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Events from the year 1980 in the United States.

Incumbents[]

Federal government[]

  • President: Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia)
  • Vice President: Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota)
  • Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)
  • Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts)
  • Senate Majority Leader: Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
  • Congress: 96th

Events[]

January[]

January 27: The Canadian Caper rescues six hostages from Iran
  • January 1 – The comic strip The Far Side debuts in newspapers.
  • January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
  • January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
  • January 7 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
  • January 20 – Super Bowl XIV: The Pittsburgh Steelers become the first NFL franchise to win four Super Bowls, defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31–19 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
  • January 24
    • The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad is ordered liquidated due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors.
    • The 5.8 Mw Livermore earthquake shakes the East Bay area of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). This first event in a doublet earthquake is followed two days later by a 5.4 Mw  shock. Total financial losses from the events is $11.5 million.
  • January 27 – Canadian Caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran as they board a flight to Zürich, Switzerland.
  • January 28 - The 180' coast guard buoy tender USCGC BLACKTHORN collided with the 600' tanker SS CAPRICORN in the Tampa Bay shipping channel. The coast guard vessel capsized and sank after becoming entangled in CAPRICORN'S anchor chain. 23 of BLACKTHORN'S 50 crew members perished in the accident.

February[]

February 13: The Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid
  • February 2–3 – The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured.
  • February 2 – Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation.[1]
  • February 13 – The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York.[2]
  • February 15 – David Sanborn releases his fourth solo studio album, Hideaway, in the United States.
  • February 22 – The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the medal round of the Winter Olympics, in the Miracle on Ice.

March[]

  • March 1 – The Voyager 1 probe confirms the existence of Janus, a moon of Saturn.
  • March 5 – Channel Islands National Park is established.
  • March 21
    • Mafioso Angelo Bruno is assassinated in Philadelphia.
    • U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
  • March 22 – The Georgia Guidestones are erected in Elbert County, Georgia.
  • March 27 – Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.[3]
  • March 31 – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train.

April[]

April 15: The Mariel boatlift begins
April 24–25: Operation Eagle Claw fails to rescue the hostages in Iran
  • April 1 – New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days.
  • April 7 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions, following the taking of American hostages on November 4, 1979.
  • April 14 – The 52nd Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Johnny Carson, is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Robert Benton's Kramer vs. Kramer wins five awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film is tied with Bob Fosse's All That Jazz in receiving nine nominations. 8-year-old Justin Henry, nominated for Best Supporting Actor, notably becomes the youngest Oscar nominee in any category.
  • April 15 – A mass exodus of Cubans to the United States known as the Mariel boatlift begins. It ends on October 31 by agreement between the two countries.
  • April 21 – Rosie Ruiz wins the Boston Marathon, but is later exposed as a fraud and stripped of her award.
  • April 24–25 – Operation Eagle Claw, a commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters. Eight United States troops are killed in a mid-air collision during the failed operation.
  • April 24 – Pennsylvania Lottery Scandal: the Pennsylvania Lottery is rigged by six men including the host of the live TV drawing, Nick Perry.

May[]

May 18: Mount St. Helens erupts
  • May 3 – Cari Lightner, a 13-year-old girl, is killed by a drunk driver in Fair Oaks, California. Her mother, Candy, forms the organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
  • May 4 – The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare splits into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • May 7 – Paul Geidel, convicted of second-degree murder in 1911, is released from prison in Beacon, New York, after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate).
  • May 9
    • James Alexander George Smith "Jags" McCartney, the Turks and Caicos Islands' first Chief Minister, is killed in a plane crash over New Jersey.
    • In Florida, the Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, sending 35 people (most of whom were in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses.
  • May 11 – Mobster Henry Hill is arrested for drug possession.
  • May 16 – The Department of Education begins operations.
  • May 17 – A Miami, Florida court acquits four white police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, provoking three days of race riots.
  • May 18 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing US$3 billion in damage.
  • May 21 – The Empire Strikes Back is released.
  • May 22 – Pac-Man, the best-selling arcade game of all time, is released.
  • May 23 – Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining, based on the 1977 novel of the same name, is released.
  • May 24
    • The New York Islanders win their first Stanley Cup, from a goal by Bobby Nystrom in overtime of game six of the Stanley Cup playoffs' final round.
    • The International Court of Justice calls for the release of U.S. Embassy hostages in Tehran.
  • May 25 – Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins for a third time in car owner Jim Hall's revolutionary ground effect Chaparral car; the victory is Hall's second as an owner.
  • May 29 – Vernon Jordan is shot and critically injured in an assassination attempt in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Joseph Paul Franklin (the first major news story for CNN).

June[]

  • June – The 1980 recession ends.
  • June 1 – The Cable News Network (CNN) is officially launched.
  • June 3
    • U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy wins several primaries, including California, on 'Super Tuesday', but not enough to overtake President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic Party nomination.
    • A series of deadly tornadoes strikes Grand Island, Nebraska, causing over US$300 million in damage, killing five people and injuring over 250.
  • June 9 – In Los Angeles, comedian Richard Pryor is badly burned trying to freebase cocaine.
  • June 10 – A Unabomber bomb injures United Airlines president Percy Wood in Lake Forest, Illinois.
  • June 20 – Augusta AVA becomes the first federally recognized American Viticultural Area.
  • June 23–September 6 – The 1980 United States heat wave claims 1,700 lives.
  • June 27 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs Proclamation 4771, requiring 19 and 20-year-old males to register for a peacetime military draft, in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

July[]

July 16: Reagan is nominated as the Republican candidate for President
  • July – The unemployment rate peaks at 7.8%, the highest in four years.
  • July 15 – A severe and destructive thunderstorm strikes four counties in western Wisconsin, including the city of Eau Claire. It causes over US$250 million in damage, and one person is killed.
  • July 16 – Former California Governor and actor Ronald Reagan is nominated for U.S. President, at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan. Influenced by the Religious Right, the convention also drops its long standing support for the Equal Rights Amendment, dismaying moderate Republicans.

August[]

  • August 10 – Hurricane Allen, after becoming a Category 5 storm and the strongest hurricane of the season, hits southeastern Texas as a Category 3.
  • August 14
    • U.S. President Jimmy Carter defeats Senator Ted Kennedy to win renomination at the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City.
    • Actress Dorothy Stratten is murdered in Los Angeles (southern California), apparently raped and shot by her estranged husband Paul Snider before he kills himself.
  • August 26–27 – Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing in Stateline, Nevada, part of an extortion plot:o

September[]

  • September 18–19 – 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion: Liquid fuel in an LGM-25C Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile explodes at a missile launch facility north of Damascus, Arkansas.
  • September 19 – The Robert Redford-directed film Ordinary People, based on the novel by Judith Guest, premieres. Redford's directorial debut later wins him his first Oscar, and wins three other Academy Awards, and five Golden Globe awards.
  • September 29 – The Washington Post publishes Janet Cooke's story of Jimmy, an 8-year-old heroin addict (later proven to be fabricated).
  • September 30 – Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet, which is the first implementation outside of Xerox, and the first to support 10 Mbit/s speeds.

October[]

  • October 14 – The Staggers Rail Act is enacted, deregulating American railroads.
  • October 15 – James Hoskins murdered his girlfriend earlier that morning and forced his way into WCPO's television studio in Cincinnati, holding nine employees hostage for several hours before releasing them and taking his own life.
  • October 21 – World Series: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals, 4 games to 2, to win their first World Series Title.
  • October 28 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Reagan's genial, witty performance causes him to overtake Carter in the polls.

November[]

November 4: Reagan defeats Carter in a landslide
  • November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter, exactly one year after the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis.
  • November 8 – The 7.3 Mw Eureka earthquake shook the North Coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), causing six injuries and $2–2.75 million in losses.
  • November 10 – November 12 – Voyager program: The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn, when it flies within 77,000 miles of the planet's cloud-tops and sends the first high resolution images of the world back to scientists on Earth.
  • November 20 – A Texaco oil rig breaks through to a mine under Lake Peigneur.
  • November 21
    • Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J. R.?" event is a national obsession.
    • MGM Grand fire: A fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip kills 85 people.

December[]

December 8: The Dakota, where John Lennon was shot
  • December 8
    • John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.[4]
    • Berkeley Breathed's comic strip Bloom County debuts in newspapers.
  • December 11 – CERCLA is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
  • December 14 – Four people are murdered and four others are injured by two armed robbers at Bob's Big Boy on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles.
  • December 26 – Richard Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento," kills himself by overdose at San Quentin State Prison.

Recent or Ongoing events[]

  • Cold War (1947–1991)
  • 1970s energy crisis (1973–1980)
  • Iran hostage crisis (1979–1981)

Births[]

January[]

Lin-Manuel Miranda
Zooey Deschanel
Jason Segel
Nick Carter
Wilmer Valderrama
Lee Zeldin
  • January 2
    • Mac Danzig, Professional Mixed Martial Artist
    • Robert Rivas, Politician
    • Brent Sass, Professional Dog Musher
  • January 3
    • Telly Leung, Actor and Singer/Songwriter
    • Mary Wineberg, Olympic Sprinter
  • January 4
    • Erin Cahill, Actress
    • D'Arcy Carden, Actress and Comedian
    • Greg Cipes, Voice, Film and Television Actor
  • January 5
    • Garette Ratliff Henson, Actor
    • Bennie Joppru, Professional Football Player
    • Jill Krowinski, Politician
  • January 6 – Pascual Romero, Musician
  • January 7 – Ivan Moody, Singer/Songwriter
  • January 8 – Rachel Nichols, Actress
  • January 10 – Sarah Shahi, Actress
  • January 11 – Lovieanne Jung, Professional Softball Player
  • January 12 – Amerie, Singer
  • January 13 – LaKisha Jones, Singer
  • January 14
    • Amber Brock, Author
    • Cory Gibbs, Professional Soccer Player
  • January 15 – Jason Capel, Basketball Coach
  • January 16 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, Playwright and Composer
  • January 17
    • Zooey Deschanel, Actress and Musician
    • Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-born Dance Champion, Choreographer and Instructor
  • January 18
    • Illogic, Hip Hop Artist
    • Julius Peppers, Professional Football Player
    • Jason Segel, Actor and Comedian
  • January 20 – Philippe Cousteau Jr., American-born, French Oceanographer
  • January 21 – Troy Dumais, Olympic Diver
  • January 22
    • Jake Grove, Professional Football Player
    • Christopher Masterson, Actor and Disc Jockey
  • January 24 – Rocky Boiman, Professional Football Player and Sportscaster
  • January 25
    • Ty Carter, Afghan War Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient
    • Michelle McCool, Professional Wrestler
  • January 26
    • Phil Dalhausser, Swiss-born Olympic Volleyball Player
    • Danny Dietz, U.S. Navy SEAL (died 2005)
  • January 28 - Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys Member, Musician, Actor, and Author
  • January 29 – Jason James Richter, Actor
  • January 30
    • Lena Hall, Actress and Singer
    • Josh Kelley, Singer/Songwriter
    • Wilmer Valderrama, Actor
    • Lee Zeldin, Politician
  • January 31

February[]

Matthew Lawrence
Christina Ricci
Chelsea Clinton
  • February 1 – Kevin Cooke, Politician
  • February 3
    • Felicia Ragland, Professional Basketball Player
    • Skip Schumaker, Professional Baseball Player
  • February 5 – Paul DelVecchio, Reality Show Personality
  • February 6
  • February 7
    • Richie Castellano, Musician
    • Chris Moss, Professional Basketball Player
  • February 8 – William Jackson Harper, Actor
  • February 9
    • Lauren McFall, Actress
    • Manu Raju, Journalist
  • February 11 – Matthew Lawrence, Actor
  • February 12
    • Gucci Mane, Rapper
    • Christina Ricci, Actress
  • February 15 – Conor Oberst, Singer/Songwriter
  • February 16 – Ashley Lelie, Professional Football Player
  • February 17 – Jason Ritter, Actor, Voice Actor, and Producer
  • February 18 – Regina Spektor, Russian-born Singer/Songwriter
  • February 19 – Mike Miller, Professional Basketball Player
  • February 21 – Justin Roiland, Actor, Animator, Writer, Producer and Director
  • February 22 – Shamari Fears, singer-songwriter and actress
  • February 25 – Chris & Christy Knowings, Twin Actors
  • February 27 – Chelsea Clinton, Daughter of U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
  • February 28 – Tayshaun Prince, Professional Basketball Player
  • February 29
    • Peter Scanavino, Actor
    • Taylor Twellman, Profession Soccer Player and Sportscaster

March[]

Laura Prepon
Chingy
Caron Butler
Katie Morgan
Kate Micucci
  • March 2 – Edmund McMillen, Video Game Designer
  • March 3
    • Scott Voyles, Conductor
    • Katherine Waterston, British-born Actress
    • Mason Unck, Professional Football Player
  • March 4 – Jack Hannahan, Professional Baseball Player
  • March 5 – Shay Carl, Vlogger and YouTube Personality
  • March 6 – Blake Gottesman, Politician
  • March 7 – Laura Prepon, Actress, Director, and Author
  • March 9
    • Matt Barnes, Professional Basketball Player
    • Matthew Gray Gubler, Actor and Filmmaker
    • Gina Keatley, Nutritionist
  • March 10
    • Chingy, Rapper, Singer and Actor
    • Jesse Dee, Singer
  • March 12 – John-Paul Lavoisier, Actor
  • March 13 – Caron Butler, Professional Basketball Player
  • March 14 – Willie Hurst, Professional Football Player
  • March 15
    • Freddie Bynum, Professional Baseball Player
    • Erica Grow, Meteorologist
    • Josh Levin, Writer and Executive Editor
  • March 16 – Todd Heap, Professional Football Player
  • March 17
    • Danny Califf, Professional Soccer Player
    • Katie Morgan, Porn Actress and Radio Host
  • March 20
    • Jamal Crawford, Professional Basketball Player
    • Mikey Day, Actor, Comedian and Writer
  • March 22 – Shannon Bex, Singer
  • March 24
    • Matthew Metzger, Actor
    • Dina Rizzo, Professional Field Hockey Player
  • March 25 – Neal Cotts, Professional Baseball Player
  • March 26
    • Rosendo Rodriguez, Serial Killer (died 2018)
    • Son Ho-young, Singer in g.o.d
  • March 27 – Greg Puciato, Heavy Metal Musician and Frontman for The Dillinger Escape Plan
  • March 28
    • Rod Ferrell, Convicted Murderer
    • Rosie Mercado, Plus-Size Model
    • Luke Walton, Basketball Coach
  • March 31 – Kate Micucci, Actress and Voice Artist

April[]

Randy Orton
Trevor Moore
Jordana Brewster
Channing Tatum
  • April 1
    • Bijou Phillips, Actress
    • Randy Orton, Professional Wrestler and Actor
  • April 2
    • Bobby Bones, Radio Personality
    • Jeremy Bloom, American football player and skier
    • Jack Evans, wrestler
    • Yung Joc, rapper
    • Ricky Hendrick, Professional Race Car Driver (d. 2004)
  • April 3 – Trevor Moore, Actor and Comedian (d. 2021)
  • April 5
    • Matt Bonner, basketball player
    • Mary Katharine Ham, journalist
  • April 7 – Michael Bellisario, actor
  • April 8 – Carrie Savage, actress
  • April 9 – Rachel Specter, actress
  • April 10 – Kasey Kahne, racing driver
  • April 11 – Mark Teixeira, baseball player
  • April 13
    • Colleen Clinkenbeard, Voice Actress
    • Kelli Giddish, Actress
  • April 14
    • Tom Franco, Actor
    • Sarah McCoy, Novelist
  • April 15 – Aida Mollencamp, Cook, Food Writer, and Television Personality
  • April 16 – Paul London, Professional Wrestler
  • April 17 – Brenda Villa, Professional Water Polo Player
  • April 18 – Justin Amash, Politician
  • April 20 – Chris Duffy, Professional Baseball Player
  • April 21 – Tony Romo, Professional Football Player
  • April 23 – Griffon Ramsey, Artist
  • April 24
    • Gavin Hickie, Irish-born Rugby Player and Coach
    • Austin Nichols, Actor
    • Reagan Gomez-Preston, Actress and Voice Actress
  • April 26
    • Jordana Brewster, Actress and Model
    • Amin Joseph, Actor
    • Channing Tatum, Actor, Producer and Dancer
  • April 28
    • Illmind, Record Producer, Songwriter, and Educator
    • Josh Howard, Professional Basketball Player

May[]

Hank Green
  • May 1 – Jay Reatard, Musician (died 2010)
  • May 2 – Ellie Kemper, Actress and Comedian
  • May 3 – Marcel Vigneron, Chef
  • May 5 – Hank Green, Entrepreneur, Musician, Educator, Producer and Vlogger
  • May 6 – Taebin, Singer and Television Host
  • May 11 – Kulap Vilaysack, Actress, Comedian and Writer
  • May 15 – Josh Beckett, Professional Baseball Player
  • May 19 – Drew Fuller, Actor and Model
  • May 22 – Sharice Davids, Politician, Lawyer and Mixed Martial Artist
  • May 23 – Lane Garrison, Actor
  • May 27
    • Michael Steger, Actor
    • Ben Feldman, Actor
  • May 31 – Andy Hurley, Drummer for Fall Out Boy

June[]

Venus Williams
David Giuntoli
  • June 1
    • Spencer Ackerman, Journalist and Writer
    • Damien Fahey, MTV VJ, Television Host and Drummer
  • June 4 – Chris Pappas, Politician
  • June 9 – David Oliver Cohen, Writer, Actor and Entrepreneur
  • June 10 – Jessica DiCicco, Actress and Voice Actress
  • June 12 – Diem Brown, Reality Star (d. 2014)
  • June 16 – Jason Smith, Politician
  • June 17
    • Venus Williams, Professional Tennis Player
    • Jeph Jacques, Webcomic Writer
  • June 18
    • Anthony Adams, Television Host, Actor, Comedian, and Professional Football Player
    • David Giuntoli, Actor
  • June 19 – Jason White, Professional Football Player
  • June 21 – Richard Jefferson, Professional Basketball Player
  • June 22 – Blake Moore, Politician
  • June 23 – Melissa Rauch, Actress and Comedian
  • June 24
    • Minka Kelly, Actress
    • Amirah Vann, Actress
  • June 26 – Michael Vick, Professional Football Player
  • June 29 – Martin Truex Jr., Professional Race Car Driver

July[]

Olivia Munn
Michelle Kwan
Jessica Simpson
Kristen Bell
  • July 2
    • Brian Drolet, Actor, Producer and Writer
    • Nyjer Morgan, Professional Baseball Player
  • July 3
    • Olivia Munn, Actress and Model
    • Trae tha Truth, Hip Hop Artist
  • July 5
    • Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio, Reality TV Star
    • Mads Tolling, Danish-born Violinist
    • Jason Wade, Singer and Guitarist
    • Charles Klapow, Choreographer and Dance Instructor
  • July 7
  • July 10
    • Thomas Ian Nicholas, Actor, Singer, Musician, Producer, Director and Writer
    • Adam Petty, Professional Race Car Driver (died 2000)
    • Brian Mast, Politician
    • James Rolfe, Director, Actor and Writer
    • Jessica Simpson, Singer
    • Jeremy Ray Valdez, Actor and Musician
  • July 11 – Justin Willman, Magician, Actor, Entertainer, Comedian, and Television Personality
  • July 12 – Kristen Connolly, Actress
  • July 15 – Reggie Abercrombie, Professional Baseball Player
  • July 17 – Ryan Miller, Professional Hockey Player
  • July 18
    • Kristen Bell, Actress
    • David Blu, American–born Israeli Basketball Player
  • July 19
    • Adam Muto, Writer, Director and Storyboard Artist
    • Mark Webber, Actor
  • July 21
    • Justin Griffith, Professional Football Player
    • CC Sabathia, Professional Baseball Player
  • July 27
    • Jessi Combs, Professional Racer, Television Personality, and Metal Fabricator (died 2019)
    • Nick Nemeth, Professional Wrestler
  • July 28
    • Stephen Christian, Singer/Songwriter
    • Anthony Weaver, Professional Football Player
  • July 29 – Rachel Miner, Actress

August[]

Maggie Lawson
Macaulay Culkin
Chris Pine
  • August 3 – Nadia Ali, Pakistani-born Singer/Songwriter
  • August 6
    • Will Pan, American-born, Taiwanese Singer/Songwriter and Actor
    • Seneca Wallace, Professional Football Player
  • August 8 – Craig Breslow, Professional Baseball Player
  • August 12
    • Maggie Lawson, Actress
    • Frankie Saenz, Professional Mixed Martial Artist
    • Matt Thiessen, Canadian-born Singer and Frontman for Relient K
  • August 14 – Roy Williams, Professional Football Player
  • August 16
    • Vanessa Carlton, Singer, Songwriter, and Pianist
    • Ryan Hanigan, Professional Baseball Player
  • August 17
    • Lindsey Leavitt, Author
    • David Legwand, Professional Hockey Player
  • August 21 – Paul Menard, Professional Race Car Driver
  • August 23 – Rex Grossman, Professional Football Player
  • August 26
    • Macaulay Culkin, Actor
    • Chris Pine, Actor
  • August 27 – Derrick Strait, Professional Football Player
  • August 28 – Debra Lafave, Teacher and Convicted Sex Offender
  • August 29
    • William Levy, Cuban-born Actor
    • David West, Professional Basketball Player

September[]

J.D. Pardo
Michelle Williams
T.I.
  • September 1 – Bruno Agra, Heavy Metal Drummer
  • September 2 – Gerry Rosenthal, Actor
  • September 3
    • Caleb Miller, Professional Football Player
    • Jennie Finch, Professional Softball Player
  • September 7
    • J.D. Pardo, Actor
    • Mark Prior, Professional Baseball Player
  • September 8
    • Eric Hutchinson, Singer/Songwriter
    • Neferteri Shepherd, Model and Actress
  • September 9
    • Denise Quiñones, Puerto Rican-born Actress, Miss Universe 2001
    • Michelle Williams, Actress
  • September 10 – Mikey Way, Bassist for My Chemical Romance
  • September 12 – Sean Burroughs, Professional Baseball Player
  • September 13 – Ben Savage, Actor
  • September 14 – Nicole Abusharif, Convicted Murderer
  • September 15
    • Tammie Brown, Drag Queen and Television Personality
    • Ben Woolf, Actor (died 2015)
  • September 21 – Autumn Reeser, Actress
  • September 25 – T.I., Rapper, Film and Music Producer, Actor and Author
  • September 29 – Zachary Levi, Actor and Singer
  • September 30
    • Virgil Abloh, fashion designer (died 2021)
    • Emily Kokal, rock vocalist, guitarist

October[]

Nick Cannon
The Miz
Kim Kardashian
Ben Foster
  • October 1 – Sarah Drew, Actress
  • October 4
  • October 5 – Ti West, Film Director
  • October 8
    • Nick Cannon, Comedian, Rapper, and Television Host
    • The Miz, Reality Star, Professional Wrestler, and Actor
  • October 9 – Justin Cronin, Politician (died 2020)
  • October 10
    • Mark Castillo, Metalcore Drummer for Bury Your Dead
    • Tony Gonzales, Politician
  • October 13 – Ashanti, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Model, Dancer, and Actress
  • October 14 – Terrence McGee, Professional Football Player
  • October 16 – Sue Bird, Israeli-born Basketball Player
  • October 17
    • Sarah Lamb, Ballerina
    • Tarell Alvin McCraney, Playwright and Actor
    • Angel Parker, Actress
    • Justin Shenkarow, Actor
  • October 18
    • Erin Dean, Actress
    • Colby Keller, Visual Artist, Blogger and Pornographic Film Actor
  • October 21 – Kim Kardashian, Socialite and Television Personality
  • October 23 – Robert Belushi, Actor
  • October 24
    • Monica, Singer/Songwriter, Actress, and Businesswoman
    • Casey Wilson, Actress and Comedian
  • October 28
    • Christy Hemme, Professional Wrestler
    • Hunter Hillenmeyer, Professional Football Player
  • October 29 – Ben Foster, Actor
  • October 31 – Eddie Kaye Thomas, Actor and Comedian

November[]

Karamo Brown
Eric Swalwell
Beth Phoenix
  • November 2 – Karamo Brown, Television Personality, Reality Star, Culture Expert, and Activist
  • November 9 – Vanessa Lachey, Television Personality, Fashion Model, and Beauty Queen
  • November 11
    • Nicole Malliotakis, Politician
    • Willie Parker, Professional Football Player
  • November 12 – Trent Acid, Professional Wrestler (d. 2010)
  • November 13 – Monique Coleman, Actress
  • November 15 – Ace Young, Singer/Songwriter and Actor
  • November 16
    • Kayte Christensen, Professional Basketball Player
    • Josh A. Moore, Professional Basketball Player
    • Eric Swalwell, Politician
  • November 18
    • Denny Hamlin, Professional Race Car Driver
    • Dustin Kensrue, Singer/Songwriter, Guitarist, and Frontman for Thrice
  • November 21
    • Hank Blalock, Professional Baseball Player
    • Tim Lambesis, Singer and Frontman for As I Lay Dying
  • November 23 – Jonathan Papelbon, Professional Baseball Player
  • November 24 – Beth Phoenix, Professional Wrestler
  • November 25
    • John-Michael Liles, Professional Hockey Player
    • Nick Swisher, Professional Baseball Player
  • November 28 – Angelica Ross, Actress and Businesswoman
  • November 29
    • Janina Gavankar, Actress and Musician
    • Jason Griffith, Actor and Voice Actor
  • November 30 – Shane Victorino, Professional Baseball Player

December[]

Simon Helberg
Christina Aguilera
Jake Gyllenhaal
Eliza Dushku
  • December 1 – Angelique Bates, Actress, Comedian, and Rapper
  • December 3
    • Anna Chlumsky, Actress
    • Jenna Dewan, Actress and Dancer
    • Jim Sorgi, Professional Football Player
  • December 8 – Lisa Kelly, Reality Star and Truck Driver
  • December 9 – Simon Helberg, Actor, Comedian and Musician
  • December 10
    • Sarah Chang, Violinist
    • Kate Reinders, Actress and Singer
  • December 13 – Nathalia Holt, Author
  • December 16
    • Kristen Arnett, Author
    • Andrew Marin, Evangelical Christian Author, Founder of the Marin Foundation
    • Holly Merrill Raschein, Politician
    • Stuart Schuffman, travel writer
  • December 18
    • Christina Aguilera, Singer, Songwriter, Actress and Television Personality
    • Jared Moskowitz, Politician
    • D. J. Trahan, Professional Golfer
    • Baron Vaughn, Actor and Comedian
  • December 19
    • Gregory Douglass, Singer/Songwriter
    • Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor
    • Eddie Jackson, Chef and Professional Football Player
    • Hunter Johnson, Professional Wrestler
    • Marla Sokoloff, Actress
  • December 21
    • Royce Ring, Professional Baseball Player
    • J.P. Reese, Professional Mixed Martial Artist
  • December 22 – Chris Carmack, Actor
  • December 23
    • Rory O'Malley, Actor and Gay Rights Activist
    • Cody Ross, Professional Baseball Player
  • December 27 – Bernard Berrian, Professional Football Player
  • December 30 – Eliza Dushku, Actress and Model

Deaths[]

  • January 1 – Frank Wykoff, relay sprinter (b. 1909)[5]
  • January 8 – John Mauchly, physicist and inventor (born 1907)[6]
  • January 10
    • Hughie Critz, baseball player and scout (b. 1900)
    • George Meany, plumber and trade union leader (b. 1894)
    • Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
  • January 17 – Barbara Britton, actress (born 1919)[7]
  • January 19 – William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice (born 1898)
  • January 23 – Leonard Strong, actor (born 1908)
  • January 25 – David Newell, actor (born 1905)
  • January 29 – Jimmy Durante, actor, singer and comedian (born 1893)[8]
  • January 30
    • Professor Longhair, musician (born 1918)[9]
    • Warren Smith, singer and guitarist (born 1932)
  • February 1 – Jack Bailey, television host (Queen for a Day) (b. 1907)
  • February 2 – William Howard Stein, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)[10]
  • February 6 – Albert Kotin, abstract expressionist painter (born 1907)
  • February 8 – Isadora Bennett, publicity agent (born 1900)
  • February 12 – Muriel Rukeyser, poet (born 1913)
  • February 13
    • David Janssen, actor (born 1931)[11]
    • Mike Monroney, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma from 1951 to 1969 (b. 1902)
  • February 17 – Jerry Fielding, conductor and music director (born 1922)[12]
  • February 18 – Gale Robbins, singer and actress (born 1921)[13]
  • February 20
    • Joseph Banks Rhine, parapsychologist (born 1895)[14]
    • Alice Roosevelt Longworth, youngest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt (born 1884)
  • February 23 – Robert Hayden, poet and essayist, first African-American Poet Laureate (born 1913)[15]
  • February 27 – George Tobias, actor (born 1901).[16]
  • February 28 – James Goff, American football and basketball head coach (born 1912)
  • February 29 – Gil Elvgren, pin-up artist (born 1914)
  • March 3 – Roger Davis, actor (born 1884)[17]
  • March 10 – Herman Tarnower, medical doctor and diet guru (born 1910; murdered)[18]
  • March 11 – Maud Hart Lovelace, author (born 1892)
  • March 18 – Jessica Dragonette, singer (born 1900)[19]
  • March 21 – Peter Stoner, mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (born 1888)[20]
  • March 25
    • James Wright, poet (born 1927)
    • Milton H. Erickson, psychiatrist (born 1901)[21]
  • March 28 – James Hayes, American-born Filipino Roman Catholic, Jesuit archbishop, missionary and servant of God (born 1889)
  • March 30 – David Sharpe, actor (born 1910)
  • April 2 – Stanley Forman Reed, Supreme Court Justice (born 1884)
  • April 4 – Red Sovine, country and folk singer-songwriter (born 1917)
  • April 15
    • Raymond Bailey, actor (born 1904)
    • Marshall Reed, film and television actor (born 1917)
  • April 18 – Antonio Caponigro, gangster (born 1912)
  • April 19 – Charles Seel, actor (born 1897)
  • April 20 – Katherine Kennicott Davis, composer (born 1892)
  • April 28 – Thomas G. W. Settle, record-setting balloonist and admiral (born 1895)
  • May 1 – Henry Levin, film director and actor (born 1909)
  • May 30 – Carl Radle, bassist (born 1942)
  • June 1 – Rube Marquard, baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
  • June 7
    • Richard Bonelli, opera baritone (born 1889)
    • Philip Guston, painter (born 1912)[22]
    • Henry Miller, writer (born 1891)[23]
  • June 12 – Milburn Stone, actor (born 1904)
  • June 23 – Clyfford Still, painter (born 1904)
  • July 7
    • Dore Schary, film writer, director and producer (born 1905)
    • Dan White, actor (born 1908)
  • July 15 – Ben Selvin, orchestra leader and recording artist (born 1898)
  • July 17 – Red Barry, actor (born 1912)
  • July 25 – Tony Catalano, American football player (born 1895)
  • July 26 – Allen Hoskins, actor (born 1920)
  • July 31 – Bobby Van, actor, singer, and dancer (born 1928)
  • August 1 – Strother Martin, actor (born 1919)
  • August 2 – Donald Ogden Stewart, writer (born 1894)
  • August 9 – Elliott Nugent, actor (born 1896)
  • August 14
    • Paul Snider, Canadian murderer, died in Los Angeles, California (b. 1951)
    • Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model, actress, and murder victim, died in Los Angeles, California (b. 1960)
  • August 15 – William Hood Simpson, general (born 1888)
  • August 27 – Douglas Kenney, comedy writer and author (born 1946)
  • September 3
  • September 6 – Hale Woodruff, artist (born 1900)
  • September 30 – John McGuire, actor (born 1929)
  • October 10 – Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (born 1931)
  • October 27 – Red Conkright, football player and coach (b. 1914)
  • October 28 – Leon Janney, actor (b. 1917)
  • October 31 – Elizebeth Smith Friedman, cryptographer (born 1892)
  • November 1 – Walker County Jane Doe, unidentified murder victim (born c.1960-c.1966)
  • November 7 – Steve McQueen, actor (b. 1930)[25]
  • November 9
    • Carmel Myers, actress (born 1899)[26]
    • Victor Sen Yung, actor (born 1915)
  • November 29 – Dorothy Day, journalist and social activist (b. 1897)
  • December 4 – Stanisława Walasiewicz (Stella Walsh), track and field athlete, born in Poland (b. 1911)
  • December 8 – John Lennon, British musician, singer, songwriter, and murder victim, died in New York City (b. 1940)
  • December 11 – Dorothy West, actress (born 1891)
  • December 14 – Elston Howard, baseball player (born 1929)
  • December 16 - Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (born 1890)
  • December 26 – Richard Chase, serial killer (born 1950)
  • December 28 – Sam Levene, actor (born 1905)

See also[]

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