1978 (production)

== Production ==
=== January ===
*18 January – Jandi Swanson is born.
*28 January – Nathan A. Aronson and Jacob Chambers are born.
* Unknown day –
** The New Voyages 2 edited by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath is published by Bantam Books.
** Star Trek Log 10 by Alan Dean Foster is published by Ballantine Books.
** Star Trek: Good News in Modern Images by Betsy Caprio is published by Sheed, Andrews and McMeel.
** Star Trek Fotonovel 4: A Taste of Armageddon is published by Bantam Books.
** Gold Key TOS comic #50: "The Planet of No Life" is published.
=== February ===
*5 February – Thadeus Welch is born.
*8 February – Gertrude Reade dies.
*9 February – Heidi Moneymaker is born.
* Unknown day – Star Trek Fotonovel 5: Metamorphosis is published by Bantam Books.
=== March ===
* 1 March – Kasra Farahani is born.
* 4 March – Brian Magner is born.
* 18 March – Rocky Faulkner is born.
* 19 March – Arthur H. Singer dies.
* 24 March – Morgan Nagler is born.
* 25 March – Alina Andrei is born.
* 28 March – is announced to the public at a press conference.
* Unknown day –
**Star Trek Fotonovel 6: All Our Yesterdays is published by Bantam Books.
** The Star Trek Reader IV by James Blish is published by Dutton.
** Gold Key TOS comic #51: "Destination Annihilation" is published.
** Star Trek Intragalactic Puzzles by James Razzi is published by Bantam Books.
=== April ===
* 10 April – Anthony Jochim dies.
* 22 April – Manu Intiraymi is born.
* 28 April –
** Ben Gage and Margaret Makau die.
** Dave Power is born.
* Unknown day – The Best of Trek : From the Magazine for Star Trek Fans by Walter Irwin and G.B. Love is published by Signet Books.
* 30 April – Mike Heilemann is born.
=== May ===
* 5 May – Santiago Cabrera is born.
* 8 May – Brian Tyler is born.
* 12 May – Amy Wheaton is born.
* 18 May – Stephen D'Amato is born.
* 20 May – Adam Hunter is born.
* 24 May – Barry Atwater dies.
* 28 May – Margot Farley is born.
* 29 May – Anthony Bonaventura is born.
* 31 May – John Zimeas dies.
* Unknown day –
** Star Trek Fotonovel 7: The Galileo 7 is published by Bantam Books.
** Mudd's Angels by J.A. Lawrence is published by Bantam Books.
** Gold Key TOS comic #52: "And a Child Shall Lead Them" is published.
=== June ===
* 2 June – Nikki Cox is born.
* 19 June – Zoë Saldana is born.
* 21 June – Jack Guzman is born.
* 25 June – Travis Walck is born.
* Unknown day –
** Star Trek Fotonovel 8: A Piece of the Actions is published by Bantam Books.
** The Star Trek Guide by J.E. Clauss is published by Amereon.
=== July ===
* 3 July – James Daly dies.
* 9 July – Linda Park is born.
* 18 July – Eugene Cordero is born.
* 19 July – R.J. Williams is born.
* 28 July – Kelvin Yu is born.
* Unknown day –
** Star Trek Fotonovel 9: The Devil in the Dark is published by Bantam Books.
** Gold Key TOS comic #53: "What Fools These Mortals Be" is published.
=== August ===
* 3 August – Ethan Siegel is born.
* 7 August – Cirroc Lofton is born. begins principal photography.
* 27 August – Bobbi Sue Luther is born.
* Unknown day –
** Star Trek Fotonovel 10: Day of the Dove is published by Bantam Books.
** Gold Key TOS comic #54: "Sport of Knaves" is published.
=== September ===
* 5 September – Joseph Glick dies.
* 6 September – Michael McMaster dies.
* 8 September – Michael Wickson is born.
* 26 September – Ladesha Ard is born.
* Unknown day –
** Star Trek Fotonovel 11: The Deadly Years is published by Bantam Books.
** Vulcan! by Kathleen Sky is published by Bantam Books.
** Gold Key TOS comic #55: "A World Against Itself" is published.
=== October ===
* 4 October – Phillip Glasser is born.
* 9 October – Jamie Soricelli is born.
* 16 October – Aaron C. Fitzgerald is born.
* 26 October – Sunny Hawks is born.
* 28 October – Wednesday Mourning is born.
* Unknown day –
** Star Trek Fotonovel 12: Amok Time is published by Bantam Books.
** Gold Key TOS comic #56: "" is published.
=== November ===
* 7 November – Robert L. Swanson dies.
* 27 November – Joshua Harris is born.
* Unknown day –
** Official Star Trek Cooking Manual by Mary Ann Piccard is published by Bantam Books.
** Gold Key TOS comic #57: "Spore of the Devil" is published.
** The Starless World by Gordon Eklund is published by Bantam Books.
=== December ===
* 17 December – Douglas Tait is born.
* 18 December – Reagan Sieg is born.
* 20 December – Shaun Roberts is born.
* 23 December – Sunny Ozell is born.
* Unknown day – Gold Key TOS comic #58: "Brain-Damaged Planet" is published.
=== Unknown month ===
* Kenneth Lin is born.
* Sienna Spencer is born.
* Star Wars, Star Trek, and the 21st Century Christians by Winkie Pratney, from Bible Voice, is released.
* The 1978 Mighty TV Comic Annual is published, containing the story "The Gods Have Come!".
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