1999 (production)

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

For information about 1999 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1999.

Events

January

• 1 January –
  • Star Trek: Insurrection opens in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
  • Pocket DS9 novel The 34th Rule is published.
• 6 January – DS9: "Prodigal Daughter" airs.
• 12 January – Charlie Skeen dies.
• 14 January – Mart McChesney dies.
• 15 January – John Bloom dies.
• 17 January –
  • Nicholas Corea dies.
  • Isa Briones is born.
• 20 January – VOY: "Latent Image" airs.
• 27 January – VOY: "Bride of Chaotica!" airs.

February

• 3 February – DS9: "The Emperor's New Cloak" and VOY: "Gravity" air.
• 7 February – Hubie Kerns, Sr. dies.
• 10 February – DS9: "Field of Fire" and VOY: "Bliss" air.
• 17 February – DS9: "Chimera" and VOY: "Dark Frontier" air.
• 24 February – DS9: "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" and VOY: "The Disease" air.
• 25 February – William Couch dies.

March

• 1 March – UK VHS releases TNG volume 2.1, DS9 volume 7.1, VOY volume 5.1.
• 3 March – DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" and VOY: "Course: Oblivion" air.
• 5 March – Richard Kiley dies.
• 17 March – 25 March – Seven days of filming on DS9: "The Dogs of War".
• 18 March – Gilbert Ralston dies.
• 20 March – Mickey S. Michaels dies.
• 24 March – VOY: "The Fight" airs.
• 28 March – Gil Perkins dies.
• 29 March – Shooting for the final Deep Space Nine episode "What You Leave Behind" begins.
• 31 March – VOY: "Think Tank" airs.

April

• 2 April – Anna and Ashley Chiasson are born.
• 7 April – DS9: "Penumbra" airs.
• 12 April –
  • The score for DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil" is recorded at the Sony Pictures Scoring Stage.
  • UK VHS releases TNG volume 2.2, DS9 volume 7.2, VOY volume 5.2.
• 14 April –
  • Donald Hotton dies.
  • DS9: "'Til Death Do Us Part" airs.
• 20 April – Principal photography wraps on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, with the final scenes of "What You Leave Behind" filmed on Paramount Stage 7.
• 21 April – DS9: "Strange Bedfellows" airs.
• 22 April –
  • Bert Remsen dies.
  • The Deep Space Nine wrap party takes place.
• 24 April – Carl Saxe dies.
• 26 April – VOY: "Juggernaut" airs.
• 28 April – DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil" and VOY: "Someone to Watch Over Me" air.
• Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 1 hits newsstands.

May

• 3 May – UK VHS releases TNG volume 2.3, DS9 volume 7.3, VOY volume 5.3.
• 5 May – DS9: "When It Rains..." and VOY: "11:59" air.
• 12 May – DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind" and VOY: "Relativity" air.
• 19 May – DS9: "Extreme Measures" and VOY: "Warhead" air.
• 24 May – UK VHS releases TNG volume 2.4, DS9 volume 7.4, VOY volume 5.4.
• 26 May –
  • Star Trek: Voyager's fifth season ends with the episode "Equinox".
  • DS9: "The Dogs of War" airs.

June

• 2 June – The last episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "What You Leave Behind", airs.
• 7 June – UK VHS releases TNG volume 2.5, DS9 volume 7.5, VOY volume 5.5.
• 11 June – DeForest Kelley dies.
• 21 June –
  • Charlene Polite dies.
  • UK VHS releases TNG volume 2.6, DS9 volume 7.6, VOY volume 5.6.

July

• 5 July – UK VHS releases TNG volume 2.7 (end season 2), DS9 volume 7.7, VOY volume 5.7.
• 6 July – Ray Young dies.
• 14 July – Sal Trapani dies.

August

• 1 August – The First Virtue, by Michael Jan Friedman and Christie Golden, is released by Pocket Books.
• 2 August – UK VHS releases DS9 volume 7.8, VOY volume 5.8.
• 13 August – Charles Macauley dies.
• 17 August – The first of many Star Trek DVDs is released in America.

September

• 1 September – The Star Trek Sticker Book is released.
• 6 September – UK VHS releases DS9 volume 7.9, VOY volume 5.9.
• 17 September – The Star Trek US postage stamp is released.
• 22 September – "Equinox, Part II", the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager's sixth season airs.
• 29 September – VOY: "Survival Instinct" airs.

October

• 1 October – Pocket TOS novel Across the Universe is published.
• 4 October – UK VHS release: DS9 volume 7.10, VOY volume 5.10.
• 6 October – VOY: "Barge of the Dead" airs.
• 13 October – VOY: "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy" airs.
• 18 October –
  • Paddi Edwards dies.
  • Eddie Jones dies.
  • UK VHS releases DS9 volume 7.11, VOY volume 5.11.
• 20 October – VOY: "Alice" airs.
• 26 October – Albert Whitlock dies.

November

• 1 November – UK VHS releases Star Trek - The Seven of Nine Collection volume 1, Star Trek - Movie Collection.
• 3 November – VOY: "Riddles" airs.
• 5 November – James Goldstone dies.
• 10 November – VOY: "Dragon's Teeth" airs.
• 17 November – VOY: "One Small Step" airs.
• 22 November – UK VHS releases DS9 volume 7.12, VOY volume 5.12.
• 24 November – VOY: "The Voyager Conspiracy" airs.
• 27 November – Robert F. Shugrue dies.

December

• 1 December –
  • VOY: "Pathfinder" airs.
  • Stephen Brooks dies.
  • Pocket DS9 short story anthology The Lives of Dax is published.
• 8 December – The Computers of Star Trek, from Basic Books, is released.
• 27 December – Paramount Home Entertainment takes over distribution of UK VHS releases from the now-dissolved CIC Video. Their first releases are Star Trek: Insurrection, DS9 volume 7.13 (end) and VOY volume 5.13 (end season 5).

Unknown month

• Brad Weston dies.

1998

Production timeline Births • Deaths

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