Births[]
- Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
- Michael Sopkiw
- January 5 — Cisse Cameron
- January 31 — Jessica Biscardi
- February 16 — Margaux Hemingway
- March 1 — Ron Howard
- March 1 — Peter Spellos
- April 29 — Jerry Seinfeld
- May 4 — Pia Zadora
- May 20 — Andrew G. La Marca
- June 12 — Mark Ulano
- June 20 — Miles O'Keeffe
- July 25 — Lynne Frederick
- August 29 — Jeff Austin
- September 6 — Dana Bertolette
- September 9 — Jeffrey Combs
- September 10 — Fred Olen Ray
- September 14 — Vince Deadrick Jr.
- September 20 — Brinke Stevens
- September 22 — Shari Belafonte-Harper
- October 28 — Steven Lambert
- November 17 — Egon Werdin
- November 18 — Linda Kerridge
- December 7 — Priscilla Barnes
Deaths[]
- March 5 — Gordon De Main
- March 12 — Chester M. Franklin
- June 8 — Maurice Cass
- August 24 — Lewis D. Collins
- November 9 — Jack Harvey
- December 11 — Henry Hall
Television Premieres[]
- May 8 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode "The Pirates of Prah: Chapter 1" (later compiled into Manhunt in Space)
- May 11 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode "The Pirates of Prah: Chapter 2" (later compiled into Manhunt in Space)
- May 18 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode "The Pirates of Prah: Chapter 3" (later compiled into Manhunt in Space)
- July 10 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode "Crash of Moons: Chapter 1" (later compiled into Crash of Moons)
- July 17 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode "Crash of Moons: Chapter 2" (later compiled into Crash of Moons)
- July 24 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode "Crash of Moons: Chapter 3" (later compiled into Crash of Moons)
Events[]
- March 25 — At the 26th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, Edward Carfagno, and Hugh Hunt win the Best Art Direction (Black and White) Award for Julius Caesar.
- Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox win the Best Art Direction (Color) Award for The Robe.
- April 2 — American International Pictures is founded.