* The two surviving members of the [[Vulcan]] exploration team which crash-landed at [[''Carbon Creek]]'', [[Pennsylvania]] are rescued. *[[''Shannon O'Donnell]] '' is born in the [[United States ; one of America]]. Her her descendants include [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway]]. * This era was requested by [[William T. Riker]] as the source of a [[holoprogram|holosimulation]] of the [[Bourbon Street Bar]] in [[New Orleans]] on [[Earth]]. * Within the [[Bashir 62]] holoprogram, [[Vic Fontaine]], [[Dean Martin]] and [[Frank Sinatra]] dropped [[United States dollar|$]]15,000 in a [[blackjack]] game at the [[Sands]] in [[Las Vegas]], where Vic was playing.
* '''October 1''' – NASA created to replace NACA.
* '''October 7''' – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
* '''October 11''' – NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1.