For information about 1996 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1996.
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 Generations Special Collectors Edition.
- Pocket TOS #77: Twilight's End by Jerry Oltion is published by Pocket 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 and Nolan 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 of Star Trek: The Original Series on VHS in the UK 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 and David 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's second 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 of Inside Star Trek: The Real Story is released by Pocket Books.
- 3 June – Prior to their rerelease of Star Trek: The Original Series, CIC Video releases the Star Trek: The Original Series - Tricorder Pack, featuring episodes chosen by the readers of Star 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's fourth 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 official Star 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 for DS9: "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 – The BBC shows Star Trek Night. The evening includes the UK premiere of Star Trek: Voyager.
- 28 August – Final draft script of VOY: "Warlord" is submitted.
- 29 August –
- First day of filming on VOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 8.
- Star Trek Monthly issue 19, a 100-page 30th anniversary special, released.
- 30 August –
- Second day of filming on VOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 8 and 9.
- Dominique Stango is born.
September[]
- 3 September – Third day of filming on VOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 9.
- 4 September –
- Star Trek: Voyager's third season begins with "Basics, Part II".
- Fourth day of filming on VOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 16.
- 5 September –
- Fifth day of filming on VOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 16.
- Christine Trinh is born.
- 6 September – Sixth day of filming on VOY: "Warlord" on Paramount Stage 16.
- 7 September – Bibi Besch dies.
- 8 September – Star Trek celebrates its 30th anniversary. UPN broadcasts a special tribute from Paramount Studios hosted by Ted Danson. Nearly the entire casts of all four Star Trek series are in attendance. Mae Jemison and Buzz Aldrin presented them with American flags, each flown in space aboard the space shuttle orbiter.
- 9 September –
- 10 September – Eight and final first unit filming day on VOY: "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's fifth season begins with "Apocalypse Rising".
October[]
- 2 October –
- VOY: "False Profits" airs.
- Second unit filming on VOY: "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[]
William Shatner "meets" Avery Brooks
- 1 November –
- Star Trek Chronology (2nd edition) released.
- Pocket VOY novel Bless the Beasts is published.
- Pocket Books pop-up book Star Trek: These Are the Voyages... is published.
- Maximillian Orion Kesmodel is born.
- 4 November –
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's 30th anniversary tribute to the 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 in Forrest 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 of Star 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 by Jonathan 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 of Star 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 –
Unknown month[]
- UK VHS release via The Sun – Jonathan Ross' Guide to Star Trek: First Contact.