1939
Ralph Offenhouse is born on Earth [TNG 126].

30 April
On the 150th anniversary of George Washington's inauguration, the World's
Fair opens in New York City [DSN 538].

1940, June
The Battle of Britain begins on Earth during World War II. This air
battle will be a re-created in a holosuite on DS9 by Chief O'Brien and
Dr. Bashir in 2372 [DSN 483, DSN 489].

July
Past and future visions haunt 16 year old Benny Russell after gazing into
an alien orb at the World's Fair's Negro Week Youth Center display.
This quirky gift will enable him to glimpse 23rd and 24th Century Star
Fleet, and to pick near-future winning lottery tickets.
Russell meets (and loses) his first love, Jenny, who dies in a fire
(per Captain Sisko's visions in 2374) [DSN 538].

1941
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor [V 120].

The Nexus temporal energy ribbon again passes through our galaxy [ST VII].

1942
Pavel Chekov, transported by Weyland of Cragon V, fights for his life
in Stalingrad on Earth [TOS #52].

Stephen Hawking, physicist, is born on Earth. Lt. Commander Data
in 2369 will re-create Hawking on an "Enterprise" holodeck [TNG 252].

15 November
Lt. Pavel Chuikov is lost in action over the Baltic Sea, on Earth
[TOS #52].

On Bajor, the Colonel Gorak Mahak Bridge is built over the Swifts
[DSN #26].

On Omega IV, the warrior Kohms develop immmunity to most diseases [OG,
MRM].

1943
The planet Vulcan begins observing Earth. No official contacts are made
[GN 2].

On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years) [OG].

1944
World War II, during which 11 million will die on Earth (according to
Spock's reckoning) is the setting of Nazi Germany ("the most efficient
state Earth ever knew") which Professor John Gill will use as an example
on the planet Ekos in the 2260s. Captain Kirk will dress Dr. McCoy with
the uniform of a gestapo doctor (of Colonel rank) in 2262 based upon this
year in the historical computer [BC, PF].

Micah Brack (a.k.a. Flint the Immortal) will quote from this year's media
in 2061: 'Television offers the soundest basis for world peace that has
yet been presented. International television will knit together the
peoples of the world in bonds of mutual respect' [GN 18].

22 December
In 2374, the Hirogen will use the "Voyager's" holodeck to simulate
World War II Germany on this date, utilizing neural interfaces to
populate the holodeck with the ship's crew as characters [V 186].

1945
Louise is born on Miri's World (UFC 347601-III/Juram V) [Mi].

1946
Miri is born on Miri's World [Mi].

1947, 02 July
Following sabotage and time-warping from 2372, "Quark's Treasure" crashes
in Roswell, New Mexico on Earth. Quark, Rom, and Nog are taken into
custody. Recreating the conditions of the time warp via an atomic bomb
detonation, they escape back to 2372 [DSN 480].

The carrier "Enterprise," the workhorse of World War II, is decommissioned
and sold for scrap to the Japanese [GN 3].

1948
Roberta Lincoln is born [AE].

December [reference stardate -1/4812]
A planned rebellion on Kobek is put down decisively, but the detonation of
the Kobek weapons stockpile destroys all life on that world, and changes
its orbit [FASA].

1949
Captain Sisko will play a Major League baseball game holosuite simulation
from this year in 2372: the Brooklyn Dodgers hosting the Boston Braves
[DSN #23].

1950
The Atomic Age on Earth: fission power and weaponry are developed [LOR,
SFD].

The F8 star 1212 Mus is initially cataloged by the Skalnate Pieso stellar
survey on Earth [TOS #50].

1951
A Willie Mays rookie baseball card issued this year will become a
prized possession of Captain Sisko in 2373--with a little help from
his son and Nog [DSN 523].

In the Gamma Quadrant, the planet Meridian dimensionally shifts back into
normal space for a brief period of time [DSN 454].

1953
This year sees the theatrical releases of 'From Here To Eternity' and
'It Came From Outer Space,' the publication of Robert Heinlein's
'The Puppet Masters,' and the death of Joseph Stalin [DSN 538].

The western 'Shane' is theatrically released. Nog will view it in the
Vic Fontaine holoprogram in 2375 [DSN 560].

Dwight David Eisenhower enters office as the 34th president of the
United States of America, on Earth. It will be one of the many
historical facts stored in the "Enterprise's" computer in 2248,
when the Talosians sift the starship's computer for data [Me].

Pool hustler Gaunt Gary hustles the great Willy Masconi in New York. Lt.
Tom Paris will re-create this figure in the holodeck of the "Voyager" in
2371 [V 106].

October
In 2374, Captain Sisko will hallucinate (or perhaps live) the life of
Black science fiction writer Benny Russell as he pens 'Deep Space Nine,'
an alien space station some 400 years in the future. Russell must
contend with racism in New York City's Harlem while writing the story and
unfortunately it will not see publication [DSN 538].

Russell inevitably ends up under the care of Dr. Wycoff in an asylum.
He continues to write the story of Deep Space Nine--on the walls.
Presumably this vision, and the entire preceding life of Benny Russell,
is generated by the pah-wraiths [DSN 552].

1954
'The Creature From The Black Lagoon' science fiction/horror classic
is theatrically released. In 1996, Rain Robinson will own a plastic
model of the creature. Other classic 'B' movie favorites of hers
are probably from this era, including 'Orgy Of The Walking Dead,'
'Bride Of The Corpse,' and 'Vampire Vixens.' Even Tom Paris is familiar
with them in the 24th Century [V 150].

On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years) [OG].

1955
The movie 'To Catch a Thief' is released in cinemas on Earth. In 2374,
there will be an argument over 20th Century trivia between Lt. Torres and
Ensign Kim on the "Voyager" regarding whether or not the film starred
Cary Grant or Clark Gable [V 176].

Captain Kirk, having been subjected to the Klingon mind-sifter in 2264
and transported through the Guardian of Forever, is temporarily
institutionalized on Earth (in an alternate timeline) [ON 2].

The first legitimate, two-dimensional photograph is taken of a Vulcan
probe ship by a Terran. By 2018, the number of photographs will total
at least 18--and all will be dismissed as frauds and hoaxes [GN 7].

The Designers account for other UFO cases, especially abductions and
extraterrestrial contacts, not to mention the crashlanding of "Quark's
Treasure" less than a decade ago in Roswell, New Mexico [TOS #5,
DSN 480].