* [[Khan Noonien Singh]] and over fifty of his [[Augment|followers]] leave [[Earth]] aboard the {{SS|Botany Bay}}, not to be heard or seen from again, until [[2267]]. * [[Earth]] [[scientist]]s from [[NASA]] find the first microscopic evidence of past [[life]] on [[Mars]].
* {{USS|Voyager}} arrives in Earth [[orbit]] after being [[time travel|thrown back]] in [[time]] by the actions of [[Captain]] [[Braxton]].
* [[Tarbolde]], an author from [[Canopus Planet]], writes the [[sonnet]] "[[Nightingale Woman]]".