1972 (production)

Real World article
(written from a Production point of view)

For information about 1972 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1972.

Table of Contents: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December • Unknown • Media

Events

January

1 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #14 with the third of six installments.
8 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #15 with the fourth of six installments.
10 January – Chris Blackwood is born.
12 January – Michelle Paradise is born.
13 January – Una McCormack is born.
15 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #16 with the fifth of six installments.
21 January –
- Keno Deary is born.
- The first Star Trek convention is held at the Statler Hilton, New York during the weekend of 21-23.
22 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #17 with the sixth of six installments.
27 January – Alan Gratz is born.
28 January – Gillian Vigman is born.
29 January – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #18 with the first of five installments.
31 January – Al Goto is born.

February

1 February – Yoshi DeHerrera is born.
5 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #19 with the second of five installments.
8 February – Paul "Big Show" Wight is born.
9 February –
- Lee Erwin dies.
- Crispin Freeman is born.
12 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #20 with the third of five installments.
19 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #21 with the fourth of five installments.
25 February – Gold Key TOS comic #14: "The Enterprise Mutiny" is published.
26 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #22 with the fifth of five installments.
Star Trek 5 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

March

2 March – Michelle C. Bonilla is born.
4 March – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #23 with the first of eleven installments.
11 March –
- Fredric Brown dies.
- The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #24 with the second of eleven installments.
13 March – Leigh Allyn Baker is born.
18 March – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #25 with the third of eleven installments.
25 March – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #26 with the fourth of eleven installments.

April

1 April –
- Scott Rader is born.
- The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #27 with the fifth of eleven installments.
5 April – Alexander Enberg is born.
8 April – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #28 with the sixth of eleven installments.
12 April – Matt E. Levin is born.
15 April – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #29 with the seventh of eleven installments.
22 April – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #30 with the eighth of eleven installments.
29 April –
- Derek Mears is born.
- The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #31 with the ninth of eleven installments.
Star Trek 6 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

May

2 May – Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is born.
6 May – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #32 with the tenth of eleven installments.
12 May – Steve Ihnat dies.
13 May – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #33 with the eleventh of eleven installments.
20 May – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #34 with the first of nine installments.
25 May – Gold Key TOS comic #15: "Museum at the End of Time" is published.
27 May – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #35 with the second of nine installments.

June

3 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #36 with the third of nine installments.
4 June – Gary Weeks is born.
7 June – Karl Urban is born.
10 June –
- Bobby Pappas is born.
- The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #37 with the fourth of nine installments.
13 June – Matt "Batt" Banning is born.
16 June – John Cho is born.
17 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #38 with the fifth of nine installments.
22 June – One of the very first mentions of a Star Trek motion picture by D.C. Fontana, who writes about it in a fanzine Star-Borne about the possibility of such a production.
24 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #39 with the sixth of nine installments.
28 June – Christine Clark is born.
30 June – Leonard O'Grady is born.

July

1 July – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #40 with the seventh of nine installments.
3 July – Edwin Rodriguez is born.
8 July –
- Glenn Hetrick is born.
- The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #41 with the eighth of nine installments.
12 July – Warren Flanagan is born.
15 July – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #42 with the ninth of nine installments.
22 July –
- Louise Bale is born.
- The Thirty-First UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #43 with the first of five installments.
29 July –
- Wil Wheaton is born.
- The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #44 with the second of five installments.
Unknown day – Star Trek 7, by James Blish, is published by Bantam Books.

August

3 August – Brigid Brannagh and Sumalee Montano are born.
5 August – The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #45 with the third of five installments.
7 August – Heather Kadin is born.
9 August – Ryan Bollman and Liz Vassey are born.
10 August – Gold Key TOS comic #16: "Day of the Inquisitors" is published.
11 August – Marty Murray is born.
12 August – The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #46 with the fourth of five installments.
19 August – The Thirty-First UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #47 with the fifth of five installments.
26 August – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #48 with the first of nine installments.
27 August – F.J. DeSanto is born.
31 August – Dianna Faulkner is born.

September

2 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #49 with the second of nine installments.
6 September – Idris Elba is born.
8 September – Cari Shayne is born.
9 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #50 with the third of nine installments.
16 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #51 with the fourth of nine installments.
23 September – Melissa Vinicor is born. The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #52 with the fifth of nine installments.
26 September – Anita Hart is born.
29 September – Massi Furlan is born.
30 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #53 with the sixth of nine installments.
Unknown day – George H. Merhoff dies.

October

1 October – Marcus Young is born.
5 October – Shawn Piller is born.
7 October – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #54 with the seventh of nine installments.
14 October – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #55 with the eighth of nine installments.
20 October – Eric Kagan is born.
21 October – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #56 with the ninth of nine installments.
28 October – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #57 with the first of seven installments.
29 October – Gabrielle Union is born.

November

1 November – Zander Cannon is born.
4 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #58 with the second of seven installments.
6 November – Rebecca Romijn is born.
8 November – Jason Matthew Smith is born.
11 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #59 with the third of seven installments.
18 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #60 with the fourth of seven installments.
19 November – Nicole Forester is born.
25 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #61 with the fifth of seven installments.
30 November – Gold Key TOS comic #17: "The Cosmic Cavemen" is published.
Unknown day –
- Thompson Knox is born.
- Star Trek 8, by James Blish, is published by Bantam Books.

December

2 December – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #62 with the sixth of seven installments.
9 December – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #63 with the seventh of seven installments.
16 December – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #64 with the first of ten installments.
23 December – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #65 with the second of ten installments.
30 December – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #66 with the third of ten installments.