1974 in the United States

Events from the year 1974 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

President:
[Vice President of the United States|President of the United States|Vice President]:
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Carl Albert
Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield
Congress: 93rd

Events

January

January 4
*Citing executive privilege, President Richard Nixon refuses to surrender 500 tapes and documents which have been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
*Joni Lenz is attacked in her bedroom by serial killer Ted Bundy in Washington; she survives.
January 6 - In response to the energy crisis, Daylight Saving Time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
January 13 - The Miami Dolphins repeat as National Football League champions, routing the Minnesota Vikings 24–7 in Super Bowl VIII.
January 15 - Happy Days, a sitcom about life in the 1950s, debuts on ABC.
January 19 - In college basketball, Notre Dame defeats UCLA 71–70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak.
January 30 - In his State of the Union Address, President Nixon declares, "One year of Watergate is enough."

February

February 4 – Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is kidnapped from her Berkeley, California apartment by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
February 8 - After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth.
February 12 - U.S. District Court Judge Geoerge Boldt rules that Native American tribes in Washington state are entitled to half of the legal salmon and steelhead catches, based on treaties signed by the tribes and the U.S. government.
February 22 - Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an airplane with the intent to crash it into the White House and assassinate President Nixon. He commits suicide when police storm the plane.
February 28 - Egypt and the United States re-establish normal diplomatic relations.

March

March 1 - Watergate scandal: Seven former White House officials are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
March 4 - People magazine's first issue is published in the U.S., with Mia Farrow on the cover.
March 18
* Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a 5-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
* After 23 consecutive years on television, Lucille Ball appears in the finale of Here's Lucy.
March 19 - First recorded crime, a ransacking in Visalia, California, definitely attributable to Joseph James DeAngelo, at this time a police officer, who will commit at least 13 murders, 51 rapes and 120 burglaries up to 1986; he will not be arrested until 2018.
March 29 - Mariner 10 approaches Mercury.
March 30 - North Carolina State defeats UCLA in the semifinals of the 1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, ending the Bruins' record run of seven consecutive national championships.

April

April 2 - The 46th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, John Huston and David Niven, is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. George Roy Hill's The Sting wins seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Hill. The film is tied with William Friedkin's The Exorcist in receiving ten nominations.
April 3 - The 1974 Super Outbreak, at the time the largest series of tornadoes in history, occurs in 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province, leaving over 300 people dead, over 5,000 people injured, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
April 4 - Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record with his 714th at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
April 6 - California Jam is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, attracting 250,000 fans.
April 8 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth's home run record, by hitting his 715th career home run off of a pitch by Los Angeles Dodgers' Al Downing at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium.
April 15 – In San Francisco, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army rob a branch of the Hibernia Bank, joined by Patricia Hearst.
April 20 - Voters in Louisiana approve a new state constitution, replacing a 225,000-word document which had first been adopted in 1921.
April 22 - Hi-Fi Murders: Five people are brutally tortured by a group of men during a robbery at a home audio store in Ogden, Utah, resulting in three deaths.

May

May 4 - The Expo '74 World's Fair opens in Spokane, Washington.
May 9 - The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal hearings in the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.
May 12 - The Boston Celtics win their 12th National Basketball Association championship, defeating the Milwaukee Bucks 102–87 in the decisive game of the World Championship Series.
May 17 - Los Angeles police raid Symbionese Liberation Army headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall and SLA leader Donald DeFreeze.
May 18 - Heaven's Gate, an American millenarian New Age religious group, is founded by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles.
May 19 - The Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Boston Bruins, thereby becoming the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup.
May 30
* Johnny Rutherford wins the first of three Indianapolis 500 automobile races.
* NASA's ATS-6 satellite is launched.
May - Bavarian Autosport is founded in Stratham, New Hampshire.

June

June 4 - The Cleveland Indians stage an ill-advised Ten Cent Beer Night for a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.
June 26 - The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
June 29 - America Sings attraction opens to the public for the first time at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
June 30 - Alberta Williams King, mother of the late Martin Luther King Jr., is killed during a church service in Atlanta, Georgia.

July

July 1 - Six Flags Great Adventure opens for the first time.
July 8 - Two weeks after the attraction's opening, an 18-year-old employee is crushed to her death while working on America Sings at Disneyland. This is the first employee fatality at a Disney Park.
July 11-17 - Baltimore police strike.
July 14 - In Issaquah, Washington, serial killer Ted Bundy abducts Janice Ott and Denise Naslund in broad daylight at Lake Sammamish State Park.
July 15 - Christine Chubbuck, television presenter for WXLT-TV Sarasota, Florida, draws a revolver and shoots herself in the head during a live broadcast. She dies in a hospital 14 hours later, the first person to commit suicide on live television.
July 16 - Elmer Wayne Henley is sentenced to life imprisonment for assisting Dean Corll in murdering 28 Texas boys from 1970 to 1973.
July 24 - Watergate scandal - United States v. Nixon: The Supreme Court rules 8–0 with one abstention that President Richard Nixon cannot withhold subpoenaed White House tapes, and orders him to surrender them to the Watergate special prosecutor.
July 27–30 - Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment, charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee.

August

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August 5 - Watergate scandal: The "smoking gun" tape of June 23, 1972, is revealed, in which President Richard Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman discuss using the Central Intelligence Agency to block a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry into Watergate. Nixon's support in Congress collapses.
August 7
*Three Republican congressional leaders visit President Nixon in the White House. They inform him that he lacks the votes to escape [Federal Federal impeachment in the United States|impeachment in the United States|impeachment] in the House of Representatives and conviction in the Senate. Goldwater urges Nixon to resign.
*French acrobat Philippe Petit walks across a high wire slung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
August 8 - Watergate scandal: President Nixon announces his resignation.
August 9 - Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment and conviction in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. Vice President Gerald R. Ford becomes the 38th president upon Nixon's resignation, taking the oath of office in the East Room of the White House.
August 30 - Public Law 93-400 is enacted, establishing the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

September

September 1 - Daredevil Bob Gill fails a world-record attempt to jump Appalachia Lake in West Virginia.
September 8
*Watergate scandal: President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
*Stuntman Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to rocket across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho.
September 16 - In Newport, Rhode Island, America's Cup defender "Courageous", skippered by Ted Hood, wins over Australian challenger "Southern Cross".

October

October 2 - U.S. release of film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Jerry Stiller.
October 8 - Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement.
October 15 - President Gerald Ford signs a federal campaign reform bill, which sets new regulations in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
October 17
*President Gerald Ford voluntarily appears before Congress to give sworn testimony—the only time a sitting president has done so—about the pardon of Richard Nixon.
*The Oakland Athletics win their third consecutive Major League Baseball championship, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games in the World Series.
October 30 - "The Rumble in the Jungle" takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire, where Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in 8 rounds to regain the Heavyweight title, which had been stripped from him 7 years earlier.

November

November 5 - Democrats make significant gains in the U.S. Congressional midterm elections, as the Republican Party suffers losses over the Watergate scandal.
November 8 - In Salt Lake City, Utah, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy. She goes on to testify against him at his trial.
November 13 - Ronald DeFeo Jr. murders his family in Amityville, New York.
November 20 - The United States Department of Justice files its final antitrust suit against AT&T. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and the Bell System.

December

December 4 - The Pioneer 11 probe passes Jupiter and captures famous images of the Great Red Spot.
December 10 - United States Senate confirms Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President.
December 19 - United States House of Representatives confirms Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States. He is sworn that evening.
December 21 - The New York Times reveals illegal domestic spying by the CIA.
December 23 - Former British government minister John Stonehouse, who faked his drowning in Florida, is arrested in Melbourne, Australia.
December 31 - Restrictions on holding private gold within the United States, implemented by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, are removed.

Undated

Dungeons & Dragons fantasy tabletop role-playing game, designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, is first released, in the United States.

The 1960s Milgram experiment is extensively described by Harvard University psychologist Stanley Milgram in his book Obedience to Authority; An Experimental View.
Volkswagen's Golf automobile first enters production, as the replacement for well-loved but antiquated Beetle. VW goes on to sell more than 22 million Golfs, and the model, now in its 5th generation, is still in full-scale production as of 2008.
Monty Python's Flying Circus is first broadcast in the United States on the PBS member station KERA-TV.
PepsiCo becomes the first American company to sell products in the Soviet Union.
Women's Center of Rhode Island is founded.

Ongoing

Cold War
Space Race
Détente
Watergate scandal
Capital punishment suspended by Furman v. Georgia
1973 oil crisis
1970s energy crisis
DOCUMERICA photography project

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January

January 1
* Kevin Beirne, baseball player
* Derek Kilmer, politician
* Jonah Peretti, entrepreneur and publisher
January 3 - Katie Porter, politician
January 5 - Ryan Minor, baseball player
January 6
* Marlon Anderson, baseball player
* Paul Grant, basketball player and coach
January 7
* Valeyta Althouse, Olympic shot putter
* Vance McAllister, politician
* John Rich, country singer/songwriter, one half of Big & Rich, and bassist for Lonestar
January 8 - Jorge Pallo, actor
January 9 - Tom Bissell, journalist, critic, and writer
January 10 - Mariusz Adamski, Polish-born photographer
January 11 - Max von Essen, actor and vocalist
January 12 - Jeremy Bates, boxer
January 13
* Ravinder Bhalla, politician, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
* Kaili Vernoff, actress
January 14
* Rick Baird, bobsledder
* Kevin Durand, Canadian-born actor and singer
January 15 - Ray King, baseball player
January 16
* Paul Buentello, mixed martial artist
* Brent Hinds, guitarist for Mastodon
January 17
* Heather Bagnall, politician
* Derrick Mason, football player
* Keith Robinson, actor and R&B singer
January 18
* Mike Blabac, Paralympic sledge hockey player
* John Brannen, basketball player and coach
* Shane Burton, football player
* Darren Bush, baseball player and coach
* Maulik Pancholy, actor
January 19
* Gentry Bradley, sprinter
* Marquita Bradshaw, environmentalist, activist, and political candidate
* Kareem Burke, entrepreneur, record executive, and producer
* Frank Caliendo, actor, comedian, and impressionist
January 20
* Thomas Beatie, public speaker, author, and advocate of transgender and sexuality issues
* Rae Carruth, football player
January 21
* Maxwell Atoms, animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor
* Remy Auberjonois, actor
January 23
* Jackie Billet, soccer player
* Chris Bowers, blogger
* Tiffani Thiessen, actress
January 24
* Tim Biakabutuka, football player
* Ed Helms, actor and comedian
January 28
* Benjamin Anderson, musician and songwriter
* Zack Bronson, football player and coach
January 29
* Alonzo Baldonado, politician
* Dorian Boose, football player
January 30
* Scott Anderson, Olympic runner
* Jim Arellanes, football player
* Carl Broemel, guitarist for My Morning Jacket
January 31
* Afu-Ra, rapper
* Bob Ballinger, politician
* Mike Waltz, politician

February

February 1 - Kurt Ballou, guitarist for Converge
February 2
* Derick Brownell, soccer player
* Osgood Perkins, actor, screenwriter, and director
February 3
* Kenny Bailey, football player
* Pauly Burke, cyclist
* Casey Elliott, stock car racing driver
* Ayanna Pressley, politician
February 4 - Scott Burnett, darts player
February 5 - Omarosa, reality TV star and White House aide
February 6 - Luz Rivas, politician
February 7
* Adrian Brown, baseball player
* J Dilla, record producer and rapper
February 8
* Maggie Bandur, writer and producer
* Seth Green, actor, comedian, voice actor, television producer, and screenwriter
* Susan May Pratt, actress
* Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born boxer and mixed martial artist
February 9
* Orlando Bobo, football player
* Amber Valletta actress and model
February 10
* Elizabeth Banks, actress and director
* R. J. Bowers, football player
* David Datuna, Georgian-born artist
* Tanoai Reed, actor and stuntman
February 11
* Trey Beamon, baseball player
* D'Angelo, R&B musician
* Alex Jones, radio show host and conspiracy theorist
February 12
* Jerry Bohlander, mixed martial artist
* Justin T. Bowler, actor, writer, and producer
* Lisa Brenner, actress
* Ari Shaffir, comedian and actor
February 13
* Fonzworth Bentley, rapper, actor, television presenter, and author
* Sabina Matos, politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
February 14 - Lara Bazelon, journalist, academic, and law professor
February 15
* Miranda July, author, director, actor, musician, and spoken-word artist
* Gina Lynn, porn actress
February 16 - Mahershala Ali, actor and rapper
February 17
* Tavian Banks, football player
* Jerry O'Connell, actor
* Bryan White, singer/songwriter and guitarist
February 18
* Carrie Ann Baade, painter and academic
* Jamey Carroll, baseball player
* Jillian Michaels, personal trainer, businesswoman, author and TV personality
February 19 - Lezley Zen, pornographic actress
February 20 - Steven Reed, politician, mayor of Montgomery, Alabama
February 22 - Ana, Cuban-born singer
February 23 - Kimberly Yee, politician
February 24
* Wuv Bernardo, drummer for P.O.D.
* Chad Hugo, keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
* Mike Lowell, baseball player and sportscaster
* Bonnie Somerville, actress
February 26 - Jenna Wolfe, Jamaican-born journalist and personal trainer
February 27
* Ronnie Anderson, football player
* Carte Goodwin, politician
February 28 - Kevin Abrams, football player

March

March 1
* Brandi Alexander, wrestler
* Stephen Davis, football player and coach
* Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor
March 3
* David Faustino, actor
* Jared Rushton, actor
* George T. Whitesides, politician
March 4
* April Berg, politician
* Jeff Bhasker, record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
March 5
* Kevin Connolly, actor and director
* Eva Mendes, actress and model
* Jill Ritchie, actress
March 6 - Beanie Sigel, rapper and actor
March 7
* Larry Bagby, actor and musician
* Andreas Borgeas, politician
* Jenna Fischer, actress
March 8 - Danny Corkill, child actor
March 10 - Biz Stone, entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter and Jelly
March 11 - Chris Blackshear, politician
March 12 - Jama Williamson, actress
March 13
* Dan Ackerman, video game journalist
* Shane Taylor, British-born actor
March 14
* Della Au Belatti, politician
* Grace Park, American-born Canadian actress
March 15
* Imad Baba, soccer player
* SuAnne Big Crow, basketball player
March 16
* Contessa Brewer, journalist
* Lamont Burns, football player
March 18 - Evan and Jaron Lowenstein, music duo and identical twins
March 20 - Paula Garcés, Colombian-born actress
March 21
* Laura Allen, actress
* Bryan Berg, cardstacker
* Sean McDermott, football coach
March 22
* Rob Bredow, visual effects artist
* Marcus Camby, basketball player
* Kidada Jones, actress
March 23 - Randall Park, actor, comedian and writer
March 24
* Jamie Arnold, baseball player
* Alyson Hannigan, actress
March 25
* Mike Adams, football player
* Laz Alonso, actor
* Nick Buda, drummer and record producer
* Lark Voorhies, actress and singer
March 27
* Luis Alejo, politician
* Quincy Tyler Bernstine, actress and narrator
* Jason Narvy, actor
* Alice Wong, disability rights activist
March 28
* Hamisi Amani-Dove, soccer player
* Eric Beverly, football player
* Kai Kahele, politician
March 29
* Kara Brock, actress
* Kristoffer Cusick, actor
* Sharif Street, politician and attorney
March 30 - Ronnie Kerr, actor
March 31 - James Burgess, football player

April

April 2 - Cary Brothers, singer/songwriter
April 3 - Marcus Brown, basketball player
April 4
* Scott H. Biram, musician
* Dave Mirra, BMX cyclist and television host
April 6 - Marlin Barnes, football player
April 7
* Nathan Baesel, actor
* Cimarron Bell, serial killer
* Antonia Bennett, singer
* Andrea Berloff, screenwriter, actress, director, and producer
April 8
* Matthew Arnold, writer, director, and producer
* Antoine Brockington, basketball player
* Chris Kyle, Navy SEAL and author
April 9
* Katrina Berger, cyclist
* Mike Bobo, football player and coach
* Ben Bordelon, football player
* Andrew C. Brock, politician
* Jenna Jameson, pornographic actress
April 10
* Scott Bentley, football player
* Jake Brennan, podcast host, author, and musician
* Eric Greitens, politician, Navy SEAL, and 56th Governor of Missouri
April 11
* David Banner, rapper and actor
* Robert Barnes, attorney
* Tricia Helfer, Canadian-born actress
April 12
* Mikey Burnett, mixed martial artist
* Marley Shelton, actress
April 13 - Mick Betancourt, screenwriter, producer, comedian, actor, and director
April 14
* Da Brat, rapper
* Terrance Hunter, Creator of The PREP System LLC, Dream Hunters Inc, and Contract Advisor
April 15
* Danny Pino, Cuban-born actor
* Douglas Spain, actor, director, and producer
* Tim Thomas, ice hockey player
April 16 - Valarie Rae Miller, actress
April 18
* Josh Byrnes, politician
* Mark Tremonti, singer/songwriter, guitarist for Creed and Alter Bridge, and frontman for Tremonti
April 19 - Hlynur Atlason, Icelandic-born industrial designer
April 20
* Paul Bradford, football player
* Randy Fine, politician
April 21 - Cliff Brumbaugh, baseball player
April 22
* Modupe Akinola, organizational scholar and social psychologist
* Eric Axley, golfer
* Aaron Buerge, banker, businessman, and television personality
April 23 - Barry Watson, actor
April 24 - Derek Luke, actor
April 25
* Grant Achatz, chef and restaurateur
* Jeff Austin, mandolinist and singer
April 26 - Tim Brauch, skateboarder
April 28 - DeAuntae Brown, football player
April 29 - Alana Blahoski, Olympic ice hockey player
April 30
* Aimee Belgard, politician
* Deanna Brooks, model and actress

May

May 3 - Joseph Kosinski, film director
May 4 - Josh Bonner, politician
May 7
* Ben Bostrom, motorcycle racer
* Lawrence Johnson, Olympic pole vaulter
* Breckin Meyer, actor, drummer, producer, and writer
May 8
* Agallah, rapper and producer
* Keisha Anderson, basketball player
* Calvin Branch, football player
* Korey Stringer, football player
May 9
* Brian Deegan, Motocross racer
* Dylan Lauren, businesswoman, founder of Dylan's Candy Bar
May 10 - Trent Staggs, politician, mayor of Riverton, Utah
May 11
* Adam Kaufman, actor
* Billy Kidman, wrestler
May 13 - Louisa Bojesen, Danish-born financial journalist
May 14
* Kevin Barnett, volleyball player
* Mary Biddinger, poet, editor, and academic
* Carla Jimenez, actress
May 15 - Ahmet Zappa, actor and musician
May 16
* Adam Richman, actor and television personality
* Sonny Sandoval, singer and frontman for P.O.D.
May 17 - Sendhil Ramamurthy, actor
May 20 - Allison Amend, novelist
May 21
* Fairuza Balk, actress and musician
* Havoc, born Kejuan Muchita, rapper
May 22
* John Bale, baseball player
* Jason Brown, baseball coach
* Sean Gunn, actor
* A. J. Langer, actress
May 23
* 4th Disciple, record producer and audio engineer
* Jewel, singer
May 24 - Dash Mihok, actor and director
May 25 - Kevin Hartman, soccer player
May 27
* LaShonda Katrice Barnett, author, playwright, and radio host
* Vanessa Blue, pornographic actress
* Bubba Copeland, politician, mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama
* Marjorie Taylor Greene, politician
May 28 - Robert Ballecer, Catholic Jesuit priest and podcaster
May 29
* Kenny Bynum, football player
* Steve Cardenas, martial artist and actor
*Aaron McGruder, cartoonist and writer
May 30
* Nicholas Anthony Ascioti, composer
* David L. Bahnsen, portfolio manager, author, and television commentator
* Big L, rapper

June

June 1 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian-born singer
June 2 - Gata Kamsky, chess player
June 5
* Chad Allen, actor and psychologist
* Russ Ortiz, baseball player
* Tate Reeves, politician, 65th Governor of Mississippi
June 6
* 2 Tuff Tony, wrestler
* Uncle Kracker, singer/songwriter and guitarist
June 7 - Sunshine Anderson, singer/songwriter
June 8 - Joshua Bloom, astrophysicist and professor
June 10
* Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist
* Bo Butner, drag racer
June 11
* Curtis Alexander, football player
* Lenny Jacobson, actor
June 12
* Joseph Blair, basketball player and coach
* Ronald Brisé, politician
* Darren Bush, screenwriter, producer, and director
* Jason Mewes, actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster
* Brandon Webb, author and Navy SEAL
June 13
* Valeri Bure, Russian-born Olympic ice hockey player
* Steve-O, actor, stunt performer, and television personality
June 14
* Rodney Artmore, football player
* Mike Burke, strongman competitor
* Raja Gemini, drag performer and make-up artist
June 15
* Anthony Atamanuik, writer, actor, and comedian
* Scott Bomar, musician
June 17
* François Audouy, French-born movie production designer
* Andre Dickens, politician, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
June 18 - Les Adams, politician
June 19 - Bumper Robinson, actor and voice actor
June 21
* Michael Brick, journalist and songwriter
* Pat Downey, football player
* Maggie Siff, actress
June 22
* Boom Bip, record producer and musician
* Donald Faison, actor
* Amber O'Neal, wrestler
June 24 - Vinnie Fiorello, drummer for Less than Jake
June 25 - Jeff Cohen, attorney and actor
June 26
* Anybody Killa, rapper
* Bisila Bokoko, Spanish-born businesswoman, entrepreneur, speaker and philanthropist
* Chris Butterfield, football player
* Jason Craig, artist
* Derek Jeter, baseball player
* Matt Striker, wrestler and commentator
June 27
* Juran Bolden, football player
* Christopher O'Neill, British-born businessman and Swedish royal
June 28
* Mika Arisaka, Japanese-born singer
* Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder
June 30 - Tony Rock, actor

July

July 1
* Jonathan Roumie, actor
* Philip Shahbaz, actor and voice actor
July 2
* Kevin Bankston, attorney and Privacy Policy Director for Facebook
* Rocky Gray, musician
July 3
* Alli Abrew, football player
* Chris Brown, football player and coach
* Corey Reynolds, actor
July 4
* Steve Bush, football player
* Mick Wingert, voice actor and voice-over coach
July 6
* Clarence Adams, boxer
* Grant Bond, comic book artist and writer
July 7
* Juan Manuel Benítez, Spanish-born journalist
* Dialleo Burks, football player and coach
July 8 - Danny Ardoin, baseball player
July 10
* Jim Annunziato, recording engineer
* Brian Thompson, businessman
July 11
* Neal Acree, composer
* Blueprint, rapper
* Lil' Kim, rapper and television personality
July 12
* Keith Allen, football player
* Sam Garnes, football player, coach, and radio personality
* Gregory Helms, wrestler
* Ryan Lizza, journalist
July 13 - Shaun Baker, actor and martial artist
July 14 - Mark Butterfield, football player
July 15 - Mitty Arnold, tennis player
July 16
* Jeremy Enigk, singer/songwriter
* Ryan McCombs, singer-songwriter and guitarist, frontman for Drowning Pool
* Chris Pontius, actor, stunt performer, and television personality
July 18
* Allan Amato, photographer and filmmaker
* Michael Dante DiMartino, animator
July 19
* Jeremy Borash, wrestling commentator, announcer, interviewer, and producer
* Dorian Brew, football player
July 20 - Simon Rex, actor, comedian, and rapper
July 21 - Steve Byrne, comedian and actor
July 22
* Nathaniel Moran, judge and politician
* Johnny Strong, actor
July 23
* Larry Barnes, baseball player
* Maurice Greene, Olympic sprinter
* Kathryn Hahn, actress
* Stephanie March, actress
July 24
* Eva Aridjis, Dutch-born Mexican-American director and screenwriter
* Boogie2988, YouTuber
July 25 - Lauren Faust, animator
July 26
* Christophe Brown, American-born Swiss ice hockey player
* Gary Owen, actor and comedian
July 27
* Benjamin P. Ablao Jr., actor and filmmaker
* Myron Butler, gospel singer/songwriter
July 28
* Afroman, rapper, singer/songwriter, comedian, musician, and political candidate
* Derek Anderson, basketball player
* Elizabeth Berkley, actress
* Irene Ng, Malaysian-born actress and teacher
July 29
* Aisha N. Braveboy, politician
* Josh Radnor, actor
July 30 - Hilary Swank, actress
July 31 - Adam Putnam, politician

August

August 1
* BlackOwned C-Bone, rapper and member of Dungeon Family
* Justin Baughman, baseball player
* Matt Braunger, actor, writer, and comedian
August 2
* Angel Boris, model and actress
* Zach Brock, jazz violinist and composer
August 3
* Brad Baker, stock car racing driver
* Jenny Beck, actress
* Aimee Bruder, Paralympic swimmer
* Derek Grimm, professional basketball player
* Mollie Hemingway, author, columnist, and political commentator
August 4 - Mike Bajakian, football coach
August 6
* Ever Carradine, actress
* Max Kellerman, sports television personality, host, and boxing commentator
August 7
* Chico Benymon, actor
* Jeff Buckey, football player
* Michael Shannon, actor
August 8
* Jeff Belanger, author
* Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-born mathematician
* Mike Budnik, mixed martial artist and in-line skater
August 9
* Seth Appert, ice hockey player and coach
* Dan Cox, politician
* Derek Fisher, basketball player
August 10
* Bonzai Kid, wrestler
* Mario J. Bruno, Spanish-born business executive and chief executive officer for the American Red Cross
August 11
* London Breed, politician, mayor of San Francisco, California
* Chris Messina, actor and film director
August 12
* Arj Barker, comedian and actor
* Andrea Brady, poet and lecturer
August 13 - Orlando Anderson, gangster and suspected murderer
August 14
* Chucky Atkins, basketball player
* Christopher Gorham, actor
August 16
* Edwin E. Aguilar, Salvadoran-born animator and storyboard artist
* Charli Baltimore, rapper, actress, and television personality
August 17 - Dmitry Alimov, Russian-born entrepreneur and investor
August 19 - David Patten, footballer
August 20
* Amy Adams, actress
* Big Moe, rapper
* Crunchy Black, rapper for Three 6 Mafia
* Misha Collins, actor
August 21
* Kay Cannon, screenwriter, producer, director, and actress
* Umar Johnson, psychologist
August 22
* Cory Gardner, politician
* Jenna Leigh Green, actress and singer
* Bo Koster, keyboardist for My Morning Jacket
* Iris Kyle, bodybuilder
August 23
* Derek Almstead, musician and engineer
* Mark Bellhorn, baseball player
* Christian Beranek, writer, actress, musician, and producer
* Shifty Shellshock, singer and frontman for Crazy Town
August 24
* Archie Amerson, American-born Canadian football player
* Jennifer Lien, actress
August 25 - Darren Benson, football player
August 26
* Kiran Chetry, news anchor and journalist
* Meredith Eaton, actress
August 27
* James Arciero, politician
* George Blades, boxer
August 28
* Duncan Arsenault, drummer
* Jen Kirkman, comedian, screenwriter, podcaster, and actress
August 29
* Claude Coleman Jr., drummer for Ween
* Mario Winans, R&B singer/songwriter and record producer
August 30
* Anjali Bhimani, actress
* Rich Cronin, singer and member of LFO
August 31 - William Consovoy, conservative advocate

September

September 1
* Rich Burlew, author, game designer, and graphic designer
* Burn Gorman, American-born British actor and musician
* Jhonen Vasquez, comic book writer and cartoonist
September 3
* Vaughn Bean, boxer
* Julie Berry, author
* Jen Royle, sports reporter and chef
September 4
* Carmit Bachar, singer, dancer, and member of Pussycat Dolls
* Deidre Henderson, politician, 9th Lieutenant Governor of Utah
* Taya Kyle, author, political commentator, and widow of Chris Kyle
September 5 - Andy Barkett, baseball player
September 9
* John Allred, football player
* Jon Bokenkamp, writer and producer
* John R. Bradford III, politician
September 10
* Roosevelt Blackmon, football player
* Kerry Harvick, singer
* Ryan Phillippe, actor
* Ben Wallace, basketball player
September 11
* Ben Best, actor, writer, musician, and producer
* Dremiel Byers, wrestler
September 12 - Jennifer Nettles, musician
September 13 - Randall Bailey, boxer
September 14
* Chad Bradford, baseball player
* Carl DeMaio, politician
September 16
* Joaquin Castro, politician
* Julian Castro, politician, mayor of San Antonio, Texas, and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
September 17
* Austin St. John, actor and martial artist
* DJ Babu, DJ, producer, and member of Dilated Peoples
* Rasheed Wallace, basketball player
September 18
* Fred Beasley, football player
* Travis Schuldt, actor
* Xzibit, rapper
September 19
* Jimmy Fallon, comedian, actor, television host, singer, writer, and producer
* Dimitrious Stanley, football player
September 20
* Omar Amr, Olympic water polo player
* Regina Romero, politician, mayor of Tucson, Arizona
September 21
* Crystal Aikin, gospel singer/songwriter
* Derek Brown, entrepreneur, writer, and mixologist
* Stanley Huang, singer and actor
September 22
* Jerome Adams, Surgeon General
* S. Bear Bergman, American-born Canadian author, poet, playwright, and theater artist
* Jenn Colella, actress and singer
* Wayne Grayson, voice actor and director
September 23 - Matt Hardy, wrestler
September 24
* Danya Abrams, basketball player
* Karyn Bosnak, author
September 25 - Daniel Kessler, guitarist for Interpol
September 26
* Josh Arieh, poker player
* Gary Hall Jr., Olympic swimmer
* Larry Izzo, football player and coach
September 27
* Carrie Brownstein, musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian
* Brandy Burre, actress
September 28 - Reggie Brown, football player
September 29
* Brian Ash, producer and screenwriter
* Alexander Brandon, video game musician
* Doug Brown, Canadian-born football player
September 30
* Melanie Bromley, British-born journalist and broadcaster
* Eli Cottonwood, wrestler
* Jeremy Giambi, baseball player
* Daniel Wu, actor, director, and producer

October

October 1 - Corey Brown, politician
October 2
* Ricky Bell, football player
* Courtney Hansen, television personality, model, and host
October 4 - Tom Askey, ice hockey player
October 5
* Jon Brunt, curler
* Rich Franklin, mixed martial artist and actor
* Colin Meloy, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for The Decemberists
October 6
* Evan R. Bernstein, Jewish community activist
* Jim Bundren, football player
* Jeremy Sisto, actor
October 7
* Shannon MacMillan, soccer player and coach
* Allison Munn, actress
* Alexander Polinsky, actor, voice actor, and singer
October 8
* Kevyn Adams, ice hockey player
* Shelly Blake-Plock, entrepreneur and musician
October 9
* Keith Booth, basketball player and coach
* Tom Perriello, politician
October 10
* Cara Butler, stepdancer and choreographer
* Dale Earnhardt Jr., race car driver
October 11
* Kimberly Clarice Aiken, Miss America 1994
* Baba Ali, Iranian-born comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor
* Greg Poehler, actor
October 12
* Nur Ali, Pakistani-born race car driver
* Shane McAnally, country singer/songwriter and record producer
October 13 - Terron Brooks, singer/songwriter and actor
October 14
* Sheila Bleck, bodybuilder
* Stacy Boyle, rugby player
* Jessica Drake, porn actress
* Dana Glover, singer and songwriter
* Natalie Maines, country singer and vocalist for The Chicks
* Shaggy 2 Dope, rapper, record producer, DJ, podcast host, wrestler, and member of Insane Clown Posse
October 16
* Katherine Jane Bryant, costume designer
* André Carson, politician
October 18 - Jeremy Scahill, journalist
October 20
* Tyrone Bell, football player
* Lauren McLean, politician, mayor of Boise, Idaho
* Bashar Rahal, actor
October 21 - Nakia Burrise, actress
October 24 - Will Brice, football player
October 25 - Shonn Bell, football player
October 27 - Pooja Batra, Indian-born actress and model
October 28
* Matthew Bell, politician
* Michael Dougherty, director, screenwriter, producer, and animator
* Joaquin Phoenix, actor
October 29 - Eric Gales, blues rock guitarist
October 30
* MC Paul Barman, rapper
* Dylan Berry, musician, record producer, radio host, and composer
October 31 - Ruben Fleischer, director and producer

November

November 2
* Nelly, rapper
* Prodigy, born Albert Johnson, rapper
November 4 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer and frontman for The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In
November 5
* Ryan Adams, singer/songwriter
* Wesley Bell, politician
* Ricardo Lara, politician
* Jerry Stackhouse, basketball player
* Chris Sununu, politician, 82nd Governor of New Hampshire
November 7
* Amanda Adkins, politician
* Kris Benson, baseball player
* Carl Steven, child actor
November 8
* Ada Brown, judge
* Gregory W. Brown, composer
November 9
* Richard H. Bernstein, judge
* Joe C., rapper
November 10
* Julie H. Becker, judge
* Micah Bowie, baseball player
November 11
* Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
* Jon B., singer/songwriter
* Monica De La Cruz, politician
November 12
* Lourdes Benedicto, actress
* Aaron Brink, mixed martial artist and pornographic actor
November 14
* Chip Gaines, television personality, host, and carpenter
* David Moscow, actor and producer
* Joe Principe, bassist for Rise Against
* Adam Walsh, murder victim and son of John Walsh
November 15 - Fred Brock, football player
November 16 - Isaac Byrd, football player
November 17
* Leslie Bibb, actress and model
* Mike Johnston, politician, mayor of Denver, Colorado
November 18
* Rob Balachandran, rugby player
* Tricia Byrnes, Olympic snowboarder
* Chloë Sevigny, actress, director, model, and fashion designer
November 19
* Aimee Brooks, actress
* Buckshot, rapper
* Brad Stewart, bassist
November 24 - Dave Aizer, television host, writer, and producer
November 25
* Thad Busby, football player
* Jimmy Gomez, politician
November 26 - Michael Blair, football player
November 28
* apl.de.ap, Philippine-born rapper
* Pascal Bedrossian, French-born soccer player
* James C. Mathis III, actor
* Styles P, rapper
November 29
* Big Pokey, rapper
* Chris Brymer, football player
November 30
* Luther Broughton, football player
* Naomi Pomeroy

December

December 2 - Brian Alfred, artist
December 3 - Trina Braxton, singer and television personality
December 4
* Elliot Bendoly, University professor
* Dan Bongino, political commentator, radio show host, police officer, secret service agent, author, and political candidate
December 5
* Charlie Batch, football player and sportscaster
* Brian Lewis, Olympic sprinter
* Ben McAdams, politician
* Lisa Sheridan, actress
December 7
* Mike Bell, baseball player and coach
* Daniel Boman, politician
December 8 - Nick Zinner, photographer and guitarist for Yeah Yeah Yeahs
December 9
* David Akers, football player
* Julie Buck, filmmaker
December 10 - Meg White, drummer for The White Stripes
December 11
* Joshua Becker, author, writer, and philanthropist
* Rey Mysterio, wrestler and luchador
* Lisa Ortiz, voice actress
December 12 - Tawny Banh, Vietnamese-born table tennis player
December 13
* Ben Hoffman, comedian, actor, writer, and musician
* Debbie Matenopoulos, Television host
December 14 - Amplitude Problem, Swedish-born musician and producer
December 15
* Cory Branan, singer/songwriter
* P. J. Byrne, actor
December 17
* Paul Briggs, animator and voice actor
* Sarah Paulson, actress
* Giovanni Ribisi, actor
December 18
* Peter Boulware, football player
* Kari Byron, artist and television personality
December 20
* Gran Akuma, wrestler
* Samantha Buck, filmmaker
December 21 - Ray Austin, football player
December 24 - Ryan Seacrest, television personality
December 25
* Kerlin Blaise, football player
* Patrick Brennan, actor
December 26
* Teron Beal, singer/songwriter
* Zach Blair, guitarist for Rise Against
* Tony Brackens, football player
* Tiffany Brissette, actress
* Derrick Bryant, basketball player
December 27 - Nate Bland, baseball player
December 28
* Jared Anderson, bassist for Morbid Angel and Hate Eternal
* Jocelyn Enriquez, singer
December 29
* Asheru, rapper and educator
* Graciela Beltrán, singer
* Emil Brown, baseball player
* Mekhi Phifer, actor
December 30 - Chris Bordano, football player

Full date unknown

Joe Abraham, comic book illustrator and actor
Nancy Abudu, judge
Craig Ackerman, NBA announcer
Rana X. Adhikari, experimental physicist
Gaelle Adisson, singer/songwriter and producer
Waris Ahluwalia, Indian-born actor and designer
Jaafar Aksikas, Moroccan-born academic, activist, media personality, and cultural critic
Suzanne Alaywan, poet and painter
Daniel P. Aldrich, academic and professor
Anida Yoeu Ali, Cambodian-born artist
Tremayne Allen, football player
Marla Alupoaicei, Christian author and speaker
Afruz Amighi, Iranian-born sculptor and installation artist
David Amodio, scientist
Eric C. Anderson, entrepreneur and aerospace engineer
John D. Arnold, philanthropist
Tre Arrow, eco-terrorist
James Arthur, American-born Canadian poet
Sigal Avin, American-born Israeli writer and director
Mya Baker, filmmaker, poet, writer, director, and researcher
Sarah Baker, actress
Liz Bangerter, politician
Boaz Barak, Israeli-born computer science professor
Erek Barron, politician
Sophie Barthes, French-born director and screenwriter
Gina Beavers, Greek-born artist
Aaron Becker, writer and illustrator
Christopher Bell, disability studies scholar
Jennifer Bendery, journalist
Jenica Bergere, actress
LaKiesha Berri, R&B singer
Sharif Bey, artist
Michael Biber, technologist and industrialist
Cass Bird, artist, photographer, and director
Constantin Bisanz, Austrian-born entrepreneur, investor, and extreme sports enthusiast
Janel Bishop, beauty queen, Miss Teen USA 1991
Scott Blader, politician
Macon Blair, actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer
Chris Blattman, Canadian-born political scientist
Yaba Blay, Ghanaian-born professor, scholar-activist, public speaker, cultural worker, and consultant
BluRum13, rapper, emcee, actor, and producer
Deborah Boardman, judge
Boom Bam, rapper and member of Compton's Most Wanted and N.O.T.R.
Cornelius Boots, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Daniel Borzutzky, poet and translator
David Boulware, professor and physician
Jason Boyarski, entertainment attorney
Adam Bradley, literary critic, professor, and writer
Paige Bradley, sculptor
M.C. Brains, rapper
Bridget Breiner, American-born German ballerina
Bridget M. Brennan, judge
Judson A. Brewer, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author
Melissa Brown, artist
Tracy Brown, author
Ashley Buchanan, business executive for The Michaels Companies
Julie Buffalohead, artist

Deaths

January 1 - Jimmy Smith, Major League Baseball player
January 2 - Tex Ritter, actor and country musician
January 3 - Red Snapp, baseball player
January 4 - Charles Johnes Moore, a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy
January 6 - Dewey Mayhew, American football coach
January 10 - Charles G. Bond, U.S. House of Representatives from New York
January 12 - Jack Jacobs, American-born National Football League and Canadian Football League player
January 15 - Harold D. Cooley, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
January 17 - Clara Edwards, singer, pianist and composer
January 18 - Bill Finger, comic strip and book writer
January 20 - Leonard Freeman, television writer and producer
January 31 – Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer
February 4 - Stuart Buchanan, actor, casting director, producer and educator
February 8 - Fern Andra, actress
February 15 - George W. Snedecor, mathematician and statistician
February 22 - Samuel Byck, attempted to hijack an airplane to assassinate President Richard Nixon
February 23 - Harry Ruby, musician, composer and writer
February 27 - Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia, elder daughter of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia who spent her life in exile
March 5 – Billy De Wolfe, actor
March 19
* Anne Klein, fashion designer
* Edward Platt, actor
March 20 – Chet Huntley, newscaster
March 28 - Dorothy Fields, librettist
April 7
* Bobby Buntrock, actor
* Pete Wendling, composer, pianist and piano roll recording artist
April 9 - Marvin L. Kline, politician
April 14
* Howard Pease, adventure novelist
* Michael Whalen, actor
April 17 - Frank McGee, TV journalist
April 19 – Vincent Taylor, guitarist
April 18 - Betty Compson, actress
April 23 - Cy Williams, baseball player
April 24 - Bud Abbott, comedian
April 28 - Paul Page, actor
April 30 - Agnes Moorehead, actress
May 24 - Duke Ellington, jazz pianist and bandleader
June 10 - Lewis R. Foster, film director and screenwriter b. 1898)
June 17 – Pamela Britton, actress and singer
June 20 - Charles Wisner Barrell, writer
June 26 - Ernest Gruening, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1959 to 1969
June 28
* Vannevar Bush, engineer, inventor and science administrator
* Frank Sutton, actor
June 30 - Alberta Williams King, civil rights organizer
July 9 - Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
July 15 – Christine Chubbuck, television news reporter
July 17 – Dizzy Dean, baseball player
July 19 – Joe Flynn, actor
July 27 - Lightnin' Slim, blues musician
July 28 - Truman Bradley, radio actor
July 29 - Cass Elliot, vocalist
August 21 – Buford Pusser, sheriff
August 26 - Charles Lindbergh, aviator
September 3 - Harry Partch, composer
September 4 - Creighton Abrams, general
September 6 - Otto Kruger, actor
September 11 - Lois Lenski, author and illustrator
September 14
* Barbara Jo Allen, actress
* Warren Hull, actor
September 16 – Phog Allen, basketball and baseball player
September 21
* Walter Brennan, film actor; 3-time Best Supporting Academy Award-winning actor
* Jacqueline Susann, novelist and actress
September 22 – George Spahn, ranch owner
September 23 – Cliff Arquette, actor and comedian
September 26 – Jean Gale, vaudeville performer
September 27 – James R. Webb, screenwriter
October 1
* Stephen Latchford, diplomat and aviation expert
* Frederick Moosbrugger, admiral
October 3 - Bessie Louise Pierce, historian
October 4
* Robert Lee Moore, mathematician
* Anne Sexton, poet and writer
October 5 - Virgil Miller, cinematographer
October 7 - Henry J. Cadbury, biblical scholar and Quaker
October 8 - Harry Carney, jazz musician
October 9 - Theodore Foley, Roman Catholic priest and servant of God
October 13
* Frank Hastings Griffin, engineer
* Ed Sullivan, entertainment writer and television host
October 26 - William C. Seitz, art curator and museum director (b. 1914