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Events

By starship or station 
 
 The  (NCC-1017) is launched under the command of Captain Matthew Decker. The ship begins it's first of three five-year exploratory missions. ( commemorative plaque )

 
 April 11: The  (NCC-1701) is launched from San Francisco Fleet Yards under the command of Captain Robert April. His wife, Sarah April, is the vessel's first medical officer and Christopher Pike as April's first officer. (; ;  Dedication plaque)

Other events 
 Michael Burnham begins attending the Vulcan Science Academy making her the first Human to do so. ()
 Pavel Chekov is born to Andrei Chekov in Russia, on Earth. ()
 The inconclusive Battle of Donatu V is fought between Federation and Klingon forces near Sherman's Planet. ()
 Emony Dax visits Earth to judge a gymnastics competition at the University of Mississippi, where she meets Leonard McCoy. She told him he "had the hands of a surgeon." () Afterward, he began his career in medicine. ()

Appendix

Background information 
 According to , Leonard McCoy became a doctor in this year. Since he was eighteen at this time, it is likely that the episode refers to the beginning of his undergraduate studies, supported by .
 The 2245 launch date for the Enterprise was suggested in the , and would be referenced in an unseen portion of Jonathan Archer's  created for . Although this clashes with a "twenty years old" reference in , which would indicate that the Enterprise only dated back to the early 2260s, the later date is supported by the fact that Pike served aboard her during the 2250s, and April much earlier, who served aboard prior to his ambassadorship, beginning in 2250, while under the assumption that he commanded a five-year mission. 
 Archer's unused personnel file would also have stated he died this year, one day after observing the christening of the Enterprise.  suggests  may be alive and active in or around Starfleet Academy on Earth past this date as  was sent to the  outpost after testing his theory on transwarp beaming on an Admiral Archer's prize beagle.

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