20 April

Events which occurred on the 20th of April.

Events[]

1862: Louis Pasteur successfully tests the pasteurization process. (TOS reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual)
1889: German dictator Adolf Hitler is born.
1902: Physicists Marie Curie and Pierre Curie isolate a form of radium.
1912: Count Dracula creator Bram Stoker dies.
2254: Doctor Leonard McCoy receives approval to join a multi-month medical mission on Capella IV. (TOS eBook: Seasons of Light and Darkness) ^[1]
2368: Captain K'Temoc contacts Morgan Bateson, as both were time displaced from the 23rd century. K'Temoc would have committed suicide had not the Klingon Civil War broken out. Commiserating about being out of time, he reassures Bateson that times change, and perhaps someday the Federation and Klingon Empire will be back at war. (TNG - Strange New Worlds VII short story: "Future Shock")

1980: The 43rd installment of TOS comic: "The Real McCoy" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981: The 30th installment of TOS comic: "It's a Living" is published.
1982: The 51st installment of TOS comic: "The Wristwatch Plantation" is published.
1983: The 57th installment of TOS comic: "Send in the Clones" is published.
1992: TNG episode: "Cost of Living" airs (week of).
1995: TOS novel: Vulcan! is released as book 11 in the Star Trek Adventures series by Titan Books.
1999: TOS movie: The Final Frontier is released on DVD, region 1.
2016: TOS - Starfleet Academy comic: "Issue 5" and TOS omnibus: The Spectrum War are released by IDW Publishing.
2021: ST - Shipyards reference: The Borg and Delta Quadrant is published by Eaglemoss Collections.
2022: ST - Aliens comic: "Ferengi", TNG omnibus: Best of Picard, and TOS - Year Five omnibus: Experienced in Loss are published.
2023: PIC episode: "The Last Generation" debuts on Paramount+.

↑ The Capella mission occurred in 2264 according to TOS - My Brother's Keeper novel: Enterprise.