1978 (production)

January

 * 28 January – Nathan A. Aronson is born.
 * 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

 * 9 February – Heidi Moneymaker is born.
 * Star Trek Fotonovel 5: Metamorphosis is published by Bantam Books.

March

 * 18 March – Rocky Faulkner is born.
 * 19 March – Arthur Singer dies.
 * 25 March – Alina Andrei is born.
 * 28 March – is announced to the public at a press conference.
 * 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.

April

 * 10 April – Anthony Jochim dies.
 * 22 April – Manu Intiraymi is born.
 * 28 April –
 * Dave Power is born.
 * Ben Gage dies.
 * Margaret Makau dies.
 * The Best of Trek : From the Magazine for Star Trek Fans by Walter Irwin and G.B. Love is published by Signet Books.

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.
 * 24 May – Barry Atwater dies.
 * 29 May – Anthony Bonaventura is born.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 19 July – R.J. Williams is born.
 * 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

 * 7 August – Cirroc Lofton is born. begins principal photography.
 * 27 August – Bobbi Sue Luther is born.
 * Star Trek Fotonovel 10: Day of the Dove is published by Bantam Books.
 * Gold Key TOS comic #54: "Sport of Knaves" is published.

September

 * 6 September – Michael McMaster dies.
 * 8 September – Michael Wickson is born.
 * 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.
 * 16 October – Aaron C. Fitzgerald is born.
 * 26 October – Sunny Hawks is born.
 * 28 October – Wednesday Mourning is born.
 * 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.
 * 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

 * Gold Key TOS comic #58: "Brain-Damaged Planet" is published.
 * 17 December – Douglas Tait is born.
 * 20 December – Shaun Roberts is born.

Unknown

 * Bobbi Sue Luther, Sienna Spencer, and Jandi Swanson are born.
 * Michael McMaster dies.
 * Star Wars, Star Trek, and the 21st Century Christians by Winkie Pratney is published by Bible Voice.
 * The 1978 Mighty TV Comic Annual is published, containing the story "The Gods Have Come!".

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