1966 (production)

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

For information about 1966 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1966.

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

Events[]

January[]

1 January – Dawn Stern is born.
3 January – Bud La Rosa is born.
5 January – Leslie Dannon is born.
16 January – David de Vries and Max Valentine are born.
19 January – David Youse is born.
20 January – Rainn Wilson is born.
23 January – Bobby Aldridge is born.
24 January – Noriko Olling is born.
27 January – Tamlyn Tomita is born.

February[]

Star Trek: The Original Series

2 February – D.C. Douglas is born.
8 February – Barney Burman is born.
13 February – Neal McDonough is born.
mid-February – The second Star Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is delivered to NBC. NBC orders sixteen episodes, with the first to air in September. (The Making of Star Trek) Still, Star Trek is nearly canceled by Desilu Studios, being perceived as too costly to produce. Vigorously defended by Herb Solow, he finds studio head Lucille Ball on his side, who, by overruling her Board of Directors, saves Star Trek from cancellation.
14 February – Lucy Boryer and Whitney Guss are born.
21 February – Steve Truitt is born.
22 February –
- Rachel Dratch is born.
- The New York Times lists Star Trek as a part of NBC's fall 1966 schedule, airing Friday nights from 10pm to 11pm.
24 February – Katja Rieckermann is born.
28 February – Nathan Crowley is born.

March[]

1 March – J.D. Cullum is born.
2 March – George Baxter is born.
3 March – Heidi Swedberg is born.
5 March – Marc Marosi is born.
6 March – Both Star Trek and Mission Impossible are assigned soundstage place on the Desilu Studios lot.
7 March – Jonathan Del Arco is born.
9 March – Oscar Katz is formally released from Desilu, and thus the Star Trek productions. Herb Solow is appointed in his place.
14 March – Gary Anthony Williams is born.
15 March – James G. Becker is born.
19 March – Dino Juico is born.
24 March – Steve Pugh is born.
25 March – Zadrina is born.
30 March – Stephen Gevedon is born.
Unknown – Rick Pasqualone is born.

April[]

1 April – David Zabel is born.
4 April – Scott McElroy is born.
5 April – Rebecca McFarland is born.
9 April – Julianne Christie is born.
10 April – Brad William Henke is born.
14 April – First story outline submitted by Paul Schneider for TOS: "Balance of Terror" with a revised version following on 26 April.
15 April – Darin Cooper is born.
18 April – First story outline for TOS: "Charlie X" is submitted, with a second outline following on 23 April.
21 April –
- TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver" first draft script is submitted with a final draft coming 3 May and further revisions dated 20 May.
- Mikael Salazar is born.
The details on the USS Enterprise filming model are further modified. This is nearly its final form, with only a few small details added at some alter unspecified date. This model is the most widely seen in TOS effects shots. [1]
22 April – Marie Javins and Jeffrey Dean Morgan are born.
27 April –
- First story treatment for TOS: "Charlie X" is submitted, with a second draft following 9 May.
- Scott Brody and Shawn Michael Perry are born.
30 April – Dennis Heisler is born.

May[]

2 May – Dennis Blakey is born.
3 May – Final draft script for TOS: "The Enemy Within" is submitted, with a first draft teleplay on 6 June and final draft coming two days later.
5 May – Story outline for TOS: "Shore Leave" is submitted, with a revised outline coming 13 May.
10 May – Jason Brooks is born.
11 May – Nancy Hower is born.
13 May – Story outline for TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" is submitted.
16 May – Ilan Rosenberg is born.
17 May – Joey Sakata is born.
19 May – Jennifer Nash is born.
20 May – Gina Ravarra is born.
23 May –
- First draft script for TOS: "Mudd's Women" is submitted, with a final draft coming 26 May, and further revised on 31 May.
- H. Jon Benjamin and Mark Buckingham are born.
24 May – "The Corbomite Maneuver" begins filming; it is the first regular episode of Star Trek produced after the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
28 May – Theo Bleckmann and Steve Rosinski are born.
29 May – Diana Lee Inosanto is born.

June[]

1 June – John Frizzell is born.
2 June –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver".
- Filming begins on TOS: "Mudd's Women".
5 June – Eric Sharp is born.
7 June – Clayvon C. Harris and John Joire are born.
8 June –
- Fifth day of filming on TOS: "Mudd's Women".
- Final script draft for TOS: "The Enemy Within" is submitted.
- Second script draft for TOS: "The Conscience of the King" is submitted.
- Scott Rogers is born.
11 June – Andrew Hawkes is born.
13 June –
- First draft script for TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" is submitted.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "Mudd's Women".
14 June – Filming begins on TOS: "The Enemy Within".
22 June –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Enemy Within".
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Man Trap".
23 June – First script draft for TOS: "The Naked Time" is submitted. Further revisions were submitted 28 June, and 1 and 5 July.
26 June – First draft script for TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" is submitted, with a final draft coming 27 July.
27 June –
- Second script draft for TOS: "Charlie X" is submitted, with a final draft coming 5 July.
- J.J. Abrams is born.
28 June – Christopher Neiman is born.
30 June –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Man Trap".
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Naked Time".
- Wendy Davis and Steve Firchow are born.

July[]

1 July – Diane DiLascio is born.
4 July – Marnie McPhail and Lee Reherman are born.
6 July –
- Fabrice Defferrard and Brian Posehn are born.
- First draft script for TOS: "Dagger of the Mind" is submitted, with further drafts coming 30 July, 5, 6, and 8 August.
9 July – Pamela Segall is born.
11 July –
- Greg Grunberg is born.
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Naked Time". Filming begins on TOS: "Charlie X".
13 July – Walker Brandt is born.
14 July – D.J. Lockhart is born.
15 July – Amanda Foreman is born.
17 July – Rolf John Keppler is born.
19 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "Charlie X".
20 July – Filming begins on TOS: "Balance of Terror".
22 July – Jamie McShane is born.
26 July – Amy Jo Traicoff is born.
27 July – Colin Lockerbie is born.
28 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "Balance of Terror". Filming begins on TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".
30 July – Chris Sprouse is born.
Unknown date – Treatment for TOS: "This Side of Paradise" is submitted.

August[]

1 August – The deal between Desilu Studios and model kit company Aluminum Metal Toys (AMT), brokered by Stephen Edward Poe, is successfully finalized. The deal entailed free support by AMT for the production of the Original Series in return for the exclusive rights to market model kits based on the series. The details of the deal were negotiated by Ed Pearlstein of Desilu Studios and Don Beebe of AMT. It was the start of a decades long association of the model kit company with the Star Trek franchise. As such, AMT is the earliest known company to hold an official Star Trek franchise merchandise license, and since the license has remained valid without interruption until the present day, also the oldest and most steadfast known franchise partner.
2 August – Kevin Dorff is born.
6 August – Hal Olofsson and Terry Pallot are born.
8 August – Michelle Van Den Broeck is born.
9 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?". Filming begins on TOS: "Dagger of the Mind".
11 August – First draft script for TOS: "Miri" is submitted, with a final draft coming the next day.
17 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "Dagger of the Mind".
22 August – Filming begins on TOS: "Miri".
23 August – First draft script for TOS: "The Conscience of the King" is submitted with a final draft coming 14 September.
27 August – Tim Wilcox is born.
30 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "Miri".
Steven W. Carabatsos joins production crew as Story Consultant.

September[]

1 September –
- First script draft for TOS: "The Galileo Seven" is submitted, with a final draft submitted on 15 September.
- Michael McFall is born.
1-5 September – The 24th Tricon World Science Fiction Convention is held in Cleveland, Ohio. Gene Roddenberry presents the first two pilot episodes for the series, TOS: "The Cage" (in its original version) and the broadcast version of TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before". This is the first opportunity members of the public have to view Star Trek.
3 September – Amy Lindsay is born.
4 September – Jose Marzan, Jr. is born.
6 September – Star Trek: The Original Series premieres on the Canadian CTV television network, which also constitutes the world television premiere of Star Trek as a whole.
7 September – Don Hudson is born.
8 September – The original Star Trek premieres on NBC. The first episode aired is "The Man Trap", which was actually the fifth TOS Season 1 segment filmed.
13 September – Laura Interval is born.
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Conscience of the King".
15 September – TOS: "Charlie X" airs; it is reviewed the following day by Jack Gould in The New York Times. "The accent," Gould writes, "was less on the super-duper gadgetry usually associated with travel in the heavens than on astronautical soap opera that suffers from interminable flight drag. It was TV's first psychodrama in orbit."
16 September – Scott Workman is born.
17 September – Kate Asner is born.
21 September –
- Filming is completed on TOS: "The Conscience of the King".
- First draft script for TOS: "Court Martial" is submitted titled "Court-martial on Starbase Eleven" with the final draft and revised final draft turned in on 26 and 29 September, respectively.
22 September –
- TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" airs.
- Filming begins on TOS: "The Galileo Seven".
- John Tampoya is born.
28 September – Cassandra McCormick is born.
29 September – TOS: "The Naked Time" airs.
30 September – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Galileo Seven".
AMT acquires license for Star Trek models.