1968 (production)

Production

January

• 2 January –
  • Evan Parke is born.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Assignment: Earth".
• 5 January – TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" airs.
• 7 January – Troy Hubbs is born.
• 10 January – Filming is completed on TOS: "Assignment: Earth", and the second season of Star Trek.
• 12 January –
  • TOS: "A Piece of the Action" airs.
  • Rachael Harris is born.
  • John Jackson Miller is born.
• 17 January – Jeffrey Chase and Brita Nowak are born.
• 19 January – TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome" airs.
• 23 January – Marci Brickhouse and Adam Kane are born.
• 24 January – Yvette Callum is born.
• 29 January – Anthony Hatch Korotko and Adam Lieberman are born.
• 31 January – Jamie Keyser is born.

February

• 1 February – John Harrington Bland is born.
• 2 February – TOS: "A Private Little War" airs.
• 3 February – Joe Bennett is born.
• 8 February – Nancy Anna Brown and Mike Massa are born.
• 9 February – TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" airs.
• 12 February – Simon Northwood is born.
• 16 February – TOS: "Patterns of Force" airs.
• 22 February – Tony Nappo and Jeri Ryan are born.
• 23 February –
  • TOS: "By Any Other Name" airs.
  • Alexander Denk is born.
  • Craig Hurley is born.
• 28 February – Karen Robinson is born.
• Star Trek 2 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.
• Mission to Horatius by Mack Reynolds is published by Whitman Publishing and is the first original Star Trek novel.

March

• 1 March – TOS: "The Omega Glory" airs.
• 6 March – Cazimir Milostan is born.
• 8 March –
  • The story outline for TOS: "That Which Survives" is submitted.
  • TOS: "The Ultimate Computer" airs.
• 10 March – Rico E. Anderson, Philip Anthony-Rodriguez, Jon Curry, and Zora DeHorter are born.
• 14 March – James Frain and Edwin Ombac are born.
• 15 March –
  • TOS: "Bread and Circuses" airs.
  • Andrea Cirie is born.
• 16 March – Jim Nieb is born.
• 18 March –
  • Story outline for TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" (titled "The Last Gunfight") is submitted.
  • Marian Cordry is born.
• 21 March – Greg Ellis is born.
• 22 March – Story outlines for TOS: "Wink of an Eye", "And the Children Shall Lead" and "The Paradise Syndrome" (titled "The Paleface") are submitted, and TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" (titled "The Last Gunfight") is received.
• 24 March – Michael E. Strickland is born.
• 25 March – Michael Reisz is born.
• 28 March – Gold Key TOS comic #2: "The Devil's Isle of Space" is published.
• 29 March –
  • The story outline for TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" is submitted.
  • TOS: "Assignment: Earth" airs as the final episode of the second season.

April

• 5 April –
  • TOS: "I, Mudd" is repeated.
  • Paul Power dies.
• 6 April – Glenn Goldstein is born.
• 7 April – April Nocifora is born.
• 10 April – Max Bozeman is born.
• 12 April –
  • Jacqueline Case and Alicia Coppola are born.
  • TOS: "Mirror, Mirror" is repeated.
• 16 April – Maya Fujimoto is born.
• 17 April – [Roberto Campanella]] is born.
• 19 April –
  • TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" is repeated.
  • The revised outline for "The Enterprise Incident" is submitted.
  • Ashley Judd is born.
• 21 April – Leslie Silva is born.
• 22 April –
  • Travis Price is born.
  • Story outline for TOS: "Spock's Brain" is submitted.
  • Story outline for TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" (titled "The Last Gunfight") is submitted to NBC for approval.
• 24 April – Loren L. Coleman is born.
• 25 April – Richard Bennett is born.
• 26 April –
  • TOS: "Amok Time" is repeated.
  • The revised outline for "The Enterprise Incident" is approved by the network.
• Theodore Sturgeon submits a story outline for a sequel episode to TOS: "Shore Leave".

May

• 1 May – Story outline for TOS: "The Tholian Web" (titled "In Essence – Nothing") is submitted.
• 2 May – Story outline for TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" is submitted.
• 3 May –
  • Tommy Gormley is born.
  • TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is repeated.
• 4 May – George Brozak is born.
• 6 May – John Lucas is born.
• 8 May – Story outline for TOS: "Turnabout Intruder" is submitted.
• 9 May – Marc Laming is born.
• 10 May –
  • Steve Buccellato and Bernie Williams are born.
  • TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?" is repeated.
• 11 May – Pam Eklund is born.
• 14 May – Revised final draft script for TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" is submitted.
• 16 May – First draft script for TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" is submitted.
• 17 May –
  • Richard Leacock is born.
  • TOS: "The Changeling" is repeated.
• 20 May – Timothy Olyphant is born.
• 21 May – Filming begins on TOS: "Spectre of the Gun", and the third season of Star Trek.
• 24 May –
  • Acts I and II for the first draft of "The Enterprise Incident" are delivered.
  • Story outline for TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is submitted.
  • TOS: "Catspaw" is repeated.
• 27 May –
• Richard Isanove is born.
  • Final revised script draft for TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" is submitted.
• 28 May – Acts III and IV for the first draft of "The Enterprise Incident" are delivered.
• 29 May –
  • First draft script for TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" is submitted.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Spectre of the Gun".
• 30 May – John Mullen is born.
• 31 May –
  • Natasha Mandich is born.
  • TOS: "By Any Other Name" is repeated.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Elaan of Troyius".

June

• 1 June – Erik Ahl is born.
• 3 June –
  • Final draft script for TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" is delivered.
  • The story outline for "Day of the Dove" is submitted.
  • The second draft of "The Enterprise Incident" is delivered.
• 5 June – Dave Lanphear is born.
• 7 June –
  • The mimeographed "first draft" script for "The Enterprise Incident" is submitted.
  • TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome" is repeated.
• 10 June –
  • Kristian Sorensen is born.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Elaan of Troyius"; a deleted scene is filmed today.
• 11 June –
  • Steven Grothe is born.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome".
• 13 June –
  • Fred Tatasciore is born.
  • Story outline for TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren" (titled "The Sons of Socrates") is submitted.
  • The final draft of "The Enterprise Incident" is submitted.
• 18 June –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome".
  • First draft script for TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead" is submitted.
• 19 June – Edward Conna is born. Filming begins on TOS: "The Enterprise Incident".
• 20 June – CeCe Tsou is born.
• 21 June – TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" is repeated.
• 22 June – Dana Tjulander is born.
• 24 June – Todd Cherniawsky is born.
• 26 June – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Enterprise Incident".
• 27 June –
  • Paul Rae is born.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead".
• 28 June – TOS: "The Ultimate Computer" is repeated.

July

• 3 July – Sam Bagley dies.
• 5 July –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead".
  • First draft script for TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is submitted as an unsolicited script.
  • TOS: "Journey to Babel" is repeated.
• 8 July –
  • Gregory A. Weimerskirch is born.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Spock's Brain".
• 10 July – Cristina Patterson Ceret is born.
• 12 July –
  • Story outline for TOS: "The Mark of Gideon" is submitted.
  • TOS: "The Apple" is repeated.
• 15 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "Spock's Brain".
• 16 July – Filming begins on TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?".
• 19 July – TOS: "Metamorphosis" is repeated.
• 21 July – Debra Naclerio is born.
• 23 July – Revised final draft script for TOS: "The Empath" is submitted.
• 24 July – Filming is completed on TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?".
• 25 July – Filming begins on TOS: "The Empath".
• 26 July –
  • Story outline for TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy" is submitted.
  • TOS: "The Omega Glory" is repeated.
• 29 July – Noelle Hannibal is born.
• 30 July – Final draft script for TOS: "The Tholian Web" is submitted.

August

• 1 August – Hilde Garcia is born.
• 2 August –
  • TOS: "Return to Tomorrow" is repeated.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The Empath".
  • John MacDonald is born.
• 4 August – Anastasia Emmons, Mike Fujimoto and Daniel Dae Kim are born.
• 5 August – Filming begins on TOS: "The Tholian Web".
• 7 August –
  • Director Ralph Senensky is fired from TOS: "The Tholian Web".
  • Final draft script for TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" is submitted, with a revision coming the next day.
• 8 August –
  • Herb Wallerstein takes over directing TOS: "The Tholian Web".
  • Story outline for TOS: "That Which Survives" (titled "Survival") is submitted.
• 9 August –
  • TOS: "Assignment: Earth" is repeated.
  • First draft script for TOS: "Day of the Dove" is submitted with a revised final draft coming 19 August.
  • Eric Bana is born.
• 12 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Tholian Web".
• 13 August –
  • Filming begins on TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky".
  • J.D. Walters is born.
• 14 August – Story outline for TOS: "The Cloud Minders" (titled "Castles in the Air") is submitted.
• 16 August – TOS: "The Deadly Years" is repeated.
• 17 August – Andrew Koenig is born.
• 18 August – Ken Palkow is born.
• 20 August – Dana Moreshead is born.
• 22 August –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky".
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Day of the Dove".
• 23 August – TOS: "A Private Little War" is repeated.
• 27 August – Story outline for TOS: "The Way to Eden" is revised, with further revisions following on 5 September.
• 28 August – Pam Rambo is born.
• 29 August – Filming is completed on TOS: "Day of the Dove".
• 30 August – TOS: "A Piece of the Action" is repeated.

September

• 5 September –
  • Ellora Patnaik and Dennis Scott are born.
  • First draft script for TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy" is submitted.
• 9 September –
  • Ted Adams is born.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren".
• 11 September – Kay Hanley is born.
• 12 September –
  • Paul F. Tompkins is born.
  • Story outline for TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" is submitted.
• 15 September – Susan Patterson is born.
• 16 September – Final draft script for TOS: "That Which Survives" is submitted.
• 17 September – Filming is completed on TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren".
• 18 September – Filming begins on TOS: "Wink of an Eye".
• 19 September – Shawn Doyle is born.
• 20 September – TOS: "Spock's Brain" airs on NBC as the first episode of the third season.
• 23 September – Story outline for TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" (titled "A Handful of Dust") is submitted.
• 24 September – Jeff W. Byrd is born.
• 25 September – Filming is completed on TOS: "Wink of an Eye".
• 26 September –
  • Filming begins on TOS: "That Which Survives".
  • Gold Key TOS comic #3: "Invasion of the City Builders" is published.
• 27 September – TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" airs.
• 28 September – Shannon O'Hurley is born.
• The Making of Star Trek by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry is published by Ballantine Books.

October

• 1 October – Jay Underwood is born.
• 2 October –
  • Bridget Ann White is born.
  • Story outline for TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" is submitted.
• 3 October – Filming is completed on TOS: "That Which Survives".
• 4 October –
  • Jennifer Gatti is born.
  • TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" airs.
• 9 October –
  • Ninno DePatrick is born.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".
• 11 October – TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead" airs.
• 14 October –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy".
• 16 October – Todd Stashwick is born.
• 17 October – Jennifer Barlow is born.
• 18 October – TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" airs.
• 22 October – Robbie Busch and David Chattam are born.
• 23 October –
  • Gary Erskine is born.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy".
  • Filming begins on TOS: "The Mark of Gideon".
• 25 October – TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" airs.
• 26 October – Jeffrey Kalmus is born.
• 28 October – Final draft script for TOS: "The Lights of Zetar" is submitted.
• 29 October – Henriette Ivanans is born.
• 30 October – Christian Fletcher is born.
• 31 October –
  • Grant Woods dies.
  • Rob DeBorde and Tabby Hanson are born.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The Mark of Gideon".

November

• 1 November –
  • TOS: "Day of the Dove" airs.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "The Lights of Zetar".
• 6 November – Vidal Peterson is born.
• 8 November – TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" airs.
• 9 November – Baxter Earp and Brian Oerly are born.
• 10 November – Darick Robertson is born.
• 11 November –
  • Ben Bray is born.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The Lights of Zetar".
• 12 November – Filming begins on TOS: "The Cloud Minders".
• 15 November – TOS: "The Tholian Web" airs.
• 16 November – Christine Harnos and James Parks are born.
• 18 November – Rich Fulcher is born.
• 19 November – First draft script for TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" is submitted.
• 20 November – Filming is completed on TOS: "The Cloud Minders".
• 21 November – Filming begins on TOS: "The Way to Eden".
• 22 November –
  • John Stanisci is born.
  • TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren" airs.
• 23 November – Cole Chipman is born.
• 28 November – Samara Hagopian is born.
• 29 November –
  • Garson Citron dies.
  • TOS: "Wink of an Eye" airs.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The Way to Eden".

December

• 1 December –
  • First draft script for TOS: "Turnabout Intruder" is submitted with a final draft coming on 20 December, and revisions on 30 December.
  • Dave Blass is born.
• 2 December – Filming begins on TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah".
• 6 December – TOS: "The Empath" airs and final draft script for TOS: "The Savage Curtain" is submitted.
• 10 December –
  • Marc D. Giller is born.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah".
• 11 December – Filming begins on TOS: "The Savage Curtain".
• 12 December – Final draft script for TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" is submitted with revisions coming 17 December.
• 13 December – Igor Knezevic is born.
• 15 December – Garrett Wang is born.
• 16 December – Paul Scherrer is born.
• 19 December –
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "The Savage Curtain".
  • Derek Webster is born.
• 20 December –
  • Eva Loseth and Eduardo Sánchez are born.
  • TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" airs.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "All Our Yesterdays".
• 22 December – Dina Meyer is born.
• 27 December – TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" is repeated.
• 30 December –
  • Bryan Burk is born.
  • Filming is completed on TOS: "All Our Yesterdays".
• 31 December –
  • David A. McIntee is born.
  • Filming begins on TOS: "Turnabout Intruder".

Unknown month

• TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" wins the Hugo Award as "Best Dramatic Presentation" after TOS episodes sweep the nominations for the category.
• Gene Roddenberry wins a special Hugo Award for Star Trek.
• Benjamin Brown and Alan Dingman are born.

Media gallery

"The Gamesters of Triskelion"

"A Piece of the Action"

"The Immunity Syndrome"

"A Private Little War"

"Return to Tomorrow"

"Patterns of Force"

"By Any Other Name"

Star Trek 2

Mission to Horatius

"The Omega Glory"

"The Ultimate Computer"

"Bread and Circuses"

"The Devil's Isle of Space"

"Assignment: Earth"

"Spock's Brain"

"Invasion of the City Builders"

"The Enterprise Incident"

The Making of Star Trek

"The Paradise Syndrome"

"And the Children Shall Lead"

"Is There in Truth No Beauty?"

"Spectre of the Gun"

"Day of the Dove"

"For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"

"The Tholian Web"

"Plato's Stepchildren"

"Wink of an Eye"

"The Empath"

"Elaan of Troyius"