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- For information dealing with this year in the timeline of the fictional Star Trek universe, see 1997.
Events
January
- 13 January - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 1.10 (end of season 1), DS9 volume 5.1, VOY volume 3.1.
- 23 January - Bill Zuckert dies.
February
- 3 February - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.1, DS9 volume 5.2, VOY volume 3.2.
- 24 February - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.2, DS9 volume 5.3, VOY volume 3.3.
March
- 4 March - Carey Loftin dies.
- 10 March - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.3, DS9 volume 5.4, VOY volume 3.4.
- Kim Yale dies of breast cancer.
April
- 7 April - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.4, DS9 volume 5.5, VOY volume 3.5.
- 11 April - William P. Dornisch dies.
- 18 April - Georgia Schmidt dies.
- 27 April - Paul Lambert dies.
May
- 5 May - Walter Gotell dies; UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.5, DS9 volume 5.6, VOY volume 3.6.
June
- 1 June - The paperback version of Inside Star Trek: The Real Story is published by Pocket Books.
- 2 June - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.6, DS9 volume 5.7, VOY volume 3.7.
- 4 June - Naomi Pollack dies.
- 9 June - The Meaning of Star Trek, by Thomas Richards, is published by Doubleday.
- 16 June - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's fifth season ends with "Call to Arms". The episode features the beginning of the Dominion War storyline that will continue to the end of the series.
- - Michael O'Herlihy dies.
- 23 June - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.7, DS9 volume 5.8, VOY volume 3.8.
- 24 June - Brian Keith dies.
July
- 8 July - Filming on DS9 Season 6 begins
- 21 July - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.8, DS9 volume 5.9, VOY volume 3.9.
August
- 19 August - US VHS release: Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Data Collection.
- 22 August - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.9 (end season 2), DS9 volume 5.10, VOY volume 3.10.
- 26 August - Samuel A. Peeples dies.
- 27 August - Brandon Tartikoff dies.
- 28 August - Eve Smith dies.
September
- 1 September - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.1, DS9 volume 5.11, VOY volume 3.11.
- 10 September - Ivan Ditmars dies.
- 20 September - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the video game, is released.
- 29 September - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's sixth season begins with "A Time to Stand". The episode carries a dedication to the memory of Brandon Tartikoff, the former chairman of Paramount Pictures who died in August. It was at Tartikoff's request that Deep Space Nine was developed.
- UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.2, Star Trek: The Next Generation - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition, DS9 volume 5.12, VOY volume 3.12.
October
- 6 October - UK VHS release: TOS volume 3.3.
- 8 October - William Rotsler dies.
- 20 October - UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.4, Star Trek - The Movies, DS9 volume 5.13 (end season 5), VOY volume 3.13 (end season 3).
November
- 2 November - Lee Correy dies.
- 18 November - Jean Conan Doyle dies.
- 24 November - UK VHS release: TOS volume 3.5.
December
- 18 December - Joe Lombardi dies.
- 24 December - James Komack dies.
Unknown
- UK VHS release: Star Trek: First Contact individual release.
- Dave Stewart dies.
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