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Events

• Risa is officially admitted into the United Federation of Planets.

The ebook "The Future Begins" states that Risa was "allied" with the Federation as early as the late 22nd century.

• First contact was made between the Federation and the Caitians.
• First contact occurs between the Federation and the Regulan people.
• Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po builds a universal translator.
• Sylvia Tilly, at the age of sixteen, went through a "rebellious phase" in her life, and she was involved with hacking.
• James T. Kirk attempts to lead a group of friends on a trek from Iowa to Oregon and on to South America, but only got as far as the dynacarrier Christopher Cockerell before being detained by his father. Fearing that his son could be heading for a life of crime, George took emergency leave and they both boarded the USS Enterprise. En route, the Enterprise is diverted to Vega IX, but the Kirks boarded a liaison cutter to complete the journey. Shortly after, the cutter was hijacked by the pirate Rex Moss and the crew of the Shark. These events restored his respect for his father and Starfleet and he decided to join the Academy.
• Uhura is involved in a fire accident while she is studying at the Institute for Advanced Mathematics, Uhura is unable to save her roommate T'iana before succumbing to the effects of the heat and fire. For years afterwards, Uhura would have dreams about T'iana's death and Uhura's subsequent rescue by adults.
• War nearly broke out between the Federation and the Romulans when a Federation passenger vessel, Brass Ring, inadvertently entered the Neutral Zone. Fortunately, negotiations were able to proceed quickly and parts of the Treaty of Gamma Trianguli were redefined. This incident became known as the Brass Ring Incident to Starfleet Command.
• The Federation annexes a Human colony on Rigel IV to counteract Orion slave-trading.
• A shipment of dilithium from Delta Vega was due at Earth to supply the USS Enterprise when she was undergoing a refit. However, as the refit was nearing completion ahead of schedule, a supply of dilithium held at the Sloane Complex was used for the Enterprise instead.

Summer

Nyota Uhura learns sign language from her deaf cousin, Epala, while visiting her in Koyo.

October

A routine followup survey expedition to the Libros star system by the Enterprise discovered the Jatohr, who had enslaved the indigenous population of planet Libros III. A disastrous landing party expedition commanded by Una resulted in the entire party being sent into a parallel universe with little hope of rescue, although the Ptaen incursion was repulsed and the sluglike aliens likewise exiled back to their native reality. Una resolved to eventually rescue her comrades, despite potentially taking decades to do so.

Promotions and transfers

• Around this year Christopher Pike assumes command of the Yorktown, with Number One serving as his first officer.
• Spock enters Starfleet Academy.
• Michael Burnham graduates from the Vulcan Science Academy and begins her seven-year service aboard the USS Shenzhou under Captain Philippa Georgiou.
• In the Kelvin timeline Spock declines his admission to the Vulcan Science Academy due to the council minister referring to his human mother as a "disadvantage" and enlists in Starfleet.
• In the Mirror universe Spock decides to enter the Imperial Starfleet against his father's will. This led to the beginning of an years-long rift between the two.

Births and Deaths

• Charlie Evans is born.
• Tina Lawton is born.
• Joanna McCoy, daughter of Leonard McCoy, is born.
• Metika Spyroukis is born.
• T'iana dies.

Relationships

• Sarek proclaims Spock vrekasht for deciding to join Starfleet and Amanda Grayson leaves him.

Stories

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
Sarek Chapter 7	The Original Series	2249	novel	Sarek proclaims Spock vrekasht for deciding to join Starfleet and Amanda leaves him
Star Trek Chapter 3 (section 4-5)	The Original Series	2249	movie novelization	Spock rejects an invitation to study at the Vulcan Science Academy, date derived from the Star Trek Chronology. Events takes place in an alternate reality.
A Choice of Catastrophes Chapter 9 - "Nineteen Years Ago"	The Original Series	2249	novel
Best Destiny Chapters 2-5, 7-8, 10-15, 17-26, 28-31 & 37	The Original Series	2249	novel
Legacies Captain to Captain Chapters 5-14	The Original Series	October 2, 2249	novel	Flashback-events of novel. Number One leads a landing party down to surface of planet Usilde, and party is exiled to a parallel universe.

Connections

• 2249 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.