Births
- January 5 — Cliff Potts
- February 9 — Larry Dunn
- February 28 — Judd Hamilton
- March 6 — Ben Murphy
- 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 16 — Willam P. Cartlidge
- June 18 — Nick Tate
- August 12 — Howard R. Cohen
- August 20 — Sam Chew Jr.
- September 8 — Lamar Card
- 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
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, Nathan Juran, Richard Day, and Thomas Little win the Best Art Direction (Black and White) Award for their work on How Green Was My Valley, while Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, and Louis Mesenkop win the Best Special Effects Award for I Wanted Wings.