 June – William Dennis Hunt dies.
23 June – Harry Basch dies.
24 June – William F. Phillips dies.
30 June –
- The 2021 edition of The Star Trek Calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
- Star Trek: Discovery Guide to Seasons 1 and 2, Collector's Edition from Titan Comics is released.

July[]

1 July – Issue 12 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
2 July – The Ready Room's "Away Mission Special" premieres on CBS All Access.
7 July –
- Star Trek Alphabet Book by Dennis Shealey, from Little Golden Books, is released.
- The 2021 edition of the Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
- The 2021 edition of the Star Trek: Discovery calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
- The first edition of the Star Trek: Cats calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
13 July – Carl Gafford dies.
14 July –
- Galyn Görg dies.
- Die Standing, a Gallery DIS novel by John Jackson Miller, is released.
- Star Trek: The USS Voyager NCC-74656 Illustrated Handbook, by Ben Robinson, from Random House is released.
15 July –
- Maurice Roëves dies.
- Issue 1 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice from IDW Publishing is released.
21 July –
- Brock Lumarque dies.
- Star Trek: Year Five - The Wine-Dark Deep from IDW Publishing is released.
31 July – Fighting for the Future: Essays on Star Trek: Discovery, from Liverpool University Press, is released.
Unknown date – Jim Michael dies.

August[]

2 August – Cuauhtemoc Sanchez dies.
4 August – The first edition of the Star Trek: Picard calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.
5 August – Issue 13 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
6 August – Star Trek: Lower Decks, a new animated series, premieres with "Second Contact" and a The Ready Room special aftershow on CBS All Access.
11 August – More Beautiful Than Death, a novel by David Mack set in the alternate reality, is released.
13 August – the second episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Envoys", premieres on CBS All Access.
18 August –
- Ben Cross dies.
- Omnibus edition of Star Trek: Picard – Countdown, from IDW Publishing, is released.
19 August – Issue 2 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice, from IDW Publishing.
20 August – the third episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Temporal Edict", premieres on CBS All Access.
26 August – Star Trek: Hell's Mirror, from IDW Publishing, is released.
27 August – the fourth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Moist Vessel", premieres on CBS All Access.
Unknown day – Jean Lisette Aroeste dies.

September[]

1 September –
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Art and Visual Effects, from Titan Books, is released.
- Star Trek Nerd Search: Quibbles with Tribbles, from Hero Collector, is released.
3 September –
- The fifth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Cupid's Errant Arrow", premieres on CBS All Access.
- Ken Jackman dies.
9 September – Issue 14 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
10 September – the sixth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Terminal Provocations", and The Ready Room special aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
14 September – the premiere podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, "Ben Stiller", is released.
16 September – Merritt Yohnka dies.
17 September – the seventh episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Much Ado About Boimler", premieres on CBS All Access.
19 September – Mary Mascari dies.
21 September – the second podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, "Reza Aslan", is released.
24 September – the eighth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Veritas", premieres on CBS All Access.
28 September – the third podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, "Michelle Hurd, Angelica Jade Bastién & Kendra James", is released.
29 September –
- Noby Arden dies.
- The 2021 edition of the Star Trek Daily Calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.

October[]

1 October
- the ninth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Crisis Point", premieres on CBS All Access.
- "Battle at the Binary Stars" airs on CBS, the first free-to-air broadcast of this episode in the US.
5 October – the fourth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, "Mike McMahan", is released.
6 October – PIC Season 1 Blu-ray and DVD are released.
7 October – Issue 3 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice, from IDW Publishing, is released.
8 October – The tenth episode and season 1 finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "No Small Parts", and a The Ready Room special aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
12 October – the fifth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, "Stacey Abrams", is released.
13 October – Pocket VOY novel To Lose the Earth, by Kirsten Beyer, is released.
14 October – Debt of Honor Facsimile Edition from IDW Publishing is released.
15 October –
- Star Trek: Discovery returns with "That Hope Is You, Part 1", the first episode of season 3, on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
17 October – Toshiya Agata dies.
19 October – the sixth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, "Tig Notaro", is released.
20 October – the French version of Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive entitled "Star Trek : Science ou Fiction ?" by Sylvain Taisant is released.
22 October – DIS: "Far From Home" premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
26 October – the seventh podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, "Samantha Cristoforetti", is released.
27 October – The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack, from Titan Books, is released.
28 October –
- Issue 15 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released
- Leanza Cornett dies.
29 October –
- DIS: "People of Earth" premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "Choose Your Pain" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
31 October – Sean Connery dies.

November[]

2 November –
- Nancy Vawter dies.
- The eighth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, "Bill McKibben", is released.
3 November –
- Star Trek Cocktails by Glenn Dakin, from Hero Collector, is released.
- Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness by Glenn Dakin, from Hero Collector, is released.
4 November – Issue 4 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice, from IDW Publishing, is released.
5 November –
- DIS: "Forget Me Not" premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "Lethe" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode
9 November – the ninth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, "Jeff Russo", is released.
10 November –
- George Sasaki dies.
- A Contest of Principles, a Pocket TOS novel by Greg Cox, is released.
- Star Trek: The Wisdom of Picard by Chip Carter is released.
- The Art of Star Trek: Discovery, by Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann, from Titan Books is released.
11 November – Issue 16 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
12 November –
- DIS: "Die Trying" premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
14 November – Rae Norman and William Thomas, Jr. die.
16 November – The Voyages of Star Trek, by K.M. Heath and A.S. Carlisle, from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers is released.
18 November – Issue 1 of Star Trek: Voyager - Seven's Reckoning, from IDW Publishing, is released.
19 November –
- DIS: "Scavengers" premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
- Herbert F. Solow dies.
21 November – Edna Glover dies.
24 November – Star Trek Voyager: A Celebration by Ben Robinson, from Hero Collector is released.
26 November –
- DIS: "Unification III" premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "Into the Forest I Go" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.

December[]

1 December – Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry by Ben Robinson, from Titan Books is released.
3 December –
- DIS: "The Sanctuary" premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "Despite Yourself" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
4 December – David L. Lander dies.
8 December – Omnibus edition of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice, from IDW Publishing, is released.
10 December –
- Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Jr. dies.
- DIS: "Terra Firma, Part 1" premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "The Wolf Inside" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
12 December – Dave Galanter dies.
17 December –
- DIS: "Terra Firma, Part 2" premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "Vaulting Ambition" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
- Rod Perry dies.
18 December –
- Joseph L. Scanlan and Alexander Singer die.
23 December – James Gunn dies.
24 December –
- "Su'Kal", premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "What's Past Is Prologue" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
29 December – Brendan McKane dies.
30 December –
- Allison Hock dies.
- Issue 17 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing is released.
- Issue 2 of Star Trek: Voyager - Seven's Reckoning, from IDW Publishing.
31 December –
- Alfred T. Ferrante dies.
- Star Trek's 800th episode overall, "There Is A Tide...", premieres on CBS All Access, along with an aftershow.
- "The War Without, The War Within" airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.

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