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- For information dealing with this year in the timeline of the fictional Star Trek universe, see 1978.
Production
January
- 28 January - Nathan A. Aronson is born.
- 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
- 9 February - Heidi Moneymaker is born.
- Star Trek Fotonovel 5: Metamorphosis is published by Bantam Books.
March
- 25 March - Alina Andrei is born.
- Arthur Singer dies.
- 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.
April
- 10 April - Anthony Jochim dies.
- 22 April - Manu Intiraymi is born.
- 18 April - Ben Gage dies.
- 28 April - Dave Power is born.
- The Best of Trek : From the Magazine for Star Trek Fans by Walter Irwin and G.B. Love is published by Signet Books.
May
- 12 May - Amy Wheaton is born.
- 18 May - Stephen D'Amato is born.
- 24 May - Barry Atwater dies.
- 29 May - Anthony Bonaventura is born.
- 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.
- Star Trek Fotonovel 8: A Piece of the Actions is published by Bantam Books.
July
- 3 July - James Daly dies.
- 9 July - Linda Park is born.
- 19 July - R.J. Williams is born.
- 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
- 7 August - Cirroc Lofton is born.
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture begins principal photography.
- Star Trek Fotonovel 10: Day of the Dove is published by Bantam Books.
- Gold Key TOS comic #54: "Sport of Knaves" is published.
September
- 6 September - Michael McMaster dies.
- 8 September - Michael Wickson is born.
- 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.
- 16 October - Aaron C. Fitzgerald is born.
- 26 October - Sunny Hawks is born.
- 28 October - Wednesday Mourning is born.
- Star Trek Fotonovel 12: Amok Time is published by Bantam Books.
- Gold Key TOS comic #56: "No Time Like the Past" is published.
November
- 27 November - Joshua Harris is born.
- 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
- Gold Key TOS comic #58: "Brain-Damaged Planet" is published.
- 17 December - Douglas Tait is born.
- 20 December - Shaun Roberts is born.
Unknown
- Bobbi Sue Luther and Jandi Swanson are born.
- Michael McMaster dies.
- The Star Trek Guide by J.E. Clauss is published by Amereon.
- Star Wars, Star Trek, and the 21st Century Christians by Winkie Pratney is published by Bible Voice.
- The 1978 Mighty TV Comic Annual is published, containing the story "The Gods Have Come!".
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