Star Trek: 10 Biggest Historical Events That Never Happened

10. Orbital Nuclear Warhead Platforms

Assignment: Earth, the pilot that never took off, is unique on this list - not for what it got wrong - but for what it got right. First, the Orbital Nuclear Warhead Platforms that Gary Seven sought to sabotage thankfully remain a fictional event. This was another morality play from Roddenberry, tapping into the very real threat of nuclear war that was prevalent in the 1960s.

Assignment: Earth was written, in stages, between 1965 and 1967. It began life as the pilot for its own series, though that series was never picked up. Set in 1968, it predicted these weapons platforms, though it also specifically mentioned that:

There will be an important assassination today, an equally dangerous government coup in Asia

In 1968, both Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Jnr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated in the United States. The Vietnam War continued to rage in Asia and, though this occurred in Iraq, not Asia, a coup placed Saddam Hussein as Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Council.