1966 (production)


Events

January 
1 January – Dawn Stern is born.
5 January – Leslie Dannon is born.
16 January – David de Vries is 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.
 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 is born.
 21 February – Steve Truitt is born.
 22 February – 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.

March 
 1 March – J.D. Cullum is born.
 2 March – George Baxter is born.
 3 March – Heidi Swedberg 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.
 5 April – Rebecca McFarland 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.
 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 – Jeffrey Dean Morgan is born.
 27 April –
 First story treatment for  is submitted, with a second draft following 9 May.
 Scott Brody is born.
 Shawn Michael Perry 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 is born.
 24 May –  begins filming; it is the first regular episode of  produced after the second pilot, .
 28 May – Theo Bleckmann is born.
 29 May – Diana Lee Inosanto is born.

June 
 2 June – Filming is completed on . Filming begins on .
 5 June – Eric Sharp is born.
 7 June – John Joire 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.
 30 June – Filming is completed on . Filming begins on . Steve Firchow is 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 .
 13 July – Walker Brandt is born.
 14 July – D.J. Lockhart is born.
 15 July – Amanda Foreman 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 Star Trek franchise. As such, AMT is the earliest known company to hold an official Star Trek franchise merchandise license. 
 6 August – Hal Olofsson 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.
 3 September – Amy Lindsay is born.
 6 September – The original Star Trek premieres on the Canadian CTV television network, which also constitutes the world premiere of Star Trek as a whole.
 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 .
 13 October –  airs.
 14 October – Brock Burnett and Henry Farnam 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 –  airs.
 23 October – Michael Westmore, Jr. is born.
 24 October – Conrad Pla is born.
 27 October –  airs. Filming is completed on .
 28 October – Scott Schneider is born. Filming begins on .

November 
 1 November – First draft script for  is submitted, with a final draft coming 10 November.
 3 November –  airs.
 7 November – Filming is completed on . First draft script for  is submitted, with a final draft following on 11 November.
 8 November – Filming begins on .
 9 November – Lori Lively is 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 is born.
 27 November – Rico McClinton is born.
 28 November – Filming begins on .
 29 November – Ursula Burton is born.

December 
 1 December – 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 and Kimberly Broumand are born.
 7 December – Curtis Fairchild is born.
 8 December –  airs.
 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.
 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.
 Unknown day – Brock Lumarque is born.

Unknown month  
 John Frizzell, Morgan H. Margolis, and John Teska are born.
 The first Star Trek model kits are released by AMT.

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