1978 in the United States

Events from the year 1978 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Jimmy Carter
[Vice President of the United States|President of the United States|Vice President]: Walter Mondale
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill
Senate Majority Leader: Robert Byrd
Congress: 95th

Events

January

January 1
* The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law.
* Edward M. Davis retires from the Los Angeles Police Department, after 30 years on the force and more than 8 years as its police chief.
January 6 - The Holy Crown of Hungary is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II.
January 14-15 - The body of former U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda, following his death from cancer.
January 14 - The Sex Pistols hold their last concert, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
January 15 - Ted Bundy commits an infamous murder and assault at the Chi Omega Sorority House at Florida State University.
January 15 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Denver Broncos at Super Bowl XII
January 16 - Robert F. Rock succeeds Edward M. Davis as the LAPD's interim chief.
January 19 - Federal Appeals Court Judge William H. Webster is appointed Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
January 25-27 - The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes, causing 51 deaths in Ohio.
January 28 - Richard Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento", is arrested.

February

February 1 - Hollywood film director Roman Polanski flees to France to avoid sentencing after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor.
February 5-7 - The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100 and causing over US$520 million in damage.
February 6 - The first Home Depot opens in Marietta, Georgia.
February 8 - United States Senate proceedings are broadcast on radio for the first time.
February 9 - The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
February 11 - Sixteen Unification Church couples wed in New York, New York.
February 15 - Serial killer Ted Bundy is recaptured in Pensacola, Florida.
February 16
*The Hillside Strangler, a serial killer prowling Los Angeles, claims a 10th and final victim.
*The first computer bulletin board system is created in Chicago.
February 24 - Five men with mild mental-health issues from Yuba City, California disappear in the snow on their way home from a basketball game. In June, four of the bodies are discovered in the Sierra. The fifth, Gary Mathias, is never found. The circumstances surrounding their deaths remains a mystery.

March

March 3 - The New York Post publishes an article about David Rorvik's book The Cloning of Man, about a supposed cloning of a human being.
March 6 - American porn publisher Larry Flynt is shot and paralyzed in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
March 22 - Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
March 28 - Stump v. Sparkman : The Supreme Court of the United States hands down a 5–3 decision in a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.

April

April 2 - The CBS soap opera Dallas is launched. It is set to be aired later this year in several countries, including the United Kingdom by the BBC.
April 3 - The 50th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Bob Hope for the final time, is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Woody Allen's Annie Hall wins Best Picture, with Allen winning Best Director. George Lucas' Star Wars wins six awards, while Fred Zinnemann's Julia and Herbert Ross' The Turning Point both receive eleven nominations each.
April 7 - President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the neutron bomb - a weapon which kills people with radiation but leaves buildings relatively intact.
April 10 - The Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly plant near New Stanton, Pennsylvania is dedicated, having begun production of the Rabbit, the North American version of the Volkswagen Golf, the previous week. Volkswagen thus becomes the second non-American automobile manufacturer to open a plant in the United States.
April 18 - The U.S. Senate votes 68–32 to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999.
April 25 - St. Paul, Minnesota becomes the second U.S. city to repeal its gay rights ordinance after Anita Bryant's successful 1977 anti-gay campaign in Dade County, Florida.
April 27 - Willow Island disaster – In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a cooling tower under construction collapses at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia.
April 28 - [Women's U.S. Army|Army Corps|WAC] abolished; women integrated into regular Army.

May

May 5 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets his 3,000th major league hit.
May 20 - Mavis Hutchinson, 53, becomes the first woman to run across the U.S.; her trek took 69 days.
May 25 - A bomb explodes in the security section of Northwestern University, wounding a security guard.
May 26 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.
May 28 - Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins his third race, and the first for car owner Jim Hall.

June

June 6 - California voters approve Proposition 13, which slashes property taxes nearly 60%.
June 9 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints extends the priesthood and temple blessings to "all worthy males", ending a general policy of excluding "Canaanites" from priesthood ordination and temple ordinances.
June 10 - Affirmed becomes only the 11th horse to ever win the Triple Crown by defeating Alydar in the 110th running of the Belmont Stakes.
June 12 - Serial killer David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam," is sentenced to 365 years in prison.
June 16 - The musical film Grease is released, starring 24-year-old New Jersey born actor John Travolta and 29-year-old British-Australian actress and singer Olivia Newton-John.
June 19 - Garfield, which eventually becomes the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut nationwide.
June 25 - The rainbow flag of the LGBT movement flies for the first time at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
June 28
* The U.S. scientific satellite Seasat is launched.
* University of California Regents v. Bakke: The Supreme Court of the United States bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of programs which give advantages to minorities.
June 29 - Actor Bob Crane is found bludgeoned to death in his Scottsdale, Arizona, apartment. The crime is never solved.

August

August 2 - President Jimmy Carter declares an unprecedented state emergency and evacuation immediately following the revelation that Niagara Falls, New York neighborhood Love Canal was built on a toxic waste dump.
August 12 - During a preseason game against the Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley sustains a spinal cord injury on a hit from Jack Tatum, leaving Stingley a quadriplegic. He will die from complications of his injury on April 5, 2007.
August 13 - The 5.8 Santa Barbara earthquake affected the central coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII, causing 65 injuries and $12 million in financial losses.
August 17 - Double Eagle II becomes the first balloon to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Presque Isle, Maine, to Miserey, France.
August 18 - The first F-16 Fighting Falcon was delivered to the United States Air Force USAF

September

September 17 - Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin the peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
September 18 - WKRP in Cincinnati premieres on CBS.
September 25
*PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides with a small private airplane and crashes in San Diego, California; 144 are killed.
*Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello makes its first appearance on Live from the Met, in a complete production of the opera starring Jon Vickers. This is the first complete television broadcast of the opera in the U.S. since the historic 1948 one.

October

October 2 - The New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 5–4 at Fenway Park to clinch the AL East after being 14 games out of first place only two months earlier. The Yankees would eventually go on to defeat the Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Dodgers and win the World Series.
October 4 - Pier 39 opens on Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, as a tourist attraction.
October 10 - President Jimmy Carter signs a bill that authorizes the minting of the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
October 14 - President Jimmy Carter signs a bill into law which allows homebrewing of beer in the United States.
October 17 - The New York Yankees clinch their 22nd World Series championship, defeating the Dodgers 7–2 in Los Angeles and winning the Series 4 games to 2.
October 25 - John Carpenter's low-budget slasher film, Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence, is released.
October 27 - President Jimmy Carter signs the Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act, adjusting the government's economic goals to include full employment, growth in production, price stability, and balance of trade and budget.

November

November 7 - California voters defeat the Briggs Initiative that would have prohibited gay school teachers.
November 10 - Theodore Roosevelt and Badlands National Park is established.
November 17 - The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS; this is its first and only airing.
November 18 - Mass murder/suicide of 909 Americans in Jonestown, Guyana under the direction of Jim Jones.
November 19 - The first U.S. Take Back the Night march occurs in San Francisco.
November 27 - In San Francisco, California, Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White.

December

December 3 - The Southern Crescent passenger train derails at Shipman, Virginia, killing six and injuring 60.
December 4 - Dianne Feinstein succeeds the murdered George Moscone as San Francisco, California's first woman mayor.
December 11 - Lufthansa heist: Six men rob a Lufthansa cargo facility in New York City's Kennedy airport.
December 13 - The first Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation.
December 15
* Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to go into default since the Great Depression, under Mayor Dennis Kucinich.
*Superman is released in theaters in the United States.
December 22 - Chicago serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who is subsequently convicted of the murder of 33 young men, is arrested.
December 28 – United Airlines Flight 173 during a flight leg from Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon, makes a forced emergency landing in a suburban neighborhood in Portland after running out of fuel, killing 10 of 189 people on board.

Full date unknown

Ford initiates a recall for the Pinto because of a public outcry resulting from deaths associated with gas tank explosions.
The New York International Bible Society's New International Version of the complete Bible translated into modern American English is published.

Ongoing

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January

January 2 - Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-born dancer
January 3
* Kimberley Locke, singer
* Shawnna, rapper
January 5
* America Olivo, actress
* January Jones, actress
January 6
*Casey Fossum, baseball player
*Bubba Franks, football player
January 7 - Kevin Mench, baseball player
January 9
*Chad Johnson, football player and actor
*AJ McLean, pop singer/songwriter and member of the Backstreet Boys
January 10
* Bang Belushi, rapper
* Niya Butts, basketball player and coach
* Brent Smith, singer and frontman for Shinedown
* Tamina Snuka, wrestler and actress
January 11
* Lazare Adingono, Cameroonian-born basketball player and coach
* Mark Aylor, rugby player
January 12
* Stephen Abas, wrestler and mixed martial artist
* Jeremy Camp, Christian singer/songwriter
January 13
* Aaron Boone, football player
* Nate Silver, statistician, psephologist, and writer
* Michael H. Weber, screenwriter and producer
January 14
* Eddie Berlin, football player
* Shawn Crawford, Olympic sprinter
January 15 - Eddie Cahill, actor
January 18
* J Anthony Allen, composer and producer
* Daniel Alvarez, soccer player
January 19
* Amanda Augustus, tennis player
* Matt Brass, politician
January 20 - Joy Giovanni, wrestler, model, and actress
January 21
* Chris Brown, football player
* Phil Stacey, singer and American Idol contestant
January 23
* Stephanie Arnold, Olympic archer
* Jason Bishop, illusionist and magician
* E. Kidd Bogart, songwriter, music publisher, and record executive
* Josh Thompson, country singer
January 24 - Kristen Schaal, actress, comedian, and writer
January 25
* Jenny Benson, soccer player
* Ben Brown, blogger
* Liz Carey, actress, comedian, personality, podcaster, and writer
* B. J. Whitmer, wrestler
January 26
* Jake Arians, football player
* Kelly Stables, actress
January 27
* Aaron Best, football player and coach
* Jonathan Byrd, golfer
January 28 - Big Freedia, musician
January 29
* Rob Bironas, football player
* Arūnas Bižokas, Lithuanian-born ballroom dancer
* Brian Windhorst, basketball journalist
January 30 - Donald Barrett, drummer
January 31
* Brad Rutter, game show champion
* Sean Smith, diplomat

February

February 1 - Dusty Bergman, baseball player
February 2
* Eden Espinosa, actress and singer
* Chris 'Romanski' Romano, actor, writer, producer, and director
* Rich Sommer, actor
February 3
* Rashon Burno, basketball player and coach
* Adrian R'Mante, actor
* Eliza Schneider, actress
* Kelly Sullivan, actress
February 5
* Ikaika Anderson, politician
* Nick Allen Brown, author
* Brian Russell, football player
February 7
* Tom Blankenship, bassist for My Morning Jacket
* Ashton Kutcher, screen actor and venture capitalist
February 8 - Donald Betts, politician
February 9
* David Allen, football player
* Clarice Assad, Brazilian-born composer, pianist, arranger, singer, and educator
February 10
* Nick Basile, director, producer, actor, and screenwriter
* David Berry, entrepreneur and business executive
* Cedrick Bowers, baseball player
* Reshea Bristol, basketball player
February 11
* Andrew Bayes, football player
* Laurel Braitman, science historian and writer
* Brent Butler, baseball player
February 12
* Brian Chase, drummer for Yeah Yeah Yeahs
* Busdriver, rapper
February 13 - Mike Brown, football player
February 14
* Courtney Brown, football player
* Patrick J. Bumatay, judge
* Danai Gurira, actress and playwright
* Richard Hamilton, basketball player
February 16
* Bassnectar, DJ and record producer
* John Tartaglia, actor
February 17 - Jacob Wetterling, kidnapping victim
February 18 - Winny Brodt-Brown, ice hockey player
February 19
* Antimc, hip hop producer
* Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, director, writer, actor, and musician
* Immortal Technique, Peruvian-born rapper
* Kenyatta Wright, football player
February 20
* Lauren Ambrose, actress and producer
* Jay Hernandez, actor and fashion model
February 21
* Erick Barkley, basketball player
* Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-born actor and comedian
* Nicole Parker, actress, comedian, writer, podcaster, and singer
February 22
* Dhani Jones, football player
* Gus Sorola, actor and podcast host
February 24
* Corey Benjamin, basketball player
* John Nolan, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist for Taking Back Sunday
* T. W. Shannon, politician
* DeWayne Wise, baseball player
February 25
* Big Ali, rapper and songwriter
* Darren Soto, politician
February 26 - Molly Antopol, fiction and nonfiction writer
February 27
* James Briggs, keyboardist for The Aquabats
* Adam Kinzinger, politician
February 28 - Geoffrey Arend, actor

March

March 1
* Jensen Ackles, actor
* Joe Block, radio and television announcer
* Mya Byrne, singer/songwriter
* Donovan Patton, actor, television host, and singer
March 2
* Sebastian Janikowski, football player
* Mike Naig, politician
March 3
* Yeremiah Bell, football player
* Antonio Brown, football player
* Matt Diaz, baseball player
March 4 - Nate Ackerman, British-born mathematician and wrestler
March 6
* Mike Jackson, politician
* Sage Rosenfels, football player
March 7 - Mike Reese, politician
March 8 - Nick Zano, actor
March 9
* Nathan Beard, politician
* LaKeysia Beene, soccer player
* MickDeth, bassist and guitarist
March 10 - Benjamin Burnley, singer and frontman for Breaking Benjamin
March 12
* Camille Anderson, actress, model, and television host
* Neal Obermeyer, editorial cartoonist
* Claudio Sanchez, alternative rock musician and writer for Coheed & Cambria
March 13
* Ben Allen, politician
* Jason Bergmann, strongman competitor
* Tom Danielson, cyclist
* Kenny Watson, football player
March 14 - Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte, Azerbaijani-born writer, lecturer, philanthropist, and activist
March 15 - Marshal Dutton, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for Hinder
March 16
* Ed Ableser, politician
* Jake Bailey, make-up artist and photographer
* Brooke Burns, fashion model and actress
* Matthew Montgomery, actor
* Matt Pryor, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for The Get Up Kids
March 17
* Dan Alexander, football player
* Jason Baker, football player
* Patrick Seitz, voice actor
March 18
* Antonio Margarito, Mexican-born boxer
* Freddie Eugene Owens, convicted murderer
March 19 - Jason Barrett, politician
March 20
* Mike Bynum, baseball player
* Mark Alan Lee, Navy SEAL
March 21
* Jeff Bajenaru, baseball player
* La Chat, rapper
* Kevin Federline, dancer, rapper, actor, model, wrestler, and DJ
March 22 - Josh Heupel, football player
March 23
* Nicholle Tom, actress
* Perez Hilton, actor and blogger
* Ryan Grim, author and journalist
March 24 - Amir Arison, actor
March 27 - Dee Brown, baseball player
March 28 - Case Brittain, attorney and politician
March 29
* Eric Bruntlett, baseball player
* Taylor Marshall, YouTuber, priest, and academic
March 30 - Josh Bard, baseball player
March 31 - Sonia Chang-Díaz, politician

April

April 1
* Brian Allen, football player
* Jason Bell, football player and TV pundit
April 2
* Nick Berg, businessman and beheading victim
* John Gall, baseball player
* Scott Lynch, author
* Jaime Ray Newman, actress, producer, and singer
April 3 - Mehrsa Baradaran, Iranian-born law professor
April 4 - Jason Ellison, baseball player
April 5
* Brandon Backe, baseball player
* Gerard Bush, director, writer, producer, author, and activist
* Stephen Jackson, basketball player
April 6
* Bro Safari, moombahton, trap, and dubstep producer
* Tim Hasselbeck, football player
* Lauren Ridloff, actress
April 12
* Kelly Arnold, politician
* Andru Bemis, musician
* Scott Crary, director, producer, and writer
* Riley Smith, actor
April 13
* DeVon Franklin, actor, producer, author, and motivational speaker
* Kyle Howard, actor
* Chris Sligh, singer
April 15
* Austin Aries, wrestler
* Milton Bradley, baseball player
* Chris Stapleton, country singer and guitarist
April 16 - Duane Betts, singer/songwriter and guitarist for The Allman Betts Band
April 17
* Tarn Adams, computer game programmer
* Chris Booker, radio and television personality
April 18
* Ajmal Ahmady, Afghan-born economist and politician
* Pat Batteaux, football player
April 19
* K. Tempest Bradford, science fiction and fantasy author and editor
* James Franco, actor
* Joanna Gaines, television personality, host, and chef
April 20
* Rebecca Makkai, novelist and short story writer
* Matthew Wilkas, actor, playwright, and television personality
April 21
* Molly Bloom, author
* Branden Steineckert, drummer for Rancid and The Used
April 22
* DJ Drama, DJ, record executive, and music promoter
* Manu Intiraymi, actor
April 23 - Ian Brennan, screenwriter, director and actor
April 24
* Tim Bainey Jr., stock car racing driver
* Marcus Brunson, sprinter
April 25 - Ben Bridwell, singer/songwriter and frontman for Band of Horses
April 26
* Avant, R&B singer
* Joe Crede, baseball player
* Stana Katic, Canadian-born actress
* Pablo Schreiber, Canadian-born actor
April 27 - Jim James, guitarist and frontman for My Morning Jacket
April 28 - Robert Oliveri, actor
April 29 - Bob and Mike Bryan, tennis team and twin brothers
April 30 - Kim Black, Olympic swimmer

May

May 1
* James Badge Dale, actor
* Nick Traina, singer/songwriter
* Michael Russell, tennis player
May 2
* Rob Bruchman, politician
* Shaun T, fitness trainer
May 3
* Paul Banks, British-born singer, guitarist, and frontman for Interpol
* Walter Bernard, football player
May 4
* Erin Andrews, television host and personality
* James Harrison, football player
May 6
* John Abraham, football player
* Erik Anderson, ice hockey player
May 7
* Brian Clevinger, author
* Shawn Marion, basketball player
May 8 - Matthew Davis, actor
May 9
* Antwain Britt, mixed martial artist
* Daniel Franzese, actor
* Aaron Harang, baseball player
May 10
* Geoff Abrams, tennis player
* Todd Gloria, politician, mayor of San Diego, California
* Kenan Thompson, actor and comedian
May 11
* Courtney Banghart, basketball player and coach
* Lisa Bender, politician
* Scott Matzka, ice hockey player
May 12
* Malin Akerman, Swedish-born actress and model
* Jason Biggs, actor
* Dee Brown, football player
* Josh Phelps, baseball player
May 13
* Brooke Anderson, television host and correspondent
* Mike Bibby, basketball player
* Ryan Bukvich, baseball player
* Barry Zito, baseball player
May 15
* Josh Burns, mixed martial artist
* David Krumholtz, actor
* Krissy Taylor, model
May 16
* Josh Arnold, radio personality
* Zoltan Bathory, Hungarian-born guitarist for Five Finger Death Punch
* Nick Bierbrodt, baseball player
* Courtney Blades, softball player
May 17
* Lisa Brennan-Jobs, writer
* Kat Foster, actress
May 18
* Carolina Bermudez, radio presenter
May 19 - Greg Steube, politician
May 20 - Harold Blackmon, football player
May 21 - Briana Banks, German-born pornographic actress and model
May 22
* Meghan Addy, sprinter
* Esao Andrews, painter
* Ginnifer Goodwin, actress
* Daniel Rodimer, wrestler, football player, and political candidate
May 23
* Anthony Buich, football player
* Jesse Heiman, actor and comedian
* Mike Gonzalez, baseball player
* Carolyn Moos, model and basketball player
* Scott Raynor, drummer
May 24
* Amy Becher, curler
* Ronald Blackshear, basketball player
* Bryan Greenberg, actor
May 25
* Cory Arcangel, post-conceptual artist
* Brian Urlacher, football player
May 26
* Rich Brzeski, lacrosse player
* Phil Elvrum, singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Benji Gregory, actor
May 27
* Hugo Armando, tennis player
* James Bettcher, football coach
* Adin Brown, soccer player and coach
May 28
* Adam Robitel, film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
* Jake Johnson, actor and comedian
May 29 - Lorenzo Odone, American adrenoleukodystrophy patient
May 31 - Eli Bremer, Olympic pentathlete

June

June 1
* Danny Boyd, football player
* Matthew Hittinger, poet and author
* Link Neal, musician, comedian, and internet personality
June 2
* Nikki Cox, actress and comedy writer
* Justin Long, actor
June 4
* Mike Apple, soccer player
* Scott Cawthon, video game developer and writer
* Josh McDermitt, actor and comedian
* Robin Lord Taylor, actor
June 5 - Nick Kroll, actor and comedian
June 6
* Judith Barsi, actress and murder victim
* Marla Brumfield, basketball player
* J. T. Buck, composer, lyricist, stage director, and project coordinator
June 7
* Tony Ahn, singer and member of H.O.T.
* Jesse Ball, poet, fiction writer and artist
* Bill Hader, actor
June 8 - Maria Menounos, actress, journalist, and television presenter
June 9
* Matt Adamczyk, politician
* Michaela Conlin, actress
* Shandi Finnessey, beauty queen and actress
* Hayden Schlossberg, screenwriter, director, and producer
* Brian Patrick Wade, actor and physical trainer
June 10
* Raheem Brock, football player
* Mr. Del, Christian rapper and music producer
* DJ Qualls, actor, producer, and model
* Shane West, actor, punk rock musician, and songwriter
June 11 - Joshua Jackson, Canadian-born actor
June 12
* David Buchwald, politician
* Jeremy Rowley, character actor and comedian
* Timothy Simons, actor
* Shiloh Strong, actor
June 13
* Jake Bronstein, marketer, entrepreneur, internet and television personality, and blogger
* Ethan Embry, actor
* Andy Gerold, rock bassist
June 14
* Jason Anavitarte, politician
* Clark Boyd, politician
June 17 - Matthew Alan, actor
June 18
* Ben Gleib, media personality
* Tara Platt, voice actress and actress
June 19
* Tarise Bryson, basketball player
* Zoe Saldaña, actress
June 20
* Linda Arsenio, actress and model
* Dave Barnes, singer/songwriter
* Amanda Basica, tennis player
* Mike Birbiglia, actor, comedian, and writer
* Rampage Jackson, mixed martial arts fighter
* Bobby Seay, baseball player
June 21 - Michelle Au, anesthesiologist and politician
June 22 - Champ Bailey, football player
June 23
* James Atkins, football player
* Memphis Bleek, rapper
* Jeremy Horn, musician and songwriter
* Nick LaLota, politician
June 24
* Ariel Pink, musician
* Adam Pearce, wrestler
June 25
* Cookie Belcher, basketball player
* Luke Scott, baseball player
* Marcus Stroud, football player
June 26
* Rashidi Barnes, football player
* Tavorris Bell, streetball player
June 27
* Malik Allen, basketball player
* Scott Bower, soccer player
* Courtney Ford, actress
* Marc Terenzi, pop singer
June 28 - Courtney Burton, boxer
June 29
* Charlamagne tha God, radio and TV personality
* Sam Farrar, bassist for Phantom Planet and Maroon 5
* Nicole Scherzinger, actress and singer
June 30
* LaVar Arrington, football player
* Chris Bos, politician
* Pat Dennis, American football player
* Jason Schimmel, musician and producer
* Nate Winkel, soccer player

July

July 1
* Edwina Brown, basketball player
* Hillary Tuck, actress
July 2 - Kathryn Sophia Belle, philosopher and professor
July 3
* Ian Anthony Dale, actor
* Jon Anik, mixed martial artist
* Cornelius Anthony, football player
* Jesse Leach, singer and frontman for Killswitch Engage
* Alex Scales, basketball player
July 4
* Lanhee Chen, advisor, attorney, and academic
* Becki Newton, actress
* Tony Reali, sports personality
July 6
* Adam Busch, actor, director, and singer
* Tia and Tamera Mowry, actresses and twins
July 7
* Chris Andersen, basketball player
* Jesse Ball, novelist and poet
July 8
* Jenny Adams, hurdler
* Rachael Lillis, actress
* Erin Morgenstern, artist and author
* Sturgill Simpson, country singer/songwriter
July 9
* Kyle Davis, actor
* Sundance Head, singer
* Jesse Watters, political commentator and talk show host
July 10 - Jesse Lacey, singer/songwriter
July 12
* Jim Arthur, football coach
* Topher Grace, actor
* Michelle Rodriguez, actress
July 13 - Jessica Barth, actress
July 14 - Mike Burns, baseball player
July 15
* Matt Mitrione, mixed martial artist
* Greg Sestero, actor, filmmaker, model and author
July 16 - Brian Bianchini, model and actor
July 17
* Mike Knox, wrestler
* Panda Bear, musician
* Mike Pellicciotti, politician
July 18
* Crystal Mangum, murderer responsible for making false rape allegations in the Duke lacrosse case
* Ben Sheets, baseball player
July 19
* Mark Proksch, actor and comedian
* R. J. Williams, media and Internet entrepreneur, and former child actor
July 20
* Chris Sligh, singer-songwriter and producer
* Will Solomon, basketball player
* Elliott Yamin, singer
July 21
* Justin Bartha, actor
* Beer City Bruiser, wrestler
* Josh Hartnett, actor
* Brandon Heath, singer/songwriter
July 22
* Ian Allen, football player
* Candace Kroslak, actress
July 23 - Lauren Groff, fiction writer
July 24 - Michael Boireau, football player
July 25
* Teresa Benitez-Thompson, politician
* Elizabeth Ann Bennett, actress
* Gerard Warren, football player
July 26 - Major Applewhite, football player and coach
July 27
* Matthew Beaton, political figure and business executive
* Sandra Colton, dancer
July 28 - Julian Peterson, football player
July 29 - Mike Adams, baseball player
July 30
* Josh Bonifay, baseball player
* Brian Sicknick, police officer who was killed during the United States Capitol attack
* Nikema Williams, politician
July 31
* Zac Brown, country singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for Zac Brown Band
* Nick Sorensen, football player and sportscaster

August

August 3 - Shanelle Workman, actress
August 4
* Luke Allen, baseball player
* Michael Brown, producer and filmmaker
* Kurt Busch, stock car racing driver
August 5
* Will Allen, football player
* Bryan Bracey, basketball player
* Nick Bradford, basketball player
* Henry Buchanan, boxer
August 6
* Marisa Miller, supermodel
* Freeway, rapper
August 8
* Kurt Anderson, football player and coach
* Countess Vaughn, actress
August 10
* Cory Bird, football player
* Jesse Boulerice, ice hockey player
August 11 – Chris Kelly, rapper, "Mac Daddy" of the hip-hop duo Kris Kross
August 12
* Pazuzu Algarad, Satanist and convicted murderer
* Derrick Burgess, football player
August 13 - Michael Bennett, football player
August 15
* Jennie Eisenhower, actress
* Kerri Walsh Jennings, beach volleyball player
August 17 - Alexandr Kirsanov, Russian-born Azerbaijani-American ice skater
August 18
* Kevin Barry, baseball player
* Jaclyn Bernstein, actress
* Andy Samberg, actor
August 19
* David Boston, football player
* Chris Capuano, baseball player
August 20
* Noah Bean, actor
* Monty Beisel, football player
* Freddie Bruno, Christian hip hop musician
August 21 - Reuben Droughns, football player
August 23
* Kenny Bartram, freestyle motocross rider
* Kobe Bryant, basketball player
* Julian Casablancas, singer/songwriter and musician
August 24 - Beth Riesgraf, actress
August 25 - Kel Mitchell, actor
August 26
* Ben Archibald, football player
* Drew Bennett, football player
* Patrick Brown, engineer, producer, and studio owner
* Cedric Burnside, blues musician
* Julian Casablancas, singer/songwriter and musician
* Amanda Schull, actress and ballerina
August 28
* Max Collins, singer/songwriter, frontman and bassist for Eve 6
* Rachel Kimsey, actress
* Jess Margera, drummer for CKY
* Kelly Overton, actress
August 30
* Rodregis Brooks, football player
* Cliff Lee, baseball player
August 31 - Adam Laxalt, politician

September

September 1 - Jessie Hoffman Jr., convicted murderer
September 2 - Courtland Bullard, football player
September 4
* Lamont Barnes, basketball player
* Wes Bentley, actor
September 6
* Cisco Adler, musician and record producer
* Frank Brooks, baseball player
* Adrienne Maree Brown, writer, activist, and facilitator
* Foxy Brown, rapper
September 7 - Sarah E. Buxton, politician
September 8 - Steve Barnett, politician
September 9
* Kurt Ainsworth, baseball player
* Shane Battier, basketball player
* Rod Brown, basketball player
September 10 - Russ Buller, pole vaulter
September 11 - Ed Reed, football player
September 12
* Tess Brunet, musician and producer
* Ben McKenzie, actor
* Ruben Studdard, singer and American Idol winner
September 13
* Marlyne Barrett, actress
* Swizz Beatz, record producer and rapper
* Bryan Bishop, radio personality
* Megan Henning, actress
September 14
* Kenderick Allen, football player
* Bruce Branch, football player
* Ron DeSantis, politician, 46th Governor of Florida
* Teddy Park, rapper and member of 1TYM
September 15 - Charles Grigsby, singer
September 16
* Mike Battle, digital restoration artist and animation color modelist
* Jarvis Borum, football player
* Ralph Brown, football player
* Stephanie Murphy, Vietnamese-born politician
* Matthew Rogers, singer and TV host
* Brian Sims, politician
September 17 - Karen Akunowicz, chef, cookbook author, and television personality
September 18 - Billy Eichner, actor and comedian
September 20 - Jason Bay, Canadian-born baseball player
September 21 - Josh Thomson, mixed martial artist
September 22 - Bill Ferrario, football player
September 23
* Anthony Mackie, actor
* Worm Miller, screenwriter, director and, actor
* Keri Lynn Pratt, actress
September 24 - Chris Bala, ice hockey player
September 25
* Bob Abrahamian, deejay
* Danny Basavich, pool player
* Joe Miñoso, actor
September 26 - Kara Medoff Barnett, business executive and arts administrator, executive director of the American Ballet Theatre
September 27
* Andrea Alù, Italian-born scientist and engineer
* Brad Arnold, singer, drummer, and frontman for 3 Doors Down
* Kole Ayi, football player
September 28
* Jarin Blaschke, cinematographer
* Dane Boedigheimer, internet personality
* Lucas Bryant, Canadian-born actor
* Nikki McKibbin, singer
September 29 - Mohini Bhardwaj, Olympic artistic gymnast
September 30 - Candice Michelle, wrestler and model

October

October 1
* Katie Aselton, actress
* Nicole Atkins, singer/songwriter
* Will Bartholomew, football player
* Tony Beckham, football player
* Leticia Cline, journalist and model
October 2 - Deanna Ballard, politician
October 3
* Jarrett Bellini, writer and journalist
* Jake Shears, singer/songwriter
* Shannyn Sossamon, actress
October 4
* Dana Davis, actress
* Phillip Glasser, actor and producer
October 5
* Lindsey Pearlman, actress
* James Valentine, pop rock guitarist for Maroon 5
October 6
* Sarah Brusco, Christian musician
* Correll Buckhalter, football player
* Caleb Scofield, singer, bassist, and frontman for Cave In
* Victoria Spartz, Ukrainian-born politician
October 7 - Omar Benson Miller, actor
October 9
* Ben Diamond, politician
* Kristy Kowal, Olympic swimmer
October 10
* Brandon Barnes, drummer for Rise Against
* Dan Bellino, MLB umpire
* Casey Benjamin, saxophonist, vocoderist, keyboardist, producer, and songwriter
October 11
* Damian Adams, wrestler
* Carl Bussey, soccer player
* Wes Chatham, actor
October 14
* Justin Brannan, politician and musician
* Ryan Church, baseball player
* Usher Raymond, R&B singer-songwriter
* Javon Walker, football player
October 15 - Wes Moore, author, entrepreneur, television producer, and Army veteran
October 18
* Brian Brown, dirt track racing driver
* Jake Farrow, television writer and actor
* Wesley Jonathan, actor
October 20
* David Caspe, writer, producer, and director
* Brooke Ellison, academic and disability rights activist
* Mike Levin, politician
* Dionne Quan, voice actress
October 21
* Will Estes, actor
* Joey Harrington, football player
* Michael McMillian, actor and writer
October 23
* Bo Biteman, politician
* John Lackey, baseball player
October 24
* Kylie Bivens, soccer player
* Chris Bootcheck, baseball player
* Seth Moulton, politician
October 25
* Zachary Knighton, actor
* David T. Little, composer and drummer
October 26
* Tyondai Braxton, composer and musician
* Byron Donalds, politician
* CM Punk, wrestler and martial artist
* Antonio Pierce, football player
October 27
* Stephanie Abrams, meteorologist
* Andrew Bell, British-born artist and founder of Dead Zebra Inc.
* Dusty Bonner, football player
* David Walton, actor
October 28
* Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, politician
* Byron Donalds, politician
* Justin Guarini, singer and American Idol contestant
October 29 - Travis Henry, football player
October 30 - Matthew Morrison, actor, dancer, and singer
October 31 - Brian Hallisay, actor

November

November 1
* Big Kuntry King, rapper
* Jeremy Glazer, actor
* Mary Kate Schellhardt, actress
* Jessica Valenti, blogger and writer
November 2 - William D. Swenson, Army Lt. Colonel and Medal of Honor Recipient
November 3
* Jaime Herrera Beutler, politician
* Tim McIlrath, singer and frontman for Rise Against
November 5 - Bubba Watson, golfer
November 6
* Keith Aucoin, ice hockey player
* Ainsley Battles, football player
* Nicole Dubuc, actress and writer
* Taryn Manning, actress
November 7
* Elisabeth Bachman, volleyball player
* Coy Wire, television anchor, correspondent, and former professional football player
November 8 - Michael Boggs, Christian musician
November 9
* Steven López, martial artist
* Sisqó, actor and singer
November 10
* Diplo, DJ and music producer
* Eve, rapper
November 11 - Aaron Bruno, singer/songwriter and frontman for Awolnation
November 12 – Lena Yada, model and professional wrestling manager
November 13
* Chad Beasley, football player
* Josh Blackburn, ice hockey player
November 14
* Bobby Allen, ice hockey player
* Ethan Boyes, cyclist
* Dustin Burrows, politician
* Xavier Nady, baseball player and coach
* Chris Shar, rock drummer
November 15 - Floyd Womack, football player
November 16
* Kip Bouknight, baseball player
* Orshawante Bryant, football player
November 17 - Reggie Wayne, football player
November 18 - Daniel Chong, animator
November 19
* Jeff Bailey, baseball player
* Roxana Brusso, Peruvian-born actress
* Chad Doreck, actor
November 20
* Amy Kennedy, politician
* Nadine Velazquez, actress and model
November 21 - Sara Tanaka, actress and physician
November 22
* Anthony Brindisi, politician
* Karen O, South Korean-born singer/songwriter and frontwoman for Yeah Yeah Yeahs
November 23 - Destin Daniel Cretton, director
November 24
* Gary Baxter, football player
* Katherine Heigl, actress
November 25 - Joe Borchard, baseball player
November 26
* Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, nonfiction writer and poet
* Shlomi Lavie, Israeli-born drummer for Marcy Playground
November 27 - Josh Blue, comedian
November 28
* Brent Albright, wrestler
* Jerametrius Butler, football player
* Aimee Garcia, actress
November 29
* Fred Akshar, politician
* Heather Bown, volleyball player
* Lauren German, actress
November 30
* Clay Aiken, singer, American Idol contestant, and politician
* Jordan Belfi, actor
* Robert Kirkman, comic book writer

December

December 1
* Heather Aldama, soccer player
* Ron Browz, recording artist and record producer
* Mat Kearney, singer/songwriter and musician
* Jen Psaki, political advisor, White House Press Secretary
December 4
* Miri Ben-Ari, Israeli-born musician, producer, and humanitarian
* Jamie Bochert, model and musician
* Cory Bradford, basketball player
December 5
* Neil Druckmann, Israeli-born video game writer and programmer, founder of Naughty Dog
* David Hodges, singer/songwriter and record producer
December 6
* K. D. Aubert, actress, fashion model, and singer
* Chris Başak, baseball player
* Jason Bulger, baseball player
December 7
* Jaime Ambriz, soccer player
* Shiri Appleby, actress
* Idrees Bashir, football player
* Jeff Nichols, director and screenwriter
* Ronald J. Shurer, army medic
December 8
* Mike Barr, football player
* Kenny Brunner, basketball player
* Ian Somerhalder, actor
* Vernon Wells, baseball player
December 9
* Nick Bruel, author
* Jesse Metcalfe, actor
December 10
* John Arigo, basketball player
* Brandon Novak, motivational speaker, author, skateboarder, and stunt performer
* Summer Phoenix, actress
December 11 - Courtney Henggeler, actress
December 12
* Brandon Adams, poker player
* Teryn Ashley, tennis player
* Erick Baker, singer/songwriter
December 13
* Cameron Douglas, actor
* B.J. Penn, martial artist
December 14 - Cedric Bonner, football player
December 15
* Coffey Anderson, country singer/songwriter
* Ned Brower, drummer and vocalist for Rooney
* Jerome McDougle, American football player
December 16
* Scott Bailey, actor
* Eric 'Kaine' Jackson, rapper and member of Ying Yang Twins
December 17
* Beau Burchell, guitarist and vocalist for Saosin
* Marc Lamont Hill, activist and political commentator
* Chase Utley, baseball player
December 18
* Chad Brown, horse trainer
* Michael Christopher Brown, photographer
* Josh Dallas, actor
* Katie Holmes, actress
* Ravi Patel, actor
December 19 - Patrick Casey, screenwriter and actor
December 20 - Jacqueline Saburido, Venezuelan-born social activist
December 21 - Rutina Wesley, actress
December 22
* Danny Ahn, rapper for g.o.d
* Anthony Jeselnik, comedian, writer, actor, and producer
December 23
* P. J. Alexander, football player
* Andra Davis, football player
December 24 - Tony Angelo, drift racer and stunt driver
December 25 - Jeremy Strong, actor
December 27 - Yasemin Besen-Cassino, sociologist and professor
December 28
* John Legend, R&B singer/songwriter
* August Pfluger, politician
December 29
* B-Boy, wrestler
* LaToya London, singer
* Angelo Taylor, athlete
December 30
* Sari Anderson, multisport and endurance athlete
* Devin Brown, basketball player
* Vanessa Short Bull, beauty pageant titleholder
* Tyrese Gibson, singer/songwriter, rapper, actor, model, and screenwriter
* Andrea Tantaros, television host, political analyst, and commentator
December 31
* Craig Wayne Boyd, country music singer
* Johnny Sins, adult film star

Full date unknown

Eric Abrahamsen, translator for the Chinese language
Stella Abrera, Philippine-born ballerina
Adeem, rapper
Deborah Ager, poet
Tanya Aguiñiga, artist
Allison Ahlfeldt, Paralympic volleyball player
Nilo Alcala, Philippine-born composer
Dick Allen, bowler
Kalliope Amorphous, artist
Ryan G. Anderson, convicted terrorist
Apexer, artist
Bomani Armah, vocalist
Asencio, painter
Josh Azzarella, artist
Christian Baldini, opera and orchestra conductor
Simon Barrett, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Matt Bean, journalist
Claire Beckett, photographer
Vaughn Bell, artist
Christopher Belmonte, radio personality
Stacey Bendet, fashion designer and founder of Alice + Olivia
Ruha Benjamin, Indian-born sociologist and professor
Paul Bennecke, political consultant
Jenn Bennett, German-born author and novelist
Kathryn Biber, lawyer and political counsel
Melanie Bilenker, artist
Margot Black, tenant rights organizer, activist, grass-roots lobbyist, and political candidate
Sara Black, artist
Craig Blais, poet
M. Blash, director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist
Evan Blass, blogger, editor, and phone leaker
J. T. Blatty, photojournalist and Army Captain
Kevin Blechdom, experimental electronic musician and performance artist
Jaswinder Bolina, poet
William Michael Boyle, author
Alex Brewer, artist
Sean Brock, chef
Kelsey Brookes, artist
Julia Brown, artist
Laurie Brown, photographer
Kasey Buckles, professor of economics
Noah Buschel, director and screenwriter
Rhett Ayers Butler, journalist and author

Deaths

January 6 - John D. MacArthur, businessman and philanthropist
January 9 - Robert Daniel Murphy, diplomat
January 13
* Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969
* Joe McCarthy, baseball manager
January 14
* Blossom Rock, actress
* Kurt Gödel, mathematician
January 18
* Carl Betz, actor
* Junius Matthews, actor
January 20 - Gilbert Highet, classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic and literary historian
January 23
* Terry Kath, American guitarist and singer-songwriter
* Jack Oakie, actor
January 30 - Thomas Finney, lawyer and political strategist
February 9 - Warren King, cartoonist
February 14 - Claude Binyon, screenwriter and director
February 16 - Edward Lindberg, Olympic track athlete
February 18 - Maggie McNamara, actress
February 22
* Phyllis McGinley, children's story writer and poet
* C. Paul Jennewein, sculptor
* Dennie Moore, actress
* Ernest Palmer, cinematographer
February 28
* Philip Ahn, actor
* Zara Cully, actress
March 13 - John Cazale, film actor
March 18
* Leigh Brackett, science fiction author
* Peggy Wood, actress
March 19 - Faith Baldwin, romantic novelist and poet
March 22
* Sonora Smart Dodd, founder of Father's Day
* Karl Wallenda, circus performer
* John Hall Wheelock, poet
March 23 – Bill Kenny, vocalist
March 31 – Charles Best, American-Canadian medical scientist
April 9 - Michael Wilson, screenwriter
April 13 - Louella Ballerino, fashion designer
April 16 - Lucius D. Clay, military governor of Germany from 1947 to 1949
April 19 - Joe Dougherty, first voice of Porky Pig
April 21 - Thomas Wyatt Turner, civil rights activist, biologist and educator; first African American to receive a doctorate from Cornell
April 22 - Will Geer, actor, activist, and musician
May 1 - Edgar Church, comic book collector
May 6 - Ethelda Bleibtrey, Olympic swimmer
May 12 - Louis Zukofsky, modernist poet
May 14 – Bill Lear, inventor and businessman
May 16 - William Steinberg, conductor
May 22
* Joe Colombo, gangster
* Aubrey Fitch, admiral
June 3 - Frank Stanford, poet, suicide
June 9 - Chief Tahachee, writer and actor
June 18 - Walter C. Alvarez, physician and writer
June 29 - Bob Crane, actor, drummer, disc jockey, and radio personality
July 10 – John D. Rockefeller III, philanthropist
July 18 - Claude P. Dettloff, photographer
July 26 – Mary Blair, artist, animator, and designer
July 31 – Enoch Light, violinist, danceband leader, recording engineer
August 2 – Totie Fields, comedian
August 4 – Frank Fontaine, comedian and singer
August 5 – Queenie Smith, actress
August 14 – Joe Venuti, jazz violinist
August 21 – Charles Eames, architect and designer
August 24
* Louis Prima, swing singer and bandleader
* Pat Paterson, actress
August 26 – Charles Boyer, film actor
August 27 – Gordon Matta-Clark, artist, cancer
August 28 – Bruce Catton, Civil War historian, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1954
August 31 – Lee Garmes, cinematographer
September 6 – Tom Wilson, record producer
September 9 – Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American film executive
September 11 – Mike Gazella, baseball player
September 12 – Frank Ferguson, actor
September 18 – Evelyn Berckman, novelist
September 24
* Lyman Bostock, baseball player, killed
* Ruth Etting, "torch" singer
September 30 - Edgar Bergen, actor and ventriloquist
October 4 – Roy L. Dennis, American teenager with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
October 8
* Bertha Parker Pallan, Native American archaeologist
*Karl Swenson, actor
October 10 - Ralph Metcalfe, sprinter and U.S. Congressman
October 12 - Nancy Spungen, groupie and girlfriend of Sid Vicious, killed
October 16
* Dan Dailey, actor
* Eddie Stumpf, baseball player
October 19 - Gig Young, actor
October 23 – Maybelle Carter, musician
November 7
* Cattle Annie, outlaw with Little Britches
* Gene Tunney, professional boxer
November 8 - Norman Rockwell, painter and illustrator
November 15 - Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist
November 18
* Jim Jones, American cult leader
* Leo Ryan, politician
November 25 - Elaine Esposito, coma victim
November 27 - Harvey Milk, politician and gay activist, killed
December 3 - William Grant Still, "the Dean" of African American composers
December 10 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker, actor, writer, producer and director
December 15 – Chill Wills, actor
December 16 – Blanche Calloway, singer, composer, and bandleader
December 17 – Don Ellis, musician and bandleader
December 27 - Chris Bell, guitarist, singer and songwriter
December 28 - Harry Winston, diamond dealer