1998 (production)

For information about 1998 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1998.

Events[]

January[]

• 1 January – The original release of Star Trek: The Next Generation on VHS in the UK is deleted, in preparation for a re-release later this year.
• 3 January – DS9: "Waltz" airs.
• 5 January –
  • Hal Baylor dies.
  • UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.6.
• 13 January – Volmer Jensen dies.
• 14 January – VOY: "Waking Moments" airs.
• 21 January – VOY: "Message in a Bottle" airs.
• 26 January – Bernard Sachs dies.
• 27 January – Brad Forrest dies.
• 28 January – Ariel Winter is born.
• 31 January – Gary Nardino dies.

February[]

• 1 February – Jack T. Collis dies.
• 2 February – UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.7, DS9 volume 6.1, VOY volume 4.1.
• 4 February –
  • John Foley dies.
  • DS9: "Who Mourns for Morn?" airs.
• 5 February – Paramount Home Entertainment releases the Worf - Return to Grace Collection in the US.
• 7 February – Vernon Sion dies.
• 11 February – DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars" and VOY: "Hunters" air.
• 14 February – DS9: "One Little Ship" airs.
• 18 February –
  • Penelope Grimaldi is born.
  • VOY: "Prey" airs.
• 25 February –
  • DS9: "Honor Among Thieves" airs.
  • VOY: "Retrospect" airs.

March[]

• 2 March – UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.8 (end), DS9 volume 6.2, VOY volume 4.2.
• 4 March –
  • DS9: "Change of Heart" airs.
  • VOY: "The Killing Game" and VOY: "The Killing Game, Part II" air.
• 7 March – Jack Perkins dies.

April[]

• 1 April – DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" airs.
• 6 April –
  • UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 6.3, VOY volume 4.3.
  • DLM Car rien n'a d'importance's reference book, L'Utopie des Etoiles by André-François Ruaud (Not a translation, a reference book written in French: fnac.com, on MA-fr)
• 8 April –
  • DS9: "Inquisition" airs.
  • VOY: "Vis à Vis" airs.
• 15 April – DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight" and VOY: "The Omega Directive" air.
• 18 April – Liam Sullivan dies.
• 20 April – TNG is rereleased in a three-episode-per-tape format in the UK, starting with TNG volume 1.1.
• 22 April –
  • DS9: "His Way" airs.
  • VOY: "Unforgettable" airs.
• 28 April – Jerome Bixby dies.
• 29 April –
  • DS9: "The Reckoning" airs.
  • VOY: "Living Witness" airs.

May[]

• 2 May – Carey Wilber dies.
• 4 May – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.2, DS9 volume 6.4, VOY volume 4.4.
• 6 May –
  • DS9: "Valiant" airs.
  • VOY: "Demon" airs.
• 13 May –
  • DS9: "Profit and Lace" airs.
  • VOY: "One" airs.
• 15 May – Linwood G. Dunn dies.
• 20 May –
  • Star Trek: Voyager's fourth season ends with the episode "Hope and Fear".
  • DS9: "Time's Orphan" airs.
• 21 May – Robert Gist dies.
• 31 May – Sherman Labby dies.

June[]

• 1 June – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.3, DS9 volume 6.5, VOY volume 4.5.
• 9 June – Al Francis and Norman Stuart die.
• 10 June – DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice" airs.
• 15 June – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.4, DS9 volume 6.6, VOY volume 4.6.
• 17 June – "Tears of the Prophets", the final episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's sixth season airs; Terry Farrell leaves the series in the episode. It is also the series' 150th episode.

July[]

• 6 July – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.5, DS9 volume 6.7, VOY volume 4.7.
• 19 July – Henry Abrams is born.

August[]

• 2 August – Shari Lewis dies.
• 10 August – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.6, DS9 volume 6.8, VOY volume 4.8.
• 18 August – Persis Khambatta dies.

September[]

• 1 September – Destiney Richardson is born.
• 5 September – Leo Penn dies.
• 7 September – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.7, DS9 volume 6.9, VOY volume 4.9.
• 24 September – Rolland M. Brooks and Austen Jewell die.
• 30 September – "Image in the Sand", the first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's seventh season airs; Nicole de Boer joins the cast as Ezri Dax.

October[]

• 2 October –
  • Adrian Spies dies.
  • Star Trek: Voyager's Deck 1 sets suffer smoke and sprinkler damage as a result of a small fire. [1]^(X)
• 5 October – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.8 (end season 1), DS9 volume 6.10, VOY volume 4.10.
• 7 October – DS9: "Shadows and Symbols" airs.
• 14 October – "Night", the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager's fifth season and DS9: "Afterimage" air.
• 21 October –
  • VOY: "Drone" airs.
  • DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" airs.
• 28 October –
  • VOY: "Extreme Risk" airs.
  • DS9: "Chrysalis" airs.
• 29 October – Filming wraps up for VOY: "The Fight".

November[]

• 2 November – UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 6.11, VOY volume 4.11.
• 3 November – Tina Pine dies.
• 4 November –
  • VOY: "In the Flesh" airs.
  • DS9: "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" airs.
• 6 November – Joseph Westheimer dies
• 11 November –
  • VOY: "Once Upon a Time" airs.
  • DS9: "Once More Unto the Breach" airs.
• 13 November – Gattlin Griffith is born.
• 16 November – UK VHS releases: Star Trek - Greatest Battles.
• 18 November –
  • VOY: "Timeless" airs.
  • DS9: "The Siege of AR-558" airs.
• 25 November –
  • VOY: "Infinite Regress" airs.
  • DS9: "Covenant" airs.

December[]

• 1 December – Star Trek: Action! is published.
• 2 December – VOY: "Nothing Human" airs.
• 6 December – Michael Zaslow dies.
• 7 December –
  • George Wilson dies.
  • UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 6.12, VOY volume 4.12.
• 9 December – VOY: "Thirty Days" airs.
• 11 December – Star Trek: Insurrection, directed by Jonathan Frakes, is released in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
• 16 December – VOY: "Counterpoint" airs.
• 18 December – Otto Feuer dies.
• 19 December – Ron Turner dies.
• 23 December – Joe Orlando dies.
• 28 December –
  • William Frankfather dies.
  • CIC Video in the UK rereleases the first eight movies in unified packaging, in pan and scan and widescreen editions. Also released: DS9 volume 6.13 (end season 6), VOY volume 4.13 (end season 4).
• 30 December – DS9: "It's Only a Paper Moon" airs.
• 31 December – Star Trek: Insurrection is released in Australia and Germany.

Unknown month[]

• Henry Abrams is born.

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