Changes: First Contact Day

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First Contact Day was a holiday celebrated in the Federation on April 5, marking the anniversaries of the flight of the Phoenix and of first contact between Humans and Vulcans in 2063.

While not a major holiday, Naomi Wildman and Neelix planned an elaborate celebration aboard the USS Voyager in 2377, including cheese pierogies, rock and roll music, and a reenactment of the historic first contact by Lieutenant Commander Tuvok. The day often meant a day off from school for Federation youth. (VOY episode: "Homestead", ST website : StarTrek.com)

On Earth, the celebration included a dramatic, crisscrossing fireworks display. (TOS novel: No Time Like the Past)

In 2381, Admiral Leonard James Akaar planned to have the USS Titan relaunched on First Contact Day, as part of a morale-boosting effort following the Borg Invasion earlier that year. (TNG novel: Losing the Peace)

In 2385, First Contact Day saw a devastating attack on Mars by "rogue synths," which destroyed Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, killed over ninety-two thousand people, and left the Martian atmosphere ablaze for at least the next fourteen years. (ST episode: "Children of Mars", PIC episode: "Maps and Legends")

The holiday also shares the same date as the Day of Honor in the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Republic's Republic Day.

Appendices

References

VOY episode: "Homestead"
ST episode: "Children of Mars"
PIC episode: "Maps and Legends"
ST website : StarTrek.com
TOS novel: No Time Like the Past
TNG novel: Losing the Peace
ENT - The Romulan War novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing

External links

First Contact Day article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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 '''First Contact Day''' was a holiday celebrated in the [[Federation]] on April 5, marking the anniversaries of the flight of the ''[[Phoenix]]'' and of [[first contact]] between [[Human]]s and [[Vulcan]]s in [[2063]].
-While not a major holiday, [[Naomi Wildman]] and [[Neelix]] planned an elaborate celebration aboard the {{USS|Voyager}} in [[2378]], including [[cheese pierogie]]s, [[rock and roll]] music, and a reenactment of the historic first contact by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Tuvok]]. ({{e|VOY|Homestead}})
+While not a major holiday, [[Naomi Wildman]] and [[Neelix]] planned an elaborate celebration aboard the {{USS|Voyager}} in [[2377]], including [[cheese pierogie]]s, [[rock and roll]] music, and a reenactment of the historic first contact by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Tuvok]].  The day often meant a day off from school for Federation youth. ({{e|VOY|Homestead}}, {{web|ST|StarTrek.com}})
+On [[Earth]], the celebration included a dramatic, crisscrossing fireworks display. ({{n|TOS|No Time Like the Past}})
 In [[2381]], [[Admiral]] [[Leonard James Akaar]] planned to have the {{USS|Titan}} relaunched on First Contact Day, as part of a morale-boosting effort following the [[Borg Invasion of 2381|Borg Invasion]] earlier that year. ({{n|TNG|Losing the Peace}})
-[[Category:Holidays]]
+In [[2385]], First Contact Day saw a devastating attack on [[Mars]] by "rogue [[synth]]s," which destroyed [[Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards]], killed over ninety-two thousand people, and left the Martian atmosphere ablaze for at least the next fourteen years. ({{e|ST|Children of Mars}}, {{e|PIC|Maps and Legends}})
+The holiday also shares the same date as the [[Day of Honor]] in the [[Klingon Empire]] and the [[Romulan Republic]]'s Republic Day.
+==Appendices==
+===References===
+* {{e|VOY|Homestead}}
+* {{e|ST|Children of Mars}}
+* {{e|PIC|Maps and Legends}}
+* {{web|ST|StarTrek.com}}
+* {{n|TOS|No Time Like the Past}}
+* {{n|TNG|Losing the Peace}}
+* {{n|ENT|sub=The Romulan War|Beneath the Raptor's Wing}}
+===External links===
+* {{Memoryalpha}}
 [[Category:Federation]]
+[[Category:Earth celebrations]]