Contents
Births
Deaths
- Víctor Velázquez
- January 1 — Arthur Pierson
- February 13 — Paul Gilbert
- March 22 — Paul Verhoeven
- May 25 — Arthur Nelson
- June 6 — George Worthing Yates
- June 19 — Krista Nell
- June 27 — Chester Jones
- July 25 — Povl Wøldike
- August 1 — Howard Joslin
- August 2 — Jean Yarbrough
- August 2 — Muir Mathieson
- August 2 — William Riggs
- August 14 — Robert A. Terry
- August 23 — Hank Patterson
- August 25 — Joseph Kane
- August 28 — Al Zimbalist
- September 8 — John Mylong
- September 20 — Ikio Sawamura
- October 2 — Wade Crosby
- October 5 — Fyodor Provorov
- October 23 — Barboura Morris
- November 1 — Troy Patterson
- November 20 — William Bagdad
- November 24 — Paul Vogel
- December 1 — Jack Chefe
- December 22 — Gordon Zahler
Movie Premieres
- August 13 — The Land That Time Forgot (U.S.)
- September 10 — Mitchell
- October 24 — The Giant Spider Invasion
Events
- April 8 — At the 47th Academy Awards, the following awards were presented:
- Francis Ford Coppola wins the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay Awards for The Godfather Part II.
- Joseph Biroc and Fred J. Koenekamp win the Best Cinematography Award for The Towering Inferno.
- Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress win the Best Editing Award for The Towering Inferno.
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