2053

timeline

years:	2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2056 (stardates Not Applicable)
decades:	2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s
centuries:	20th century - 21st century - 22nd century

Events

World War III begins on Earth. Nuclear weapons are detonated in a conflict between the Eastern Coalition and the West and its allies. Amongst those most devastated by the conflict is the newly emerging Muslim Bloc. Cities such as Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Riyadh, Karachi, New Delhi, London, Paris, Washington, DC and New York City are among those hit with nuclear weapons (though not all are destroyed, and other cities are devastated by conventional weapons).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Flint survives the destruction of New York City.^[5]
Mestral and Zefram Cochrane travel the distance from Boston, Massachusetts to Bozeman, Montana to partner with Sloane and build Cochrane's prototype warp engine.^[6]

The Eastern Coalition's governing palace is destroyed by American forces, killing Lee Kuan.^[7]
During an attack with nuclear weapons on Richmond, Indiana, a group of Humans sheltered in the local East Fork Presbyterian Church is saved by Gabrielle Burnham and transported to Terralysium.^[8]

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
The Sundered Chapter 6	The Lost Era	May 1, 2053	novel
Strange New Worlds 9 Mestral	Enterprise	May 1, 2053	short story
Strange New Worlds 9 The Immortality Blues Section 1	Speculations	May 1, 2053	short story
Federation: The First 150 Years Prologue: Cochrane's Flight, 2063-2120	Star Trek	2053	reference book	World War III erupts on Earth.