| •1 | James Kirk is promoted to Captain and assigned to command the Starship Enterprise.2
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| •1 | Pavel Chekov enlists in Starfleet academy.2
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| •3 | The miners Childress, Gossett and Benton begin lithium crystal mining on Rigel XII.3
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| • | A group of 150 colonists under the leadership of Elias Sandoval set off for Omicron Seti III to found a colony.4
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| •5 | Spock returns home Vulcan to visit his parents. He and his father do not talk during the visit, maintining the silence which has lasted for the last 14 years and which will last for a further four.6
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