1972 (production)

For information about 1972 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1972.

Events[]

January[]

• 1 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #14 with the third of six installments.
• 7 January –
  • Dick Wood dies.
  • Alissa and Heidi Kramer are born.
• 8 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #15 with the fourth of six installments.
• 10 January – Chris Blackwood is born.
• 11 January – Janet Kidder is born.
• 12 January – Michelle Paradise is born.
• 13 January – Una McCormack is born.
• 15 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #16 with the fifth of six installments.
• 19 January – Malachy Fergus Godfrey is born.
• 21 January –
  • The first Star Trek convention is held at the Statler Hilton, New York during the weekend of 21-23.
  • Keno Deary is born.
• 22 January – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #17 with the sixth of six installments.
• 27 January – Alan Gratz is born.
• 28 January – Gillian Vigman is born.
• 29 January – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #18 with the first of five installments.
• 31 January – Al Goto is born.

February[]

• 1 February – Yoshi DeHerrera is born.
• 5 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #19 with the second of five installments.
• 8 February – Paul "Big Show" Wight is born.
• 9 February –
  • Lee Erwin dies.
  • Crispin Freeman is born.
• 11 February – Bart Noggle is born.
• 12 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #20 with the third of five installments.
• 19 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #21 with the fourth of five installments.
• 22 February – Henri Lubatti is born.
• 25 February – Gold Key TOS comic #14: "The Enterprise Mutiny" is published.
• 26 February – The Twenty-Eighth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #22 with the fifth of five installments.
• Star Trek 5 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

March[]

• 2 March – Michelle C. Bonilla is born.
• 4 March – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #23 with the first of eleven installments.
• 8 March – Scott Topper is born.
• 11 March –
  • The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #24 with the second of eleven installments.
  • Fredric Brown dies.
• 13 March – Leigh Allyn Baker is born.
• 18 March – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #25 with the third of eleven installments.
• 25 March – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #26 with the fourth of eleven installments.
• 26 March – John Marasigan and Henry Alonso Myers are born.

April[]

• 1 April –
  • The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #27 with the fifth of eleven installments.
  • Scott Rader is born.
• 5 April – Alexander Enberg is born.
• 8 April –
  • The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #28 with the sixth of eleven installments.
  • Leif Gantvoort is born.
• 12 April – Matt E. Levin is born.
• 15 April – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #29 with the seventh of eleven installments.
• 22 April – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #30 with the eighth of eleven installments.
• 29 April –
  • The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #31 with the ninth of eleven installments.
  • Derek Mears is born.
• Unknown day – Star Trek 6 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

May[]

• 2 May – Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is born.
• 3 May – Joe Pingue is born.
• 6 May –
  • The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #32 with the tenth of eleven installments.
  • Azalea Davila is born
• 12 May – Steve Ihnat dies.
• 13 May – The Twenty-Ninth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #33 with the eleventh of eleven installments.
• 20 May – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #34 with the first of nine installments.
• 21 May – Alexander Slanger is born.
• 25 May – Gold Key TOS comic #15: "Museum at the End of Time" is published.
• 27 May – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #35 with the second of nine installments.

June[]

• 3 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #36 with the third of nine installments.
• 4 June – Gary Weeks is born.
• 7 June – Karl Urban is born.
• 9 June – Alison Elbl is born.
• 10 June –
  • The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #37 with the fourth of nine installments.
  • Bobby Pappas is born.
• 13 June – Matt Banning is born.
• 16 June – John Cho is born.
• 17 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #38 with the fifth of nine installments.
• 21 June – Kelly Cooper is born.
• 22 June – One of the very first mentions of a Star Trek motion picture by D.C. Fontana, who writes about it in a fanzine Star-Borne about the possibility of such a production.
• 24 June – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #39 with the sixth of nine installments.
• 27 June – Tim Divar and Nathan Effron are born.
• 28 June – Christine Clark is born.
• 30 June – Leonard O'Grady is born.

July[]

• 1 July – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #40 with the seventh of nine installments.
• 3 July – Edwin Rodriguez is born.
• 7 July – Chad Patterson is born.
• 8 July –
  • The Thirtieth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #41 with the eighth of nine installments.
  • Glenn Hetrick is born.
• 12 July – Warren Flanagan and Matthew MacFadzean are born.
• 15 July – The Thirtieth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #42 with the ninth of nine installments.
• 18 July – Slim Khezri is born.
• 22 July –
  • The Thirty-First UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #43 with the first of five installments.
  • Louise Bale is born.
• 28 July – Colby French and Eric Lemler are born.
• 29 July –
  • The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #44 with the second of five installments.
  • Wil Wheaton is born.
• Unknown day – Star Trek 7, by James Blish, is published by Bantam Books.

August[]

• 3 August – Brigid Brannagh and Sumalee Montano are born.
• 4 August – Dan Payne is born.
• 5 August – The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #45 with the third of five installments.
• 7 August – Heather Kadin is born.
• 9 August – Ryan Bollman and Liz Vassey are born.
• 10 August – Gold Key TOS comic #16: "Day of the Inquisitors" is published.
• 11 August – Marty Murray are David Senescu are born.
• 12 August – The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #46 with the fourth of five installments.
• 15 August – Matthew Wood is born.
• 19 August –
  • Greg Bryk and Kyra Bucich are born.
  • The Thirty-First UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #47 with the fifth of five installments.
• 26 August – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #48 with the first of nine installments.
• 27 August – F.J. DeSanto and Greg Scott are born.
• 28 August – Tim Storms is born.
• 31 August – Dianna Faulkner and Kristin Hjellegferde are born.

September[]

• 2 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #49 with the second of nine installments.
• 6 September – Idris Elba is born.
• 8 September – Cari Shayne is born.
• 9 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #50 with the third of nine installments.
• 10 September – Ali Hassan and Kara Wooten are born.
• 12 September – Monica Parrett is born.
• 14 September – George H. Merhoff dies.
• 15 September – Brian Ching is born.
• 16 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #51 with the fourth of nine installments.
• 21 September – Robin Stapler is born.
• 23 September –
  • The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #52 with the fifth of nine installments.
  • Melissa Vinicor is born.
• 26 September – Anita Hart is born.
• 29 September – Massi Furlan is born.
• 30 September – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #53 with the sixth of nine installments.

October[]

• 1 October – Marcus Young is born.
• 5 October – Shawn Piller is born.
• 7 October – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #54 with the seventh of nine installments.
• 14 October – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #55 with the eighth of nine installments.
• 18 October – Tamara Lee Krinsky is born.
• 20 October – Eric Spencer Kagan is born.
• 21 October – The Thirty-Second UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #56 with the ninth of nine installments.
• 28 October –
  • The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #57 with the first of seven installments.
  • Pablo Raimondi and Stacey Smith? are born.

• 29 October – Obi Ndefo and Gabrielle Union are born.
• 31 October – Matthew Wolf is born.

November[]

• 1 November – Zander Cannon is born.
• 4 November –
  • The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #58 with the second of seven installments.
  • Tyson Wengler is born.
• 6 November – Thompson Knox, Rebecca Romijn and Ator Tamras are born.
• 8 November – Jason Matthew Smith is born.
• 11 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #59 with the third of seven installments.
• 13 November – Margot Muraszkiewicz is born.
• 14 November – Amanda Winn Lee is born.
• 15 November – Armen V. Kevorkian is born.
• 16 November – Missi Pyle is born.
• 18 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #60 with the fourth of seven installments.
• 19 November – Nicole Forester is born.
• 20 November – Sunny Gorg is born.
• 25 November – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #61 with the fifth of seven installments.
• 27 November – Dayo Ade and Kendra Munger are born.
• 30 November – Gold Key TOS comic #17: "The Cosmic Cavemen" is published.
• Unknown day – Star Trek 8, by James Blish, is published by Bantam Books.

December[]

• 2 December –
  • Eduardo Roman is born.
  • The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #62 with the sixth of seven installments.
• 16 December – Kyle Isao is born.
• 9 December – The Thirty-Third UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #63 with the seventh of seven installments.
• 16 December – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #64 with the first of ten installments.
• 17 December – Kiante Elam is born.
• 18 December – Jason Mantzoukas is born.
• 23 December – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #65 with the second of ten installments.
• 30 December – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #66 with the third of ten installments.

Unknown month[]

• Vincent Niebla is born.
• The Sixth UK Annual Story is published in the 1972 TV 21 Annual.
• The Seventh UK Annual Story is published in the 1972 Valiant Summer Special.

Media gallery[]

External link[]

• 1972 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works