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First Contact Day is an informal commemorative day observed annually on April 5 to celebrate the Star Trek media franchise, and was created by Ronald D. Moore, screenwriter of the 1996 film Star Trek: First Contact. He chose the day based on his eldest son's birthday. The day is based on the fictional future history of events set to take place ...
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First Contact Day was a holiday celebrated to honor both the warp 1 flight of the Phoenix and first open contact between Humans and Vulcans on April 5th, 2063 in Bozeman, Montana. (Star Trek: First Contact)
(ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly"; DIS: "Die Trying")
When Captain Kathryn Janeway was a child, the holiday was just considered a day off from school. Later, at least some schools such as WSA continued to operate on First Contact Day. (VOY: "Homestead"; ST: "Children of Mars")
Naomi Wildman and Neelix planned the 315th observation of the event aboard the USS Voyager. The festivities included Zefram Cochrane's favorite food, cheese pierogies, and rock and roll music on Tom Paris' jukebox. At Neelix's insistence, Tuvok gave the Vulcan salute while reciting the greeting given by the Vulcans during first contact: "Live long and prosper." He did not see the point of it, but everyone in attendance applauded. (VOY: "Homestead")
During a battle in 2380, Commander Jack Ransom noted the USS Cerritos was being "carved up like a First Contact Day salmon." (LD: "No Small Parts")
On this day in 2385, the planet Mars was attacked by rogue synths. 92,143 people died in the attack. (ST: "Children of Mars"; PIC: "Remembrance", "Maps and Legends")
Background information
•Star Trek: First Contact co-writer Ronald D. Moore chose the date for first contact in honor of his son, Jonathan, whose birthday is April 5th. (Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 273); (AOL chat, 1997)) •First Contact Day was also cited in the first draft of the script for ENT: "Fusion" (which had the working title "Equilibrium"). In that script, Trip Tucker told Fraht about this holiday, commenting about it, "'That's kind of dull... just an excuse for kids to get the day off from school." •First Contact Day has become adopted by the Star Trek franchise in the real world as a date to publicly celebrate Star Trek in the broadest sense as an elaborate annual public relations event, and uses the occasion to announce new releases for that year – those of merchandise in particular. The event was instituted in 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns as a kind of a "pick-me-up" (the first event therefore conducted virtually by remote digital means), ànd to celebrate the 25th anniversary of First Contact, the film in which the date was established.
Further Reading
•"First Contact Day: Shaping a Legacy", Joe Fordham, Star Trek: First Contact - The Making of the Classic Film, pp. 140-159
External link
•First Contact Day at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Apr 4, 2023 · First Contact Day commemorates the historic encounter between humans and Vulcans on April 5, 2063, as depicted in Star Trek: First Contact. Learn how the date was chosen, what it means for Star Trek canon, and watch related episodes and videos.
Apr 5, 2023 · Created by "First Contact" co-screenwriter and producer Ronald D. Moore, First Contact Day began in 1997 in the real world as an informal commemorative occasion for "Star Trek" fans of all stripes ...
Mar 30, 2021 · Join StarTrek.com for a virtual event on April 5, the day that humans first make contact with Vulcans in Star Trek history. Watch themed panels with cast and creatives, stream episodes featuring first contacts, and support social causes with #StarTrekUnitedGives.
Apr 5, 2020 · As with so many things, the morality plays presented in Star Trek are guiding lights. The original First Contact Day, April 5, 2063, featured such a moment as the human race knowingly encountered a species from another world, the Vulcans. In the aftermath of World War III, this initial encounter with a new civilization changed the course of the ...
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