1983 in the United States
Events from the year 1983 in the United States.
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Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Ronald Reagan (R-California)
- Vice President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas)
- Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts)
- Senate Majority Leader: Howard Baker (R-Tennessee)
- Congress: 97th (until January 3), 98th (starting January 3)
Events
January
- January 1 – The New Jersey Transit Police Department is created in the state of New Jersey.
- January 2 – The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway, New York City.
- January 3 – Kilauea begins slowly erupting on the Big Island of Hawaii. On December 5, 2018, after 90 days of inactivity from the volcano, the eruption that started in 1983 was declared to be over.
- January 18 – The International Olympic Committee restores Native American athlete Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
- January 19 – Apple Inc. releases the Apple Lisa personal computer.
- January 26 – Lotus 1-2-3 is released for IBM-PC compatible computers.
- January 30 – The Washington Redskins defeat the Miami Dolphins by a score of 27–17 in Super Bowl XVII.
February
- February 18 – Wah Mee massacre: 13 people are killed in an attempted robbery in Seattle, Washington.
- February 23
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intention to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
- Failure of automatic shut-down at Salem Nuclear Power Plant, New Jersey, USA.
- February 24 – A special commission of the Congress of the United States releases a report critical of the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
- February 28 – The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, setting a new record for most-watched television broadcast in American history.
March
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March 23: Ronald Reagan announces the Strategic Defense Initiative
- March 3 – Musician/TV host Peter Ivers is fatally bludgeoned by an intruder in his Los Angeles apartment. The perpetrator is never identified.
- March 8 – IBM releases the IBM PC XT.
- March 9 – Anne Burford resigns as head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency amid scandal.
- March 22 – Judith Neelley is convicted of the kidnap and murder of 13 year old Lisa Millican in Georgia and sentenced to death. Her sentence is later reduced to life imprisonment.[1]
- March 23 – Strategic Defense Initiative: U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. The media dub this plan "Star Wars".
- March 25
- Motown celebrates its 25th anniversary with the television special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, during which Michael Jackson performs Billie Jean and introduces the moonwalk.
- Rob Lowe's film The Outsiders is released.
April
- April 11 – The 55th Academy Awards, hosted by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor and Walter Matthau, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Richard Attenborough's Gandhi receives 11 nominations and wins eight awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Louis Gossett Jr. also becomes the first African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman.
- April 18
- The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut kills 63 people.
- The Disney Channel is initiated on American cable TV.
- April 25 – Manchester, Maine schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov, after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
May
- May 2 – The 6.2 Mw Coalinga earthquake shakes central California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing 94 injuries and $10 million in losses.
- May 17 – Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
- May 22–31 – In the 1983 NBA Finals ("Showdown '83") the championship round of the 1982–83 NBA season, the Philadelphia 76ers defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 4–0. This is the last NBA Championship Series completed before June 1. Finals MVP – Moses Malone (Philadelphia 76ers).
- May 25
- National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan, exactly four years after Etan Patz's disappearance.
- Return of the Jedi is released in theatres.
- May 27 – Benton fireworks disaster: A powerful explosion at an unlicensed fireworks factory in Benton, Tennessee kills 11 and injures one.
- May 28 – The 9th G7 summit begins in Williamsburg, Virginia.
- May 29
- Tom Sneva wins the Indianapolis 500 motor race
- Neil Bonnett wins the 24th running of the world 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
- May 31 – The Philadelphia 76ers defeat the LA Lakers to sweep the NBA championship in four games.
June
- June – Throughout the local summer, many Midwestern American states are affected by a severe drought that causes water shortages.
- June 4 – Fugitive tax protester Gordon Kahl, who has been on the run for four months, is killed in a shootout with police in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff.
- June 13 – Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the Solar System.
- June 16 – Cork Graham is caught off the Vietnamese island of Phú Quốc looking for treasure buried by Captain Kidd. He is convicted and imprisoned until 1984 for illegal entry.
- June 18 – STS-7: Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space, on the Space Shuttle Challenger.
July
- July 7 – Samantha Smith flies to the Soviet Union (see April 25).
- July 23 – Diana Ross's concert at The Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park, attended by 800,000 fans, is cut short by a massive lightning storm.
- July 25 – The world's first dedicated hospital ward for HIV/AIDS patients opens at San Francisco General Hospital.[2]
August
- August 1 – America West Airlines begins operations out of Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.
- August 18 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 and causing over US$3.8 billion (2005 dollars) in damage.
- August 24 – The Philadelphia Arena is destroyed by arson.
- August 30 – STS-8: Space Shuttle Challenger carries Guion S. Bluford, the first African-American astronaut, into space.
September
- September 1 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed, including U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald.
- September 5 – Tom Brokaw becomes lead anchor for NBC Nightly News.
- September 15 – Huey Lewis and the News's album Sports is released.
- September 17 – Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first African-American to be crowned Miss America, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- September 18 – U.S. heavy metal band Kiss officially appears in public without makeup for the first time on MTV.
October
- October 4
- Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph, driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
- The first Hooters restaurant opens in Clearwater, Florida.
- October 16 – World Series: The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–0 in Game 5, to win the series 4 games to 1 for their 3rd World Championship.
- October 23 – Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings destroy both the French and the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French paratroopers and 6 Lebanese civilians.
- October 25
- United States troops invade Grenada at the behest of Eugenia Charles of Dominica, a member of the Organization of American States.
- Microsoft Word is first released.
- October 28 – The 6.9 Mw Borah Peak earthquake shook central Idaho with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing two deaths, three injuries, and $12.5 million in losses.
November
- November 2 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day: At the White House Rose Garden, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating a federal holiday on the third Monday of every January to honor American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. It is first observed in 1986.
- November 3 – The Reverend Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the 1984 Democratic Party presidential nomination.
- November 7 – 1983 U.S. Senate bombing A bomb explodes in the United States Senate with the intent to kill Republican senators however nobody was killed. The perpetrators were part of the May 19th Communist Organization.
- November 10
- The anticancer drug etoposide is approved by the FDA, leading to a curative treatment regime in the field of combination chemotherapy of testicular carcinoma.
- Star 80 released: A film about the true story of Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her estranged husband Paul Snider on August 14, 1980.
- November 11 – Ronald Reagan becomes the first U.S. President to address the Diet, Japan's national legislature.
- November 13 – The first United States cruise missiles arrive at Greenham Common Airbase in England amid protests from peace campaigners.
- November 14 – The immunosuppressant cyclosporine is approved by the FDA, leading to a revolution in the field of transplantation.
- November 16 – A jury in Gretna, Louisiana acquits Ginny Foat of the murder of Argentine businessman Moses Chaiyo.
December
- December 2 – Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time. It becomes the most often repeated and famous music video of all time, increasing his own popularity and record sales of the album Thriller.
- December 4 – Lt. Bobby Goodman of the United States Navy is shot down over Lebanon and captured by the Syrians.
- December 13 – The Denver Nuggets and the visiting Detroit Pistons combine for an NBA record 370 points, with Detroit winning in triple overtime, 186–184.
- December 24 – Miles City, Montana sets the record for the highest mean sea level pressure in the contiguous US with a reading of 31.42 inHg (1064 mb).[3]
- December 27 – A propane explosion in Buffalo, New York kills five firefighters and two civilians.
- December 29 – The Reverend Jesse Jackson travels to Syria to secure the release of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman, who had been in Syrian captivity since being shot down over the country during a reconnaissance mission.
- December 31 – The Apple Macintosh television advertisement is released.
Undated
- McDonald's introduces the McNugget.
- The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program is launched.
- The economy begins a robust recovery following the early 1980s recession.
- Flashdance and Return of the Jedi are box-office hits.
- Kellogg's introduces Crispix cereal.
- Kary Mullis discovers polymerase chain reaction while working for Cetus.
- Chrysler starts production on the first minivans: the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager.
- The Cabbage Patch Kids dolls make their national debut, their popularity leads to the Cabbage Patch riots.
Ongoing
- Cold War (1947–1991)
Sport
- May 14 – Portland Winter Hawks become the First American team to win the Memorial Cup by defeating the Oshawa Generals 8 to 3. The Final game is played at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon
Births
January
- January 2
- Kate Bosworth, actress
- Jesse Taylor, mixed martial artist
- January 4
- Will Bynum, basketball player
- Spencer Chamberlain, singer/songwriter
- January 5 – Sean Dockery, basketball player
- January 6 – Adam Burish, hockey player
- January 7
- Tosin Abasi, Nigerian-born musician for Animals As Leaders
- Brett Dalton, actor
- Natalie Gulbis, golfer
- Robert Ri'chard, actor
- January 8 – Chris Masters, wrestler and actor
- January 10 – Tom Gilbert, hockey player
- January 13 – Brianne Moncrief, actress
- January 18 – Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-born actor, comedian, television host, and writer
- January 22 – Shaun Cody, football player
- January 24
- Diane Birch, singer/songwriter
- Frankie Grande, actor, dancer, television personality, and producer
- Scott Speed, formula one driver
- January 27
- Deon Anderson, football player
- Gavin Floyd, baseball player
- January 28
- Daniel Davison, musician and drummer, co-founder of Norma Jean
- Brian Michael Smith, Actor
- January 30 – Derek Bloom, drummer for From First to Last
February
- February 1
- Ronnie Kroell, fashion model, actor, and singer
- Andrew VanWyngarden, singer/songwriter and guitarist
- February 3 – Hillary Scott, pornographic actress
- February 4 – Hannibal Buress, comedian
- February 5 – Vanessa Rousso, French-born poker player
- February 6 – Michael Robinson, football player
- February 7 – Scott Feldman, baseball player
- February 8 – Jim Verraros, singer and actor
- February 10 – Vic Fuentes, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for Pierce the Veil
- February 14 – Julia Ling, actress
- February 16 – John Magaro, actor
- February 17 – Kevin Rudolf, singer/songwriter and record producer
- February 18
- Jason Maxiell, basketball player
- Wrenn Schmidt, actress
- February 19
- Brad Kilby, baseball player
- Ryan Whitney, hockey player
- Jawad Williams, basketball player
- February 20, Justin Verlander, baseball player
- February 22
- Carlos Fisher, baseball player
- Iliza Shlesinger, comedian
- February 23 – Aziz Ansari, comedian and actor
- February 27
- Devin Harris, basketball player
- Kate Mara, actress
- February 28 – Linda Király, American-born Hungarian singer/songwriter
March
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- March 2 – Adam Conover, comedian, writer, voice actor, and television host
- March 4 – Jessica Heap, actress
- March 7
- Raquel Alessi, actress
- Taylor Tankersley, baseball player
- March 9
- Bobby Campo, actor
- Clint Dempsey, soccer player
- March 10
- Janet Mock, author and activist[4]
- Carrie Underwood, country singer
- March 11 – Melissa Rycroft, television personality and reality television contestant
- March 14 – Taylor Hanson, singer and keyboard player for Hanson
- March 16 – Stephanie Gatschet, actress
- March 17
- Atit Shah, producer
- Timothy Thatcher, wrestler
- March 18
- Kyle Downes, Canadian-born actor
- Brendan Schaub, mixed martial artist
- March 19 – Nicole Muirbrook, actress and model
- March 20 – Michael Cassidy, actor
- March 21 – Clint Ingram, football player
- March 27 – Shawntinice Polk, basketball player (died 2005)
- March 29 – Donald Cerrone, mixed martial artist
- March 30 – Zach Gowen, wrestler
- March 31 – Melissa Ordway, actress and model
April
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- April 1
- Matt Lanter, actor and model
- Sean Taylor, football player (d. 2007)
- April 2 – Yung Joc, rapper
- April 4
- Eric Andre, comedian, actor, and television host
- Amanda Righetti, actress
- April 6
- Diora Baird, actress
- Bobbi Starr, pornographic actress
- April 10
- Jamie Chung, actress and reality star
- Ryan Merriman, actor
- April 12 – Judy Marte, actress and producer
- April 14 – Jeff Fiorentino, baseball player
- April 15 – Colin Allred, politician
- April 17 – Guy Reschenthaler, politician
- April 19 – Joe Mauer, baseball player
- April 21
- Dario Hunter, rabbi, lawyer and politician
- Tarvaris Jackson, football player
- April 22
- Francis Capra, actor
- Matt Jones, football player
- April 23
- Carl Higbie, Navy SEAL, author, and political commentator
- Aaron Hill, actor
- April 24 – Will Champlin, singer/songwriter
- April 26 – Corey Harrison, businessman and reality star
- April 28 – Sam Jones III, actor
- April 29
- Megan Boone, actress
- Jay Cutler, football player
- David Lee, basketball player
May
- May 3 – Ari Magder, actor (d. 2012)
- May 4 – Brad Bufanda, actor (d. 2017)
- May 6
- Gabourey Sidibe, actress
- Adrianne Palicki, actress
- Doron Perkins, basketball player
- May 8 – Florent Groberg, French-born U.S. Army veteran in the Afghan War and Medal of Honor recipient
- May 9 – Tyler Lumsden, baseball player
- May 11
- Daizee Haze, wrestler
- Shannon M. Kent, United States Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer and cryptologic technician, killed in the 2019 Manbij bombing (d. 2019)
- Matt Leinart, football player
- May 12 – Brett Wiesner, soccer player (d. 2014)
- May 14 – Amber Tamblyn, actress
- May 15
- Clint Sammons, baseball player
- Michael Schlossberg, politician
- May 17 – Channing Frye, basketball player
- May 19 – Adam Schindler, mixed martial artist
- May 20 – Michaela McManus, actress
- May 21 – Leva Bates, wrestler
- May 22
- John Hopkins, MotoGP racer
- Jordan Mancino, metalcore drummer
- May 23 – Josh Pace, basketball player
- May 26 – Pat Grassley, politician
- May 27 – Bobby Convey, soccer player
- May 28
- Roman Atwood, YouTuber and prankster
- Megalyn Echikunwoke, actress[5]
- Aaron Rosa, mixed martial artist
- Cory Wade, baseball player
- May 31 – David Hernandez, singer
June
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- June 2 – Brooke White, singer
- June 4 – Jon Alston, football player, film director, screenwriter and film producer
- June 5 – Bill Bray, baseball player
- June 6
- Adam Hendershott, actor
- Kellen Clemens, football player
- June 7
- Ryan Bader, mixed martial artist
- Indiggo, Romanian-born twin sisters, singer-songwriters and reality TV personalities
- Mark Lowe, baseball player
- Pierre Pierce, basketball player
- June 10
- Shanna Collins, actress
- Leelee Sobieski, actress
- June 14 – Sean Klitzner, internet personality and comedian
- June 15 – Derek Anderson, football player
- June 16
- Manish Dayal, actor
- Olivia Hack, actress and voice actress
- June 19
- Jason Capizzi, football player
- Macklemore, rapper
- June 20
- Patrisse Cullors, activist
- Darren Sproles, football player
- June 21
- Michael Malarkey, Lebanese-born British-American actor and musician
- Brian Sites, actor
- Edward Snowden, government whistleblower
- June 22 – Miles Fisher, actor and musician
- June 23
- Miles Fisher, actor, comedian, entrepreneur and musician
- Kathreen Khavari, actress, writer and producer
- Brandi Rhodes, wrestler and reality television personality
- June 24 – Haley Stevens, politician
- June 27 – Ashley Hinson, politician
- June 28 – Curtis Lepore, actor, musician and internet celebrity
- June 30 – Cole Swindell, singer
July
- July 1 – Tanya Chisholm, actress and dancer
- July 2
- Michelle Branch, singer/songwriter
- Alicia Menendez, television commentator
- July 7 – Kristi Capel, beauty pageant and news presenter
- July 8 – DeVaughn Nixon, actor
- July 9 – Christopher Porco, convicted murderer
- July 11 – Joel Salinas, American-born Nicaraguan neurologist, writer, and researcher
- July 12 – Howie Kendrick, baseball player
- July 14 – Graham Ackerman, gymnast
- July 15 – Heath Slater, wrestler
- July 17 – Nick Moore, frontman for Before Their Eyes
- July 18 – Aaron Gillespie, singer and musician for Underoath
- July 19
- Trai Byers, actor and singer
- Willie Byrd, football player
- July 21
- Wes Felix, sprinter
- Kellen Winslow II, football player
- July 23
- Andrew Eiden, actor
- Aaron Peirsol, Olympic swimmer
- July 26
- Kate Bolduan, television journalist and CNN anchor
- Elettra Weidemann, fashion model and socialite
- July 27
- Lauren Murphy, mixed martial artist
- Blair Redford, actor
- July 29
- Kaitlyn Black, actress
- Tania Gunadi, Indonesian-born actress and producer
- Elise Testone, singer/songwriter
August
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- August 3 – Mamie Gummer, actress
- August 4 – Greta Gerwig, actress and filmmaker
- August 6 – C. J. Mosley, football player
- August 7 – Brit Marling, actress, screenwriter and producer
- August 8 – Fred Meyers, actor
- August 9 – Ashley Johnson, actress and voice actress
- August 10
- C.B. Dollaway, mixed martial artist
- Spencer Redford, actress
- August 14
- Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-born actress
- Spencer Pratt, television personality
- August 15 – Sean Feucht, Christian singer/songwriter, former worship leader at Bethel Church, and founder of the Let Us Worship movement
- August 16 – Colt Brennan, football player (died 2021)\
- August 17 – Dustin Pedroia, baseball player
- August 20 – Andrew Garfield, British-born actor
- August 21 – Brody Jenner, television personality
- August 23 – Annie Ilonzeh, actress
- August 24 – Brett Gardner, baseball player
- August 26 – Rob Cantor, singer/songwriter
- August 27 – Amir Sadollah, professional mixed martial artist
- August 28
- Kimberly Kane, actress
- Nate Washington, football player
- August 29 – Jennifer Landon, actress
- August 30 – Jim Miller, mixed martial artist
- August 31 – Larry Fitzgerald, football player
September
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- September 1 – Camille Mana, actress
- September 2 – Tiffany Hines, actress and singer
- September 3 – Christine Woods, actress
- September 5 – Lincoln Riley, football coach
- September 9 – Zoe Kazan, actress and screenwriter
- September 10
- Shawn James, Guyanese-born basketball player
- Sarah Schneider, writer, actress, and comedian
- September 12
- Johny Hendricks, mixed martial artist
- Trey Hollingsworth, politician
- September 15 – Holly Montag, television personality
- September 17 – Jennifer Peña, singer
- September 19
- Joey Devine, baseball player
- Charlie Haeger, baseball player
- September 20
- Yuna Ito, American-born Japanese singer and actress
- Doug Thomas, basketball player
- September 21
- Scott Evans, actor[6]
- Maggie Grace, actress
- Joseph Mazzello, actor
- September 23 – Shane del Rosario, mixed martial artist and kickboxer (died 2013)
- September 24 – Randy Foye, basketball player
- September 25 – Donald Glover, actor and singer/songwriter
- September 26 – Zoe Perry, actress
- September 28
- Julissa Bermudez, Dominican-born television personality and actress
- Sarah Wright, actress
October
- October 2 – Gerran Walker, football player
- October 3 – Tessa Thompson, actress
- October 5
- Jesse Eisenberg, actor
- Shelby Rabara, actress and singer
- Nicky Hilton Rothschild, model and socialite
- October 7 – Flying Lotus, musician
- October 9 – Spencer Grammer, actress
- October 14 – Robert James Miller, U.S. Army veteran and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2008)
- October 17 – Daniel Booko, actor
- October 19 – Cara Santa Maria, neuroscientist and writer
- October 21
- Amber Rose, model and actress
- Aaron Tveit, actor
- October 23 – Adrienne Bailon, singer, actress, and television personality
- October 24
- Adrienne Bailon, singer and actress
- Brian Vickers, race car driver
- October 27 – Katy Tur, broadcast journalist
- October 29 – Johnny Lewis, actor (d. 2012)
November
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- November 3 – Julie Marie Berman, actress
- November 7 – Adam DeVine, actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and singer
- November 10 – Miranda Lambert, country singer
- November 11 – Kristal Marshall, wrestler, model, and beauty queen
- November 14 – Chelsea Wolfe, singer/songwriter and musician[7]
- November 16 – Benson Henderson, mixed martial artist
- November 17
- Ryan Bradley, figure skater
- Ryan Braun, baseball player
- Nick Markakis, baseball player
- Patrick McHale, animator
- Christopher Paolini, author
- Rocsi, television personality
- November 19
- Adam Driver, actor
- DeAngelo Hall, football player
- November 20 – Future, rapper and singer/songwriter
- November 21 – The Bella Twins, (Brie & Nikki), wrestling duo
- November 22
- Corey Beaulieu, guitarist for Trivium
- Tyler Hilton, singer/songwriter and actor
- November 24 – DJ Skee, DJ and producer
- November 27
- Arjay Smith, actor
- Donta Smith, basketball player
- Marco Thomas, football player
- November 28 – Tyler Glenn, singer/songwriter and frontman for Neon Trees
- November 29
- Pamela Brown, CNN justice correspondent
- Jenn Sterger, television personality and model
- November 30
- CJ Gibson, actress and model
- Nicholas Kole, figure skater
December
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- December 2
- Action Bronson, rapper, chef and television presenter
- Jana Kramer, actress
- Aaron Rodgers, football player
- December 9 – Patrick Flueger, actor
- December 10
- Ashley Bouder, ballerina
- Patrick Flueger, actor
- December 15 – Ronnie Radke, singer/songwriter, rapper, and frontman for Falling in Reverse
- December 17 – John Cholish, mixed martial artist
- December 19
- Casey Crescenzo, singer/songwriter and guitarist for The Dear Hunter and The Receiving End of Sirens
- AJ Lamas, actor
- December 20
- Gia Allemand, actress, model, and reality television contestant (d. 2013)
- Jonah Hill, actor
- December 21
- Taylor Teagarden, baseball player
- Steven Yeun, South Korean-born actor
- December 20 – Josh Sussman, actor
- December 27 – Cole Hamels, baseball player
- December 29 – Jessica Andrews, country singer
- December 30 – Ashley Zukerman, Australian-born actor
Date Unknown
- Ashley Austin Morris, actress
- Mat Bruso, singer and frontman for Bury Your Dead
- Jesse Luken, actor
- Brook Roberts, television personality and beauty pageant winner
Deaths
- January 8
- Tom McCall, journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (b. 1913)
- Gale Page, radio and screen actress (b. 1910)
- February 4 – Karen Carpenter, pop singer and drummer (b. 1950)
- March 18 – Catherine Marshall, author (b. 1914)
- April 15 – John Engstead, photographer and journalist (b. 1909)
- April 26 – Henrietta Buckmaster, activist, journalist and author (b. 1909)[8]
- April 30
- George Balanchine, ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1904 in Russia)[9]
- Joel Henry Hildebrand, physical chemist (b. 1881)[10]
- Muddy Waters, blues singer-songwriter (b. 1915)[11]
- June 23 – Glen Harmeson, American football player and coach (b. 1908)
- June 30 – Leonard B. Jordan, U.S. Senator from Idaho from 1962 to 1973 (b. 1899)
- July 1 – Buckminster Fuller, architect (b. 1895)
- August 27 – Bobby Griffith, suicide (b. 1963)
- September 1
- Henry M. Jackson, U.S. Senator from Washington from 1953 to 1983 (b. 1912)
- Larry McDonald, U.S. Representative from Georgia from 1975 to 1983 (b. 1935)
- October 7 – George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor at UCLA, science popularizer, and skeptic (b. 1927)
- October 23 – Jessica Savitch, journalist (b. 1947)
See also
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- Krebs, Sean (December 14, 2009). "Behind The Scenes: The Scott Evans Cover Shoot". Instinct. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
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