Births[]
- Colin Chilvers
- Alan Holleb
- Andrew McCulloch
- January 5 — Beverly Lunsford
- January 14 — Vonetta McGee
- January 22 — Jophery C. Brown
- January 29 — Tom Selleck
- February 4 — Bruce J. Mitchell
- February 6 — Robert Feero
- February 6 — Steven Keats
- February 9 — Mia Farrow
- February 28 — Bubba Smith
- March 7 — Robert H. Greenberg
- March 10 — Don Granberry
- March 26 — Kevin O'Neal
- April 12 — Roger Hampton
- April 17 — Myrl A. Screibman
- May 5 — Ron Hays
- May 6 — Richard Eyer
- May 18 — Brian Cutler
- June 10 — John De Troia
- June 17 — Frank Ashmore
- July 15 — Chrissie Shrimpton
- July 20 — Reiko Kasahara
- July 21 — Jeong-im Nam
- July 26 — Suzanna Leigh
- August 5 — Loni Anderson
- August 13 — Maria Rohm
- September 1 — Walt Gilmore
- September 1 — Venita Wolf
- September 10 — Dennis Burkley
- September 15 — Roy Brocksmith
- October 4 — Clifton Davis
- October 12 — Leo Eaton
- October 25 — Leigh Christian
- October 31 — Gregory Jein
- November 4 — Irene Tsu
- November 21 — Goldie Hawn
- November 27 — Barbara Anderson
- November 30 — Sandy Descher
- December 8 — Donna Michelle
- December 11 — Zienia Merton
- December 13 — Leigh Drake
Deaths[]
- April 29 — Malcolm McGregor
- November 15 — Ralph Holmes
Events[]
- March 15 — At the 17th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Jerry Fairbanks wins the Best Live Action Short Subject (One Reel) Award for Who's Who in Animal Land.
- Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, William Ferrari, and Paul Huldschinsky win the Best Art Direction (Black and White) Award for Gaslight.
- Joseph LaShelle wins the Best Cinematography (Black and White) Award for Laura.
- Warren Newcombe, Douglas Shearer, A. Arnold Gillespie and Donald Jahraus win the Best Special Effects Award for their work in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
- June 3 — Bert I. Gordon and Flora Lang get married.
- September 19 — John Agar and Shirley Temple get married.