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First Contact Day was a holiday celebrated to honor both the warp 1 flight of the Phoenix and first open contact between Humans and Vulcans on April 5th, 2063 in Bozeman, Montana. (Star Trek: First Contact)
(ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly"; DIS: "Die Trying")
When Captain Kathryn Janeway was a child, the holiday was just considered a day off from school. Later, at least some schools such as WSA continued to operate on First Contact Day. (VOY: "Homestead"; ST: "Children of Mars")
Naomi Wildman and Neelix planned the 315th observation of the event aboard the USS Voyager. The festivities included Zefram Cochrane's favorite food, cheese pierogies, and rock and roll music on Tom Paris' jukebox. At Neelix's insistence, Tuvok gave the Vulcan salute while reciting the greeting given by the Vulcans during first contact: "Live long and prosper." He did not see the point of it, but everyone in attendance applauded. (VOY: "Homestead")
During a battle in 2380, Commander Jack Ransom noted the USS Cerritos was being "carved up like a First Contact Day salmon." (LD: "No Small Parts")
On this day in 2385, the planet Mars was attacked by rogue synths. 92,143 people died in the attack. (ST: "Children of Mars"; PIC: "Remembrance", "Maps and Legends")
•First Contact Day at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
They didn't go back in time in the Mirror Universe. According to scenes from Enterprise, Cochrane blasted the Vulcans with a shitgun and stole their ship and technology. In the Mirror Universe the Borg thing doesn't happen at all and Wolf 359 is a battle between the Empire and rebels.
Apr 4, 2023 · First Contact Day pays tribute to the flight of the warp-capable Phoenix and the pivotal first interaction between humans and Vulcans, which occurred on April 5, 2063. The Phoenix, built and piloted by inventor Zefram Cochrane, was the spacecraft that marked mankind’s first successful attempt at traveling at warp, utilizing a warp drive.
In the beginning of the mirror universe episode of Enterprise zephram Cochran shoots the Vulcan ambassador and steals his tech forming the beginnings of the Terran Empire. Zephram Cochran was a drunk in a dystopian post war world where you don't trust strangers. My new head cannon is that the events of ST first contact are a pre destination ...
