1979 (production)


Events

January 
 16 January – Ted Cassidy dies.
 25 January – Dick Crockett dies.
 26 January –  ends principal photography.
 31 January – Carissa Hernandez is born.
 Unknown day –
 Trek to Madworld by Stephen Goldin is published by Bantam Books.
 Gold Key TOS comic #59: "To Err Is Vulcan" is published.

February 
 1 February – Vanessa Cater is born.
 7 February – Jillian Ziesmer is born.
 13 February – Katie Jane Johnston is born.
 15 February – Kaj-Erik Eriksen is born.
 22 February – Robert Abel & Associates is released from  for the production of its visual effects; The company is replaced by Douglas Trumbull's Future General Corporation.
 27 February – Seth Hendrix is born.
 Unknown day –
 World Without End by Joe Haldeman is published by Bantam Books.
 Gold Key TOS comic #60: "The Empire Man" is published.

March 
 19 March – Abby Brammell is born.
 20 March – Natalie Diaz is born.
 26 March – Lana Taylor is born.
 Unknown day –
 Gold Key TOS comic #61: "Operation Con Game" is published, marking the end of the series.
 The first , a collection of comic book stories, is published by Western.

April 
 2 April – Lindy Booth is born.
 12 April – Jennifer Morrison is born.
 15 April – William Meader dies.
 25 April – Tim Cody is born.
 27 April – Ifé Moore is born.

May 
 21 May – Angola Murdoch is born.
 29 May – Richard Lee Jackson is born.
 Unknown day – The Fate of the Phoenix by Sondra Marshak is published by Bantam Books.

June 
No events listed.

July 
 5 July – Menik Gooneratne is born.
 11 July – Marina Abramyan is born.
 16 July – Caroline Junko King is born.
 31 July – Formally commissioned by Entertainment Effects Group, Gregory Jein, Inc. is founded by its namesake to cover legal liabilities for the staff he brings along to work on The Motion Picture. The company was later contracted to serve as the primary studio model vendor for .

August 
 6 August – Drew Howerton is born.
 9 August – Noel Manzano is born.

September 
 8 September – Ravi Valleti is born.
 9 September – Lukas Behnken is born.
 11 September – Shaela Luter is born.
 23 September – William F. Reed is born.

October 
 1 October – Publication of A Star Trek Catalog by Gerry Turnbull and Neil Applebaum from Ace Books.
 8 October – Kristanna S. Loken is born.
 12 October – Celia Lovsky dies.
 15 October – Publication of Star Trek Speaks by Susan Sackett, Fred Goldstein, and Stan Goldstein from Wallaby.
 16 October – Mark Englert is born.
 19 October – Jessi Fisher is born.
 24 October – Michael Twombly is born.
 28 October –
 David Narloch is born. 
 Publication of Star Trek: The Motion Picture Make-Your-Own Costume Book by Lynn Edelman Schnurnberger from Wallaby.

November 
 1 November – Publication of Star Trek: The Motion Picture The USS Enterprise Bridge Punch-Out Book by Tor Lokvig and Chuck Murphy from Wanderer Books.
 2 November – Erika Flores is born.
 6 November – Lisa Berry and Sufe M. Bradshaw are born.
 30 November – Publication of Star Trek: The Motion Picture Peel-Off Graphics Book by Lee Cole from Wanderer Books.
 Unknown day –
 Chris Fabregas is born.
 Devil World by Gordon Eklund is published by Bantam Books.
 Publication of The Star Trek Make-A-Game Book by Bruce Nash and Greg Nash from Wanderer Books.
 Publication of Shatner: Where No Man... – The Authorized Biography of William Shatner by William Shatner, Sondra Marshak, and Myrna Culbreath from Ace Books.

December 

 2 December – First strip of the Called Home comic arc is published.
 7 December –
 Eric Bauza is born.
 , directed by Robert Wise, premieres in US theaters.
 8 December – James D. Ballas dies.
 11 December – Jasmine Lliteras is born.
 20 December –  released in the UK.
 30 December – Gary Downey dies.
 Unknown day –
  by Gene Roddenberry is published by Pocket Books.
 "Marvel Comics Super Special #15: Star Trek: The Motion Picture" by Marv Wolfman, Dave Cockrum, and Klaus Janson is published.

Unknown month 
 Mark Englert, Jerome Reed, and Kelvin Yu are born.
 Star Fleet Battles, a role-playing game from Task Force Games and the Amarillo Design Bureau, is first released. While authorized to use elements published by Franz Joseph Designs (such as the Star Fleet Technical Manual), this game is not allowed to refer to Star Trek or its main characters, or reference Trek events after the release of .
  by Milton Bradley is released.
  by Palitoy is released.
 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Iron-On Transfer Book by Wallaby is released.
 Dinosaur Planet book and record set by Peter Pan Records is released.
 The Robot Masters book and record set by Peter Pan Records is released.
 Star Trek, TV and Movie Tie-ins by James A. Lely, from Creative Education, is released.
 Alexandra Lydon is born.
 The 1979 Mighty TV Comic Annual is published, containing the Eleventh and final UK Annual Story.

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