1980 (production)

Events Edit

January Edit

• 5 January – Ryan Reeb is born.
• 8 January – Frank Arnot and Rachel Nichols are born.
• 30 January – Chad Haywood is born.
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture Blueprints by Stan Goldstein, Fred Goldstein and Rick Sternbach is published by Wallaby.
• Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology by Stan Goldstein, Fred Goldstein and Rick Sternbach is published by Wallaby.
• The Monsters of Star Trek by Daniel Cohen is published by Archway Books.

February Edit

• 13 February – Eamon Sheehan is born.
• Perry's Planet by Jack C. Haldeman II is published by Bantam Books.

March Edit

• The Making of Star Trek The Motion Picture by Susan Sackett and Gene Roddenberry is published by Wallaby.
• Chekov's Enterprise: A Personal Journal of the Making of Star Trek The Motion Picture by Walter Koenig is published by Pocket Books.

April Edit

• 19 April – Charles Seel dies.
• Marvel TOS #1: "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" is published.

May Edit

• 26 May – Franz Bachelin dies.
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Photostory by Richard J. Anobile is published by Pocket Books.
• Marvel TOS #2: "The Motion Picture: V'ger" is published.

June Edit

• 3 June – Maryesther Denver dies.
• 18 June – Ryan Spahn is born.
• Marvel TOS #3: "The Motion Picture: Evolutions" is published.

July Edit

• 9 July – Christopher Jewett and Megan Parlen are born.
• Marvel TOS #4: "The Haunting of Thallus!" is published.

August Edit

• 4 August – Romulo Fajardo, Jr. is born.
• 25 August – Derek Graf is born.
• 26 August – Chris Pine is born.
• 29 August – Chase Hoyt is born.
• Star Trek Maps by New Eye Studios is published by Bantam Books.
• The Best of Trek 2 : From the Magazine for Star Trek Fans by Walter Irwin and G.B. Love is published by Signet Books.
• Marvel TOS #5: "The Haunting of the Enterprise!" is published.

September Edit

• 4 September – Paul Prokop dies.
• 21 September – Autumn Reeser is born.
• 29 September – Michael Strong dies.
• Marvel TOS #6: "The Enterprise Murder Case!" is published.

October Edit

• 3 October – Amy Earhart is born.
• 10 October – Reuel Kim is born.
• 17 October – Justin Shenkarow is born.
• The Galactic Whirlpool by David Gerrold is published by Bantam Books.
• Marvel TOS #7: "Tomorrow or Yesterday" is published.

November Edit

• 1 November – Shannon Hazlett is born.
• 28 November – Menina Fortunato is born.
• Marvel TOS #8: "The Expansionist Syndrome" is published.

December Edit

• Marvel TOS #9: "Experiment in Vengeance!" is published.

Unknown Edit

• Paige Brooks, Charlie Kirchoff, Sean Murphy, and Adam Ryen are born.
• Harold Johns dies.
• Star Trek With Latin by Rudolph Masciantonio is published by the American Classical League.
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture Pop-Up Book by Tor Lokvig and Chuck Murphy is published by Wanderer Books.
• USS Enterprise Punch-Out Book by Tor Lokvig and Chuck Murphy is published by Wanderer Books.
• The Official Star Trek Trivia Book by Rafe Needleman is published by Pocket Books.