* '''July 2''' - A [[Ferengi]] [[Quark's Treasure|shuttle]] from the [[24th Century|24th century]], carrying [[Quark]], [[Rom]], [[Nog]], and [[Odo]], crashes on [[Earth]] near [[Roswell]], [[New Mexico]] leading to unofficial [[first contact]] between [[Human]]s and [[Ferengi]]. ** The "aliens" are briefly imprisoned by the [[US Army Air Corps]] before they escape, returning to their own time. [[Roswell Incident|The event is covered up]] by the USA, claiming all they ever found was a [[weather balloon]].
* '''October 14''' - Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.