Births[]
- David Kriegal
- January 27 — Patton Oswalt
- February 11 — Jennifer Aniston
- April 17 — Scott Woodard
- June 24 — David Giancola
- November 12 — Rob Schrab
- December 2 — Beez McKeever
Deaths[]
- Cy Roth
- January 13 — Wilton Graff
- January 22 — Rankin Mansfield
- January 22 — Manuel Arvide
- January 30 — Jack Deitz
- February 11 — James Lanphier
- February 12 — W. Lloyd Young
- February 20 — Jack Ingram
- March 9 — Richard Crane
- March 14 — Roger Heman Sr.
- March 14 — Joseph Kish
- March 25 — Alan Mowbray
- April 21 — Louis Vittes
- April 30 — Eddie Kane
- May 12 — Rod Wilmoth
- May 24 — Richard Garland
- May 24 — Paul Birch
- June 23 — Stanley Andrews
- June 24 — Ted Hecht
- July 15 — Jose Elias Moreno
- August 16 — Russ Bender
- September 14 — James Anderson
- September 26 — Howard Lydecker
- September 27 — Bruce Seton
- October 22 — Sam Harris
- November 4 — Marc Snegoff
- November 8 — Kam Tong
- November 24 — Howard Marion-Crawford
- November 28 — Roy Barcroft
- December 9 — Sergei Stolyarov
- December 20 — Ned Davenport
- December 25 — Manuel Sánchez Navarro
Movie Premieres[]
- Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (U.S.)
- March 21 — Gamera vs Guiron (Japan)
- May 30 — The Castle of Fu Manchu (West Germany)
- July 24 — Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (Mexico)
- August 22 — The Side Hackers
- October — Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (U.S.)
- October 26 — Moon Zero Two (U.K.)
- November 10 — Space Travelers
Television Premieres[]
Events[]
- April 14 — At the 41st Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Saul Bass wins the Best Documentary (Short Subject) Award for Why Man Creates
- John Barry wins the Best Original Score Award for The Lion in Winter.
- The special effects team led by Stanley Kubrick (of which Tom Howard was a member) wins the Best Special Effects Award for 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- John Chambers receives an Honorary Award for his outstanding makeup achievement in Planet of the Apes.
- May 16 — Gus Trikonis and Goldie Hawn get married.