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==2002==
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* The [[Nomad]] space probe (probe 2002-45b) is launched in the early 2000s. The probe was designed by [[Roykirk, Jackson|Jackson Roykirk]] to search for extraterrestrial life forms. It is eventually lost in space and presumed destroyed.<ref name="TOS37"/><ref name="Nomad"/>

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==2016==
* [[Vulcans]] make first contact with [[Klingons]] in the [[H'atoria system]].<ref name="DSC01"/>

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==2018==
* [[cryogenics|Cryogenics]] become unnecessary in [[Humans|Human]] space travel, as new propulsion methods significantly reduce the time required for interplanetary trips.<ref name="TOS24"/>

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==2026==
* The [[Second American Civil War]] breaks out, beginning a chain of events that leads to the [[World War III|Third World War]] on [[Earth]],<ref name="ENT95"/><ref name="SNW01"/> a devastating nuclear exchange.<ref name="ST08"/>

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==2032==
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* [[Cochrane, Zefram|Zefram Cochrane]] is born.<ref name="TOS31"/><ref name="ENT01"/>
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* The [[Eugenics Wars]] begin at about this time on [[Earth]]<ref name="SNW01"/> when a group of [[Augments#Human|Augments]] led by [[Khan Noonian Singh]] seize power simultaneously in more than forty nations. Khan himself claims dominion over more than a quarter of the planet.<ref name="TOS24"/> Though the conflict originally began in [[1992]], intervention by various factions in the [[Temporal Wars]] delayed the events for several decades.<ref name="SNW13"/>

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==2036==
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* The Eugenics Wars end at about this time with the defeat of the [[Augments#Human|Augments]].<ref name="SNW01"/> [[Khan Noonien Singh]] and 84 of his followers escape in [[cryogenics|suspended animation]] aboard a [[DY-100 class]] ship, the [[S.S. Botany Bay|S.S. ''Botany Bay.'']]<ref name="TOS24"/>

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==c.2060==
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* After fleeing [[Earth]] at the end of the Eugenics Wars, [[Stavos Keniclius]] lands on [[Phylos]].<ref name="TAS02"/>
* [[John Burke]] of the [[Royal Academy]] in [[Britain]] maps the region of space that includes [[Sherman's Planet]].<ref name="TOS42"/>

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==2060==
* The "great awakening" leads the [[Argelians]] to turn to a hedonistic life style at about this time.<ref name="TOS36"/>

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==2063==
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* <span id="2063APR05"/>'''5 April:'''</span> [[Humans]] make first contact with the [[Vulcans]] at [[Bozeman, Montana]], on [[Earth]], following the first successful flight by [[warp drive]] inventor [[Zefram Cochrane]].<ref name="ST08"/>

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==2067==
* [[Levinius V]] is devastated by the [[neural parasites]] at about this time.<ref name="TOS29"/>

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==2069==
* The [[S.S. Valiant|S.S. ''Valiant'']] encounters a magnetic storm that pushes it beyond the edge of the galaxy. Upon re-entering through the [[Galactic Barrier]], several crew members begin exhibiting extraordinary psychic powers. The captain is forced to order the destruction of his ship.<ref name="TOS01"/>

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<ref name="TOS01">{{RefTOS01}}</ref>
<ref name="TOS24">{{RefTOS24}}</ref>
<ref name="TOS29">{{RefTOS29}}</ref>
<ref name="TOS31">{{RefTOS31}}</ref>
<ref name="TOS36">{{RefTOS36}}</ref>
<ref name="TOS37">{{RefTOS37}}</ref>
<ref name="Nomad">The launch date for Nomad was given as August 2002 in the script, but not mentioned in dialogue. The probe designation was listed as 2002-45b in an on-screen graphic, however, and the launch date has been derived from that. The launch date was erroneously listed as August 2020 in the ''Star Trek Concordance.''</ref>
<ref name="TOS42">{{RefTOS42}}</ref>
<ref name="TAS02">{{RefTAS02}}</ref>
<ref name="ST08">{{RefST08}}</ref>
<ref name="ENT01">{{RefENT01}}</ref>
<ref name="ENT95">{{RefENT95}}</ref>
<ref name="DSC01">{{RefDSC01}}</ref>
<ref name="SNW01">{{RefSNW01}}</ref>
<ref name="SNW13">{{RefSNW13}}</ref>
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