1993 in the United States

Events from the year 1993 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

President:
[Vice President of the United States|President of the United States|Vice President]:
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Foley
Senate Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell
Congress: 102nd, 103rd

Events

January

January 3 – In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
January 5
*The state of Washington executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging.
*$7,400,000 USD is stolen from Brinks Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York in the fifth-largest robbery in U.S. history. Four men, Samuel Millar, Father Patrick Moloney, former Rochester Police officer Thomas O'Connor, and Charles McCormick, all of whom have ties to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, are accused.
January 19
*IBM announces a $4,970,000,000 loss for 1992, the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history to date.
*Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq, and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, and the northern Iraqi no-fly zones. U.S. forces fire approximately forty Tomahawk cruise missiles at Baghdad factories linked to Iraq's illegal nuclear weapons program. Iraq then informs UNSCOM that it will be able to resume its flights.
January 20 – Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States, and Al Gore is sworn in as the 45th vice president.
January 25 – Mir Aimal Kasi fires a rifle and kills two employees outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
January 31 – Super Bowl XXVII: The Buffalo Bills become the first team to lose three consecutive Super Bowls as they are defeated by the Dallas Cowboys, 52–17.

February

February 6 – Former tennis player Arthur Ashe, 49, dies of complications due to HIV in New York. Ashe was believed to have contracted the virus from a blood transfusion during a heart surgery ten years earlier.
February 8 – General Motors Corporation sues NBC, after Dateline NBC allegedly rigged two crashes showing that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the following day.
February 11 – Janet Reno is selected by President Clinton as Attorney General of the United States.
February 17 – President Clinton delivers his first address to the 103rd Congress.
February 26 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over 1,000.
February 28 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and five Davidian followers die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins.

March

March 1–April 28 – An outbreak of Cryptosporidium protozoan affects Milwaukee, Wisconsin, infecting over 400,000 people, hospitalizing over 4,000, and killing at least 100, making it the largest waterborne disease outbreak in United States history.
March 1 – The NFL introduces its current free agent system.
March 4 – Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspirator Mohammad Salameh.
March 9 – Rodney King testifies at the federal trial of four Los Angeles, California police officers accused of violating his civil rights when they beat him during an arrest.
March 11 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
March 13–14 – The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern United States, bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Quebec; the storm kills 318 people.
March 22 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips.
March 29 – The 65th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven winning four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Both the film and James Ivory's Howards End lead the nominations with nine each. The telecast garners 45.7 million viewers.

April

April–May – A virus strikes the Four Corners, killing at least 13 people.
April–October – The Great Flood of 1993: The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers flood large portions of the American Midwest.
April 4 – The World Wrestling Federation holds WrestleMania IX from Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada.
April 9 – The rock band Nirvana plays a benefit concert for rape victims in war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina at San Francisco's Cow Palace.
April 13 – The Kuwaiti government claims to uncover an Iraqi assassination plot against former U.S. President George H. W. Bush shortly after his visit to Kuwait. Two Iraqi nationals confess to driving a car bomb into Kuwait on behalf of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.
April 19 – A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ends with a fire that kills 76 people, including David Koresh.
April 28 – An executive order is issued requiring the United States Air Force to allow women to fly war planes.

May

May 1 – An outbreak of a respiratory illness later identified as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome begins in the southwestern United States; 32 patients die by the end of the year.
May 5 – The West Memphis Three are three men who – while teenagers – were tried and convicted, in 1994, of the May 5, 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin was sentenced to life imprisonment. During the trial, the prosecution asserted that the children were killed as part of a Satanic ritual.
May 20 – President Bill Clinton signs the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 into federal law.

June

June 5 – Minnesota v. Dickerson: The United States Supreme Court rules that the seizure of evidence during a pat-down search is constitutional.
June 9 – The Montreal Canadiens win their 24th Stanley Cup, defeating the Los Angeles Kings in the Finals.
June 11 - Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg, is released in theaters as the first film in the Jurassic Park saga.
June 20 – John Paxson's 3-point shot in Game 6 of the NBA Finals helps the Chicago Bulls secure a 99–98 win over the Phoenix Suns, and their third consecutive championship.
June 24 – A Unabomber bomb injures computer scientist David Gelernter at Yale University.
June 27 – U.S. President Bill Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in the Al-Mansur District of Baghdad, in response to the attempted assassination of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush during his visit to Kuwait in mid-April.

July

July 1 – Gian Ferri kills eight and injures six before committing suicide at a law firm in San Francisco, sparking new legislative actions for gun control.
July 15 – 1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson: Evan Chandler institutes legal accusations against singer Michael Jackson of sexually molesting Jordan Chandler, Evan's 13-year-old son.
July 19 – U.S. President Bill Clinton announces his 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy regarding homosexuals serving in the American military.
July 20 – White House deputy counsel Vince Foster dies by suicide in Virginia.
July 25 – Greg Nicholson, his girlfriend and her two young daughters are murdered in Iowa by Dustin Honken and Angela Johnson. Nicholson was due to testify against Honken in court in relation to his drug activities.
July 27 – Windows NT 3.1, the first version of Microsoft's line of Windows NT operating systems, is released to manufacturing.

August

August 1 – The Great Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
August 4 – A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
August 10
* Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
* World Youth Day 1993 in Denver, Colorado.
August 21 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
August 28 - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the first Power Rangers entry, debuts on Fox Kids.
August 30 – The World Wrestling Federation holds its SummerSlam event from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

September

September 4 – The second World Parliament of Religions is held in Chicago.
September 6 – Canadian software specialist Peter de Jager publishes an article titled "Doomsday 2000" in the U.S. weekly magazine Computerworld, which is the first known reference to Y2K – the Year 2000 problem.
September 10 - Bill Nye the Science Guy first airs in syndication.
September 13
* PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington D.C., after signing a peace accord.
* Animaniacs makes its debut on Fox Kids.
* The Brazilian TV host Xuxa Meneghel debuts her English program on American TV, becoming the first Brazilian person to host a TV show in US.
September 15–21 – Hurricane Gert crosses from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through Central America and Mexico.
September 18 - Rocko's Modern Life makes its debut on Nickelodeon, becoming the network's fourth "Nicktoon" in the line-up.
September 22 - Big Bayou Canot rail accident: An Amtrak Sunset Limited derails on a bridge which had been damaged by a barge near Mobile, Alabama. It is the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak's history.

October

October 3 – A large-scale battle erupts between U.S. forces and local militia in Mogadishu, Somalia; eighteen Americans and over 1,000 Somalis are killed.
October 8 – David Miscavige announces the IRS has granted full tax exemption to the Church of Scientology International and affiliated churches and organizations, ending the Church's 40-year battle with the IRS and resulting in religious recognition in the United States.
October 16 – U.S. President Bill Clinton sends six American warships to Haiti to enforce United Nations trade sanctions against their military-led regime.
October 25 – Actor Vincent Price dies of lung cancer.
October 27 – Wildfires begin in California, which eventually destroy over and 700 homes.
October 31 – Actor River Phoenix dies of drug-induced heart failure on the sidewalk outside the West Hollywood nightclub The Viper Room.

November

November 11 – Microsoft releases Windows 3.11 for Workgroups to manufacturing.
November 16 – President Bill Clinton signs the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 into federal law.
November 18 – In a status referendum, Puerto Rico residents vote with a slim margin to maintain Commonwealth status.
November 17–22 – The North American Free Trade Agreement passes the legislative houses in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
November 18 – The first meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation opens in Seattle.
November 20 – Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his dealings with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
November 22 - TV Food Network makes its debut.
November 30 – President Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act into law, requiring purchasers of handguns to pass a background check.

December

December
* The unemployment rate falls to 6.5%, the lowest since January 1991.
* ProCharger, an automotive aftermarket manufacturer is founded in Kansas.
December 2 – STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
December 7
* Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9 mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing six and injuring 29.
* Avi Arad founds Marvel Studios.
December 11 – A variety of Soviet space program paraphernalia are put to auction in Sotheby's New York, and sell for a total of US$6,800,000. One of the items is Lunokhod ''1 and its spacecraft Luna 17''; they sell for $68,500.
December 14: A Deadly shooting takes place at a Chuck E. Cheese, killing 4 people.

Ongoing

Iraqi no-fly zones

Sport

February 23 - Sacramento Gold Miners are established as the First American franchise in the Canadian Football League
The Colorado Rockies and the Miami Marlins become baseball teams.

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January

January 2 - Bryson Tiller, musician
January 3
* Vernon Adams, football player
* Kevin Ware, basketball player
January 5 - De'Anthony Thomas, football player
January 7 - Darby Allin, wrestler
January 8 - Brooke Greenberg, woman with rare slow-aging condition
January 9
* Ashley Argota, actress
* Marcus Peters, football player
January 11 - Flora Cross, French-born actress
January 12 - Jamel Artis, basketball player
January 13
* Kendall Anthony, basketball player
* Tyler Barnhardt, actor
January 14
* Chris Avila, martial artist
* Molly Tuttle, musician
January 15
* Kadeem Allen, basketball player
* Wil Trapp, soccer player
January 17 - Jeremiah Attaochu, Nigerian-born football player
January 18
* Mitra Jouhari, actress, comedian, and writer
* Morgan York, actress
January 19
* Zyon Cavalera, drummer
* Gus Lewis, actor
* Jack Schlossberg, writer and political candidate, grandson of John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy
January 20 - Cat Janice, singer
January 26 - Lizzie Armanto, American-born Finnish skateboarder
January 27 - Joe Landolina, inventor and entrepreneur
January 29 - Lewis Pullman, actor
January 30 - Stephen Anderson, football player
January 31 - Alex Bent, drummer for Trivium

February

February 2 - Karsta Lowe, volleyball player
February 3 - Brandon Micheal Hall, actor
February 6 - Tinashe, musician and actress
February 7 - David Dorfman, actor
February 9 - Nura Afia, beauty vlogger
February 10 - Lexi Atkins, actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder
February 12
* Taylor Dearden, actress
* Sam Kazemian, software programmer and co-founder of Everipedia
* Jennifer Stone, actress
February 13
* Gemma Acheampong, American-born Ghanaian Olympic sprinter
* Taylor Alxndr, drag performer
February 14
* Shane Harper, actor and singer
* Alberto Rosende, actor
February 15 - Alex ter Avest, actress
February 17 - Jason Anderson, motorcyclist
February 18
* Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, basketball player
* Unbridled's Song, thoroughbred horse, winner of Breeders' Cup Juvenile
February 19
* Patrick Johnson, actor
* Victoria Justice, actress and singer
February 23 - Andrea Kneppers, American-Dutch swimmer
February 24 - Emily Rudd, actress
February 25 - Timmy Hill, race car driver
February 27 - Jessica Korda, golfer

March

March 1
* Jason Alexander, baseball player
March 3 - Nicole Gibbs, tennis player
March 4
* Jenna Boyd, actress
* Bobbi Kristina Brown, reality TV personality
* Abigail Mavity, actress
March 5 - Josh Briggs, pro wrestler
March 7 - Alex Broadhurst, ice hockey player
March 10 - Peniel Shin, rapper and dancer for BTOB
March 11 - Anthony Davis, basketball player
March 15 - Greg Allen, baseball player
March 16
* Tobi Antigha, football player
* Tucker Boner, YouTuber and Twitch streamer
March 18
* Alan Aisenberg, actor and producer
* Solo Sikoa, pro wrestler
March 25 - Jarrod Alonge, comedian, songwriter, and music producer
March 26 - Paige Spiranac, golfer and model
March 29 - Joe Adler, actor

April

April 2
* Ace, gamer
* Aaron Kelly, singer
April 4 - Miguel Almonte, Dominican-born baseball player
April 10
* DJ A-Tron, DJ and radio host
* Sofia Carson, actress and singer
April 12
* Robin Anderson, tennis player
* Dorial Green-Beckham, football player
* Katelyn Pippy, actress
April 13 - Hannah Marks, actress
April 14
* Vivien Cardone, actress
* Kent Jones, rapper
* Graham Phillips, actor
* Ellington Ratliff, singer and actor
* Burnell Taylor, singer
April 15
* Eric Anderson, basketball player
* Madeleine Martin, television and voice actress
April 16
* Mirai Nagasu, figure skater
* Chance The Rapper, singer/songwriter
April 19 - Kaylea Arnett, diver
April 24 - Ashe, singer/songwriter
April 25 - Alex Bowman, race car driver
April 29
* Adrian Amos, football player
* Justin Thomas, golfer

May

May 2 - Jarred Brooks, mixed martial artist and current ONE Strawweright World Champion
May 6
* Rana Abdelhamid, activist and political candidate
* Alex Preston, singer
May 10
* Spencer Fox, actor, musician, and singer
* Halston Sage, actress
May 11 - Annabelle Attanasio, actress and filmmaker
May 13 - Debby Ryan, actress and singer
May 14 - Miranda Cosgrove, actress and singer
May 16 - Raheem Appleby, basketball player
May 18 - Kyle, rapper
May 19
* Brian Anderson, baseball player
* Daisy Mallory, country singer
May 20 - Caroline Zhang, figure skater
May 21
* Aron, American-born South Korean singer
* Lynn Biyendolo, soccer player
* Laura Loomer, political advisor and activist
May 23
* Andy Janovich, football player
* Stephon Tuitt, football player
May 24 - Nelson Agholor, Nigerian-born football player
May 25
* Andrew Andrews, basketball player
* Kalief Browder, prisoner who endured solitary confinement
May 26
* Clinton Anderson, politician
* Jimmy Vesey, ice hockey player
May 27 - Tanner Anderson, baseball player
May 29 - Maika Monroe, actress
May 30 - Keanu Asing, surfer

June

June 1 - Sam Anas, ice hockey player
June 2 - Abena Appiah, Ghanaian-born singer, model, and beauty pageant winner
June 4
* Austin Appleby, football player and coach
* Adam Saleh, YouTuber
June 5
* DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, basketball player
* Tyre Nichols, victim of police brutality
June 6 - Vic Mensa, rapper
June 7
* AJ Andrews, softball player
* Swae Lee, singer, rapper, and songwriter
* Amanda Leighton, actress
June 9 - Ash Santos, actress
June 11
* Jorge Alfaro, Colombian-born baseball player
* Jessica Ayers, soccer player
June 13 - Ameer Abdullah, football player
June 14
* Gunna, rapper
* Ryan McCartan, actor and singer
* Sammy Watkins, football player
June 15 - Jay Ajayi, British-born football player
June 21 - Hungrybox, esports athlete
June 22
* Caydee Denney, pair skater
* Izzy Miller, musician
June 23 - Tim Anderson, baseball player
June 24 - Beanie Feldstein, actress
June 26 - Ariana Grande, actress and singer
June 29
* Lorenzo James Henrie, actor
* Oliver Tree, singer, record producer, director and comedian

July

July 1 - Raini Rodriguez, actress and singer
July 2 - Saweetie, rapper
July 3 - Mathias Anderle, singer
July 5 - Hollie Cavanagh, British-born singer
July 7
* Dominic Artis, American-born Kosovan basketball player
* Ally Brooke, singer
* Jackson Withrow, tennis player
July 8 - Zach Auguste, basketball player
July 9
* Bret Loehr, actor
* DeAndre Yedlin, soccer player
July 10 - Carlon Jeffery, actor
July 18 - Casey Veggies, rapper and songwriter
July 21 - Aaron Durley, baseball player
July 23 - Lili Simmons, actress and model
July 24 - Lucas Adams, actor
July 26
* Elizabeth Gillies, actress and singer
* Taylor Momsen, actress, musician, and model, frontwoman for the Pretty Reckless
July 27
* Nia Franklin, composer and bea pageant titleholder, Miss America 2019
* Jordan Spieth, golfer
July 28
* Sammy Guevara, wrestler
* La'Porsha Renae, singer
July 29 - Dak Prescott, football player

August

August 1 - Tomi Adeyemi, writer
August 2 - Manika, singer/songwriter
August 3 - Thomas Rawls, football player
August 7 - Francesca Eastwood, actress, model, and socialite
August 9
* Heather Arseth, American-born Mauritian swimmer
* Rydel Lynch, singer and actress
August 11 - Alyson Stoner, actress, dancer, and singer
August 13
* William Arndt, football player
* Kevin Cordes, swimmer
* Johnny Gaudreau, ice hockey player
August 16 - Cameron Monaghan, actor
August 20 - MK Nobilette, singer
August 22
* Dillon Danis, martial artist
* Yvie Oddly, drag performer
August 25 - Alex Arlitt, soccer player
August 26
* Aaron Adeoye, football player
* Hameed Ali, basketball player
* Keke Palmer, actress and singer
August 27 - Dara Alizadeh, American-born Bermudan Olympic rower
August 28 - Chad Buchanan, actor and model
August 29
* Chase Allen, football player
* Lucas Cruikshank, actor and YouTube personality

September

September 1 - Megan Nicole, singer/songwriter
September 5
* Diogo Abreu, American-born Portuguese Olympic gymnast
* Gage Golightly, actress
September 6
* Austin Aune, football player
* Famous Dex, rapper
September 7
* Quinton Alston, football player
* Taylor Gray, actor and model
September 9 - Brian Pillman Jr., wrestler
September 10 - Sarah Logan, wrestler
September 11 - Farrah Moan, drag queen and entertainer
September 12 - Kelsea Ballerini, singer/songwriter
September 14
* Ashley Caldwell, freestyle skier
* Blaire White, transgender YouTuber
September 16
* Metro Boomin, record producer, songwriter, and DJ
* Bryson DeChambeau, golfer
September 18 - Patrick Schwarzenegger, actor and model
September 19 - Mo Alie-Cox, football and basketball player
September 20 - Kyle Anderson, American-born Chinese basketball player
September 23 - Duke Johnson, football player
September 24
* Sonya Deville, wrestler
* Ben Platt, actor and singer
September 25 - Zach Tyler Eisen, voice actor
September 27 - Brandon Alexander, football player
September 30
* Raveena Aurora, singer/songwriter
* Cameron Grimes, wrestler
* Rylo Rodriguez, rapper

October

October 1 - Grayson Murray, golfer
October 2
* Tara Lynne Barr, actress
* William Haynes, media personality
October 4 - Nick Arbuckle, football player
October 5 - Mikey Ambrose, soccer player
October 6 - Jourdan Miller, actress
October 8
* Brandon Allen, soccer player
* Molly C. Quinn, actress
* Angus T. Jones, actor
* Saucy Santana, rapper
October 9
* Lauren Davis, tennis player
* Scotty McCreery, singer-songwriter and guitarist
October 11
* CJ Albertson, long-distance runner
* Brandon Flynn, actor
October 12 - Bralon Addison, football player
October 13 - Tiffany Trump, socialite and model
October 14 - Charlie Kirk, conservative commentator
October 17 - Witney Carson, dancer and choreographer
October 19
* Akira, wrestler
* Hunter King, actress
October 21
* Fatai Alashe, soccer player
* Brian Allen, football player
October 22
* Josiah Jones, filmmaker
* Omer Adam, American-born Israeli singer
October 23
* 1 Called Manders, wrestler
* Taylor Spreitler, actress
October 25
* Isaiah Austin, basketball player and coach
* Xander Schauffele, golfer
October 26 - Drew Gooden, comedian
October 27 - Troy Gentile, actor
October 30 - Marcus Mariota, American football player

November

November 3 - Benito Skinner, online personality
November 4
* Roberto Albuquerque, soccer player
* Taylor Tomlinson, comedian
November 8
* Cody Arens, actor
* Tommy Armstrong Jr., football player
November 9 - Steven Taylor, cricketer
November 11 - Sam Abbas, Egyptian-born director, screenwriter, and producer
November 12 - Mackensie Alexander, football player
November 13 - Blake Aoki, American-born Japanese basketball player
November 15 - Arik Armstead, football player
November 16
* Josh Adams, basketball player
* Pete Davidson, comedian
November 19 - Justin Anderson, basketball player
November 27
* Hannah Brandt, ice hockey player
* Aubrey Peeples, actress and singer
November 28
* Shiann Darkangelo, ice hockey player
* Bryshere Y. Gray, actor and rapper
November 29
* Okezie Alozie, football player
* Stefon Diggs, football player
* David Lambert, actor
November 30 - Kevon Seymour, football player

December

December 1 - Drakeo the Ruler, rapper
December 2
* Amouranth, internet personality
* Dylan McLaughlin, actor
December 3 - Marques Brownlee, YouTuber
December 5 - Tejay Antone, baseball player
December 7 - Jasmine Villegas, singer
December 8 - AnnaSophia Robb, actress
December 10 - Joey Salads, YouTuber
December 11
* Jenny Arthur, Olympic weightlifter
* Sonny Kiss, wrestler
December 12 - Rilwan Alowonle, American-born Nigerian hurdler
December 15
* Nida Allam, Canadian-born politician
* Sydney Andrews, soccer player
December 17 - Kiersey Clemons, actress
December 18
* Byron Buxton, baseball player
* John Cihangir, actor, stuntman and YouTuber
December 19
* Ryan Arambula, soccer player
* Corey Snide, actor and dancer
December 21 - Jinger Vuolo, author
December 22
* Joseph David-Jones, actor
* Ali Lohan, actress and model
* Meghan Trainor, singer
December 25 - Andrea Drews, volleyball player
December 29 - Terry Allen, basketball player
December 30 - Bradley Adkins, Olympic high jumper
December 31 - Ryan Blaney, race car driver

Date unknown

30 Roc, record producer and songwriter
Paul Abrahamian, television personality and fashion designer
Joo Won Ahn, South Korean-born ballet dancer
Albert Alan, financial literacy advocate and author
David Onri Anderson, painter, musician, and curator
Anjimile, singer/songwriter
Austin Armstrong, football player and coach
Heather Artinian, hearing-impaired lawyer
David Benoit, wrestler and son of Chris Benoit

Deaths

January

January 1
* Eddie Arning, American outsider artist
* Jean Mayer, French-born American scientist
January 3
* Johnny Most, American sportscaster
* Will Walls, American football player and coach
January 6 – Dizzy Gillespie, American musician, bandleader, singer and composer
January 10
* Diana Adams, American ballet dancer
* Luther Gulick, expert on public administration
January 15
* Sammy Cahn, American lyricist
* Henry Iba, American basketball coach and college athletics administrator
January 16
* Glenn Corbett, American actor
* Freddie 'Red' Cochrane, American boxer; welterweight champion between 1941 and 1946
* Stan Sheriff, American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator
January 19
* Reginald Lewis, American businessman
* Chris Street, American college basketball player
January 21 – Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player
January 22 – Jim Pollard, American professional basketball player and coach
January 23
* Thomas A. Dorsey, American musician
* Keith Laumer, American science fiction author
January 24 – Thurgood Marshall, American jurist, First African-American on the Supreme Court
January 25 – Bernard Joseph Smith, American marathon runner; winner of the 1942 Boston Marathon
January 27 – J. T. King, American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator
January 28 – Vern Kennedy, American MLB pitcher
January 29
* Gustav Hasford, American marine, novelist, journalist, poet and book thief
* Ron Kostelnik, American football player in the National Football League
January 30 – Julia Davis Adams, American author and journalist

February

February 5 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer
February 6 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player
February 7 – Buddy Pepper, American songwriter and accompanist
February 9 – Kate Wilkinson, American stage and television actress
February 11
* Joy Garrett, American actor and vocalist
* Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
February 18 – Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler
February 23 – Phillip Terry, American actor
February 25
* Toy Caldwell, American musician
* Eddie Constantine, American-born French actor and singer
February 26 – Beaumont Newhall, American curator
February 27 – Lillian Gish, American actress
February 28 – Ruby Keeler, American actress

March

March 1 – Terry Frost, American actor
March 3 – Albert Sabin, American biologist, developer of the oral polio vaccine
March 4 – Izaak Kolthoff, Dutch-born American chemist
March 7
* Duane Carter, American racing driver
* Whitey Kachan, American basketball player
* Eleanor Sanger, American television producer
* Jim Spavital, American footballer
* Earl Wrightson, American singer and actor
March 8
* Don Barksdale, American basketball player
* Billy Eckstine, American musician
March 9
* Bob Crosby, American jazz singer and bandleader
* Max August Zorn, German-born mathematician
March 16 – Ralph Fults, America outlaw
March 17 – Helen Hayes, American actress
March 20
* Percy Johnston, African-American poet, playwright, and professor
* Polykarp Kusch, German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
* Paul László, Hungarian-born architect
March 21 – Fred Phillips, American make-up artist
March 22 – Steve Olin, American baseball player
March 23 – Tim Crews, American baseball player
March 24 – John Hersey, American writer and journalist
March 26 – Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer
March 27 – Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist
March 30 – Richard Diebenkorn, American painter
March 31
* Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist, son of Bruce Lee
* Mitchell Parish, American lyricist

April

April 1 – Alan Kulwicki, U.S. race car driver
April 3
* Peter J. De Muth, American politician
* Pinky Lee, American comedian
April 8 – Marian Anderson, American singer
April 13 – Wallace Stegner, American writer
April 19 – David Koresh, American spiritualist, leader of the Branch Davidian religious cult
April 23 – Cesar Chavez, Mexican American civil rights activist
April 26 – Julia Davis, American educator
April 28 – Jim Valvano, American basketball player
April 29 – Michael Gordon, American actor and director

May

May 5 – Irving Howe, American literary and social critic
May 7 – Mary Philbin, American actress
May 8
* Avram Davidson, American writer
* Alwin Nikolais, American choreographer
May 14 – William Randolph Hearst Jr., American businessman
May 26 – Catherine Caradja, Romanian aristocrat and philanthropist
May 30 – Sun Ra, American jazz musician

June

June 2 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player
June 5 – Conway Twitty, American musician
June 6 – James Bridges, American screenwriter and director
June 8 – Nolan Bailey Harmon, bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church
June 9 – Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer
June 10
* Arleen Auger, American soprano singer
* Milward L. Simpson, American politician
June 11 – Ray Sharkey, American actor
June 12 – Crawford Barton, American photographer
June 13 – Deke Slayton, American astronaut
June 15 – John Connally, American politician
June 19 – Szymon Goldberg, Polish-born violinist
June 22 – Pat Nixon, wife of Richard Nixon, First Lady of the United States, Second Lady of the United States
June 24 – Archie Williams, American Olympic athlete
June 26 – Roy Campanella, American baseball player
June 28 – GG Allin, American musician
June 29 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer
June 30 – Spanky McFarland, American actor

July

July 2
* Fred Gwynne, American actor and comedian
* Elizabeth M. Ramsey, American research physician
July 3
* Don Drysdale, American baseball player
* Joe DeRita, American comedian
July 4 – Anne Shirley, American actress
July 7
* Ben Chapman, baseball player and manager
* William McElwee Miller, American missionary to Persia and author
* Mia Zapata, American punk musician
July 12 – James Peck, American civil rights activist
July 13 – Davey Allison, American stock car driver
July 15 – David Brian, American actor
July 20 – Vince Foster, attorney
July 24 – Abram L. Sachar, American historian and educator
July 25
* Nan Grey, American actress
* Cecilia Parker, American actress
July 26 – Matthew Ridgway, American army general
July 27 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player
July 30
* William Guglielmo Niederland, German-born American psychoanalyst
* Don Myrick, American saxophonist
* Bob Wright, American baseball player
July 31 – Paul B. Henry, American politician

August

August 1 – Claire Du Brey, American actress
August 3 – Theodore A. Parker III, American ornithologist
August 7 – Christopher Gillis, American dancer and choreographer
August 8 – Roy London, American actor
August 10 – Irene Sharaff, American costume designer
August 16 – Stewart Granger, Anglo-American actor
August 26 − Roy Raymond, American entrepreneur
August 29 – Dorian Corey, American drag performer and fashion designer
August 30 – Richard Jordan, American actor

September

September 2 – Eric Berry, British actor
September 3 – Wesley Englehorn, American football player
September 4 – Hervé Villechaize, French-born actor
September 9 – Helen O'Connell, American singer
September 12
* Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor
* Charles Lamont, Russian-born film director
September 13 – Steve Jordan, American jazz guitarist
September 17 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player
September 22
* Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born American conductor
* Regina Fryxell, American composer
September 27 – Jimmy Doolittle, American aviation pioneer and World War II United States Army Air Forces general
September 28 – Alexander A. Drabik, American soldier
September 29 – Gordon Douglas, American film director

October

October 5 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer
October 12 – Leon Ames, American actor '
October 13 – Ruth Gilbert, American actress
October 17 – Criss Oliva, American metal guitarist
October 21 – James Leo Herlihy, American novelist and playwright
October 25 – Vincent Price, American actor
October 26 – Harold Rome, American composer
October 31 – River Phoenix, American actor, musician and activist

November

November 1 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
November 6 – Ralph Randles Stewart, American botanist
November 12
* Bill Dickey, American baseball player
* H. R. Haldeman, 4th White House Chief of Staff
* Anna Sten, Ukrainian-born American actress
November 13 – Rufus R. Jones, American wrestler
November 15 – Evelyn Venable, American actress
November 20 – Emile Ardolino, American film director
November 21 – Bill Bixby, American actor
November 24 – Albert Collins, African-American blues guitarist and singer
November 28
* Jerry Edmonton, Canadian musician
* Garry Moore, American television host and comedian

December

December 1 – Ray Gillen, American singer
December 4 – Frank Zappa, American guitarist and composer
December 6 – Don Ameche, American actor
December 14 – Myrna Loy, American actress
December 16
* Charles Willard Moore, American architect
* Charizma, American rapper and MC
* Moses Gunn, American actor
December 17 – Janet Margolin, American actress
December 18 – Sam Wanamaker, American film director and actor
December 19 – Michael Clarke, American musician
December 20 – W. Edwards Deming, American engineer, professor, author, lecturer, and management consultant
December 21 – Gussie Nell Davis, American educator and founder of the Kilgore College Rangerettes
December 22
* Don DeFore, American actor
* Alexander Mackendrick, British-American film director
December 23 – James Ellison, American actor
December 24 – Norman Vincent Peale, American preacher and writer
December 27 – Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter, author, and activist
December 28
* William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian
* Howard Caine, American actor
December 31
* Brandon Teena, American murder victim
* Thomas Watson Jr., American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist