1966 (production)

== Events ==
=== January ===
* 1 January – Dawn Stern is born.
* 3 January – Bud La Rosa is born.
* 5 January – Leslie Dannon is born.
* 16 January – David de Vries and Max Valentine are born.
* 19 January – David Youse is born.
* 20 January – Rainn Wilson is born.
* 23 January – Bobby Aldridge is born.
* 24 January – Noriko Olling is born.
* 27 January – Tamlyn Tomita is born.
=== February ===
* 2 February – D.C. Douglas is born.
* 8 February – Barney Burman is born.
* 13 February – Neal McDonough is born.
* mid-February – The second Star Trek pilot, is delivered to NBC. NBC orders sixteen episodes, with the first to air in September. (The Making of Star Trek) Still, Star Trek is nearly canceled by Desilu Studios, being perceived as too costly to produce. Vigorously defended by Herb Solow, he finds studio head Lucille Ball on his side, who, by overruling her Board of Directors, saves Star Trek from cancellation.
* 14 February – Lucy Boryer and Whitney Guss are born.
* 21 February – Steve Truitt is born.
* 22 February –
** Rachel Dratch is born.
** The New York Times lists Star Trek as a part of NBC's fall 1966 schedule, airing Friday nights from 10pm to 11pm.
* 24 February – Katja Rieckermann is born.
* 28 February – Nathan Crowley is born.
=== March ===
* 1 March – J.D. Cullum is born.
* 2 March – George Baxter is born.
* 3 March – Heidi Swedberg is born.
* 5 March – Marc Marosi is born.
* 6 March – Both Star Trek and Mission Impossible are assigned soundstage place on the Desilu Studios lot.
* 7 March – Jonathan Del Arco is born.
* 9 March – Oscar Katz is formally released from Desilu, and thus the Star Trek productions. Herb Solow is appointed in his place.
* 14 March – Gary Anthony Williams is born.
* 15 March – James G. Becker is born.
* 19 March – Dino Juico is born.
* 24 March – Steve Pugh is born.
* 25 March – Zadrina is born.
* 30 March – Stephen Gevedon is born.
* Unknown – Rick Pasqualone is born.
=== April ===
* 1 April – David Zabel is born.
* 4 April – Scott McElroy is born.
* 5 April – Rebecca McFarland is born.
* 9 April – Julianne Christie is born.
* 10 April – Brad William Henke is born.
* 14 April – First story outline submitted by Paul Schneider for with a revised version following on 26 April.
* 15 April – Darin Cooper is born.
* 18 April – First story outline for is submitted, with a second outline following on 23 April.
* 21 April –
** first draft script is submitted with a final draft coming 3 May and further revisions dated 20 May.
** Mikael Salazar is born.
* The details on the filming model are further modified. This is nearly its final form, with only a few small details added at some alter unspecified date. This model is the most widely seen in TOS effects shots. 
* 22 April – Marie Javins and Jeffrey Dean Morgan are born.
* 27 April –
** First story treatment for is submitted, with a second draft following 9 May.
** Scott Brody and Shawn Michael Perry are born.
* 30 April – Dennis Heisler is born.
=== May ===
* 2 May – Dennis Blakey is born.
* 3 May – Final draft script for is submitted, with a first draft teleplay on 6 June and final draft coming two days later.
* 5 May – Story outline for is submitted, with a revised outline coming 13 May.
* 10 May – Jason Brooks is born.
* 11 May – Nancy Hower is born.
* 13 May – Story outline for is submitted.
* 16 May – Ilan Rosenberg is born.
* 17 May – Joey Sakata is born.
* 19 May – Jennifer Nash is born.
* 20 May – Gina Ravarra is born.
* 23 May –
**First draft script for is submitted, with a final draft coming 26 May, and further revised on 31 May.
**H. Jon Benjamin and Mark Buckingham are born.
* 24 May – begins filming; it is the first regular episode of produced after the second pilot, .
* 28 May – Theo Bleckmann and Steve Rosinski are born.
* 29 May – Diana Lee Inosanto is born.
=== June ===
* 1 June – John Frizzell is born.
* 2 June –
** Filming is completed on .
** Filming begins on .
* 5 June – Eric Sharp is born.
* 7 June – Clayvon C. Harris and John Joire are born.
* 8 June –
** Fifth day of filming on .
** Final script draft for is submitted.
** Second script draft for is submitted.
** Scott Rogers is born.
* 11 June – Andrew Hawkes is born.
* 13 June –
** First draft script for is submitted.
** Filming is completed on .
* 14 June – Filming begins on .
* 22 June –
** Filming is completed on .
** Filming begins on .
* 23 June – First script draft for is submitted. Further revisions were submitted 28 June, and 1 and 5 July.
* 26 June – First draft script for is submitted, with a final draft coming 27 July.
* 27 June –
** Second script draft for is submitted, with a final draft coming 5 July.
** J.J. Abrams is born.
* 28 June – Christopher Neiman is born.
* 30 June –
** Filming is completed on .
** Filming begins on .
** Wendy Davis and Steve Firchow are born.
=== July ===
* 1 July – Diane DiLascio is born.
* 4 July – Marnie McPhail and Lee Reherman are born.
* 6 July –
** Fabrice Defferrard and Brian Posehn are born.
** First draft script for is submitted, with further drafts coming 30 July, 5, 6, and 8 August.
* 9 July – Pamela Segall is born.
* 11 July –
** Greg Grunberg is born.
** Filming is completed on . Filming begins on .
* 12 July – Michael Hemmingson is born.
* 13 July – Walker Brandt is born.
* 14 July – D.J. Lockhart is born.
* 15 July – Amanda Foreman is born.
* 17 July – Rolf John Keppler is born.
* 19 July – Filming is completed on .
* 20 July – Filming begins on .
* 22 July – Jamie McShane is born.
* 26 July – Amy Jo Traicoff is born.
* 27 July – Colin Lockerbie is born.
* 28 July – Filming is completed on . Filming begins on .
* 30 July – Chris Sprouse is born.
* Unknown date – Treatment for is submitted.
=== August ===
* 1 August – The deal between Desilu Studios and model kit company Aluminum Metal Toys (AMT), brokered by Stephen Edward Poe, is successfully finalized. The deal entailed free support by AMT for the production of the Original Series in return for the exclusive rights to market model kits based on the series. The details of the deal were negotiated by Ed Pearlstein of Desilu Studios and Don Beebe of AMT. It was the start of a decades long association of the model kit company with the . As such, AMT is the earliest known company to hold an official Star Trek franchise merchandise license, and since the license has remained valid without interruption until the present day, also the oldest and most steadfast known franchise partner.
* 2 August – Kevin Dorff is born.
* 6 August – Hal Olofsson and Terry Pallot are born.
* 8 August – Michelle Van Den Broeck is born.
* 9 August – Filming is completed on . Filming begins on .
* 11 August – First draft script for is submitted, with a final draft coming the next day.
* 17 August – Filming is completed on .
* 22 August – Filming begins on .
* 23 August – First draft script for is submitted with a final draft coming 14 September.
* 27 August – Tim Wilcox is born.
* 30 August – Filming is completed on .
* Steven W. Carabatsos joins production crew as Story Consultant.
=== September ===
* 1 September –
** First script draft for is submitted, with a final draft submitted on 15 September.
** Michael McFall is born.
* 1-5 September – The 24th Tricon World Science Fiction Convention is held in Cleveland, Ohio. Gene Roddenberry presents the first two pilot episodes for the series, (in its original version) and the broadcast version of . This is the first opportunity members of the public have to view Star Trek.
* 3 September – Amy Lindsay is born.
* 4 September – Jose Marzan, Jr. is born.
* 6 September – premieres on the Canadian CTV television network, which also constitutes the world television premiere of Star Trek as a whole.
* 7 September – Don Hudson is born.
* 8 September – The original Star Trek premieres on NBC. The first episode aired is , which was actually the fifth TOS Season 1 segment filmed.
* 13 September – Laura Interval is born.
** Filming begins on .
* 15 September – airs; it is reviewed the following day by Jack Gould in The New York Times. "The accent," Gould writes, "was less on the super-duper gadgetry usually associated with travel in the heavens than on astronautical soap opera that suffers from interminable flight drag. It was TV's first psychodrama in orbit."
* 16 September – Scott Workman is born.
* 17 September – Kate Asner is born.
* 21 September –
** Filming is completed on .
** First draft script for is submitted titled "Court-martial on Starbase Eleven" with the final draft and revised final draft turned in on 26 and 29 September, respectively.
* 22 September –
** airs.
** Filming begins on .
** John Tampoya is born.
* 28 September – Cassandra McCormick is born.
* 29 September – airs.
* 30 September – Filming is completed on .
* AMT acquires license for Star Trek models.
=== October ===
* 3 October –
** Filming begins on .
** First draft script for and is submitted, with a final draft coming on 7 October. First draft script for is also submitted, with revisions coming 14, 18, 19, and 21 October.
* 6 October – airs.
* 11 October – Filming is completed on . Filming begins on and .
* 12 October – Morgan H. Margolis is born.
* 13 October – airs.
* 14 October – Brock Burnett, Henry Farnam and Jason Rossilli are born.
* 16 October – Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is born.
* 18 October –
** Filming is completed on and .
** First draft script for is submitted, with a final draft coming 26 October. The first draft script for was also submitted this date, with a final draft coming 28 October and further revisions on 3 November.
* 19 October – Roger Cross is born. Filming begins on .
* 20 October –
** David Grafe is born.
** airs.
* 23 October – Michael Westmore, Jr. is born.
* 24 October – Conrad Pla is born.
* 27 October – airs. Filming is completed on .
* 28 October –
** Andy Richter and Scott Schneider are born.
** Filming begins on .
=== November ===
* 1 November –
** First draft script for is submitted, with a final draft coming 10 November.
** George Cambio is born.
* 3 November – airs.
* 5 November – Rusty Mahmood is born.
* 7 November –
** Filming is completed on . First draft script for is submitted, with a final draft following on 11 November.
** Thomas E. Surprenant is born.
* 8 November – Filming begins on .
* 9 November – Christal Chacon, Lori Lively and Paul Ozzimo are born.
* 10 November – airs.
* 14 November – First draft script for is submitted, but not for a Star Trek series.
* 15 November – Filming is completed on .
* 16 November – Filming begins on .
* 17 November – airs.
* 21 November – Final draft script for is submitted and revised the next day.
* 23 November – First draft script of is submitted, with final drafts coming 28 November and 12 December.
* 24 November – airs. Russell Watson is born.
* 25 November – Filming is completed on . Billy Burke is born.
* 26 November – Kristin Bauer and Dan Sachoff and born.
* 27 November – Rico McClinton is born.
* 28 November – Filming begins on .
* 29 November – Ursula Burton is born.
* 30 November – Larry Stachowiak is born.
=== December ===
* 1 December –
** Chris Renaud is born.
** Second revised final draft script for is submitted.
* 2 December – Andy Mangels is born.
* 5 December – Filming is completed on .
* 6 December –
** Filming begins on .
** Aaron Albucher, Kimberly Broumand and Leonard Kirk are born.
* 7 December – Curtis Fairchild and Brock Lumarque are born.
* 8 December – airs.
* 9 December – Toby Huss is born.
* 13 December – Second revised final draft script for is submitted.
* 14 December – Joseph Michael Roth is born. Filming is completed on .
* 15 December –
** airs.
** Filming begins on .
** Final draft script for is submitted, with further revisions 28 December.
* 19 December – First draft script for is submitted, with a final draft coming three days later.
* 20 December – Greg Hyman is born.
* 21 December – Leslie McCasky and Michelle Hurd are born.
* 22 December – is repeated. Filming is completed on .
* 24 December – Diedrich Bader is born.
* 27 December – Filming begins on .
** 29 December –
* airs.
* Rife Sibley is born.
=== Unknown month === 
* John Teska is born.
* The first Star Trek model kits are released by AMT.
== Media gallery ==
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