Births[]
- July 30 — Chris Ray
Deaths[]
- Jack Causey
- Pietro Francisci
- Margarito Luna
- Bert Mason
- John Warren
- January 3 — Tom Gries
- January 9 — Konstantin Isayev
- January 12 — Günther Stoll
- January 25 — Dale Van Sickel
- January 26 — Margaret Hayes
- February — Mildred Barish
- February 9 — Hugh Huntley
- February 11 — Carl Pierson
- February 21 — Bernard Woolner
- February 27 — Allison Hayes
- March 1 — Pietro Francisci
- March 12 — George Eldredge
- April 9 — Julia Heron
- April 14 — Dmitri Surensky
- April 27 — Stanley Adams
- June 2 — Forrest Lewis
- July — Johannes Buzalski
- August — Margarito Luna
- August 10 — Vince Barnett
- August 31 — Joseph Mell
- September 1 — Henry Vars
- September 2 — Maurice King
- September 7 — Tim Pelt
- November 10 — Jodie Copelan
- November 10 — Pascual García Peña
- November 24 — Richard Carlson
- December 6 — Nikolay Lebedev
- December 6 — Nadir Malishevsky
- December 19 — David Tomack
- December 31 — Nora Marlowe
Movie Premieres[]
- April 29 — The "Legend of Dinosaurs" (Japan)
- May 25 — Star Wars (later renamed Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
- October 12 — The "Legend of Dinosaurs" (U.S.)
- December 23 — The Incredible Melting Man
Television Premieres[]
- January 30 — The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries episode "The Mystery of the Haunted House"
- February 25 — SST-Death Flight
- May 3 — Code Name: Diamond Head
Events[]
- January — Susan Kiger is featured in that month's issue of Playboy as Playmate.
- March 28 — At the 49th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer receive a Special Achievement Award for the visual effects of King Kong.
- Matthew Yuricich, L. B. Abbott, and Glen Robinson receive a Special Achievement Award for the visual effects of Logan's Run.