1980

January

 * 4 January – Zachary Culbertson and Dennis Larson are born.
 * 5 January – Ryan Reeb is born.
 * 8 January – Frank Arnot and Rachel Nichols are born.
 * 30 January – Chad Haywood is born.
 * Star Trek: The Motion Picture Blueprints by Stan Goldstein, Fred Goldstein and Rick Sternbach is published by Wallaby.
 * Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology by Stan Goldstein, Fred Goldstein and Rick Sternbach is published by Wallaby.
 * The Monsters of Star Trek by Daniel Cohen is published by Archway Books.

February

 * 13 February – Eamon Sheehan is born.
 * Perry's Planet by Jack C. Haldeman II is published by Bantam Books.

March

 * 11 March – Will Files is born.
 * 30 March – David Sharpe dies.
 * The Making of Star Trek The Motion Picture by Susan Sackett and Gene Roddenberry is published by Wallaby.
 * Chekov's Enterprise: A Personal Journal of the Making of Star Trek The Motion Picture by Walter Koenig is published by Pocket Books.

April

 * 19 April – Charles Seel dies.
 * Marvel TOS #1: "" is published.

May

 * 26 May – Franz Bachelin dies.
 * Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Photostory by Richard J. Anobile is published by Pocket Books.
 * Marvel TOS #2: "The Motion Picture: V'ger" is published.

June

 * 3 June – Maryesther Denver dies.
 * 18 June – Ryan Spahn is born.
 * Marvel TOS #3: "The Motion Picture: Evolutions" is published.

July

 * 9 July – Christopher Jewett and Megan Parlen are born.
 * Marvel TOS #4: "The Haunting of Thallus!" is published.

August

 * 4 August – Romulo Fajardo, Jr. is born.
 * 25 August – Derek Graf is born.
 * 26 August – Chris Pine is born.
 * 29 August – Chase Hoyt is born.
 * Star Trek Maps by New Eye Studios is published by Bantam Books.
 * The Best of Trek 2 : From the Magazine for Star Trek Fans by Walter Irwin and G.B. Love is published by Signet Books.
 * Marvel TOS #5: "The Haunting of the Enterprise!" is published.

September

 * 4 September – Paul Prokop dies.
 * 21 September – Autumn Reeser is born.
 * 29 September – Michael Strong dies.
 * Marvel TOS #6: "The Enterprise Murder Case!" is published.

October

 * 3 October – Amy Earhart is born.
 * 7 October – Adam Ryen is born.
 * 10 October – Reuel Kim is born.
 * 17 October – Justin Shenkarow is born.
 * The Galactic Whirlpool by David Gerrold is published by Bantam Books.
 * Marvel TOS #7: "Tomorrow or Yesterday" is published.

November

 * 1 November – Shannon Hazlett is born.
 * 28 November – Menina Fortunato is born.
 * Marvel TOS #8: "The Expansionist Syndrome" is published.

December

 * Marvel TOS #9: "Experiment in Vengeance!" is published.

Unknown

 * Paige Brooks, Charlie Kirchoff and Sean Murphy are born.
 * Harold Johns dies.
 * Star Trek With Latin by Rudolph Masciantonio is published by the American Classical League.
 * Star Trek: The Motion Picture Pop-Up Book by Tor Lokvig and Chuck Murphy is published by Wanderer Books.
 * USS Enterprise Punch-Out Book by Tor Lokvig and Chuck Murphy is published by Wanderer Books.
 * The Official Star Trek Trivia Book by Rafe Needleman is published by Pocket Books.