Births
- Sabrina Siani
- February 12 — Larry Gamell Jr.
- March 20 — Kathy Ireland
- March 20 — Susannah Hoffmann
- April 17 — Don Michael Paul
- May 12 — David Teague
- May 20 — Russell A. Gausman
- May 26 — Tami Bakke
- June 21 — Daryl Haney
- July 11 — Lisa Rinna
- July 25 — Nico Sachse
- July 30 — Monique Gabrielle
- August 28 — Lisa Wolf
- August 31 — Liza Greer
Deaths
- January 14 — George Offerman
- January 15 — Cesare Fantoni
- February 18 — Monte Blue
- March 28 — Ben Pivar
- March 30 — Dunja Movar
- April 15 — Edward Hearn
- April 23 — Don C. Harvey
- May 19 — Luana Walters
- May 25 — Ethan Laidlaw
- June 16 — Willard Van Der Veer
- June 20 — Ralph Sanford
- June 29 — Lou Rusoff
- August 25 — Edward L. Cahn
- September 20 — Frank Tipper
- September 26 — Nate D. Slott
- October 6 — Carlos Robles Gil
- October 22 — William C. Thompson
- November 25 — W. Merle Connell
- December 4 — Ralph Brooke
- December 19 — Warren Wilson
- December 21 — John Close
- December 21 — William Telaak
Movie Premieres
- Samson vs. the Vampire Women (U.S.)
- January 10 — Colossus and the Headhunters (Italy)
- January 20 — Reptilicus (U.S.)
- April 15 — Hercules and the Captive Women (U.S.)
- September — The Atomic Brain
- September 4 — The Crawling Hand
- September 18 — The Slime People
- November 13 — The Skydivers
Television Premieres
Events
- Ray Dennis Steckler and Carolyn Brandt get married.
- April 8 — At the 35th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Gregory Peck wins the Best Actor Award for his role in To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, and Pietro Germi win the Best Original Screenplay Award for Divorce Italian Style.
- Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer win the Best Song Award for the title song in The Days of Wine and Roses.
- Alexander Golitzen, Oliver Emert, and Henry Bumstead win the Best Art Direction (Black and White) Award for To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Freddie Young wins the Best Cinematography (Color) Award for Lawrence of Arabia.
- Steve Broidy receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
- June 15 — Ross Hagen and Claire Polan get married.
- December — Donna Michelle is featured in that month's issue of Playboy as Playmate.
