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For information about 2013 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 2013.

Table of Contents: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December • Media

Events

January

2 January – IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing #16, "Mirrored, Part 2" is released.
7 January – David Richard Ellis dies.
8 January – Keely Sims dies.
17 January – Nicole Frank dies.
22 January – Leslie Frankenheimer dies.
23 January – IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness Issue 1 is released.
29 January – Pocket TOS novel, Allegiance in Exile, by David R. George III, is released.
30 January – IDW Publishing's "Bones" is released.

February

1 February – Robin Sachs dies.
10 February – David Gibbs dies.
12 February – La-La Land Records' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection is released.
20 February –
- IDW Publishing's "The Voice of a Falling Star" is released.
- IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness Issue 2 is released.
26 February –
- Pocket TOS novel Devil's Bargain, by Tony Daniel is released.
- Universe Publishing reference book Stuck on Star Trek, by Joe Corroney is released.
27 February – IDW Publishing's "Hive, Issue 4" is released.

March

1 March –
- Reference book, Star Trek: The Next Generation - On Board the USS Enterprise is released.
- Star Trek and History, a reference book from Wiley, is released.
12 March – Dorling Kindersley reference book, Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary is released.
13 March –
- Malachi Throne dies.
- IDW Publishing's fourth collected volume of the ongoing Star Trek comic series is released.
17 March – Earl Maddox dies.
20 March – IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness Issue 3 is released.
24 March – Peter Duryea dies.
25 March – Pocket TNG eBook, The Stuff of Dreams, by James Swallow is released.
26 March –
- Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Blu-ray collection is released.
- Pocket TOS novel, The Weight of Worlds, by Greg Cox is released.
27 March – IDW Publishing's "Scotty" is released.
29 March – Jim Mees dies.

April

4 April – Carmine Infantino dies.
9 April –
- Running Press reference book Star Trek: Phaser is released.
- Trade paperback collection of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Hive, from IDW Publishing, is released.
10 April –
- IDW Publishing hardcover Star Trek - Space-Spanning Treasury Edition is released.
- IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness Issue 4 is released.
- Trade paperback collection of Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness, from IDW Publishing, is released.
14 April – John S. Ragin dies.
16 April – Pocket Books reference book, Star Trek: Classic Quotes - The Next Generation, by Marcus Riley and Ben Robinson, is released.
23 April –
- Star Trek, a video game from Paramount Digital Entertainment, Namco Bandai, and Digital Extremes, is released.
- How to Speak Klingon, a reference book from Chronicle Books, is released.
- Treknology: Star Trek's Tech 300 Years Ahead of the Future, a reference book from Boxfire Press, is released.
25 April – TNG Season 3 Blu-ray theatrical showings are held.
26 April – Jacqueline Brookes dies.
28 April – Everett Lee dies.
30 April –
- TNG Season 3 Blu-ray collection is released.
- "The Best of Both Worlds" Blu-ray is released.
- Pocket TOS novel, The Folded World, by Jeff Mariotte, is released.
- The Star Trek Craft Book by Angie Pedersen is released.
- Mike Gray dies.

May

8 May – IDW Publishing's Red Level Down is released.
9 May – Star Trek Into Darkness is released in parts of Europe.
14 May – Jerry Ayres dies.
16 May –
- Star Trek Into Darkness is released in North America.
- Star Trek: Rivals is released.
20 May – GNP Crescendo Records releases the expanded score to "The Best of Both Worlds".
21 May –
- Pocket Books novelization Star Trek Into Darkness, by Alan Dean Foster, is released.
- Star Trek Into Darkness soundtrack, by Michael Giacchino, is released.
- Star Trek Online: Legacy of Romulus is released.
22 May – William Douglas Lansford dies.
28 May –
- Pocket TOS novel, The Shocks of Adversity, by William Leisner, is released.
- IDW Publishing hardcover Star Trek: The John Byrne Collection, an anthology of John Byrne's IDW Star Trek work, is released.
- Star Trek Cross-Stitch by John Lohman, is released.
29 May – IDW Publishing's Star Trek After Darkness, Part 1, is released.

June

4 June – Frank da Vinci dies.
5 June – Katherine Woodville dies.
12 June – Richard Allen dies.
18 June –
- Jordan Monheim dies.
- Applause Books reference book, Star Trek FAQ 2.0, by Mark Clark, is released.
23 June – Richard Matheson dies.
25 June –
- Pocket ENT novel, Star Trek: Enterprise - Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures, by Christopher L. Bennett, is released.
- Trade paperback collection of Star Trek - Legion of Super-Heroes, from IDW Publishing, is released.
26 June –
- Karlotta Nelson dies.
- IDW Publishing's Star Trek After Darkness, Part 2 is released.
27 June – Buddy Garion dies.
30 June – Susan Rossitto dies.

July

2 July – Victor Lundin dies.
17 July – IDW Publishing's fifth collected volume of the ongoing Star Trek comic series is released.
24 July – IDW Publishing's Star Trek After Darkness, Part 3 is released.
28 July – Peter Paul Eastman dies.
30 July –
- Pocket TOS novel, From History's Shadow, by Dayton Ward, is released.
- TNG Season 4 Blu-ray is released.
- Feature-length edition of "Redemption" on Blu-ray is released.
31 July –
- Michael Ansara dies.
- The fully restored original full scale Galileo mock-up is unveiled in a highly publicized ceremony at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, where it has found a permanent home after a decades long odyssey of neglect and failed preservation attempts.

August

6 August –
- Universe Publishing releases the 2014 Star Trek Into Darkness Calendar, the 2014 Star Trek Engagement Calendar, and the 2014 Star Trek Daily Calendar.
- Universe Publishing and Andrews McMeel Publishing release the 2014 Star Trek Calendar (TOS), and the 2014 Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendar.
- GNP Crescendo Records releases the Star Trek: Insurrection expanded score.
13 August – The Captains Close Up DVD is released.
14 August – IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing #24 is released.
20 August – ENT Season 2 Blu-ray is released.
21 August – Gene Sherry dies.
26 August – Martin Cassidy dies.
27 August – Revelation and Dust, first book in the Star Trek: The Fall series, by David R. George III, is released.

September

3 September – Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz from Titan Books is released.
4 September – Joe Geletko dies.
6 September – A.C. Crispin dies.
7 September – Star Trek: The Next Generation-remastered premieres on a weekly basis on television in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. Each episode is aired twice on state-owned channel Canvas (formerly BRT 2) in the morning time slot 10:20-11:05 am and the sub-prime time slot 18:21-19:05 pm. As usual in Flanders, the episodes are not dubbed, but subtitled and, as a state channel, without commercial breaks. The pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", is the first to be aired, and the usual episode order is followed. Airing continues well into 2014, but is not completed for the entire series. Belgium's northern Dutch speaking neighbor, The Netherlands, has never aired the remastered series (see: Demise of classic syndication).
10 September –
- Star Trek Into Darkness is released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D.
- Star Trek: The Original Series - Origins is released.
- Abrams Books's Star Trek - The Original Topps Trading Card Series is released.
15 September – Star Trek Into Darkness piano songbook by Hal Leonard Publishing, is released.
16 September – Kim Hamilton dies.
22 September – Richard Walker dies.
24 September – The Crimson Shadow, second book in the Star Trek: The Fall series, by Una McCormack, is released.
25 September – The Khitomer Conflict, Part 1 is released.
27 September – Jay Robinson dies.
29 September – Scott Workman dies.

October

1 October – IDW Publishing releases the trade paperback collection, Best of Klingons.
16 October –
- Ed Lauter dies.
- IDW Publishing releases "Khan, issue 1".
17 October – Lou Scheimer dies.
18 October – Mary Carver dies.
23 October – IDW Publishing releases "The Khitomer Conflict, Part 2".
25 October – Hal Needham dies.
29 October –
- A Ceremony of Losses, third book in the Star Trek: The Fall series, by David Mack, is released.
- A Very Klingon Khristmas, from Gallery Books, is released.

November

4 November – Brenan Baird dies.
13 November – Marvin Paige dies.
19 November –
- TNG Season 5 Blu-ray is released.
- Feature-length edition of "Unification" on Blu-ray is released.
22 November – Jessie Biscardi dies.
23 November – Jay M. Leggett dies.
24 November – Jim Veilleux dies.
26 November –
- The Poisoned Chalice, fourth book in the Star Trek: The Fall series, by James Swallow, is released.
- IDW Publishing's Star Trek, Volume 6: After Darkness, the sixth collected volume of the ongoing Star Trek comic series is released.
- Star Trek: The Stardate Collection, Volume 1 from IDW Publishing is released.
27 November –
- "Khan, issue 2" is released.
- "The Khitomer Conflict, Part 3" is released.
29 November – Charles Cooper dies.

December

3 December –
- Richard E. Butler dies.
- Reference book Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library by Larry Nemecek is released.
4 December – "Khan, issue 3" is released.
9 December – Star Trek Nemesis (expanded soundtrack) is released.
11 December – "Strange New Worlds" is released.
16 December – Ray Price dies.
18 December – "The Khitomer Conflict, Part 4" is released.
19 December – Marty Hornstein dies.
28 December – Joseph Ruskin dies.
30 December – Peaceable Kingdoms, final book in the Star Trek: The Fall series, by Dayton Ward is released.
31 December – James Avery dies.

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