Births[]
Deaths[]
- January 6 — Ernest Laszlo
- January 30 — Crox Alvarado
- February 5 — Santo
- February 14 — Edward Dein
- February 29 — Meyer Dolinsky
- February 29 — Ken Strickfaden
- March 1 — Jackie Coogan
- March 9 — Eumenio Blanco
- March 13 — Salvatore Baccaro
- March 16 — Shug Fisher
- March 22 — Rafael García Travesi
- March 25 — Vera Marshe
- April 18 — Francis De Wolff
- April 18 — Sandy Haver
- April 24 — Eijirô Yanagi
- April 25 — Richard Benedict
- April 26 — Barry Gray
- May — Stanley Pavey
- May 2 — Frank Forsyth
- May 31 — Jonathan Ledford
- June — Robert L. Richards
- June 11 — Patrick Whyte
- June 15 — Ned Glass
- June 15 — Meredith Willson
- June 17 — Leslie I. Carey
- June 19 — Renato Cadueri
- June 20 — Estelle Winwood
- July 18 — Remigio Del Grosso
- July 24 — Vincent Beck
- July 25 — Akihiko Hirata
- July 28 — Bess Flowers
- August 4 — Edmon Ryan
- August 8 — Richard Deacon
- August 13 — Alberto Lupo
- August 19 — George Meeker
- September — Cleo E. Baker
- September 2 — Sergei Martinson
- September 9 — Ted Mapes
- September 13 — Dino Maiuri
- September 17 — Richard Basehart
- September 28 — Philip Cahn
- November 4 — Francesco Mulè
- November 7 — George Mathews
- November 9 — John J. Fox
- November 13 — Dorothy Arnold
- November 15 — Karen Kadler
- November 16 — Murray Alper
- November 20 — Frederick E. West
- November 27 — Cliff Wenger Jr.
- December 7 — Charles Duncan
- December 14 — Richard C. Currier
- December 14 — Joseph E. Kenney
- December 24 — Peter Lawford
- December 28 — Sam Peckinpah
Movie Premieres[]
- February 13 — Boggy Creek II: and the Legend Continues…
- February 15 — Cave Dwellers (U.S.)
- April 17 — Pod People (Spain)
- May 23 — Killer Fish (France)
- September 7 — Devil Fish (Italy)
Television Premieres[]
- January 20 — The Master episode "Max" (first half of Master Ninja I)
- January 27 — The Master episode "Out-of-Time-Step" (second half of Master Ninja I)
- February 3 — The Master episode "State of the Union" (first half of Master Ninja II)
- February 10 — The Master episode "Hostages" (second half of Master Ninja II)
Events[]
- April 9 — At the 56th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Bill Conti wins the Best Original Score Award for The Right Stuff.
- Douglas Stewart, Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, and Stephen A. Rotter win the Best Film Editing Award for The Right Stuff.
- M.J. Frankovich receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
- May 9 — Jerry Dunphy receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6669 Hollywood Blvd.
- August 15 — Michael Landon receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine St.
- September 8 — Lee Majors receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd.
- September 26 — Paul Anka receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Blvd.