Births[]
- January 16 — David Chokachi
- February 15 — Vivian Schilling
- March 11 — Lisa Loeb
- May 18 — Cynthia Preston
- July 23 — Shawn Levy
- November 6 — Vidal Peterson
Deaths[]
- January 15 — Firpo Segura
- January 19 — Edward Cassidy
- February 6 — Arthur Hoerl
- February 6 — C. Montague Shaw
- February 21 — Harvey B. Dunn
- March 17 — Marvin Press
- March 20 — Charles Chaplin Jr.
- March 25 — Douglas Evans
- April 5 — Paul Power
- April 18 — Bob Mark
- May 6 — Rex Carlton
- May 10 — Scotty Beckett
- June 2 — Jack Daly
- July 6 — John Indrisano
- July 10 — Vladimir Solovyov
- July 19 — Jack Pierce
- July 25 — Alexander Engel
- August 3 — Rodney Bell
- August 10 — Barney A. Sarecky
- September 14 — Melville Shyer
- September 16 — Leonid Raab
- October 8 — Frank Skinner
- October 27 — John McNamara
- November 5 — Estelle Hemsley
- November 8 — Wendell Corey
- November 9 — Gerald Mohr
- November 11 — Phillip Scheer
- November 14 — Peter Swanwick
- November 18 — Agustin Mayor
- November 22 — Enrique Zambrano
- November 24 — William Nobles
- December 24 — Mabel Rea
Movie Premieres[]
- Hollywood After Dark
- January 26 — Diabolik (Italy)
- April 12 — Diabolik (France)
- April 25 — Girl in Gold Boots
- March 28 — The Batwoman (Mexico)
- May — Diabolik (U.S.)
- May 8 — The Hellcats
- December 1 — The Green Slime (U.S.)
- December 19 — The Green Slime (Japan)
Television Premieres[]
- April 6 — Mighty Jack (Japan)
Events[]
- Film Ventures International is founded by Edward R. Montaro.
- The TV commercial with the line "I thought you were Dale!" was first broadcast.
- Doodles Weaver and Reita Green get divorced.
- April 10 — At the 40th Academy Awards, the following awards were presented:
- Walter Mirisch accepts the Best Picture Award for In the Heat of the Night.
- Elmer Bernstein wins the Best Original Score Award for his work on Thoroughly Modern Millie.
- Gregory Peck receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
- August 3 — Stewart Moss and Marianne McAndrew get married.