1975 — memory beta

timeline

years:	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 (stardates from 1975.0; reference stardates from -1/75)
decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
centuries:	19th century - 20th century - 21st century

1975 was, on Earth's calendar, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the sixth year of the 1970s decade. Although this was a time period before Human formulation of stardates, this era begins with stardate 1975.0^[1], with the reference stardate system beginning this era on stardate -1/75.^[2]

Events

The tanker Edmund Fitzgerald is lost with all hands in Lake Superior.^[4],^[6]
The F-104 Starfighter is taken out of service by the Air National Guard.^[4]

TOS comic #28: The Mimicking Menace, by George Kashdan
- Dead planet? Or deadly?

TOS novelization anthology: Log Four, by Alan Dean Foster is released.
- From television's most popular science fiction series!
- Complete in this volume:
  - The Terratin Incident:
    - While investigating a mysterious transmission, the Enterprise crew members suddenly begin to shrink. In a matter of minutes, they will be too small to control the ship!
  - The Time Trap:
    - The Enterprise pursues an enemy Klingon ship into the Delta Triangle—suddenly both ships disappear!
  - More Tribbles, More Troubles:
    - Presenting: intergalactic trader and general nuisance Cyrano Jones, who smuggles hundreds of furry tribbles aboard the Enterprise—and they grow larger and LARGER…
Gold Key TOS comic #29: "The Planet of No Return" (reprint of Issue 1) is released.
- K-2, planet of death, where cannibal plants stalk animal prey!….

TOS novelization anthology: Star Trek 11, by James Blish is released.
- Six amazing adventures from the award-winning television series created by Gene Roddenberry!—On the Enterprise's latest mission an alien presence of unsurpassed beauty invades the starship; an eighteenth-century squire entertains the crew on an uncharted planet; Kirk declares war on the Klingons; and more!…
ST reference: Blueprints by Franz Joseph is published by Ballantine Books.

Gold Key TOS comic #30: "Death of a Star" is released.
- The last gasp of a dying star.—The Enterprise is on a mission to the star Isis to observe the death of the stellar body, expected to occur in 48 hours, decimating its star system. While Federation records indicate the system is uninhabited, but Lieutenant Sulu detects humanoid life on the third planet, Isis III—emanating from a single spot, as if the planet's entire population were on the head of a pin!…