Deaths
- Enver Altenbay
- February 1 — Dino Verde
- February 1 — Sam Sebby
- February 2 — John Ensign
- February 7 — Burt Wenland
- February 15 — Isarco Ravaioli
- March 27 — Peter Diamond
- April 2 — Vanda Hudson
- April 10 — Donna Michelle
- April 23 — John Seely
- May 3 — Anthony Ainley
- May 3 — Zulu
- May 29 — Anthony Bailey
- May 31 — Robert A. Burns
- June 4 — Anthony Steffen
- June 10 — Kôtarô Tomita
- June 14 — Max Rosenberg
- June 14 — Noriaki Yuasa
- June 15 — Tom Rowe
- June 18 — George "Buck" Flower
- June 30 — Chris Alcaide
- July 2 — Frank Chase
- July 15 — Dean Dillman Jr.
- July 28 — Sam Edwards
- July 30 — J. Edward McKinley
- August 6 — Ennio Antonelli
- August 7 — Ismael Rodriguez
- August 16 — Acquanetta
- August 18 — Elmer Bernstein
- September 14 — Dakar
- September 23 — John Bath
- October 13 — Douglas Mellor
- October 13 — James A. Sullivan
- October 17 — Alex Stelter
- October 22 — Katherine Victor
- October 23 — Wilson Wood
- October 28 — Gil Melle
- November 9 — Ed Kemmer
- November 17 — Anthony Magro
- November 22 — Daniel McCauley
- December 2 — Larry Buchanan
- December 3 — Maria Perschy
- December 4 — Carl Esmond
- December 9 — Patrick Wright
- December 18 — Valentin Bryleyev
- December 26 — Garard Green
- December 29 — William Boyett
Home Media Releases
- March 9 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 5
- August 31 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Essentials
- October 26 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 6
- November 1 — Play MSTie for Me - Triple Decker DVD
Events
- January 31 — The Sci-Fi Channel broadcasts a rerun of Experiment 912 The Screaming Skull. MST3K would be removed from the channel's schedule thereafter.
- February 7 — Timothy Van Patten wins the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series DGA Award for his work on the Sex and the City episode "Boy Interrupted".
- September 27 — Phil Spector is indicted for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
- November 29 — Godzilla receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
