1985 in the United States

Events from the year 1985 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Ronald Reagan
President of the United States|Vice President]: George H. W. Bush
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill
Senate Majority Leader:
Congress: 98th, 99th

Events

January

January 20
*President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush are privately sworn in for a second term in office.
*Super Bowl XIX: The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Miami Dolphins 38–16 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.
January 28 - In Hollywood, California, the charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. Like the enormously successful "Do They Know It's Christmas?" that was recorded by Band Aid in the UK two months prior, the single raises money to combat the ongoing famine in Ethiopia. The American act consists of high-profile performers, including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper and Diana Ross.

February

February 5 - Australia cancels its involvement in United States-led MX missile tests.
February 6 - President Reagan delivers his fourth State of the Union Address to the Congress. The congress sings Happy Birthday to him afterwards.
February 9 - U.S. drug agent Enrique Camarena is kidnapped and murdered in Mexico.
February 13 - Bobby Knight throws a chair across a basketball court.
February 14
* CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is freed from captivity in Lebanon.
* 21-year-old female singer Whitney Houston releases her debut album – Whitney Houston.
February 15 – John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club is released in theaters

March

March 1 - The GNU Manifesto by Richard Stallman is published for the first time.
March 4 - The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then to screen all blood donations in the United States.
March 6 - Boxer Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match which he wins by a first-round knockout.
March 8 - A car bomb planted in Beirut by CIA mercenaries attempts to kill Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. He survives, but the bomb kills more than 80 people and injures 200.
March 16 - Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut.
March 25 - The 57th Academy Awards, hosted by Jack Lemmon, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with Miloš Forman's Amadeus winning Best Picture and Best Director, along with six other awards out of 11 nominations. The film is tied in nominations with David Lean's A Passage to India.
March 31 - WrestleMania debuts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

April

The National Archives and Records Administration is established as an independent federal agency.
Cincinnati, Ohio–based Procter & Gamble ditches the moon & stars symbol from its packaging.
April 1 - Eighth-seeded Villanova defeats national powerhouse Georgetown, 66–64, to win the first 64-team field NCAA Tournament in Lexington, Kentucky.
April 7 - National Geographic Explorer debuts on Nickelodeon.
April 11 - The USS Coral Sea collides with the Ecuadorian tanker ship Napo off the coast of Cuba.
April 12 - 1985 El Descanso bombing: A terrorist bombing attributed to the Islamic Jihad Organization in the El Descanso restaurant near Madrid, Spain, mostly attended by U.S. personnel of the Torrejon Air Force Base, causes 18 dead and 82 injured.
April 19 - A four-day siege of white supremacist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord begins in Arkansas.
April 23 - Coca-Cola changes its recipe and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.

May

May 5 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan joins West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a controversial funeral service at a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, which includes the graves of 59 elite S.S. troops from World War II.
May 11 - The FBI brings charges against the suspected heads of the five Mafia families in New York City.
May 13 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mayor Wilson Goode MOVE bombing|orders police to storm] the radical black American resistance group MOVE's headquarters to end a stand-off. The police drop an explosive device into the headquarters, killing eleven members of MOVE and destroying the homes of 61 city residents in the resulting fire.
May 15 - An explosive device sent by the Unabomber injures John Hauser at University of [California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley].
May 19 - John Anthony Walker Jr., is arrested by the FBI for passing classified Naval communications onto the Soviets.
May 31 - Forty-one tornadoes hit in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, killing 76 people.

June

June 9 - Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA championship, defeating the Boston Celtics.
June 13 - In Auburn, Washington, police defuse a Unabomber bomb sent to Boeing.
June 14 - TWA Flight 847, carrying 153 passengers from Athens to Rome, is hijacked by a Hezbollah fringe group. One passenger, U.S. Navy Petty Officer Robert Stethem, is killed.
June 17 - John Hendricks launches the Discovery Channel in the United States.
June 20 - NeXT is founded by Steve Jobs after he resigns from Apple Computer.
June 24 - STS-51-G: Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
June 26
* A Walt Disney World Monorail System train catches fire in Epcot around 9:00 p.m, due to friction caused by a flat tire.
* U.S. Route 66 is officially decommissioned.

July

July 1
* Nick at Nite, a nighttime program service with an emphasis on classic television reruns, is launched in the United States, being broadcast on the same channel as Nickelodeon.
* A&E, which previously shared Nickelodeon's channel, begins broadcasting as its own 24-hour cable channel in January of that year on a separate satellite transponder.
July 3 - Back to the Future opens in American theaters and ends up being the highest-grossing film of 1985 in the United States, and the first film in the successful franchise.
July 13
*Live Aid pop concerts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and London raise over £50,000,000 for famine relief in Ethiopia.
*Vice President George H. W. Bush serves as acting president for eight hours, while President Ronald Reagan undergoes colon cancer surgery under anesthesia.
July 19 - Vice President George H. W. Bush announces that New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe will become the first school teacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
July 20 - The main shipwreck site of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha is found forty miles off the coast of Key West, Florida by treasure hunters who begin to excavate $400,000,000 in coins and silver.
July 24
*Commodore launches the Amiga personal computer at the Lincoln Center in New York City.
*Walt Disney Feature Animation's 25th feature film, The Black Cauldron, is released. Considered one of the studio's darkest releases, it receives mixed reviews and results in a large revenue loss for Disney, putting the future of its animation department in jeopardy.

August

August 2 - Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashes near Dallas, Texas, killing 137 people.
August 4 - Major League Baseball player Rod Carew of the California Angels becomes the sixteenth player to achieve 3,000 hits in a career.
August 20 - Iran–Contra affair: The first arms, 96 BGM-71 TOWs, are sent to Iran in exchange for hostages in Lebanon and profits for the Nicaraguan Contras without public knowledge.
August 25 - Samantha Smith, "Goodwill Ambassador" between the Soviet Union and the United States for writing a letter to Yuri Andropov about nuclear war, and eventually visiting the Soviet Union at Andropov's request, dies in the Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 plane crash. She was 13 years old.
August 26 - Ryan White, who was expelled from Western High School in Indiana, is allowed to attend his first day of classes via telephone.
August 28 - The first smoking ban for restaurants in the United States is passed in Aspen, Colorado.
August 31 - Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker, is captured in Los Angeles.

September

September 2 - Hurricane Elena makes landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast after reaching Category 3 status.
September 4 - Catcher Gary Carter of the New York Mets ties a record with five home runs in two games.
September 6 - Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9, crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31 people.
September 9 - Laborers of two food processing facilities in Watsonville, California, organize a strike against recent wage and benefits reductions.
September 11 - Pete Rose becomes the all-time hit leader in Major League Baseball, with his 4,192nd hit at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
September 13 - Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer in order to found NeXT.
September 26 - Kalina, the first captive orca born at SeaWorld as well as the first to survive past infancy, is born at SeaWorld Orlando.

October

October 4 - The Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts.
October 7
* The cruise ship Achille Lauro is hijacked in the Mediterranean Sea by four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists. One passenger, American Leon Klinghoffer, is killed.
* The Mameyes landslide in Puerto Rico kills close to 300 people in the worst ever landslide in North American history.
October 15 - In separate events, mail bombs kill two people in Salt Lake City, Utah; a third bomb explodes the next day, injuring career counterfeiter Mark Hofmann. The ensuing police investigation leads to the arrest of Hofmann for the two murders.
October 18 - The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in U.S. stores.
October 27 - The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3, to win their first World Series title.

November

November 13 - Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
November 18 - The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes appears for the first time, in 35 newspapers.
November 19 - Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
November 20 - Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0.
November 26 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan sells the rights to his autobiography to Random House for a record US$3,000,000.

December

December 1 - The Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable are released for sale to the public.
December 12 - Arrow Air Flight 1285, a Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing 256, 248 of whom were U.S. servicemen returning to Fort Campbell, Kentucky from overseeing a peacekeeping force in Sinai.
December 16 - In New York City, Mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead in front of Spark's Steak House, making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the powerful Gambino crime family.
December 24 - Right wing extremist David Lewis Rice murders civil rights attorney Charles Goldmark as well as Goldmark's wife and two children in Seattle. Rice suspected the family of being both Jewish and Communist, and claimed his dedication to the Christian Identity movement drove him to the crime.
December 27 - American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda.
December 31 - The last issue of The Columbus Citizen-Journal is circulated.

Undated

"The Year of the Spy", name given by media to 1985 because of a large number of foreign spies arrested in the United States.
The Tommy Hilfiger brand is established.
The Asian tiger mosquito, an invasive species, is first found in Houston, Texas.
ATI Technologies is founded in North America by Lee Ka Lau, Francis Lau, Benny Lau and Kwok Yuen Ho.

Ongoing

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January

January 1
* Chris Cayole, basketball player
* Juliana Harkavy, actress
January 2
* Jolene Creighton, journalist and media executive
* Adrienne Lyle, Olympic dressage rider
* Heather O'Reilly, soccer player
* Greg Toler, football player
January 3
* Asa Akira, pornographic actress and director
* Condrew Allen, football player
* Nicole Beharie, actress and singer
* John David Booty, football player
January 4 - Al Jefferson, basketball player
January 5 - Luvvie Ajayi, Nigerian-born author, speaker, and digital strategist
January 6 - Ian M. Anderson, founder of Afternoon Records
January 8
* Arctic Hospital, DJ and record producer
* Adam Cristman, soccer player
* Rachael Lampa, Christian singer
* Dan O'Connor, guitarist and frontman for Four Year Strong
January 9
* Brett Camerota, Olympic Nordic combined skier
* Eric Camerota, Olympic Nordic combined skier
January 10 - Alex Meraz, actor, dancer, and martial artist
January 11
* Saba Ahmed, Pakistani-born political activist, lawyer, engineer, and founder of the Republican Muslim Coalition
* Lucy Knisley, comic artist and musician
* Aja Naomi King, actress
January 12
* Cynthia Addai-Robinson, actress
* Michael J. Pagan, actor
* Issa Rae, actress
January 14
* Billy Chiles, soccer player
* Michelle Wu, politician, mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
January 15 - Brandon Mebane, football player
January 16
* Ash Christian, actor, film director, and producer
* Joe Flacco, football player
* Renée Felice Smith, actress
* Anna M. Valencia, politician
January 18 - Matt Hobby, actor and comedian
January 19
* Jake Allen, football player
* Damien Chazelle, film director and screenwriter
January 20
* Antoine Agudio, basketball player
* Lauren Cahoon, Olympic Taekwondo practitioner
* Brantley Gilbert, country singer/songwriter
January 21
* Telfar Clemens, fashion designer and founder of TELFAR
* Nick Gehlfuss, actor
* Salvatore Giunta, U.S. Army Veteran in the Afghan War and Medal of Honor Recipient
January 22
* Cory Ann Avants, tennis player
* Scott Cousins, baseball player
* Shana Cox, American-born British Olympic sprinter
January 23
* Shola Adisa-Farrar, singer and actress
* Donnie Klang, singer
January 25
* Brent Celek, football player
* Hartley Sawyer, actor, producer and writer
* Michael Trevino, actor
January 26
* Emily Afton, singer and actress
* Sean Cameron, American-born Guyanese footballer
* Chico Camus, mixed martial artist
* Edwin Hodge, actor
January 27 - Danial Ahmed, Pakistani-born cricketer
January 28 - J. Cole, Hip-Hop musician and record producer
January 29 - Mikey Hachey, bass player
January 30
* Susannah Cahalan, journalist and author
* Janae Cox, gymnast
* Kevin Kiley, politician
* Trae Williams, football player
January 31
* Russell Fry, politician
* Kalomira, Greek-born singer and model

February

February 1
* Sohrab Ahmari, columnist, editor, and author of nonfiction books
* Alex Clark, YouTuber/animator
* Colin Curtis, baseball player
February 2
* Morris Almond, basketball player
* Evan Alex Cole, actor
* Jake Luhrs, singer and frontman for August Burns Red
* Fontel Mines, football player
February 4 - Bug Hall, actor
February 5
* Laurence Maroney, football player
* Lindsey Cardinale, singer
February 6
* Chester Adams, football player
* Patrick Carter, football player
* Kris Humphries, basketball player
* Crystal Reed, actress
February 7
* Derrick Lewis, mixed martial artist
* Tina Majorino, actress
* Deborah Ann Woll, actress
February 8
* Jeremy Davis, bassist for Paramore
* Bob Morris, singer-songwriter and guitarist for The Hush Sound
* Brian Randle, basketball player and coach
February 9
* David Gallagher, actor
* Rachel Melvin, actress
February 11
* Nicholas Altobelli, singer/songwriter
* William Beckett, singer/songwriter and frontman for The Academy Is...
* Ben Croft, racquetball player
February 12 - Cuban-born mixed martial artist
February 13
* Jon Applebaum, politician
* Dan Coleman, basketball player
February 14
* Tyler Clippard, baseball player
* Jake Lacy, actor
February 15 - Natalie Morales, actress
February 16
* Logan Clark, mixed martial artist
* Stacy Lewis, golfer
February 17 - Zelda Harris, actress
February 19
* Haylie Duff, actress and singer-songwriter
* Arielle Kebbel, actress
* Tatanka Means, actor and comedian
February 20 - TJ Kirk, YouTube personality
February 21 - Ashley Costello, singer and vocalist for New Years Day
February 22
* Fred the Godson, rapper and DJ
* Sean Garballey, politician
* Ryan Hall, mixed martial artist
* Zach Roerig, actor
February 23
* Sam Chelanga, Kenyan-born marathon runner
* Larry Arnold, Chef, Artist, writer, legend, the GOAT
February 24
* Gwen Araujo, murder victim
* Priscilla Chan, philanthropist and co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms
February 25 - Joakim Noah, basketball player
February 26 - Shiloh Fernandez, actor
February 27
* Debra Arlyn, singer/songwriter and pianist
* Mohsin Charania, poker player
* Wendell Chavous, stock car racing driver
* Nicole Linkletter, model

March

March 1
* Michael Conner Humphreys, actor
* Cole Sanchez, actor and artist
March 2
* Reggie Bush, football player
* Robert Iler, actor
March 3
* Steven Cozza, racing cyclist
* Toby Turner, Internet personality, actor, comedian and musician
March 5
* Martin Casaus, wrestler
* Jason Cascio, soccer player
* Buzzy Cohen, recording music industry executive
March 6
* Melinda Cooper, boxer
* Chad Jackson, football player
* Alaska Thunderfuck, drag queen and television personality
March 7 - Guy Benson, columnist
March 9
* Zach Andrews, basketball player
* Dominick Cruz, mixed martial artist
* Rachel Nabors, cartoonist
March 10
* Cooper Andrews, actor
* Luchasaurus, wrestler and television personality
March 13
* Emile Hirsch, actor
* Matt Jackson, pro wrestler
* Max Jenkins, actor and writer
March 15
* Eva Amurri, actress
* Nick Chambers, comedian
* Kellan Lutz, fashion model and actor
March 17
* Ellie Cachette, investor, philanthropist, and author of Software Agreements for Dummies
* Lauren Crandall, field hockey player
March 18 - Kyle Alcorn, Olympic long-distance runner
March 19 - Esther Agbaje, politician
March 20
* Chase Coleman, actor, director, and musician
* Britton Colquitt, football player
* Matt Taven, wrestler
March 21
* Ryan Callahan, hockey player
* Adrian Peterson, football player
* Sonequa Martin-Green, actress and producer
March 22
* Mike Jenkins, football player
* Justin Masterson, baseball player
* James Wolk, actor
March 24
* Jeremy James Kissner, actor
* CJ Perry, actress, wrestler and model
March 25
* Natalia Anciso, contemporary artist and educator
* Carmen Rasmusen, singer
March 26
* Sarah Chang, actress, producer, stunt coordinator, and martial artist
* Matt Grevers, Olympic swimmer
* Jonathan Groff, actor and singer
* Francesca Marie Smith, actress and writer
March 27
* Aman Ali, comedian, storyteller, journalist, and writer
* Blake McIver Ewing, singer/songwriter, actor, model and pianist
March 28
* Ian Axel, singer/songwriter
* Mark Melancon, baseball player
March 30 - Russell Carter, basketball player
March 31
* Jason Chery, football player
* Lee Cummard, basketball player
* Peter Porte, actor
* Jessica Szohr, actress

April

April 1
* Ryan A. Conklin, television personality and U.S. Army Sergeant
* Daniel Murphy, baseball player
* Josh Zuckerman, actor
April 2
* Matthew Antoine, Olympic skeleton racer
* Drew Atchison, football player
April 3 - Gerald Coleman, ice hockey player
April 4 - Todrick Hall, singer-songwriter, actor, director, choreographer and YouTuber
April 5 - Lastings Milledge, baseball player
April 6 - Sinqua Walls, basketball player and actor
April 7 - Joe Cook, basketball coach
April 8 - Matt Antonelli, baseball player
April 9 - David Robertson, baseball player
April 10
* Barkhad Abdi, Somalian-born actor
* Kyle Clement, football player
April 12
* Thomas Albert, politician
* Brennan Boesch, baseball player
April 13
* Carmen Carrera, model
* Jon Connor, rapper and record producer
April 15
* Andre Caldwell, football player
* Chris Cates, baseball player
* John Danks, baseball player
* Aaron Laffey, baseball player
April 16
* Matt Alonzo, director, video editor, and filmmaker
* Nate Diaz, mixed martial artist
* Sam Hyde, internet comedian
April 17
* Jonathan Cheever, Olympic snowboarder
* Victoria Cisneros, boxer
* Rooney Mara, actress
April 19 - Zack Conroy, actor
April 20
* Brian Myers, wrestler
* Billy Magnussen, actor
April 21 - Rachel Lindsay, media personality
April 22
* Sam Altman, entrepreneur, investor, programmer, blogger, CEO of OpenAI, and former president of Y Combinator
* Danny Cepero, soccer player
April 23
* Blythe Auffarth, actress
* Warren Carter, basketball player
* Snootie Wild, rapper
April 24 - Travis Clark, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for We the Kings
April 26
* Matt Clackson, Canadian-born hockey player
* Tiffany Jackson, basketball player and coach
* Bre Scullark, fashion model and actress
April 27 - Jamie Gray Hyder, actress and model
April 28 - Brandon Baker, actor
April 29
* Julia Clukey, Olympic luger
* Jay Lethal, wrestler

May

May 2
* Kyle Busch, racing driver
* Sarah Hughes, Olympic figure skater
May 3
* Becky Chambers, writer
* Meagan Tandy, actress and model
May 4
*Bo McCalebb, American-born Macedonian basketball player
*Anthony Federov, Ukrainian-born singer
May 5
* Clark Duke, actor, comedian, and director
* P. J. Tucker, basketball player
May 6
* Cori Alexander, soccer player and photographer
* Ian McGinty, comic book writer and artist
* Chris Paul, basketball player
May 7 - Andrew Carroll, hockey player
May 8
* Tommaso Ciampa, wrestler
* Nick Cunningham, Olympic bobsledder
* Usama Young, football player
May 9
* Audrina Patridge, television personality and actress
* Chris Zylka, actor and model
May 10 - Odette Annable, actress
May 11
* Matt Giraud, singer, pianist and keyboardist
* Shane Steichen, football coach
May 12
* Tally Hall, soccer player
* Michael Jagmin, singer and frontman for A Skylit Drive
May 13 - Victor Agosto, anti-war activist and former US Army private
May 14
* Matt Cardona, wrestler
* Lina Esco, actress, producer and activist
* Dustin Lynch, Country singer/songwriter
May 15
* Seth Adams, football player
* Jim Adduci, baseball player
* Ian Campbell, football player
* Jazmin Chaudhry, Bangladeshi-born actress
May 16
* Ánh Minh, Vietnamese-born singer
* Sal Caccavale, soccer player
* Andrew Keenan-Bolger, actor, writer and director
May 17
* Derek Hough, dancer, choreographer, musician and six-time Winner of Dancing with the Stars
* Matt Ryan, football player
May 18
* Francesca Battistelli, Christian singer/songwriter
* Andrew Carpenter, baseball player
May 19 - Chinonye Chukwu, Nigerian-born director
May 20
* Caitlin Cahow, ice hockey player
* Jon Pardi, country singer/songwriter
May 21
* Aung La Nsang, Burmese-born mixed martial artist
* Cameron Van Hoy, actor, producer and writer
May 22
* T. J. Carter, basketball player
* Chris Salvatore, actor, singer/songwriter, model and gay rights activist
* Aakash Gandhi, composer, pianist, songwriter, and entrepreneur
May 23 - Lindsey Anderson, Olympic middle-distance runner
May 24 - John Vigilante, hockey player and coach
May 25
* Lauren Frost, actress and singer
* Kevin O'Connell, football player and coach
* Roman Reigns, wrestler
May 28
* Kaylin Andres, writer, artist, and fashion designer
* Colbie Caillat, musician
* Billy Flynn, actor and producer
* Emily Wilson, actress
May 29
* Blake Foster, actor and martial artist
* Heather Heyer, protestor who died in Charlottesville during the Unite the Right rally
* Shwayze, rapper
May 30
* Niki Cross, soccer player
* Turk McBride, football player
May 31
* Justine Cotsonas, actress
* Navene Koperweis, metal drummer

June

June 1
* Ari Herstand, singer/songwriter
* Nick Young, basketball player
June 2 - Maggie Thrash, graphic novelist
June 4 - Evan Lysacek, Olympic figure skater
June 5
* Jeremy Abbott, Olympic figure skater
* Antonio Anderson, basketball player
* Kelsey Campbell, Olympic wrestler
June 6
* Abbie Cobb, actress and author
* Chris Henry, football player
* Becky Sauerbrunn, soccer player
June 8 - Rosanna Pansino, chef and YouTuber
June 9 - Sebastian Telfair, basketball player
June 10
* Kristina Apgar, actress
* Craig Considine, scholar of Islam
* Celina Jade, actress
June 11
* Daron Cruickshank, mixed martial artist
* Chris Trousdale, actor and recording artist
June 12
* Jesse Anthony, cyclist
* Dave Franco, actor
* Blake Ross, software developer
* Kendra Wilkinson, model, actress and author
* Chris Young, singer/songwriter and guitarist
June 13
* Sean Carlson, music promoter
* Christina Chang, American-born Jamaican footballer
June 17
* Michael Adams, football player
* Tramell Tillman, actor
June 18
* Jon Abbate, football player
* Jimmie Allen, country music singer/songwriter
* Sorel Carradine, actress
* Chris Coghlan, baseball player
* Alex Hirsch, animator and actor
June 20
* Thaddeus Coleman, football player
* Matt Flynn, football player
* Mark Saul, actor
June 21
* Kris Allen, musician, 8th American Idol winner
* Sara Anundsen, tennis player
* DJ Candlestick, DJ, radio personality, and record producer
* Lana Del Rey, pop musician
June 22 - Scott MacIntyre, singer
June 23
* Roberto Castro, golfer
* Candice Patton, actress
* Marcel Reece, football player
June 24
* Justin Hires, ator and comedian
* Jandy Nelson, Writer
June 25
* Annaleigh Ashford, actress and singer
* Daniel Bard, baseball player
June 27
* Paul Downs Colaizzo, playwright, screenwriter, and film director
* Martin Sensmeier, actor
June 28
* Cory Blair, rugby player
* Alexx Calise, singer/songwriter and musician
June 29 - Steven Hauschka, football player
June 30
* Trevor Ariza, basketball player
* Tim Crowder, football player
* Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer
* Cody Rhodes, wrestler and actor

July

July 1 - Spose, Hip-Hop artist
July 2
* Nelson Franklin, actor
* Ashley Tisdale, actress, singer and producer
July 4 - Sean Cunningham, musician, singer/songwriter, and recording artist
July 5 - Megan Rapinoe, soccer player
July 6
* John Chest, opera singer
* Matt Overton, football player
* D. Woods, pop musician and member of Danity Kane
July 7 - Craig Capano, soccer player
July 8
* David Clowney, football player
* Sterling Hyltin, ballerina
July 9 - Cris Cyborg, Brazilian-born mixed martial artist
July 10 - B. J. Crombeen, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
July 11
* Robert Adamson, actor
* Faysal Ahmed, Yemeni-born actor
* Tiffany Andrade, beauty pageant winner, Miss New Jersey 2008
* Geoff Cameron, soccer player
* Mike Cox, football player
July 12
* Ryan Amoroso, basketball player
* Casper Brinkley, football player
* Jasper Brinkley, football player
* Rob Menendez, politician
July 14 - Darrelle Revis, football player
July 15 - David Carpenter, baseball player
July 16 - Rosa Salazar, actress
July 17 - Caitlin Van Zandt, actress
July 18
* Chace Crawford, actor
* Theo Croker, jazz trumpeter, composer, producer, and vocalist
* Hopsin, rapper and record producer
* Sheng Thao, politician
July 19
*LaMarcus Aldridge, basketball player
*Karrion Kross, professional wrestler
July 20 - John Francis Daley, actor
July 22
* Lindsey Carmichael, Paralympic archer
* Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born rugby player
July 23 - Scott Chandler, football player
July 24 - Chad Cook, football player
July 25
* James Lafferty, actor
* Alex Presley, baseball player
* Shantel VanSanten, actress and model
July 26 - Matt Riddlehoover, filmmaker
July 27
* Husain Abdullah, football player
* Lou Taylor Pucci, actor
* Young Dolph, rapper
July 28 - Monica Abbott, softball player
July 29
* Charlotte Cho, esthetician, author, and entrepreneur
* Anna Grace Christiansen, racing cyclist
July 30
* Dylan Axelrod, baseball player
* Mary Wiseman, actress
July 31 - Shannon Curfman, blues-rock singer and guitarist

August

August 3
* Tom Cox, politician
* Ryan Leone, novelist, film producer, artist, and prison reform activist
August 4 - Crystal Bowersox, singer/songwriter
August 5
* Zach Appelman, actor
* Gary Chambers, activist and political candidate
August 6 - Michael Antonini, baseball player
August 7 - Michael Campbell, guitarist and bassist
August 8
* Rafael Casal, writer, actor, producer, and showrunner
* Anisha Nicole, singer
August 9
* Anna Kendrick, actress and singer
* Hayley Peirsol, swimmer
* Vivek Ramaswamy, entrepreneur, author, political activist, political candidate, and co-founder of Strive Asset Management
* JaMarcus Russell, football player
* Chandler Williams, football player
August 10 - Reggie Campbell, football player and Navy aviator in the United States Navy Reserve
August 11 - Asher Roth, rapper
August 12 - Zack Cozart, baseball player
August 13
* Jonathan Brookins, mixed martial artist
* Lacey Brown, singer
August 14 - Adam Brown, politician
August 15
* Emily Kinney, actress and singer/songwriter
* Nipsey Hussle, rapper
August 16
* Agnes Bruckner, actress
* Arden Cho, actress, singer, and model
* Cristin Milioti, actress and singer
August 17 - Kennard Cox, football player
August 18
* Desiree Casado, actress
* Brooke Harman, actress
August 19
* J. Evan Bonifant, actor
* David A. Gregory, actor and writer
* Lindsey Jacobellis, Olympic snowboarder
August 20
* Brant Daugherty, actor
* Josh Flagg, businessman and television personality
* Miguel Gomez, Colombian-born actor
* Michael Shuman, bassist for Queens of the Stone Age
August 21 - Jake Pitts, singer/songwriter and lead guitarist for Black Veil Brides
August 22
* Jimmy Needham, Christian singer/songwriter
* The Usos, twin brother wrestling duo
August 25 - Wynter Gordon, pop/dance singer/songwriter
August 26 - Brian Kelley, country singer and one half of Florida Georgia Line
August 27 -
* Jennifer Armour, actress and voice actress
* Kayla Ewell, actress
* Sean Foreman, singer/songwriter, member of electro hop group 3OH!3
* Alexandra Nechita, painter
* Francisco San Martín, Spanish-born actor
August 28
* Mike Alston, football player
* Pat Cassidy, film producer and music manager
* Jackson Crawford, scholar
* Ashlyne Huff, singer/songwriter and dancer
* Jay Ruais, politician
August 29
* Alexander Artemev, Soviet-born Olympic gymnast
* T. J. Conley, football player
* Jeffrey Licon, actor
* Marc Rzepczynski, baseball player

September

September 1
* Jasmine Ann Allen, American-born Japanese voice actress, singer, and TV personality
* Camile Velasco, Filipina-born actress
September 2 - Allison Miller, actress
September 3
* Dominick Cruz, mixed martial artist
* Shomari Figures, politician
* Brian Stelter, journalist
September 4
* Jessa Anderson, Christian singer/songwriter
* Morgan Garrett, actress
* Kaillie Humphries, Olympic Bobsledder
September 5 - Tyler Colvin, baseball player
September 6
* Lynn Alvarez, mixed martial artist
* Robert Ayers, football player
* Gregg Cash, guitarist and music director
* Hugh Cha, South Korean-born actor, singer, and dancer
* Lauren Lapkus, actress and comedian
* Mitch Moreland, baseball player
September 7
* Joe Craddock, football player and coach
* Alyssa Diaz, actress
September 8
* Vanessa Baden, actress, writer, director and producer
* Foo Conner, activist, entrepreneur, and journalist
* Mina Kimes, sports journalist
September 9
* Martin Johnson, singer/songwriter, record producer, guitarist and frontman for Boys Like Girls
* J. R. Smith, basketball player
September 10
* Matt Angle, baseball player and coach
* Monica Lopera, Colombian-born actress
September 11
* Bobby Cassevah, baseball player
* Chikezie, singer and American Idol contestant
September 13 - Vella Lovell, actress
September 14
* Paolo Gregoletto, bassist for Trivium
* Dilshad Vadsaria, actress
September 15 - Chris Clemons, football player
September 16
* Houston Barrow, wrestler
* Phil Sgrosso, guitarist for As I Lay Dying and Wovenwar
* Madeline Zima, actress
September 17
* Lindsay Adler, portrait and fashion photographer
* Zacardi Cortez, gospel musician
* Jon Walker, musician
September 18
* Megan Joy, singer
* Chris Riggi, actor
September 19
* Zoë Chao, actress and screenwriter
* Chase Rice, country singer-songwriter
September 21
* Ayad Al Adhamy, Bahraini-born multi-instrumentalist and record producer
* Justin Chapman, author, journalist, and politician
* Daron Clark, football player
September 22
* Damiano Carrara, Italian-book chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author
* Rima Fakih, Lebanese-born model, philanthropist, wrestler and beauty pageant titleholder, Miss USA 2010
* Shad White, politician
September 23
* Brian Brohm, football player
* Joba Chamberlain, baseball player
* Hasan Minhaj, comedian, political commentator and actor
September 24
* Dan Charles, mixed martial artist
* Paige Miles, singer
September 27
* John Burris, politician
* Jamar Butler, basketball player
* Grace Helbig, YouTube personality, podcast host and comedian
September 28 - Martin Courtney, singer and frontman for Real Estate
September 29
* Andrew Forsman, drummer for The Fall of Troy
* Calvin Johnson, football player
September 30
* Chris Chamberlain, football player
* Katrina Law, actress

October

October 1
* Mitch Atkins, baseball player
* Porcelain Black, industrial pop singer/songwriter
* Chris Clark, football player
* Ryan M. Pitts, U.S. Army soldier in Afghan War, Medal of Honor Recipient
* Sicily Sewell, actress
October 2
* Robbie Agnone, football player
* Tara Allain, beauty pageant winner, Miss Maine 2007
* M. Hasna Maznavi, writer, filmmaker, and activist
October 3
* Jason Anick, jazz musician
* Courtney Lee, basketball player
October 4
* Brad Bell, television producer, screenwriter, actor, musician and comic book author
* Clef nite, Nigerian-born guitarist
October 5 - Brooke Valentine, singer
October 6
* Tahanie Aboushi, civil rights lawyer and political candidate
* Sylvia Fowles, basketball player
October 7 - Evan Longoria, baseball player
October 8
* Greg Carr, football player
* Max Crumm, actor and singer
* Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter, producer and actor
October 9
* Charles Alexander, football player
* Nathan Crumpton, Olympic skeleton racer
October 10
* Tasneem Alsultan, photographer, artist, and speaker
* Jaremi Carey, actor, streamer, singer, cosplay artist, and drag performer
* Aaron Himelstein, actor
October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, actress, producer and singer
October 12
* Michelle Carter, Olympic shot-putter
* Simeon Castille, football player
October 14
* Daniel Clark, American-born Canadian actor, producer, and reporter
* Robert Costa, political reporter
* Justin Forsett, football player
October 15
* Arron Afflalo, basketball player
* Cory Asbury, Christian musician and pastor
* Kevin Craft, football player
October 16
* Dylan Golden Aycock, guitarist
* Ben Barter, New Zealand-born drummer
October 18
* Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban-born baseball player
* Andrew Garcia, singer
October 19 - Ian Calderon, politician
October 20
* AnonymousCulture, rapper
* Jennifer Freeman, actress
October 21 - Quinton Culberson, football player
October 22
* Zac Hanson, drummer for Hanson
* Deontay Wilder, boxer
October 23
* Masiela Lusha, Albanian-born actress, poet and humanitarian
* Adrian Perkins, politician, mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana
October 24 - Donald Cowart, steeplechase runner
October 25
* Colt Anderson, football player
* Ciara, singer
* John Robinson, actor
* Christopher Sean, actor
October 27
* Briana Lane, actress and musician
* Alexander Soros, philanthropist, son of George Soros
October 28
* Troian Bellisario, actress
* Anthony Fantano, music critic
* Matt Greiner, drummer for August Burns Red
October 29 - Adam Cappa, Christian rock singer/songwriter
October 30 - Emily Randall, politician
October 31
* Kerron Clement, Trinidadian-born hurdler and sprinter
* Paul Cram, actor
* Dan Cramer, mixed martial artist
* Kether Donohue, actress and singer

November

November 2
* Danny Amendola, football player
* Anthony Collins, football player
* Dan Connor, football player
* Josh Grelle, actor
November 3 - Tyler Hansbrough, basketball player
November 4
* Tom Crabtree, football player
* Victoria Leigh Soto, teacher, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim
November 5
* Erica Carney, racing cyclist
* Elizabeth Rice, actress
November 6 - Shayne Lamas, reality television personality and actress
November 7
* Adrian Arrington, football player
* Mitch Harris, baseball player
November 8
* Mark Asper, football player
* Liam Coen, football player and coach
* Jack Osbourne, English-born television personality
November 10 - Pete Andrelczyk, baseball player
November 11
* Onision, controversial YouTuber
* Pat Carroll, soccer player
* Jessica Sierra, singer
November 12 - Arianny Celeste, model and actress
November 13
* Michael Bennett, football player
* Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan-born baseball player
* Giovonnie Samuels, actress
* Kit Williamson, actor and filmmaker
November 14
* Mara Abbott, Olympic cyclist
* Sage Canaday, long-distance runner
* Spencer Charnas, singer and frontman for Ice Nine Kills
* Odin Lloyd, murder victim
November 15
* Lily Aldridge, model
* Richard Clebert, football player
* Charron Fisher, basketball player
* Nick Fradiani, singer
* Jeffree Star, YouTuber, entrepreneur, makeup artist and singer-songwriter
November 18
* Allyson Felix, Olympic sprinter
* Tim Sheehy, Navy SEAL and politician
* Christian Siriano, fashion designer
November 19 - Eve Carson, murder victim
November 20 - Dan Byrd, actor
November 21 - Mark Cochran, politician
November 22
* Daniel Cameron, politician
* Antonietta Collins, Mexican-born sportscaster
November 23
* Troy Ave, rapper
* Mike Tolbert, football player
November 25
* Dan Carpenter, football player
* Haley Webb, actress and filmmaker
November 26 - Matt Carpenter, baseball player
November 29 - Jamar Adams, football player
November 30
* Casely, singer
* Gia Crovatin, actress
* Kaley Cuoco, actress
* Chrissy Teigen, model

December

December 1
* John Coughlin, skater
* Philip DeFranco, YouTube personality and vlogger
* Ilfenesh Hadera, actress
* Janelle Monáe, R&B/Soul Musician
* Svetlana Shusterman, Ukrainian-born television personality
December 2 - Samuel Charles, football player
December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, actress and singer-songwriter
December 4 - Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, TV personality
December 5
* Ryan Additon, MLB umpire
* Adam Anderson, monster truck driver
* Kristan Hawkins, activist
* Frankie Muniz, actor, musician, writer, producer and racing driver
* Will Swan, guitarist for Dance Gavin Dance
December 7
* S. A. Chakraborty, writer
* Jon Moxley, wrestler
December 8
* Xavier Carter, sprinter
* Josh Donaldson, baseball player
* Dwight Howard, basketball player
December 10
* Brandon Anderson, football player
* Edmund Entin, actor
* Matt Forte, football player
* T. J. Hensick, hockey player
* Meghan Linsey, singer/songwriter
* Raven-Symoné, actress, singer and dancer
December 11
* Andre Douglas, astronaut and engineer
* Samantha Steele, sportscaster
December 12
* Pat Calathes, American-born Greek basketball player
* Chris Jennings, football player
* Erika Van Pelt, singer
* David Veikune, football player
* Daniel Williams, drummer for The Devil Wears Prada
December 16 - Amanda Setton, actress
December 17 - Jeremy McKinnon, singer/songwriter, record producer and frontman for A Day to Remember
December 18
* Aris Ambríz, boxer
* Tara Conner, model, television personality, beauty pageant titleholder, and Miss USA 2006
December 19
* Katherine Chappell, film visual effects editor
* Shane Bitney Crone, filmmaker, writer and advocate for LGBT rights
* Christina Loukas, Olympic diver
December 20 - Paul Wandtke, metalcore drummer
December 21
* Ricky Legere, mixed martial artist
* James Stewart Jr., motorcycle racer
December 23 - Arcángel, reggaeton singer
December 24 - Edward Aschoff, sports reporter
December 25 - Miro, Bulgarian-born wrestler
December 26
* Beth Behrs, actress
* Chris Carpenter, baseball player
* Mikal Cronin, musician and songwriter
December 27
* Halley Gross, screenwriter
* Paul Stastny, Canadian-born hockey player
December 28
* Dan Amboyer, actor
* Taryn Terrell, wrestler
December 29 - Alexa Ray Joel, singer/songwriter and pianist
December 30
* Samuel Adams, composer
* Ryan Ammerman, volleyball player
* Hunter Cantwell, football player
* Anna Wood, actress
December 31
* Antwan Applewhite, football player
* Erich Bergen, actor
* Brennen Carvalho, football player
* Jonathan Horton, Olympic gymnast

Full Date Unknown

Khalik Allah, filmmaker and photographer
Catrina Allen, disc thrower
Jojo Anavim, contemporary visual artist
Timo Andres, composer and pianist
J. J. Anselmi, writer and musician
Jennifer Arcuri, technology entrepreneur
Alex Askew, politician
Dorielle Caimi, artist
Chris Campanioni, writer
Alana I. Capria, writer
Ana Caraiani, Romanian-born mathematician
Charlene Carruthers, LGBT activist and author
Greg Chevalier, soccer player
Stephen Christy, producer, entertainment executive, and editor
Alex Clark, comedian, animator, YouTuber, and juggler
Zinzi Clemmons, writer
Stephanie Cmar, chef
Kevin Michael Connolly, photographer
Moogega Cooper, astronomer
Kimberly Corban, rape survivor and rape victim advocate

Deaths

January 7 - Ruth Godfrey, actress
January 13 - Carol Wayne, actress
January 19 - Eric Voegelin, German-American philosopher
January 20 - Gillis William Long, politician
January 21
* James Beard, chef, cookbook author, and television personality
* Eddie Graham, professional wrestler
January 28 – Wade Nichols, actor
February 8 - Marvin Miller, actor
February 12 - Nicholas Colasanto, actor and director
February 18 - Randolph Edgar Haugan, author, editor and publisher
February 20 - Clarence Nash, voice actor and impressionist
February 21 - John G. Trump, electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist
February 22
* Alexander Scourby, actor
* Efrem Zimbalist, Russian-American composer, conductor, and violinist
February 27
* Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., politician
* David Huffman, actor
March 8 – Edward Andrews, actor
March 12 – Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born American conductor and violinist
March 13 - Annette Hanshaw, singer
April 1 - Douglass Wallop, author and playwright
April 8 - John Frederick Coots, songwriter
April 22 – Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer
April 23
* Sam Ervin, U.S. Senator and politician
* Kent Smith, American actor
April 24 – Mildred W. Pelzer, American artist
April 25 – Richard Haydn, English-born American comic actor
April 30 – Jules White, film director and producer
May 9 – Edmond O'Brien, actor and film director
May 11 – Chester Gould, cartoonist
May 13 – Selma Diamond, Canadian-born American comedian, actress, and writer
May 16 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress
May 17 – Abe Burrows, humorist, author, and director
June 6 – Leonard Lake, American serial killer
June 11 – Vic Tanny, bodybuilder and physical culture advocate
June 21 – Ettore Boiardi, Italian-American chef, founder of Chef Boyardee
June 25 – Pee Wee Crayton, guitarist and singer
July 8 – Phil Foster, actor and performer
July 23 – Kay Kyser, bandleader and radio personality
July 28 – Grant Williams, actor
August 6 – John Harmon, actor
August 8 – Louise Brooks, actress and dancer
August 13 – J. Willard Marriot, entrepreneur and businessman
August 20 – Ruth Gordon, actress and writer
August 25 – Samantha Smith, activist and child actress
September 2 - Jay Youngblood, wrestler
September 11 – Andrew C. Thornton II, narcotics officer, lawyer, and the head member of a drug smuggling ring in Kentucky
September 14 – Julian Beck, actor, director, poet, and painter
September 27 – Lloyd Nolan, actor
October 1 – E. B. White, writer
October 2 - Rock Hudson, actor
October 3 – Charles Collingwood, journalist and war correspondent
October 6 – Nelson Riddle, arranger, composer, bandleader, and orchestrator
October 8 - John Wesley Snyder, businessman and Secretary of the Treasury
October 10
* Yul Brynner, Russian-born American actor
* Orson Welles, actor and director
October 12
* Johnny Olson, radio personality and television announcer
* Ricky Wilson, musician and guitarist
October 15 – Ted Steele, bandleader and host
October 25 - Blair Lee III, politician, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
October 27 - Thomas Townsend Brown, inventor
November 1
* Rick McGraw, wrestler
* Phil Silvers, entertainer
November 4 – Cus D'Amato, boxing trainer
November 13
* William Pereira, architect
* George Robert Vincent, sound recording pioneer
November 16
* Stuart Chase, economist
* John Sparkman, United States Senator from Alabama from 1946 till 1979.
November 19 – Stepin Fetchit, actor and comedian
November 25 - Ray Jablonski, American baseball player
December 7 – Potter Stewart, lawyer and U.S. Supreme Court associate judge
December 12 – Anne Baxter, actress
December 14 – Roger Maris, baseball player
December 22 – Richard P. Condie, conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
December 23 – Margie Hines, voice actress
December 26 – Dian Fossey, primatologist and conservationist
December 31 – Ricky Nelson, musician and actor