1978 (production)

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

For information about 1978 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1978.

Production

January

• 18 January – Jandi Swanson is born.
• 28 January – Nathan A. Aronson and Jacob Chambers are born.
• Unknown day –
  • The New Voyages 2 edited by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath is published by Bantam Books.
  • Star Trek Log 10 by Alan Dean Foster is published by Ballantine Books.
  • Star Trek: Good News in Modern Images by Betsy Caprio is published by Sheed, Andrews and McMeel.
  • Star Trek Fotonovel 4: A Taste of Armageddon is published by Bantam Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #50: "The Planet of No Life" is published.

February

• 5 February – Thadeus Welch is born.
• 8 February – Gertrude Reade dies.
• 9 February – Heidi Moneymaker is born.
• Unknown day – Star Trek Fotonovel 5: Metamorphosis is published by Bantam Books.

March

• 1 March – Kasra Farahani is born.
• 4 March – Brian Magner is born.
• 18 March – Rocky Faulkner is born.
• 19 March – Arthur H. Singer dies.
• 24 March – Morgan Nagler is born.
• 25 March – Alina Andrei is born.
• 28 March – Star Trek: The Motion Picture is announced to the public at a press conference.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Fotonovel 6: All Our Yesterdays is published by Bantam Books.
  • The Star Trek Reader IV by James Blish is published by Dutton.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #51: "Destination Annihilation" is published.
  • Star Trek Intragalactic Puzzles by James Razzi is published by Bantam Books.

April

• 3 April – Sebastian Stoppe is born.
• 10 April – Anthony Jochim dies.
• 22 April – Manu Intiraymi is born.
• 28 April –
  • Ben Gage and Margaret Makau die.
  • Dave Power is born.
• Unknown day – The Best of Trek : From the Magazine for Star Trek Fans by Walter Irwin and G.B. Love is published by Signet Books.
• 30 April – Mike Heilemann is born.

May

• 5 May – Santiago Cabrera is born.
• 8 May – Brian Tyler is born.
• 12 May – Amy Wheaton is born.
• 18 May – Stephen D'Amato is born.
• 20 May – Adam Hunter is born.
• 24 May – Barry Atwater dies.
• 28 May – Margot Farley is born.
• 29 May – Anthony Bonaventura is born.
• 31 May – John Zimeas dies.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Fotonovel 7: The Galileo 7 is published by Bantam Books.
  • Mudd's Angels by J.A. Lawrence is published by Bantam Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #52: "And a Child Shall Lead Them" is published.

June

• 2 June – Nikki Cox is born.
• 19 June – Zoë Saldana is born.
• 21 June – Jack Guzman is born.
• 25 June – Travis Walck is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Fotonovel 8: A Piece of the Actions is published by Bantam Books.
  • The Star Trek Guide by J.E. Clauss is published by Amereon.

July

• 3 July – James Daly dies.
• 9 July – Linda Park is born.
• 18 July – Eugene Cordero is born.
• 19 July – R.J. Williams is born.
• 28 July – Kelvin Yu is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Fotonovel 9: The Devil in the Dark is published by Bantam Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #53: "What Fools These Mortals Be" is published.

August

• 3 August – Ethan Siegel is born.
• 7 August – Cirroc Lofton is born. Star Trek: The Motion Picture begins principal photography.
• 27 August – Bobbi Sue Luther is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Fotonovel 10: Day of the Dove is published by Bantam Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #54: "Sport of Knaves" is published.

September

• 5 September – Joseph Glick dies.
• 6 September – Michael McMaster dies.
• 8 September – Michael Wickson is born.
• 26 September – Ladesha Ard is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Fotonovel 11: The Deadly Years is published by Bantam Books.
  • Vulcan! by Kathleen Sky is published by Bantam Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #55: "A World Against Itself" is published.

October

• 4 October – Phillip Glasser is born.
• 9 October – Kevin C. Neece and Jamie Soricelli are born.
• 16 October – Aaron C. Fitzgerald is born.
• 26 October – Sunny Hawks is born.
• 28 October – Wednesday Mourning is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Star Trek Fotonovel 12: Amok Time is published by Bantam Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #56: "No Time Like the Past" is published.

November

• 7 November – Robert L. Swanson dies.
• 27 November – Joshua Harris is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Official Star Trek Cooking Manual by Mary Ann Piccard is published by Bantam Books.
  • Gold Key TOS comic #57: "Spore of the Devil" is published.
  • The Starless World by Gordon Eklund is published by Bantam Books.

December

• 17 December – Douglas Tait is born.
• 18 December – Reagan Sieg is born.
• 20 December – Shaun Roberts is born.
• 23 December – Sunny Ozell is born.
• Unknown day – Gold Key TOS comic #58: "Brain-Damaged Planet" is published.

Unknown month

• Kenneth Lin is born.
• Sienna Spencer is born.
• Star Wars, Star Trek, and the 21st Century Christians by Winkie Pratney, from Bible Voice, is released.
• The 1978 Mighty TV Comic Annual is published, containing the story "The Gods Have Come!".

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