1977 (production)

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

For information about 1977 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1977.

Events

January

• 18 January – Jon De Leon is born.
• 21 January – Cuauhtemoc Sanchez is born.
• 23 January – Sonita Henry is born.
• 28 January – Jace Jeanes is born.
• 31 January – Bobby Moynihan is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Log 9 by Alan Dean Foster is published by Ballantine Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #42: "World Against Time" is published.
  • Trillions of Trilligs is published by Random House.
  • The Truth Machine by Sharon Lerner, Christopher Cerf, and Jane Clark is published by Random House.

February

• 7 February – Cory Danziger is born.
• 8 February – Erfan Fajar is born.
• 16 February – Edwin Rochelle dies.
• 28 February – Bernd Perplies and Brandon T. Snider are born.
• Unknown day – Gold Key TOS comic #43: "World Beneath the Waves" is published.

March

• 8 March – Alison Becker is born.
• 15 March – Seth Ayott is born.
• 25 March – Daryl Patchett is born.
• 27 March – Rich Ceraulo Ko is born.
• 28 March – Annie Wersching is born.
• Unknown day – Trek or Treat by Terry Flanagan and Eleanor Ehrhardt is published by Ballantine Books.

April

• 6 April – Nana Hill is born.
• 14 April – John Tagamolila is born.
• 15 April – Scott Trimble is born.
• 26 April – McKenzie Westmore is born.
• 27 April – Stanley Adams dies.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek: Planet of the Titans is rejected by Paramount Pictures.
  • Pre-production on Star Trek: Phase II begins.
  • The Star Trek Reader II by James Blish is published by Dutton.

May

• 16 May – Ben Hibon is born.
• 22 May – Noa Tishby is born.
• Unknown day – Gold Key TOS comic #44: "Prince Traitor" is published.

June

• 1 June – Meaning in Star Trek by Karin Blair is published by Anima Books.
• 2 June – Aouri Makhlouf and Zachary Quinto are born.
• 3 June – Ryan T. Husk is born.
• 7 June – Star Trek Quiz Book by Bart Andrews and Brad Dunning is published by Signet Books.
• 10 June – Paramount Television Services is officially announced for which Star Trek: Phase II is to serve as its flagship.
• 16 June – Ricky Luna is born.
• 26 June – Bonita Deneen is born.
• 30 June – Colton Dunn is born.

July

• 5 July – Philip N. Waller is born.
• 6 July – Harry Judge is born.
• 13 July – Kari Wahlgren is born.
• 15 July – David Anthony Buglione is born.
• 19 July – Erin Cummings and Huse Madhavji are born.
• 23 July – Afi Ekulona is born.
• 25 July – Christine Boylan is born.
• 29 July – Ali Humiston is born.
• 30 July – Javier Botet is born.
• Unknown day –
  • The Price of the Phoenix by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath is published by Bantam Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #45 (reprint of Issue #7): "The Voodoo Planet" is published.

August

• 2 August – Artemis Pebdani and Diogo Picchi are born.
• 7 August – Katarzyna Kowalczyk is born.
• 9 August – Lin Oeding is born.
• 10 August – Jon Cellini is born.
• 12 August – Angela Besharah is born.
• 18 August – Jim Sheppard dies.
• 22 August – Jackie Geary is born.
• 24 August – Shawna Benson is born.
• 31 August – Joseph Mell dies.
• Unknown day –
  • Plans for Star Trek: Phase II are abandoned in favor of a Star Trek feature film.
  • Planet of Judgment by Joe Haldeman is published by Bantam Books.
  • The Star Trek Reader III by James Blish is published by Dutton.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #46: "Mr. Oracle" is published.

September

• 15 September – Tom Hardy is born.
• 19 September – Darth Schuhe is born.
• Unknown day – Gold Key TOS comic #47: "This Tree Bears Bitter Fruit" is published.

October

• 1 October – Giant in the Universe by Kay Wood is published by Random House.
• 6 October – Paulina Miel is born.
• 20 October – Sam Witwer is born.
• 23 October – Olatunde Osunsanmi is born.
• 29 October – Magdalena Gorka is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Gold Key TOS comic #48: "Murder Boards the Enterprise" is published.
  • The Prisoner of Vega by Sharon Lerner, Christopher Cerf, and Robert Swanson is published by Random House.
  • Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual by Eileen Palestine is published by Ballantine Books.

November

• 6 November – Elana Livneh Lessem is born.
• 9 November – Charlie Newhart is born.
• 15 November – Jason Vaughn is born.
• 21 November – David Tristan Birkin is born.
• 29 November – Christina Weathersby is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek 12 by James Blish and J.A. Lawrence is published by Bantam Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #49: "A Warp in Space" is published.
  • The Making of the Trek Conventions by Joan Winston is published by Doubleday.
  • City on the Edge of Forever is published by Bantam Books, the very first Star Trek photonovel.
  • Where No Man Has Gone Before, fotonovel 2 is published by Bantam Books.

December

• 7 December – Casey Feldt is born.
• 12 December – Claudia Jurt is born.
• 23 December – Ernesto Chaverri and Joanna Fuller are born.
• 25 December – Frank P. Keller dies.
• 31 December – Lincoln Geraghty is born.
• Unknown day – The Trouble with Tribbles, fotonovel 3 is published by Bantam Books.

Unknown month

• Vanessa Burns is born.
• "Enterprise Log 3" is published by Golden Press.
• Winter – "Enterprise Log 4" is published by Golden Press.
• Star Trek Puzzle Manual (2nd edition) by James Razzi is published by Bantam Books.
• Star Trek Postcard Book is published by Prime Press.
• The short story "Tin Woodman", by Dennis R. Bailey and David F. Bischoff and first published in Amazing Stories in their December 1976 issue, is nominated for a Nebula Award. The story was later adapted for the 1990 episode "Tin Man".

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