Births
- Claude Héroux
- Moses Znaimer
- January 2 — Marvin Fleming
- January 5 — Cliff Potts
- January 13 — Carol Cleveland
- February 9 — Larry Dunn
- February 28 — Judd Hamilton
- March 6 — Ben Murphy
- March 29 — Madelynn Broder
- April 4 — Omero Capanna
- April 13 — Bill Conti
- May 6 — Duke Hobbie
- May 12 — Marya Carter
- May 12 — Bobby Parr
- May 28 — Robert Lyden
- June 6 — Robert Tayman
- June 14 — Hal Burton
- June 16 — William P. Cartlidge
- June 18 — Nick Tate
- July 29 — Lee Josephson
- August 12 — Howard R. Cohen
- August 20 — Sam Chew Jr.
- August 25 — Harumi Kiritachi
- September 6 — Betty Ann Carr
- September 8 — Lamar Card
- September 12 — Martin Grace
- September 16 — Constantine Gregory
- September 25 — Robert Miano
- September 29 — Ian McShane
- October 3 — Alan Rachins
- October 15 — Kyoko Enami
- November 2 — Jeff Gillen
- November 18 — Linda Evans
- November 26 — Marianne McAndrew
- December 9 — Dick Butkus
- December 11 — Bennett Wayne Dean Sr.
- December 18 — Harvey Atkin
- December 26 — Maria De Aragon
Deaths
- August 22 — Murdock MacQuarrie
Movie Premieres
- May 8 — The Mad Monster
- May 8 — The Corpse Vanishes
Events
- February 26 — At the 14th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Nathan Juran, Richard Day, and Thomas Little win the Best Art Direction (Black and White) Award for How Green Was My Valley.
- Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, and Urie McCleary win the Best Art Direction (Color) Award for Blossoms in the Dust.
- Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, and Louis Mesenkop win the Best Special Effects Award for I Wanted Wings.
- July 21 — Phillip Terry and Joan Crawford get married.
