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Events[]
January[]
- 3 January – First draft script for TOS: "Errand of Mercy" is submitted with final drafts coming 6 and 23 January.
- 4 January –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon".
- Bob Almond and Judy Klass are born.
- 5 January –
- TOS: "The Galileo Seven" airs on NBC.
- Filming begins on TOS: "This Side of Paradise".
- 8 January – Rachel Ketchum is born.
- 11 January – Deborah Levin and Steven Piziks are born.
- 12 January – TOS: "The Squire of Gothos" airs.
- 13 January – Filming is completed on TOS: "This Side of Paradise".
- 16 January – Filming begins on TOS: "The Devil in the Dark".
- 19 January – TOS: "Arena" airs and first draft script for TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!" is submitted titled "Operation: Destroy!" with a final draft following on 24 January and further revisions on 3 and 13 February.
- 24 January – Phil LaMarr is born.
- 25 January – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Devil in the Dark".
- 26 January –
- TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" airs.
- Filming begins on TOS: "Errand of Mercy".
- 27 January –
- Rewrite draft script for TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" with revisions coming 30 January and 1 February.
- The first Star Trek novel, Star Trek 1 by James Blish, is published by Bantam Books collecting episode novelizations.
- Jim Moorhouse is born.
February[]
- 2 February –
- TOS: "Court Martial" airs.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Errand of Mercy".
- Jenny Lumet is born.
- 3 February – Filming begins on TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever".
- 4 February – David G. Trotti is born.
- 8 February – Todd Masters is born.
- 9 February – TOS: "The Return of the Archons" airs.
- 10 February – Donald R. Jankiewicz is born.
- 12 February – Christie Haydon is born.
- 14 February –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever".
- Filming begins on TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!".
- 16 February –
- TOS: "Space Seed" airs.
- Tim Bradstreet and Pasha Lychnikoff are born.
- 19 February – Greg Hooper is born.
- 20 February – Justin Louis is born.
- 22 February – Filming is completed on TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!" and the first season of Star Trek.
- 23 February – TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon" airs.
- 28 February –
- The New York Times publishes NBC's fall 1967 schedule, with Star Trek scheduled to air Tuesdays from 7:30-8:30 pm.
- Charles S. Chun, David McGrath, and Cecelia Specht are born.
March[]
- 1 March – Cenita L. Johnson is born.
- 2 March –
- TOS: "This Side of Paradise" airs.
- Script outline for TOS: "Mirror, Mirror" is submitted.
- 4 March –
- Star Trek is featured for the first time on the March 4-10 cover of TV Guide.
- Luigi Amodeo is born.
- 6 March – Robert Kato DeStefan is born.
- 9 March – TOS: "The Devil in the Dark" airs.
- 12 March – Rick Worthy is born.
- 13 March – Lou Anders is born.
- 14 March – E. Michael Fincke is born.
- 15 March –
- The New York Times publishes corrections to NBC's previously announced fall 1967 schedule; Star Trek, previously announced as airing Tuesdays at 7:30 pm, has been moved in the revised schedule to Fridays at 8:30 pm.
- Stephen Matthew Garvin is born.
- 20 March – Nichole McAuley and Scott Benefiel are born.
- 23 March – TOS: "Errand of Mercy" airs.
- 27 March – Scott L. Treger is born.
- 30 March – TOS: "The Alternative Factor" airs.
April[]
- 2 April – Daniel Arrias is born.
- 5 April – Tasia Valenza is born.
- 6 April – TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" airs.
- 7 April – Daris Toussaint is born.
- 10 April – Tim Tuohy is born.
- 12 April – Michael Wiseman is born.
- 13 April – TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!" airs as the final episode of the first season.
- 19 April – First draft script for TOS: "Metamorphosis" is submitted.
- 20 April – TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is repeated.
- 23 April – Rob Steiner is born.
- 24 April –
- Lamont D. Thompson is born.
- Frank Overton dies.
- 27 April –
- TOS: "The Naked Time" is repeated.
- Michael William Rivkin is born.
- 29 April – Terrell Clayton is born.
- 30 April – Todd Leatherbury is born.
May[]
- 1 May –
- First draft script for TOS: "The Changeling" is submitted.
- First draft script for TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is also submitted, titled "The Gamesters of Pentathalon".
- Gilley Grey is born.
- 2 May –
- 3 May – Keith P. Cunningham is born.
- 4 May – TOS: "Mudd's Women" is repeated.
- 5 May – Adam Hughes is born.
- 9 May – Story outline for TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" is submitted.
- 10 May – First draft script for TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" is submitted.
- 11 May –
- TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver" is repeated.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Catspaw".
- Filming begins on TOS: "Metamorphosis".
- 12 May – A story outline for a sequel to TOS: "The Naked Time" by John D.F. Black is submitted, to be eventually rewritten for TNG: "The Naked Now".
- 15 May – Robert Meyer Burnett is born.
- 18 May – TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I" is repeated.
- 19 May –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Metamorphosis".
- Filming begins on TOS: "Friday's Child".
- Steve Lieber is born.
- 20 May – Cheryl Gluckstern and Stephanie Niznik are born.
- 23 May –
- First draft script for TOS: "I, Mudd" is submitted.
- Patrick Barnitt is born.
- 25 May – TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II" is repeated.
- 26 May – Joseph Jagatic and Kelly Port are born.
- 29 May –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Friday's Child".
- Melissa Young is born.
- 31 May – Filming begins on TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?".
June[]
- 1 June –
- TOS: "Charlie X" is repeated.
- Michelle Sebek is born.
- 4 June – Michael Greyeyes is born.
- 5 June – Jordu Schell is born.
- 6 June – Paul Giamatti is born.
- 7 June – Dayton Ward is born.
- 8 June –
- TOS: "Shore Leave" is repeated.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?".
- 9 June – Filming begins on TOS: "Amok Time".
- 13 June – Rogan Wilde is born.
- 15 June – TOS: "The Devil in the Dark" is repeated.
- 16 June – John Franklin is born.
- 18 June – David Burke is born.
- 19 June – Filming is completed on TOS: "Amok Time".
- 20 June – Filming begins on TOS: "The Doomsday Machine".
- 21 June – Revised final draft script for TOS: "Wolf in the Fold" is submitted.
- 22 June – TOS: "The Squire of Gothos" is repeated.
- 23 June – James Cawley is born.
- 25 June – Richard Rothenberg is born.
- 26 June – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Doomsday Machine".
- 27 June – Filming begins on TOS: "Wolf in the Fold".
- 29 June – TOS: "Miri" is repeated.
July[]
- 1 July – Hugh Fleming is born.
- 2 July – Daren Dochterman and Cynthia Madvig are born.
- 5 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "Wolf in the Fold".
- 6 July –
- TOS: "Arena" is repeated.
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Changeling".
- 8 July – Michael Buchman Silver is born.
- 10 July – Bruce Branit and Steve Rizzo are born.
- 11 July – Amy Kate Connolly is born.
- 12 July – Second revised final draft script for TOS: "The Apple" is submitted.
- 13 July –
- TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" is repeated.
- Jaq Greenspon is born.
- 14 July –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Changeling".
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Apple".
- Juliet Cesario is born.
- 15 July – Christopher Golden is born.
- 18 July – Peter Harmyk is born.
- 20 July – TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon" is repeated.
- 21 July – First draft scripts for TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" and "Bread and Circuses" are submitted.
- 24 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Apple".
- 25 July –
- Filming begins on TOS: "Mirror, Mirror".
- Nina Xining Zuo is born.
- 27 July –
- TOS: "The Return of the Archons" is repeated.
- The sale of Desilu Studios to Gulf+Western is finalized, and Desilu is absorbed into Paramount Television under which flag Star Trek is from now on produced.
- The first Star Trek comic book, "The Planet of No Return" by Nevio Zeccara, is published by Gold Key.
- Kellie Waymire is born.
- 28 July – A transfer ceremony is held on the Desilu lot; former owner Lucille Ball leaves the very same day, never to return.
- 31 July – Rudolf Martin and Lou Simon are born.
August[]
- 1 August – Revised final draft script for TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" is submitted.
- 2 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "Mirror, Mirror".
- 3 August –
- TOS: "Balance of Terror" is repeated.
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Deadly Years".
- 5 August – Scott St. Blaze is born.
- 10 August –
- TOS: "This Side of Paradise" is repeated.
- Sean Blakemore is born.
- 11 August –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Deadly Years".
- Filming begins on TOS: "I, Mudd".
- 14 August – Story outline for TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome" is submitted with a final draft coming 17 October.
- 17 August – Tony Angelotti is born.
- 18 August – Brian Michael Bendis is born.
- 21 August – Filming beings on TOS: "I, Mudd".
- 22 August –
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles".
- First draft script for TOS: "Journey to Babel" is submitted with a second revised final draft following on 19 September.
- 24 August –
- TOS: "Space Seed" is repeated.
- Nancy Bell is born.
- 29 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles".
- 30 August –
- First draft script for TOS: "A Private Little War" is submitted.
- Vaun Wilmott is born.
- 31 August – TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" is repeated.
- August 31 through September 4 – NyCon 3 takes place in New York with Harlan Ellison as the toastmaster. It was at this time TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II" wins the Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation"; beating out, among other works, "The Naked Time" and "The Corbomite Maneuver" for this year's award. [1]
September[]
- 3 September – Una McCormack is born.
- 9 September – Clint Lilley is born.
- 10 September – Doselle Young is born.
- 12 September –
- Filming begins on TOS: "Bread and Circuses".
- Third revised final draft script for TOS: "Bread and Circuses" is submitted.
- Brian J. Robb is born.
- 15 September – TOS: "Amok Time" airs on NBC as the first episode of the second season.
- 20 September –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Bread and Circuses".
- Victoria Dillard is born.
- 21 September – Filming begins on TOS: "Journey to Babel".
- 22 September – TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?" airs.
- 25 September – Kyla Kuhner is born.
- 26 September – Star Trek premieres on Australian television.
- 28 September –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Journey to Babel".
- First draft script for TOS: "A Piece of the Action" is submitted titled "Mission Into Chaos" with a final draft coming 30 October.
- 29 September –
- TOS: "The Changeling" airs.
- Filming begins on TOS: "A Private Little War".
- 30 September – Chris Eliopoulos is born.
October[]
- 5 October – Sean Smith is born.
- 6 October –
- Clegg Hoyt dies.
- TOS: "Mirror, Mirror" airs.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "A Private Little War".
- 8 October – Moose Baumann and Andrew Moodie are born.
- 9 October –
- Filming begins on TOS: "Obsession".
- James Calvert is born.
- 10 October – Michael Giacchino is born.
- 13 October – TOS: "The Apple" airs.
- 15 October – Richard Redlefsen is born.
- 16 October – Filming is completed on TOS: "Obsession".
- 17 October – Filming begins on TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion".
- 20 October –
- TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" airs.
- Daniel Stewart is born.
- 22 October – Larissa Laskin and Brenda-Jean Wright are born.
- 24 October – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion".
- 25 October – Filming begins on TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome".
- 26 October –
- Stanford G. Haughton dies.
- A.J. Raitano is born.
- 27 October – TOS: "Catspaw" airs.
- 28 October – Karl Story is born.
- 30 October – Stewart W. Lew is born.
November[]
- 1 November – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome".
- 2 November – Filming begins on TOS: "A Piece of the Action".
- 3 November – TOS: "I, Mudd" airs.
- 6 November – Cullen Douglas is born.
- 7 November – Revised final draft script for TOS: "By Any Other Name" is submitted.
- 9 November – Filming is completed on TOS: "A Piece of the Action".
- 10 November –
- TOS: "Metamorphosis" airs.
- 13 November – Dennis Keiffer is born.
- Filming begins on TOS: "By Any Other Name".
- 17 November –
- TOS: "Journey to Babel" airs.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "By Any Other Name".
- 20 November –
- Filming begins on TOS: "Return to Tomorrow".
- D7-class design perfected on the twenty-fourth sketch by Matt Jefferies.
- 22 November – Second revised final script for TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" is submitted.
- 23 November – Salli Elise Richardson is born.
- 26 November – Craig Asato is born.
- 28 November – Filming is completed on TOS: "Return to Tomorrow".
- 29 November –
- Filming begins on TOS: "Patterns of Force".
- Theo Marcuse dies.
December[]
- 1 December –
- TOS: "Friday's Child" airs.
- Stephen Blackehart and Terry Virts are born.
- 2 December – Steve DeRelian is born.
- 6 December –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Patterns of Force".
- Lucia Rijker is born.
- 7 December – Filming begins on TOS: "The Ultimate Computer"
- 8 December –
- TOS: "The Deadly Years" airs.
- Estel Eugene Walker is born.
- 14 December – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Ultimate Computer".
- 15 December –
- 19 December – Mike Satterfield and Dan Taylor are born.
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Omega Glory".
- 20 December – First draft script for TOS: "Assignment: Earth" is submitted.
- 22 December – TOS: "Wolf in the Fold" airs.
- 24 December – Randy J. Goodwin is born.
- 25 December – Ana Barredo is born.
- 26 December –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Omega Glory".
- Lydia Tracy is born.
- 29 December – TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" airs.
- 30 December – Terita Jackson is born.
Unknown month[]
- Release of Star Trek Game by Ideal Toy Company
- Jonathan Fernandez, Isabel Lorca, Tobias Richter, and Robyn Stewart are born.
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