# First Contact Day

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. April 5th, an annual occasion to celebrate Star Trek.

## Etymology
first contact + day.
From the fictional instance of official first contact in the Star Trek fictional universe for Earth, occurring in the 1996 film First Contact on 5 April 2063. Taken by Trekkies as a day to celebrate Star Trek.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/first-contact-day