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1955 was, on Earth's calendar, the 56th year of the 21st century, and the sixth year of the 1950s decade. Although this was a time period before Human formulation of stardates, this era begins with stardate 1955.0.
Events[]
- On Earth, Human astronomer Colin Stanley Gum discovers a nebula which has formed from a supernova remnant. The nebula was christened the Gum Nebula in his honor.[1]
- Kirk also traveled to Earth in 1955 via the time travel cabinet to retrieve a missing doomsday weapon.[2]
- Revenge of the Creature, a horror/science fiction B-movie, is released.[3]
- In the Julian Bashir, Secret Agent holoprogram, Falcon begins a series of attempts to kill Julian Bashir.[4]
- A bottle of Dom Pérignon is produced.[5]
- By this year Kay Eaton has begun to hate Stone and Pabst because of their sexism.[6]
- October
- The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal is commissioned.[7]
Mirror universe[]
- The Terran Empire of the mirror universe exists by this year, as a political party or otherwise which eventually turned into an interstellar empire.[8]
Alternate timelines[]
- In an alternate timeline World War II continued into this year.[9]
People[]
Births and deaths[]
Alternate timelines[]
- In an alternate timeline Leonard McCoy is killed by a Nazi fighter pilot in Hayden, South Carolina.[9]
- Captain James T. Kirk is transported in this year by the Guardian of Forever, after being subjected to a Klingon mind-sifter in the year 2267. Confused about his identity, he is institutionalized in a mental health facility for a full year.[13]
Appendices[]
References and notes[]
- ↑ TTN novel: Orion's Hounds.
- ↑ TOS comic: "A Bomb in Time".
- ↑ VOY episode: "Repression"
- ↑ DS9 episode: "Our Man Bashir"
- ↑ DS9 episode: "His Way"
- ↑ ST - Typhon Pact novel: Plagues of Night
- ↑ TNG novel: Ghost Ship.
- ↑ ENT episode: "In a Mirror, Darkly"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows
- ↑ TOS episode: "Miri"
- ↑ TOS novel: The Cry of the Onlies
- ↑ ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia
- ↑ TOS - The New Voyages short story: "Mind-Sifter".
Stories[]
| Title | Series | Date | Media | Notes | Image |
| From History's Shadow Chapter 10 |
The Original Series | 14 January 1955 | novel | 
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| A Bomb in Time Kirk's time travel |
The Original Series | 3 April 1955 | comic | 
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| Crucible Timeline 2 |
The Original Series | 1955 | novel | Alternate-timetrack history of what would have occurred on Earth, had Dr. McCoy prevented Edith Keeler's death in 1930. | 
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External links[]
- 1955 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- 1955 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.