1996 — stexpanded

Events

The last of the Khanate's 20 interplanetary missions are launched from Earth, mostly to Mars. (Star Fleet Starship Recognition Manual: Report #300: DY Sublight Transports)
The Great Khanate's Mars colony fails. (Report #300: DY Sublight Transports)
Khan Noonien Singh and over fifty of his followers leave Earth aboard the SS Botany Bay, not to be heard or seen from again, until 2267. (TOS: "Space Seed", Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek: Khan audio series)
Earth scientists from NASA find the first microscopic evidence of past life on Mars. (VOY: "Future's End, Part I")
Some humans made extremely ill or killed in the Eugenics Wars are placed into cryosatellites, launched into orbit of Earth. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles; Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions)
USS Voyager (NCC-74656) arrives in Earth orbit after been thrown back in time by the actions of Captain Braxton. (VOY: "Future's End, Part I", "Future's End, Part II"). When returning to the 24th century, Voyager inadvertently displaced several cryosatellites with Eugenics Wars victims in time and space. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles; Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions)
The Eurasian Confederation -- incorporating Russia and former Soviet satellite nations Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan -- is founded. (Star Fleet Starship Recognition Manual: Report: Ares Mission Spacecraft)