Events which occurred on the 12th of April.
In the Federation, this day is Frontier Day, celebrating the launch of the Enterprise (NX-01) in 2151. (PIC episode: "The Next Generation")
Events[]
Columbia's maiden flight.
- 1817
- Messier catalog creator Charles Messier dies.
- 1861
- The American Civil War begins.
- 1888
- Alfred Nobel is inaccurately reported dead in a newspaper, inspiring him to create the Nobel Prize.
- 1901
- On Earth, Scientist Cavor tests a spacecraft designed to resist gravity using cavorite casings, but it shifts him out of sync with the universe, propeling him into the 23rd century. (TOS - New Visions comic: "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner")
- 1912
- American Red Cross founder Clara Barton dies.
- 1945
- Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office, and Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States.
- 1961
- Yuri Gagarin becomes the first Human in space aboard Vostok 1. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology, Star Trek Annual 1969 article: Who Was First?)
- 1981
- NASA's space shuttle Columbia launches on its maiden flight, mission STS-1.
- 1985
- Discovery launches for mission STS-51D.
- 2163
- T'Pol teaches Hoshi Sato biofeedback techniques to mimic the emotional states of "Mutes" on their homeworld to facilitate communication. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: A Choice of Futures)
- 2245
- Jonathan Archer dies on Earth in Schenectady, New York. (ENT episode: "In a Mirror, Darkly")[1]
- 2401
- Fleet Admiral Elizabeth Shelby commands the USS Enterprise-F during Frontier Day, but her crew is compromised by the Borg, and the entire fleet is assimilated. (PIC episode: "Võx")
Appendices[]
Calendar of publication and production[]
Star Trek: Explorer, Issue 2.
- 1969
- TOS comic: "Beware the Beast" continues with the 3rd installment, in Joe 90: Top Secret #13.
- 1980
- The 35th installment of TOS comic: "The Real McCoy" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
- 1981
- The 22nd installment of TOS comic: "It's a Living" is published.
- 1982
- The 43rd installment of TOS comic: "The Wristwatch Plantation" is published.
- 1983
- The 50th installment of TOS comic: "Send in the Clones" is published.
- 2016
- STO - Agents of Yesterday short story: "Temporal Front" is released by Cryptic Studios.
- TOS omnibus: The Spectrum War is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2017
- TOS - Boldly Go comic: "Issue 7" is published.
- 2018
- Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 34 is released by Eaglemoss Collections.
- 2022
- The short stories "Seven > Seven", "Quality of Life", "Retribution", and "Broken Oaths" are published by Titan Magazines in Star Trek: Explorer, Issue 2.
- 2023
- IDW Star Trek comic: "Godshock, Part 6" and DFT comic: "Issue 2" are published.
- Adventures RPG module: Lower Decks Season 1 Crew Pack is released by Mōdiphiüs Entertainment.
References[]
- ↑ He died the day after the launch of the USS Enterprise, now established to be 11 April 2245
External link[]
- 12 April article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.