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There have been several anniversary events in Star Trek's history, which only became formalized by the Star Trek franchise in 1986 on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.[1]

7th anniversary[]

1973

10th anniversary []

1976
  • The Labor Day weekend convention at New York City's Statler Hilton Hotel was dubbed "Star Trek Bi-Centennial-10," celebrating both the nation's bicentennial and the tenth anniversary of the series debut. All the stars, with the exception of Leonard Nimoy, who was performing in "Equus" on Broadway, were in attendance. However, Leonard Nimoy DID briefly stop by to address the convention in the Grand Ballroom. Evidently someone sent him a nasty letter for not appearing at this major convention, accusing him of not caring about the fans, etc. Leonard came to the convention to read the letter, substituting the word, “bleep”, for whatever expletives where aimed at him in the letter.
1997
2003
2005
2019

20th anniversary []

Star Trek 20th anniversary logo
TNG 20th Anniversary
1986[1]
1999
2007
2010
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation celebrates twenty years in Japan

25th anniversary []

Star Trek 25th anniversary official logo
1991
2012
2018
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine celebrates twenty-five years
2020
2021
2022

30th anniversary []

Star Trek 30th anniversary logo
Star Trek The Next Generation 30th anniversary logo
1996
2017
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation celebrates thirty years

35th anniversary []

Star Trek 35th anniversary logo
2001
Note: First time use of the actual Original Series title font for an official franchise anniversary logo.
2014
2017
2021

40th anniversary []

Star Trek 40th anniversary official logo
2006
Note: Color variations of the official franchise anniversary logo are known.
2019
2022
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45th anniversary []

Star Trek 45th anniversary logo
2011
  • Creation Entertainment official 45th anniversary Star Trek conventions
    • 11-13 March, San Francisco [4]
    • 15-17 July, Boston [5]
    • 11-14 August, Las Vegas [6]
  • Legacy – Star Trek 45th anniversary art exhibition (8-20 September, Manchester, UK)
  • Trek Nation

50th anniversary []

Star Trek 50th anniversary logo
2016
2023

55th anniversary []

Star Trek 55th Anniversary logo
2021[2]

Footnotes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The first Star Trek anniversary for which the franchise took the initiative to introduce a formal anniversary logo, mostly featured as stickers on merchandise released in that year. Star Trek did not gather steam as a full-fledged multi-media franchise until well after the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979, which is why there were no prior formal anniversary events, in the process also explaining why the first formal anniversary logo featured the title font of The Motion Picture instead that of the Original Series. Paramount Pictures had not taken any official interest in formally celebrating Star Trek previously; what rare events there were being predominantly "Trekkie" driven.
  2. By necessity, anniversary celebrations, particularly the public ones, were very limited on the 2021 occasion, due to the mandatory world-wide lock downs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. Nothing more than a stillborn gimmick in the end, the entire "Star Trek Universe"-concept was dropped less than two years later due to the harsh economic realities Paramount+, the franchise's streaming service, in particular was facing, resulting in that the mandatory use of the logo was abandoned in the latter half of 2023. Its absence was glaringly obvious during the September Animated Series' 50th anniversary celebrations after Prodigy had been removed from the franchise shortly before on 26 June. Effectively, that removal had left the "Star Trek Universe"-concept completely in shambles (see also: main article).
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