12 May

Events which occurred on the 12th of May.

Events[]

1820: Nurse Florence Nightingale is born.
1938: The United States Navy commissions the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. (The Official Fan Club Magazine Issue 61: "Enterprise: A Timeless Legend")
1958: On Earth, the North American Air Defense Command is formed.
1967: Poet John Masefield dies.
2156: The Earth Starfleet starship Columbia arrives at Earth Starbase 1 in the Algeron system for maintenance. In his personal log, Engineer Rick Stiles says he hopes to see his uncle, Excalibur Captain Bran Stiles, during shore leave at the base. (ST reference: Federation: The First 150 Years)
2159: In the Mission to Encaria during the Earth-Romulan War, the Earth Starfleet Enterprise destroys a Romulan biogenic toxin production facility. (ST video game: Legacy)
2164: Travis Mayweather returns to Kaferia aboard the USS Pioneer in hopes of convincing Kaferians to join the Federation. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Tower of Babel)
2374: David Mack files an encrypted reassessment report on Project Genesis in New York on Earth, citing recent protomatter developments at the Daystrom Institute and the Vulcan Science Academy. (TNG - The Genesis Wave novel: Book One)

1973: The 12th installment of TOS comic: "Spheres of War" is published in Valiant and TV21, Issue 85.
1980: The 9th installment of TOS comic: "Double Bluff" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981: The 17th installment of TOS comic: "The Savage Within" is published.
1982: The 73rd installment of TOS comic: "The Wristwatch Plantation" is published.
1983: The 4th installment of TOS comic: "Goodbye to Spock" is published.
1997: DS9 episode: "Blaze of Glory" airs.
1999

2004: ENT episode: "The Council" airs.
2009: TOS novelization: Star Trek is released in trade paperback by Pocket Books and as an abridged audiobook by Simon & Schuster Audio.
2010