2019 (production)

For information about 2019 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 2019.

Events[]

January[]

• 3 January – "The Escape Artist", the fourth episode of Star Trek: Short Treks, premieres on CBS All Access.
• 4 January – Rudy Cataldi dies.
• 7 January – W. Morgan Sheppard dies.
• 8 January –
  • Gallery DIS novel, The Way to the Stars, by Una McCormack.
  • Star Trek: Designing Starships – The USS Voyager and Beyond, a mass-market reprint of Star Trek: Designing Starships Volume Two, by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley, from Random House is released.
  • Little Golden Books, I Am Captain Kirk, by Frank Berrios is released.
  • Little Golden Books, I Am Mr. Spock, by Elizabeth Schaefer is released.
• 16 January –
  • The Short Treks episodes "Runaway", "Calypso", "The Brightest Star", and "The Escape Artist" are released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
  • Issue 4 of the Star Trek vs. Transformers comic series from IDW Publishing is released.
• 17 January – "Brother", the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery season 2, premieres on CBS All Access.
• 18 January – "Brother" is released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
• 23 January – "Star Trek: The Next Generation - Terra Incognita, Issue 6" from IDW Publishing is released.
• 24 January – DIS: "New Eden" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 25 January –
  • Matt Rose dies.
  • "New Eden" is released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
  • The Ready Room premieres with "Brother and New Eden" on Facebook Live.
• 30 January –
  • Dick Miller dies.
  • "Star Trek: The Next Generation - IDW 20/20" and "Star Trek: The Q Conflict, Issue 1", from IDW Publishing, are released.
• 31 January – DIS: "Point of Light" premieres on CBS All Access.

February[]

• 1 February –
  • "Point of Light" is released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
  • To Explore Strange New Worlds, by Elizabeth W. Barnes, is released.
• 5 February – Star Trek: New Visions, Volume 8, by John Byrne, from IDW Publishing, is released.
• 7 February – DIS: "An Obol for Charon" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 8 February – "An Obol for Charon" is released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
• 11 February – The Economics of Star Trek, by Rick Webb, is released.
• 13 February – Star Trek Magazine issue 197 is released.
• 14 February – DIS: "Saints of Imperfection" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 15 February – "Saints of Imperfection" releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
• 16 February – These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 1 (1970-75) is released.
• 20 February – Ace G. Pilkington dies.
• 21 February – DIS: "The Sound of Thunder" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 22 February –
  • Bob Sordal, Beverly Swanson and Morgan Woodward die.
  • "The Sound of Thunder" releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
• 27 February – "Star Trek: The Q Conflict, Issue 2" and "Star Trek vs. Transformers, Issue 5", from IDW Publishing, are released.
• 28 February –
  • DIS: "Light and Shadows" premieres on CBS All Access.
  • The Kelvin Timeline of Star Trek, edited by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Ace G. Pilkington, is released.

March[]

• 1 March – "Light and Shadows", releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
• 6 March – "Star Trek: Discovery - Captain Saru" from IDW Publishing is released.
• 7 March – DIS: "If Memory Serves" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 8 March –
  • "If Memory Serves" releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
  • The Final Frontier, by Joel R. Campbell and Gigi Gokcek, is released.
• 14 March –
  • Joe Knowland dies.
  • DIS: "Project Daedalus" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 15 March – "Project Daedalus" releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
• 20 March – "Star Trek: The Q Conflict, Issue 3" from IDW Publishing is released.
• 21 March – DIS: "The Red Angel" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 22 March – "The Red Angel" releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
• 23 March – Joseph Pilato dies.
• 28 March – DIS: "Perpetual Infinity" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 29 March – "Perpetual Infinity" releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.

April[]

• 1 April – Vonda N. McIntyre dies.
• 4 April – DIS: "Through the Valley of Shadows" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 5 April – "Through the Valley of Shadows" releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
• 7 April –
  • Seymour Cassel and Eric Mansker die.
• 9 April – Pocket TNG novel Available Light, by Dayton Ward, is released.
• 11 April – DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow" premieres on CBS All Access.
• 12 April – "Such Sweet Sorrow" releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
• 18 April –
  • DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2", the second season finale, premieres on CBS All Access.
  • Maurice Harvey dies.
• 19 April – "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" releases internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix and its The Ready Room aftershow is released on Facebook Live.
• 22 April –
  • Filming starts on the first season of Star Trek: Picard.
  • Greg Theakston dies.
• 24 April – "Star Trek: The Q Conflict, Issue 4" and Issue 1 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, are released.
• 26 April – Jessie Lawrence Ferguson dies.
• 30 April –
  • Mass-market edition of Star Trek: Designing Starships The Kelvin Timeline by Ben Robinson, from Random House, is released.
  • Omnibus edition of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Terra Incognita from IDW Publishing is released.

May[]

• 9 May – Clement von Franckenstein dies.
• 13 May – What We Left Behind, Ira Steven Behr's documentary about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, is released in theaters.
• 21 May –
  • Omnibus edition of Star Trek vs. Transformers from IDW Publishing is released.
  • Stephen Mines dies.
• 23 May – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Fluxx, by Looney Labs and Gale Force Nine is released.
• 28 May –
  • Pocket TOS novel, The Captain's Oath, by Christopher L. Bennett, is released.
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Missions Continue, from IDW Publishing, is released.
  • The 2020 edition of the Star Trek: The Original Series calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
• 29 May – Issue 2 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.

June[]

• 4 June –
  • Keith Birdsong and Billy Mayo die.
  • Star Trek: Shipyards - Klingon Fleet, by Ben Robinson, Marcus Riley, and Matt McAllister, from Random House, is released.
  • The 2020 edition of the Star Trek Poster Calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
• 11 June – Star Trek Trilogy: The Kelvin Timeline Blu-ray collection is released.
• 18 June – The 2020 edition of the Star Trek: Discovery calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
• 19 June – Peter Allan Fields dies.
• 23 June – Stephanie Niznik dies.
• 25 June – The 2020 edition of the Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
• 26 June – "Star Trek: The Q Conflict, Issue 5" from IDW Publishing is released.

July[]

• 2 July – Little Golden Books Too Many Tribbles!, by Frank Berrios, is released.
• 3 July – Issue 3 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
• 9 July –
  • Cheri Ruff dies.
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation: The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Illustrated Handbook, by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley, from Random House is released.
• 15 July – Hailing Frequencies Open, by Thomas D. Parham III, is released.
• 19 July –
  • Ivy Bethune and Jeremy Kemp die.
• 23 July – The 2020 edition of the Star Trek Daily Calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
• 24 July – "Star Trek: The Q Conflict, Issue 6" from IDW Publishing is released.
• 25 July – Scott Rubenstein dies.
• 30 July –
  • Pocket DIS novel, The Enterprise War, by John Jackson Miller is published.
  • Cosmo Genovese and Audrey Trent die.

August[]

• 6 August – Blu-ray and DVD releases of Ira Steven Behr's documentary What We Left Behind are released.
• 7 August – Issue 4 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing is released.
• 8 August – Ernie Colón dies.
• 11 August – Barbara March dies.
• 13 August –
  • Warren A. Stevens dies.
• 19 August – Jim Alexander dies.
  • Pocket TOS novel The Antares Maelstrom by Greg Cox is released.
• 21 August – Issue 5 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
• 27 August – The 2020 edition of the Star Trek Engagement Calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
• 30 August – Filming is completed on the first season of Star Trek: Picard.
• 31 August – Keith Taylor dies.

September[]

• 3 September –
  • Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series, by Aaron Harvey and Rich Schepis, is released.
  • Star Trek: Discovery Designing Starships, by Ben Robinson, Marcus Riley, and Matt McAllister, from Random House, is released.
• 4 September – Issue 1 of Star Trek: Discovery - Aftermath from IDW Publishing is released.
• 7 September – Robert Axelrod dies.
• 15 September – David Hurst dies.
• 17 September – Patricia Blau Price dies.
• 18 September – Issue 6 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
• 19 September – John Winston dies.
• 21 September –
  • Jack Donner, Aron Eisenberg and Sid Haig die.
• 24 September – Star Trek: Classic Picard from Titan Comics is released.
• 25 September – Issue 2 of Star Trek: Discovery – Aftermath, from IDW Publishing, is released.

October[]

• 1 October – Star Trek: The Motion Picture novelization (40th Anniversary Edition).
• 4 October – James Schmerer dies.
• 5 October – "Q&A", the first episode of Star Trek: Short Treks season 2, premieres on CBS All Access.
• 8 October –
  • Star Trek: The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 & 1701-A Illustrated Handbook, by Ben Robinson, Marcus Riley, and Simon Hugo, from Random House, is released.
  • Pocket TNG novel Collateral Damage, by David Mack, is released.
  • The First Star Trek Movie, by Sherilyn Connelly, from McFarland Publishing is released.
• 10 October – "The Trouble with Edward", the second episode of Star Trek: Short Treks season 2, premieres on CBS All Access.
• 15 October – Star Trek: Picard Movie & TV Collection Blu-ray US edition is released.
• 23 October –
  • Star Trek: Picard Movie & TV Collection Blu-ray is released in Australia.
  • Issue 7 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
• 29 October – Omnibus edition of Star Trek: The Q Conflict, from IDW Publishing, is released.

November[]

• 5 November – William Wintersole dies.
• 7 November –
  • Star Trek: Picard Movie & TV Collection Blu-ray, is released in Germany.
  • Steve Marlo dies.
• 12 November – Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Blu-ray and Star Trek: Discovery Season Two DVD are released in the US.
• 14 November – the third episode of Star Trek: Short Treks season 2, "Ask Not", premieres on CBS All Access.
• 18 November –
  • Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Blu-ray and Star Trek: Discovery Season Two DVD are released in the UK.
  • Star Trek: Picard Movie & TV Collection Blu-ray is released in the UK.
• 19 November
  • Star Trek: Shipyards - Federation Members, by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley, from Random House is released.
  • Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Blu-ray and Star Trek: Discovery Season Two DVD are released in Italy.
• 20 November –
  • Issue 3 of Star Trek: Discovery – Aftermath from IDW Publishing is released.
  • Michael J. Pollard dies.
• 21 November – Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Blu-ray and Star Trek: Discovery Season Two DVD are released in Germany.
• 22 November – Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Blu-ray and Star Trek: Discovery Season Two DVD are released in Spain.
• 25 November –
  • Claude Earl Jones dies.
  • Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Blu-ray and Star Trek: Discovery Season Two DVD are released in Nordic countries.
• 27 November –
  • Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Blu-ray and Star Trek: Discovery Season Two DVD are released in Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
  • Issue 1 of Star Trek: Picard - Countdown, from IDW Publishing, is released.
• 28 November – Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Blu-ray and Star Trek: Discovery Season Two DVD are released in Denmark.
• 29 November – Tiny Ron dies.

December[]

• 2 December – D.C. Fontana dies.
• 3 December – Star Trek: Body by Starfleet, by Robb Pearlman, is released.
• 4 December –
  • Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Blu-ray and Star Trek: Discovery Season Two DVD are released in France and Australia.
  • Issue 8 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
• 5 December – Robert Walker dies.
• 7 December – Michael Lamper dies.
• 8 December – Rene Auberjonois dies.
• 12 December –
  • The fourth and fifth episodes of Star Trek: Short Treks season 2, "The Girl Who Made the Stars" and "Ephraim and Dot", premieres on CBS All Access.
  • Star Trek: Voyager - Mirrors and Smoke from IDW Publishing is released.
• 13 December – Emil Richards dies.
• 16 December – Shatner, by Michael Seth Starr, from Applause Books is released.
• 17 December – Pocket DIS novel, Dead Endless, by Dave Galanter, is released.
• 18 December –
  • Issue 9 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing.
  • Issue 2 of Star Trek: Picard – Countdown, from IDW Publishing.
• 27 December – Jack Sheldon dies.
• 30 December – Syd Mead dies.

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