First Contact Day

First Contact Day was a holiday celebrated to honor both the warp 1 flight of the Phoenix and first open contact between Humans and Vulcans on April , 2063 in Bozeman, Montana. ()
The mirror universe equivalent of First Contact Day was also on April . Instead of peacefully greeting the Vulcans, the s slaughtered all of the members of the survey ship. The day was later celebrated as a holy day by the Terran Empire. (; )
When Captain Kathryn Janeway was a child, the holiday was just considered a day off from school. Later, at least some schools such as WSA continued to operate on First Contact Day. (; )
Naomi Wildman and Neelix planned the 315th observation of the event aboard the . The festivities included Zefram Cochrane's favorite food, cheese pierogies, and rock and roll music on Tom Paris' jukebox. At Neelix's insistence, Tuvok gave the Vulcan salute while reciting the greeting given by the Vulcans during first contact: "Live long and prosper." He did not see the point of it, but everyone in attendance applauded. ()
During a battle in 2380, Commander Jack Ransom noted the was being "carved up like a First Contact Day salmon." ()
On this day in 2385, the planet Mars was attacked by rogue synths. 92,143 people died in the attack. (; )
Kovich was born on First Contact Day of an unknown year. () 
==Appendices==
===Background information===
* co-writer Ronald D. Moore chose the date for first contact in honor of his son, Jonathan, whose birthday is April . (; )
*First Contact Day was also cited in the first draft of the script for (which had the working title "Equilibrium"). In that script, told Fraht about this holiday, commenting about it, "'That's kind of dull... just an excuse for kids to get the day off from school."
*First Contact Day has become adopted by the in the real world as a date to publicly celebrate Star Trek in the broadest sense as an elaborate annual public relations event, and uses the occasion to announce new releases for that year – those of merchandise in particular. The event was instituted in 2021, in the midst of the as a kind of a "pick-me-up" (the first event therefore conducted virtually by remote digital means), ànd to celebrate the 25th anniversary of First Contact, the film in which the date was established. 
===Further Reading===
*"First Contact Day: Shaping a Legacy", Joe Fordham, Star Trek: First Contact - The Making of the Classic Film, pp. 140-159
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