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

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.
• 23 April – Gail Fortmuller 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 and Robert Rowohlt die.
• 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 – Denny O'Neil and Mel Winkler die.
• 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.
• 8 August – Isabell Yale dies.
• 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 –
  • James Anka dies.
  • 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.
  • Fulton Greg Gilson dies.
• 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.
  • Diane Moser and Rod Perry die.
• 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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