1996

Events

 * Khan Noonien Singh and over fifty of his followers leave Earth aboard the SS Botany Bay, not to be heard or seen from again, until 2267. (TOS: "Space Seed", Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
 * Earth scientists from NASA find the first microscopic evidence of past life on Mars. (VOY: "Future's End, Part I")
 * Some humans made extremely ill or killed in the Eugenics Wars are placed into cryosatellites, launched into orbit of Earth. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles, Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions)
 * USS Voyager (NCC-74656 arrives in Earth orbit after been thrown back in time by the actions of Captain Braxton. (VOY: "Future's End, Part I" and "Future's End, Part II"). When returning to the 24th century, Voyager inadvertently displaced several cryosatellites with Eugenics Wars victims in time and space. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles, Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions)
 * Phineas Tarbolde, an author from Canopus Planet, writes the sonnet "Nightingale Woman". (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")