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680 APPENDIX C: ISTORICAL EVENTS IN THE STAR TREX UNIVERSE THE STAR TREX ENCYCLOPEDIA

This timeline is drawn from the Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future by Denise Okuda and Michael Okuda, published by Pocket Books. For further historical information, as well as for information on how this timeline was derived, we refer you to the Chronology.

1957: First artificial satellite is launched from Earth. Sputnik / is orbted by ~~ 2230: Spock is born on Vulcan, son of Sarek and Amanda. the Soviet Union, marking the dawn of Earth's Space Age. 2233: James T. Kirk is born in lowa on Earth. 1969: Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on Earth's moon, proclaiming the historic Apollo 11 flight to be “one 2237: Hikaru Sulu is born in San Francisco on Earth. small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." 2239: Uhura is born on Earth. Computer pioneer Henry Starling introduces the first isograted circuit, spurring the beginning of Earth's microcomputer 2243: Dr. Richard Daystrom invents duotronics, the basis for the revolution. computer systems used aboard the Enterprise. 1992: The Eugenics Wars begin when a group of genetically bred ~~ 2246: The first Starship Enterprise, NCC-1701, is launched. Captain “supermen” seize control of one-quarter of Earth, plunging Robert April commands the ship's first five-year mission of the planet into a temible conflict. (Fortunately, Los Angeles is exploration. spared destruction.) Pavel A. Chekov is born. 1996: Eugenics Wars end. The genetic tyrants are overthrown. One “superman,” Khan Noonien Singh, escapes into space 2249: Spock enters Starfleet Academy. aboard the S.S. Botany Bay. 2250: Kirk enrolls in Starfleet Academy. As a cadet, he serves Earth scientists announce discovery of a possible microfossil aboard the U.S.S. Republic. from Mars, the first physical evidence of fe from another world. 2251: Christopher Pike assumes command of the Starship 2018: The Dax symbiont is born on Trill. Enterprise. He heads two five-year missions of exploration into the unknown. 2026: Joe DiMaggio's hitting record is broken by Buck Bokai, a shortstop from the London Kings. 2252: Spock, a cadet at Starfleet Academy, begins serving aboard the Enterprise under Captain Pike. 2053: Earth is devastated by World War Ill. 2253: Spock graduates from Starfleet Academy. 2063: Warp drive is invented by Zefram Cochrane. The development of the faster-than-light drive is a crucial milestone in 2264: Kirk graduates from Starfleet Academy, the only cadet ever to human history. beat the infamous “no-win” Kobayashi Maru training scenario. Kirk is assigned to U.S.S. Farragut. A day after Cochrane's first warp flight, a Vulcan spacecraft lands on Earth, humankind's first official contact with an Starship Enterprise at planet Talos IV. extraterrestrial intelligence. 2261: David Marcus, son of James Kirk and Carol Marcus, is born. 2065: S.S. Valiant is lost near the edge of the galaxy. 2264: James T. Kirk begins historic five-year mission in command of 2079: Earth continues to recover from the postatomic horror, a the Starship Enterprise. recovery spawned by Cochrane's flight. Tuvok is born. 2117: Zefram Cochrane disappears and is believed dead. 2266: First season of the original Star Trek series. (Continues 2156: Romulan Wars begin between Earth forces and the Romulan into 2267) Star Empire. Romulan forces violate the Neutral Zone for the first time in 2160: Romulan Wars ended by the Battle of Cheron. The Romulan over a century. Neutral Zone is established. Captain Christopher Pike, severely injured in a training acci2161: The United Federation of Planets is incorporated. dent, returns to Talos IV to live. Starfleet is established with a charter “to boldly go where no 2267: S.S. Botany Bay, Khan's sleeper ship, is discovered adrift man has gone before.” near the Mutara Sector. Khan and his followers are exiled to planet Ceti Alpha V. 2165: Sarek of Vulcan is born. Relations with the Klingon Empire deteriorate; open warfare is 2218: First contact with the Klingon Empire. The incident is a disas- averted by establishment of the Organian Peace Treaty. ter, leading to nearly a century of hostilities between the Klingons and the Federation. Second season of the original Star Trek series. (Continues into 2268.) 2222: Montgomery Scott is born. Spock returns to his homeworld to take T'Pring as his bride, 2227: Leonard H. McCoy is born. but he is spurned in favor of Stonn.