Births[]
- March 10 — Audra Williams
- March 16 — Nick Spano
- April 12 — Jade Calegory
- April 22 — Rebecca Hanson
- September 29 — John Lyde
Deaths[]
- January 21 — Fred Knoth
- January 29 — Michael Gwynn
- February 11 — Lee J. Cobb
- February 13 — Paul Gilbert
- February 26 — Frieda Inescort
- March 15 — Larry Thor
- March 25 — William Burnside
- March 26 — Rory Mallinson
- March 28 — Richard Arlen
- April 9 — Wilfrid M. Cline
- April 11 — Sydney Mason
- April 26 — Neil McCallum
- June 22 — Alan Reynolds
- June 28 — Stanley Baker
- July 5 — Ray Kellogg
- July 17 — Mikhail Yanshin
- July 19 — Gene Roth
- August 6 — William Mervyn
- August 9 — Jess Kirkpatrick
- August 10 — Ray "Crash" Corrigan
- August 19 — S. Roy Luby
- August 26 — Warner Anderson
- September 8 — Olga Solbelli
- September 10 — Gennadi Tsekavyj
- September 21 — David Silva
- September 24 — Bruno VeSota
- October 5 — Barbara Nichols
- October 14 — Aleksandr Khvylya
- October 16 — Al Gramaglia
- October 16 — David S. Horsely
- October 20 — Slavko Vorkapich
- October 27 — Bill Yrigoyen
- October 29 — Paul Phillips
- November 6 — Julio Cahero
- November 7 — Bud Widom
- November 16 — Robert L. Lippert
- November 16 — Duke Moore
- December 8 — Cathy Downs
- December 15 — Ernst Fegté
- December 23 — George DeNormand
- December 31 — Antonio Díaz Conde
Movie Premieres[]
- April — Godzilla vs. Megalon (U.S.)
- April 26 — Rattlers
- June 1 — Track of the Moon Beast
- July — At the Earth's Core (U.S.)
- July 8 — Doomsday Machine (West Germany)
- July 30 — Squirm
- August 22 — At the Earth's Core (UK)
Television Premieres[]
- September 4 — Space: 1999 episode "The Metamorph" (first half of Cosmic Princess)
- September 23 — Gemini Man episode "Smithereens" (first half of Riding with Death)
- December 2 — Space: 1999 episode "Space Warp" (second half of Cosmic Princess)
Events[]
- March 29 — At the 48th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented.
- Lee Grant wins the Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in Shampoo.
- John Williams wins the Best Original Score Award for Jaws.
- Verna Fields wins the Best Editing Award for Jaws.
- December 21 — On Coming Soon (a monthly precursor of Sneak Previews), Roger Ebert selected At the Earth's Core as his Dog of the Month.