1980 (production)

== Events ==
=== January ===
* 2 January – premieres in Colombia.
* 4 January – Zachary Culbertson and June Diane Raphael are born.
* 5 January – Ryan Reeb is born.
* 8 January – Frank Arnot and Rachel Nichols are born.
* 17 January – premieres in Argentina.
* 30 January – Chad Haywood is born.
* Unknown day –
** Star Trek: The Motion Picture Blueprints by Stan Goldstein, Fred Goldstein, and Rick Sternbach is published by Wallaby.
** Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology by Stan Goldstein, Fred Goldstein, and Rick Sternbach is published by Wallaby.
** The Monsters of Star Trek by Daniel Cohen is published by Archway Books.
=== February ===
* 13 February – Eamon Sheehan is born.
* 17 February – Jerry Fielding dies.
* 20 February – Chaka Desilva is born.
* Unknown day – Perry's Planet by Jack C. Haldeman II is published by Bantam Books.
=== March ===
* 11 March – Will Files is born.
* 18 March – premieres in Spain.
* 19 March – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in France.
* 21 March – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Portugal.
* 27 March – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in West Germany.
* 28 March – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Finland.
* 29 March –
** Lieven Litaer is born.
** Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Uruguay.
* 30 March – David Sharpe dies.
* 31 March – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Brazil.
* Unknown day –
** The Making of Star Trek The Motion Picture by Susan Sackett and Gene Roddenberry is published by Wallaby.
** Chekov's Enterprise: A Personal Journal of the Making of Star Trek The Motion Picture by Walter Koenig is published by Pocket Books.
=== April ===
* 2 April –
** Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Sweden.
** Jörg Hillebrand is born.
* 3 April – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Italy.
* 7 April – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Denmark and Norway.
* 19 April – Charles Seel dies.
* 25 April – Sean Murphy is born.
* Unknown day – Marvel TOS #1: "" is published.
=== May ===
* 3 May – Erik Alvarez is born.
* 4 May – Brianna Womick is born.
* 18 May – Jim Goodwin dies.
* 26 May –
** Nanrisa Lee is born.
** Franz Bachelin dies.
* 29 May – Scott Schutzki is born.
* Unknown day –
** Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Photostory by Richard J. Anobile is published by Pocket Books.
** Marvel TOS #2: "The Motion Picture: V'ger" is published.
=== June ===
* 1 June – Harold Johns dies.
* 3 June – Maryesther Denver dies.
* 15 June – Nikka Ischelle is born.
* 17 June – John Ames is born.
* 18 June – Ryan Spahn is born.
* 19 June – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in the Netherlands.
* 24 June – Amirah Vann is born.
* 30 June – Michael Hugghins is born.
* Unknown day – Marvel TOS #3: "The Motion Picture: Evolutions" is published.
=== July ===
* 9 July – Christopher Jewett and Megan Parlen are born.
* 12 July – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Japan.
* 18 July – Derek Magyar is born.
* 24 July – Christopher Monfette is born.
* Unknown day – Marvel TOS #4: "The Haunting of Thallus!" is published.
=== August ===
* 4 August – Romulo Fajardo, Jr. is born.
* 7 August – Melissa O'Keeffe is born.
* 25 August – Derek Graf is born.
* 26 August – Chris Pine is born.
* 29 August – Chase Hoyt is born.
* Unknown day –
** Star Trek Maps by New Eye Studios is published by Bantam Books.
** The Best of Trek 2: From the Magazine for Star Trek Fans by Walter Irwin and G.B. Love is published by Signet Books.
** Marvel TOS #5: "The Haunting of the Enterprise!" is published.
=== September ===
* 4 September – Paul Prokop dies.
* 10 September – Charlie Kirchoff is born.
* 11 September – Fabio Tassone is born.
* 21 September – John Rauch and Autumn Reeser are born.
* 25 September – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Peru.
* 29 September – Michael Strong dies.
* Unknown day – Marvel TOS #6: "The Enterprise Murder Case!" is published.
=== October ===
* 3 October – Daniel DeSanto and Amy Earhart are born.
* 6 October – Emanuela Lupacchino is born.
* 7 October – Adam Ryen is born.
* 10 October – Reuel Kim is born.
* 17 October – Justin Shenkarow is born.
* 18 October – Jermain Hollman is born.
* 25 October – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Taiwan.
* Unknown day –
** The Galactic Whirlpool by David Gerrold is published by Bantam Books.
** Marvel TOS #7: "Tomorrow or Yesterday" is published.
=== November ===
* 1 November – Shannon Hazlett is born.
* 2 November – Elizabeth Magness is born.
* 28 November – Menina Fortunato is born.
* Unknown day – Marvel TOS #8: "The Expansionist Syndrome" is published.
=== December ===
* 12 December – Donny Boaz is born.
* 13 December – Gil Ozeri is born.
* 16 December – Ronnie Rowe Jr. is born.
* 18 December – Baron Vaughn is born.
* Unknown day – Marvel TOS #9: "Experiment in Vengeance!" is published.
=== Unknown month ===
* Mark Rademaker is born.
* Star Trek With Latin by Rudolph Masciantonio is published by the American Classical League.
* Star Trek: The Motion Picture Pop-Up Book, by Tor Lokvig and Chuck Murphy, is published by Wanderer Books.
* USS Enterprise Punch-Out Book, by Tor Lokvig and Chuck Murphy, is published by Wanderer Books.
* The Official Star Trek Trivia Book by Rafe Needleman is published by Pocket Books.
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