1976 (production)

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

For information about 1976 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1976.

Events

January

• 1 January – Damon Runyan is born.
• 3 January – Alisen Down is born.
• 6 January – Jill Sayre is born.
• 29 January – Ansuya Rathor is born.
• 31 January – Paul Scheer is born.

February

• 12 February – Christopher Pettiet is born.
• 27 February – Adam John Backauskas dies.
• Unknown day – Star Trek Log 6 by Alan Dean Foster is published by Ballantine Books.

March

• 2 March – Timothy Jeffrey Domis is born.
• 26 March – Ian Chriss is born.
• Star Trek: The New Voyages edited by Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath is published by Bantam Books.
• 28 March – Wing Lee is born.
• Unknown day – Gold Key TOS comic #36: "A Bomb in Time" is published.

April

• 6 April – Scott Miles and Tom Archdeacon are born.
• 15 April – Alison Ebbert is born.
• 18 April – James Drake dies.
• 23 April – Gabriel Damon is born.

May

• 8 May – Jinny Jacinto is born.
• 12 May – Ryan Ridley is born.
• 18 May – Lisa Randolph is born.
• Unknown day – Gold Key TOS comic #37 (reprint of Issue #5): "The Ghost Planet" is published.

June

• 5 June – Marc Worden and Duncan K. Fraser are born.
• 7 June – Paul Lacovara is born.
• 18 June – Adam Grimes is born.
• 12 June – Zach Hanks is born.
• Unknown day – Star Trek Log 7 by Alan Dean Foster is published by Ballantine Books.

July

• 5 July – Frank Bellamy dies.
• 19 July – Benedict Cumberbatch is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Log 8 by Alan Dean Foster is published by Ballantine Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #38: "One of Our Captains Is Missing!" is published.

August

• 6 August – Melissa George is born.
• 12 August – Pay Chen is born.
• 18 August – Jeremy Wheaton is born.
• 22 August – Ryan Honey is born.
• 29 August – Eric Ritter is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Gold Key TOS comic #39: "Prophet of Peace" is published.
  • "The Enterprise Logs 1" is published by Golden Press.

September

• 6 September – Robin Atkin Downes is born.
• 11 September – Jeremy Colp is born.
• 22 September – Sala Baker is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Spock, Messiah! by Theodore R. Cogswell and Charles A. Spano Jr. is published by Bantam Books.
  • The Star Trek Reader by James Blish is published by Dutton.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #40: "Furlough to Fury" is published.

October

• 1 October – Edwin Garcia and Trey Murphy are born.
• 27 October – Erik Zimmermann is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Concordance by Bjo Trimble is published by Ballantine Books.
  • Star Trek Action Toy Book by James Razzi is published by Random House.
  • Star Trek Puzzle Manual (1st edition) by James Razzi is published by Bantam Books.

November

• 6 November – Jared Patrick Cox is born.
• 14 November – Chris Demetral is born.
• 17 November – Brian T. Delaney is born.
• 29 November – David Baronoff is born.
• Unknown day – Gold Key TOS comic #41: "The Evictors" is published.

December

• 3 December – Baron Jay is born.
• 12 December – Letters to Star Trek by Susan Sackett is published by Ballantine Books.
• 30 December – Nelson Grande is born.
• Unknown day – The short story "Tin Woodman", by Dennis R. Bailey and David F. Bischoff is first published in Amazing Stories. The story was later adapted for the 1990 episode "Tin Man".

Unknown month

• Christian Humberg is born.
• Star Trek: The Planet of Titans is written by Chris Bryan and Allan Scott in an attempt to revive the Star Trek franchise.
• Inside Star Trek, featuring Gene Roddenberry, is released by Columbia Records.
• A Mirror for Futility / "The Time Stealer" by Alan Dean Foster is published by Power Records.
• The Star Trek Guide by J.E. Clauss is published by Amereon.
• Autumn – "Enterprise Log 2" is published by Golden Press.

1975

Production timeline Births • Deaths

1977