Events which occurred on the 4th of April.
Events[]
- 1938
- Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti is born.
- 1949
- NATO is formed on Earth.
- 1968
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated. (DS9 - Strange New Worlds IV short story: "Isolation Ward 4")
- Shortly after time traveling to Earth, the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise inadvertently intercepts Gary Seven's long distance transporter beam, involving the crew in Seven's mission to destroy a nuclear warhead platform launched by a Saturn V rocket. (TOS episode: "Assignment: Earth", DTI novel: Forgotten History) [1]
- 1983
- Earth's space shuttle Challenger launches for mission STS-6.
- 1997
- Columbia launches for mission STS-83.
- 2125
- Enterprise security officer Alana Hart is born in the city of Lake Armstrong on Luna. (ENT novel: What Price Honor?)
- 2063
- A Borg sphere released from a Borg cube during the Battle of Sector 001 in 2373 time travels into Earth orbit and tries to destroy the Phoenix in Bozeman, Montana, hoping to kill Zefram Cochrane and prevent first contact with Vulcan the next day. The USS Enterprise-E destroys the sphere, but some wreckage and at least two Borg drones remain undiscovered for nearly a century. (TNG movie: First Contact; ENT episode: "Regeneration")
- 2156
- The Earth Starfleet starship Columbia picks up a supply convoy at Tellar to escort them to the Onias sector. (ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- 2163
- Federation President Thomas Vanderbilt, Saurian Presider Moxat of the Global League of Lyaksti'kton, and the Basileus of M'tezir meet on Vega IX to finalize trade agreements between the Federation and Sauria. The Basileus privately asks for arms with which to conquer and unify his world, but accepts Captain Bryce Shumar's explanation why that can't happen.
- Captured "Mutes" escape from the USS Endeavour's brig, their actions revealing ideas about their culture to Commander Hoshi Sato.
- USS Pioneer remains in a decaying orbit of a super-Jovian planet.
- The grandparents of James T. Kirk, Valeria Williams and Samuel Abraham Kirk, first meet. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: A Choice of Futures)
- 2249
- Solkar dies. (TOS novel: Sarek)
- 2327
- Senior Cadet Jean-Luc Picard travels aboard the USS Leondegrance as it breaks the lightspeed barrier, earning him membership in the Speed of Light Club. (Picard: The First Duty exhibition)
Appendices[]
Calendar of publication and production[]
- 1970
- TOS comic: "The Marshall Plan" continues with the 5th installment, in TV21 & Joe 90 #28.
- 1980
- The 27th installment of TOS comic: "The Real McCoy" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
- 1981
- The 14th installment of TOS comic: "It's a Living" is published.
- 1982
- The 35th installment of TOS comic: "The Wristwatch Plantation" is published.
- 1983
- The 43rd installment of TOS comic: "Send in the Clones" is published.
- 1993
- TNG episode: "Lessons" airs (week of).
- 2018
- TNG omnibus: Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 32 is reprinted in Italian by RCS MediaGroup.
- 2019
- DSC episode: "Through the Valley of Shadows" debuts on CBS All Access.
- 2020
- PIC reference: Picard: The Official Collectors Edition is released by Titan Books.
- 2024
- DSC episodes: "Red Directive", "Under the Twin Moons" debut on Paramount+.
References[]
External link[]
- 4 April article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.