1986 in the United States
Events from the year 1986 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) (until September 26), William Rehnquist (Wisconsin) (starting September 26)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts)
- Senate Majority Leader: Bob Dole (R-Kansas)
- Congress: 99th
Events
January
January 28: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
- January 12 – STS-61-C: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang Díaz.
- January 20 – The first federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring Martin Luther King Jr., is observed.
- January 23 – The first group of artists are inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which included Elvis Presley, James Brown, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
- January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus.
- January 26 – Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots 46–10 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- January 28
- STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe (see Space Shuttle Challenger disaster).
- President Ronald Reagan postpones for one week the State of the Union address that had been scheduled for the evening and instead addresses the nation on the Challenger disaster.
- January 31 – Two earthquakes (5.0 Mw and 4.4 Mw ) affected northeastern Ohio causing minor damage and 17 injuries. The shocks in this doublet earthquake occurred almost six hours apart with both having a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong).[1]
February
- February 3 – Ed Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith found Pixar.
- February 19 – After waiting 37 years, the United States Senate approves a treaty outlawing genocide.
- February 25 – People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president. Salvador Laurel becomes her Vice President.
- February 27 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
March
- Halley's Comet reaches the closest point to the Earth during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th century. The next time it will be seen is predicted for 2061.
- March 9 – United States Navy divers find the largely intact but heavily damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger; the bodies of all seven astronauts are still inside.
- March 24 – The 58th Academy Awards, hosted by Alan Alda, Jane Fonda and Robin Williams, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa winning Best Picture, Best Director and five other awards out of 11 nominations. The film is tied in nominations by Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple.
- March 26 – An article in The New York Times charges that Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations Secretary General and candidate for president of Austria, may have been involved in Nazi war crimes during World War II.
April
- April 5 – 1986 West Berlin discotheque bombing: The West Berlin discothèque, a known hangout for United States soldiers, is bombed, killing three and injuring 230; Libya is held responsible.
- April 15 – Operation El Dorado Canyon: At least 15 people die after United States planes bomb targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the Benghazi region.
- April 17 – British journalist John McCarthy is kidnapped in Beirut (released in August 1991) and three others are found dead; Revolutionary Cells (RZ) claims responsibility in retaliation for the U.S. bombing of Libya.
- April 29
- Roger Clemens sets the record for the most strikeouts in a 9-inning Major League Baseball game, striking out 20 batters.
- A major fire at Los Angeles Public Library caused by arson destroys 400,000 volumes.[2]
May
May 25: Hands Across America
- May 16 – Top Gun, an action film featuring naval aviation and starring Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer and Kelly McGillis, debuts in cinemas. It goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year, netting nearly $177 million in America alone.[3]
- May 25 – Hands Across America: approximately 6.5 million people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.
June
- June 4 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- June 5–11 – Excedrin cyanide tampering crisis (see Stella Nickell).
- June 8 – The Boston Celtics defeat the Houston Rockets in six games to win the NBA Championship.
- June 9 – The Rogers Commission Report is released on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- June 19 – American college basketball player Len Bias suffers a fatal cardiac arrhythmia from a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after being selected 2nd overall by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Draft.
July
- July 2 – Walt Disney Feature Animation's 26th feature film, The Great Mouse Detective, is released to positive reviews and financial success, in sharp contrast to the box office underperformance of the previous year's The Black Cauldron. As such, the new senior management of the company were convinced that their animation department was still a viable enterprise, setting the stage for the subsequent Disney Renaissance.
- July 5 – The Statue of Liberty is reopened to the public after an extensive refurbishing.
- July 8 – The 6.0 Mw North Palm Springs earthquake shook Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), causing 29–40 injuries and $4.5–6 million in losses.
- July 13 – The 5.8 Mw Oceanside earthquake shook the south coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), causing $700,000 in losses and one death.
- July 21 – The 6.2 Mw Chalfant Valley earthquake shook eastern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), causing $2.7 million in losses and two injuries.
August
- August 6 – In Louisville, Kentucky, William J. Schroeder, the second artificial heart recipient, dies after 620 days.
- August 20 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, United States Postal Service employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers before committing suicide.
- August 31
- Aeroméxico Flight 498, a Douglas DC-9, collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 on both aircraft and 15 on the ground.
- The cargo ship Khian Sea departs from the docks of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, carrying 14,000 tons of toxic waste. It wanders the seas for the next 16 months trying to find a place to dump its cargo.
September
- September 5 – Pan Am Flight 73, a flight from Bombay, India, to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, is hijacked. Twenty-one people are killed during the hijacking, including nationals from India, the United States, Pakistan, and Mexico.
- September 8 – The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationally. The show was an instant success, making Oprah one of the most influential people in the world.
October
- October 1 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Goldwater–Nichols Act into law, making official the largest reorganization of the United States Department of Defense since the Air Force was made a separate branch of service in 1947.
- October 9
- United States District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne becomes the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.
- The Fox Broadcasting Company (then abbreviated as FBC; now Fox) launches as the United States' fourth commercial broadcast television network, the first such attempt since 1967.
- October 11 – Cold War: Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe (the talks break down in failure).
- October 22 – In New York City, WNBC Radio's traffic helicopter crashes into the Hudson River, killing traffic reporter Jane Dornacker. The last words heard on-the-air were Dornacker's screams of terror, "Hit the water! Hit the water! Hit the water!"
- October 27
- World Series: The New York Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox in 7 games. This is the second world series title in the Mets franchise. It is also remembered for Game 6, when Bill Buckner lets an easy ground ball hit by Mookie Wilson roll through his legs, letting the Mets win and pull even with the Red Sox in the series.
- Great Basin National Park is established.
- October 28 – The centennial of the Statue of Liberty's dedication is celebrated in New York Harbor.
November
- November 3 – Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret, in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
- November 4
- Democrats regain control of the United States Senate for the first time in six years. In California, Chief Justice Rose Bird and two colleagues are removed by voters from the Supreme Court of California for opposing capital punishment.
- The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands officially becomes a territory of the United States.
- November 21 – Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary, Fawn Hall, start shredding documents implicating them in selling weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- November 22 – Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title by defeating Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion ever at age 20.
- November 25 – Iran-Contra Affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- November 26 – Iran-Contra Affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that as of December 1, former Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft will serve as members of the Special Review Board looking into the scandal (they became known as the Tower Commission). Reagan denies involvement in the scandal.
December
- December – The unemployment rate drops to 6.6%, the lowest since March 1980.
- December 20 – Three African Americans are assaulted by a group of white teens in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York. One of the victims, Michael Griffith, is run over and killed by a motorist while attempting to flee the attackers.
- December 26 – After 35 years on the airwaves and holding the title of longest-running non-news program on network television, NBC airs the final episode of daytime drama Search for Tomorrow.
- December 31 – A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140.
Ongoing
- Cold War (1947–1991)
- Iran–Contra affair (1985–1987)
Births
Those born in the year 1986 are considered millennials (Generation Y or Gen Y).
January
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- January 1
- Ramses Barden, football player
- Glen Davis, basketball player
- January 2 – Trombone Shorty, trumpet player and composer
- January 3 – Lloyd, urban musician
- January 4
- Deon Butler, football player
- Maria Lamb, Olympic speed skater
- Steve Slaton, football player
- Emilia Sykes, politician
- Charlyne Yi, actress
- January 5
- J. P. Arencibia, baseball player
- Jesse Draper, talk show host
- January 6
- Mike Teel, football player
- Shane Sweet, actor
- January 7
- Baby DC, rapper
- Ramon Foster, football player
- January 8 – Ben Yu, poker player
- January 10 – Marcus Freeman, football player and coach
- January 12
- Christopher Celiz, U.S. Army sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2018)
- Deena Nicole Cortese, TV personality
- January 13 – Aaron Pixton, Mathematician
- January 14
- Gary Brolsma, musician and singer
- Matt Riddle, wrestler and mixed martial artist
- January 15
- Glover Quin, football player
- Jessy Schram, actress
- January 16
- Gerald Cadogan, football player
- Mason Gamble, actor
- Mark Trumbo, baseball player
- January 17
- Max Adler, actor
- Hale Appleman, actor
- Dan Campbell, singer and frontman for The Wonder Years
- Jeremiah Fraites, musician, composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
- Chloe Lattanzi, singer and actress
- January 18 –
- Chedda Da Connect, rapper
- Devin Kelley, actress
- Eugene Lee Yang, filmmaker, actor and internet celebrity
- Becca Tobin, actress and singer
- January 19
- Julian Cyr, politician
- Sara Mearns, ballerina
- January 20
- Derek Fathauer, golfer
- Bryan Lerg, hockey player
- January 21
- Peyton Hillis, football player
- Phil Loadholt, football player
- Jonathan Quick, hockey player
- January 22 – Larry English, football player
- January 23 – Michael Stevens, YouTuber and educator
- January 24
- Mischa Barton, British-born actress
- Tyler Flowers, baseball player
- Jack Hillen, hockey player
- January 25 – Brian McClellan, epic fantasy author
- Andy Dirks, baseball player
- January 26
- Gerald Green, basketball player
- Matt Heafy, musician and frontman for Trivium
- January 27
- Iana Kasian, Ukrainian-born prosecutor and murder victim (d. 2016)
- Kendall Langford, football player
- January 29
- Drew Tyler Bell, actor and dancer
- Sarah Jaffe, singer
- Todd Peck, stock car racer
- January 30
- Ashley Buccille, actress
- Nick Evans, baseball player
- Andrew Giuliani, political adviser, political candidate, and son of former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani
- Jordan Pacheco, baseball player
- January 31 – Walter Dix, sprinter
February
- February 1
- Christopher Abbott, actor
- Lauren Conrad, TV personality, fashion designer and author
- Justin Deeley, actor and model
- Justin Sellers, baseball player
- February 2 – Tiffany Vise, figure skater
- February 4 – Vin Gerard, wrestler
- February 5
- Kevin Gates, hip-hop musician and entrepreneur
- Madison Rayne, wrestler
- Reed Sorenson, stock car racer
- February 6
- Jamaal Anderson, football player
- Dane DeHaan, actor
- Alice Greczyn, actress and model
- Reshard Langford, football player
- February 7
- Stephen Colletti, actor and television personality
- James Deen, pornographic actor and director
- T.J. Dillashaw, mixed martial artist
- Timothy Reifsnyder, actor
- February 8
- Anderson Paak, musician and record producer
- Tom Rogan, English-born journalist
- February 9 – Noah Strycker, birdwatcher
- February 10 – Roger Allen III, football player
- February 11 – P. J. Brennan, actor
- February 12
- Brandon Allen, baseball player
- Eric Brunner, soccer player
- Valorie Curry, actress
- February 13
- Susan Dunklee, Olympic biathlete
- Aqib Talib, football player
- February 14
- Sterling Flunder, soccer player
- Tiffany Thornton, actress, TV personality, and singer
- February 15
- Nick Eversman, actor
- Amber Riley, actress, singer, and author
- February 17
- Brett Kern, football player
- Daphne Oz, TV host, food writer, and chef
- February 18
- Robert DeLong, electronic musician
- Dumbfoundead, Argentine-born rapper and actor
- Brandon Flowers, football player
- February 19 – Michael Schwimer, baseball player and businessman
- February 22 – Miko Hughes, actor
- February 23
- Skylar Grey, pop singer
- Jerod Mayo, football player
- February 24 – Bryce Papenbrook, voice actor
- February 25
- Callum Black, American-born Irish rugby player
- Justin Berfield, actor, writer, and producer
- February 25 – JWoww, TV personality
- February 27
- Anthony Fahden, Olympic rower
- Daniel Gibson, basketball player
- February 28
- Olivia Palermo, entrepreneur, model, fashion influencer, and TV personality
- Eugene Puryear, journalist, author, activist, and political candidate
March
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- March 1
- Big E, wrestler, voice zctor, football player, and powerlifter
- Jonathan Spector, soccer player
- March 2 – Ethan Peck, actor
- March 3
- Jed Collins, football player
- Eric Farris, baseball player
- Stacie Orrico, singer
- March 4
- Dalton Castle, wrestler
- Audrey Esparza, actress
- Margo Harshman, actress
- Mike Krieger, Brazilian-born entrepreneur, software engineer, and co-founder of Instagram
- Caesar Rayford, football player
- March 5
- Corey Brewer, basketball player
- Jason Fuchs, actor and screenwriter
- Julie Henderson, model
- Andrew Jenks, film maker
- Sarah J. Maas, novelist
- March 6
- Evan Bush, soccer player
- Eli Marienthal, actor
- March 8 – Chad Gable, wrestler
- March 9
- Jason DeSantis, hockey player
- Brittany Snow, actress
- March 10 – Summer Edward, Trinidadian-born writer, children's editor, educator, literary activist and children's literature specialist
- March 11 – Marc Okubo, guitarist for Veil of Maya
- March 12 – Joey Butler, baseball player
- March 15
- Natalie Prass, singer/songwriter
- Chilo Rachal, football player
- Darell Scott, football player
- March 16
- Alexandra Daddario, actress
- Ken Doane, wrestler
- Kenny Dykstra, wrestler
- T.J. Jordan, basketball player
- Mickey Storey, baseball player
- March 17 – Olesya Rulin, Russian-born actress
- March 18
- Darius Butler, football player
- Simon Curtis, singer/songwriter, record producer, and actor
- Jared Gaither, football player
- March 20
- Rachel Fannan, singer/songwriter, musician, and poet
- Cecil Newton, football player
- Sammus, rapper
- March 21 – Scott Eastwood, actor
- March 22
- Matt Bush, actor
- David Choi, music and internet personality
- Dexter Fowler, baseball player
- March 23
- Brett Eldredge, country music singer
- Steven Strait, actor
- Lisa Surihani, Malaysian-born actress
- March 24 – Kyle Maynard, motivational speaker, author, and No Excuses CrossFit Gym owner
- March 25
- Megan Gibson, softball player
- Kyle Lowry, basketball player
- March 26 – Misty Stone, pornographic actress
- March 27
- Bonnie Gordon, actress and singer
- SoCal Val, wrestling personality
- March 28
- Mustafa Ali, wrestler
- Bowe Bergdahl, US Army soldier and deserter captured by the Taliban
- Lady Gaga, pop singer/songwriter
- J-Kwon, rapper
- Evan Rankin, hockey player
- March 29 – Lucas Elliot Eberl, actor and director
- March 30 – Tessa Ferrer, actress
- March 31 – Peter Silberman, guitarist and vocalist for The Antlers
April
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- April 1
- Ellen Hollman, actress
- Kid Ink, hip-hop singer
- Hillary Scott, musician
- April 2
- Lee DeWyze, rock musician
- Drew Van Acker, actor
- April 3
- Amanda Bynes, actress
- Whitney Reynolds, television talk show host, podcast host, producer, and philanthropist
- April 4 – Louis Coleman, baseball player
- April 5
- Steve Clevenger, baseball player
- Charlotte Flair, wrestler, authoress, and actress
- Erica Rhodes, actress and comedian
- April 7
- Dustin J. Lee, Marine dog handler and IED detector (d. 2007)
- Ashlee Palmer, football player
- Joe Radinovich, politician
- Jason Ralph, actor and producer
- April 8
- Cliff Avril, football player
- Slamtana, Dominican-born baseball player
- Aviva Silverman, artist and activist
- April 9
- Paul Fanaika, football player
- Jeff Lerg, hockey player
- Jordan Masterson, actor
- Leighton Meester, actress
- April 11
- Connor Barth, football player
- Stephanie Pratt, TV personality
- April 12
- Brad Brach, baseball player
- Matt McGorry, actor and activist
- Dan Strauss, politician
- April 13 – Lorenzo Cain, baseball player
- April 14 – Max Unger, football player
- April 16 – Sufe Bradshaw, actress
- April 18 – Maurice Edu, footballer
- April 19
- Antoine Caldwell, football player
- Candace Parker, basketball player
- April 20 – Jess Todd, baseball player
- April 22
- Amanda Berry, author and abduction survivor
- Darren Fells, football player
- Amber Heard, actress
- Marshawn Lynch, football player
- Chuck Taylor, wrestler
- April 23
- Jessie Godderz, wrestler
- Neako, rapper
- April 24
- Brian Barnwell, politician
- Michael Chandler, mixed martial artist
- Kellin Quinn, singer and frontman for Sleeping With Sirens
- April 25
- John DeLuca, actor and singer
- Gwen Jorgensen, triathlete
- Derek Thorn, stock car racer
- Joy Villa, singer/songwriter
- April 26
- Sean Evans, YouTuber and producer
- Braden Gellenthien, compound bow archer
- Mortty Ivy, football player
- Aaron Meeks, actor
- April 27 – Trindon Holliday, football player
- April 28
- Collin Cowgill, baseball player
- Dillon Gee, baseball player
- Jenna Ushkowitz, South Korean-born actress, singer and podcast host
- Ryan Saunders, NBA basketball coach
- April 29
- Renee Alway, fashion model
- Sean Backman, hockey player
- Chris Farren, indie punk musician
- Justin Flom, magician
- Dustin Hazelett, mixed martial artist
- April 30 – Dianna Agron, actress, singer and dancer
May
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- May 1 – Cassie Jaye, actress and film director
- May 2
- Emily Hart, actress and voice actress
- Thomas McDonell, actor, musician, and artist
- May 3 – Homer Bailey, baseball player
- May 5 – Bart Baker, internet personality and entertainer
- May 6
- Sam Alvey, mixed martial artist
- C. J. Spillman, football player
- Sasheer Zamata, actress and comedian
- May 7
- Nate Prosser, hockey player
- Frances Quinlan, singer/songwriter
- Craig Steltz, football player
- May 8
- Alex Deibold, Olympic snowboarder
- Ray Feinga, football player
- Laura Spencer, actress
- Garrett Temple, basketball player
- May 9
- FPSRussia, podcaster and YouTuber
- Grace Gummer, actress
- John Pfeiffer, politician
- Daniel Schlereth, baseball player
- May 10 – Geoff Foster, politician
- May 12 – George Josten, soccer player
- May 13
- Jared Boll, hockey player
- Lena Dunham, actress and producer
- May 14
- Madi Diaz, singer/songwriter
- Lawrence Timmons, football player
- May 15 – Andy Levitre, football player
- May 16
- Drew Roy, actor
- Jacob Zachar, actor
- Megan Fox, actress and model
- May 17
- Tahj Mowry, actor
- Eric Lloyd, actor, comedian, musician and producer
- May 18 – Tony Succar, Peruvian-born musician, producer, and composer
- May 19
- Brandon Carr, football player
- Mario Chalmers, basketball player
- Danny Havoc, wrestler (d. 2020)
- Eric Lloyd, actor, comedian, musician, and producer
- May 20
- Samra Brouk, politician
- Louisa Krause, actress
- Richard Nelson, politician
- Marcus Titus, swimmer
- May 21
- Omar Hussein, content creator and media and communications consultant
- Ricardo Lockette, football player
- May 22
- Julian Edelman, football player
- Molly Ephraim, actress
- Sean Rad, entrepreneur and co-founder of Tinder
- Shann Schillinger, football player
- A. Q. Shipley, football player
- May 23
- Nico Colaluca, footballer
- Ryan Coogler, film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Chad Hall, football player
- Tim Hightower, football player
- Jordan Zimmermann, baseball player
- May 24 – Mark Ballas, dancer, actor, and musician
- May 25 – Andrew Golden, school shooter and perpetrator of the Westside School Shooting (d. 2019)
- May 26
- Beau Bell, football player
- Tyler Haskins, hockey player
- Jeremy Stephens, mixed martial artist
- May 28
- Joseph Cross, actor
- Bryant Dunston, basketball player
- Britt McHenry, sports reporter
- Seth Rollins, wrestler
- May 29
- Danny Eslick, motorcycle racer
- Hornswoggle, wrestler and actor
- May 30
- Jade Novah, singer and internet personality
- Will Peltz, actor
- May 31
- Brooke Castile, figure skater
- Waka Flocka Flame, rapper
June
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- June 2
- Curtis Lofton, football player
- ZZ Ward, singer/songwriter
- June 3
- Robby Felix, football player
- Brenden Jefferson, actor
- Zach Lutz, baseball player
- Josh Segarra, actor
- June 4 – Albert McClellan, football player
- June 5 – Vernon Gholston, football player
- June 6
- Danesha Adams, soccer player
- Justin Allgaier, race car driver
- Collin Balester, baseball player
- Leslie Carter, pop singer (d. 2012)
- Rachelle Dekker, novelist
- David Karp, web developer and entrepreneur, founder of Tumblr
- June 7 – Keegan Bradley, golfer
- June 9 – Brooks Foster, football player
- June 10
- Brian Connelly, hockey player
- Joey Zimmerman, actor and musician
- June 11
- Andrew Cray, LGBT rights activist (d. 2014)
- Shia LaBeouf, actor
- June 12 – Jessica Keenan Wynn, actress
- June 13
- Denise Bidot, model
- Kat Dennings, actress
- Clyde Gates, football player
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, twin actresses and fashion designers
- June 14 – Haley Hudson, actress
- June 15 – Trevor Plouffe, baseball player
- June 16 – Josh Sitton, football player
- June 18
- Natasha Allegri, animation creator, writer, and comic book artist
- Caleb Joseph, baseball player
- Brandon Lang, football player
- Crystal Renn, model and author
- Claire Thomas, food enthusiast, blogger, and TV show host
- June 19
- Erin Mackey, actress and singer
- Marvin Williams, basketball player
- June 20
- Allie Quigley, basketball player
- Dreama Walker, sctress
- June 21 – Zachary Rhyner, USAF combat controller and Air Force Cross recipient
- June 22
- Bob the Drag Queen, drag queen and TV personality
- Marlon Favorite, football player
- June 23
- Christy Altomare, actress and singer/songwriter
- Sonya Balmores, actress, model, surfer, and pageant winner
- June 24
- Jessamyn Duke, wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Phil Hughes, baseball player
- Solange Knowles, actress and singer
- Shea Salinas, soccer player
- Brandon Underwood, football player
- June 25
- Charlie Davies, soccer player
- Bradley Fletcher, football player
- Gabriele Grunewald, track-and-field athlete (d. 2019)
- June 26
- Brittney Karbowski, voice actress
- Angelina Pivarnick, television personality, model, and singer
- June 27
- Drake Bell, actor, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- Bryan Fletcher, Nordic combined skier
- LaShawn Merritt, sprinter
- Kristal Uzelac, artistic gymnast
- June 28
- Matteo Lane, comedian, opera singer, and oil painter
- Kellie Pickler, singer
- Z Berg, singer
- June 29
- Serena Deeb, wrestler
- Disasterpeace, musician and composer
- June 30
- Demetrius Byrd, football player
- Mike Carp, baseball player
- Alicia Fox, wrestler and model
- Kevin Jurovich, football player
July
- July 1
- Garrett Adelstein, poker player
- Rachel Summerlyn, wrestler
- July 2
- Kendrick Farris, Olympic weightlifter
- Lindsay Lohan, actress, pop singer, and model
- July 3
- Jerome Felton, football player
- Nick Schaus, hockey player
- July 4
- Shane Barnett, politician
- Jaclyn Betham, actress and ballet dancer
- July 5 – Joelle Forte, figure skater
- July 6
- Leon Frierson, actor and comedian
- Derrick Williams, football player
- July 7
- Jerome Singleton, paralympic athlete
- Sevyn Streeter, singer
- July 8
- Brittany Force, drag racer
- Jake McDorman, actor
- July 9
- Antoine Cason, football player
- Dominic Cervi, soccer player
- Simon Dumont, freestyle skier
- Katie Stam, Miss America 2009
- Brandon Uranowitz, actor
- Kiely Williams, actress and singer
- July 10 – Wyatt Russell, actor
- July 11 – Geoff Schwartz, football player
- July 12 – Etchu Tabe, Cameroonian-born soccer player
- July 14 – Elbert Mack, football player
- July 15 – Brandon Sumrall, football player
- July 17
- Jason Aalon Butler, singer and political activist
- Brando Eaton, actor
- Mojo Rawley, wrestler and football player
- July 18 – Angel Deradoorian, musician
- July 21
- Michael Doneger, film director, screenwriter, and actor
- Betty Gilpin, actress
- Diane Guerrero, actress
- July 22
- Sean Lee, football player
- Kellyn Taylor, long distance runner
- July 25 – Gabriele Grunewald, middle-distance runner (d. 2019)
- July 26 – Monica Raymund, actress
- July 27
- DeMarre Carroll, basketball player
- Jessica Eye, mixed martial artist
- Ryan Flaherty, baseball player
- Maebe A. Girl, drag queen and politician
- July 28
- Alexandra Chando, actress
- Darin Ruf, baseball player
- July 30
- Tom Dwan, poker player
- Danielle Keaton, actress
- July 31
- Sean Eldridge, Canadian-born political activist
- Frank Foster, politician
- Markice Moore, actor and TV personality
August
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- August 1
- Josh Harder, politician
- Elijah Kelley, actor, singer, and dancer
- August 2 – Kesha Ram, politician
- August 3
- Remy Le Boeuf, instrumentalist, musician, and composer
- Andrew McFarlane, actor
- August 4 – Nick Augusto, drummer for Trivium (2009–2014) and Light the Torch (2016–2017)
- August 5
- Maria D'Luz, Mexican-born singer/songwriter
- Paula Creamer, golfer
- Tyler Herron, baseball player (d. 2021)
- Blake Masters, venture capitalist, author, political candidate, and president of the Thiel Foundation
- August 7
- Keahu Kahuanui, actor
- Katie Sowers, NFL football coach
- August 8
- Peyton List, actress
- Chris Pressley, football player
- August 9
- Magibon, YouTuber and internet personality
- Telle Smith, singer and frontman for The Word Alive
- August 10 – Ketia Swanier, basketball player
- August 11
- Colby Rasmus, baseball player
- Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan-born baseball player
- August 13
- Demetrius Johnson, mixed martial artist
- Wesley Taylor, actor and writer
- August 15 – Katie Gallagher, fashion designer
- August 16 – Shawn Pyfrom, actor and singer
- August 17
- Graham Bensinger, journalist
- Deborah Feldman, American-born German writer
- Bryton James, actor
- Tyrus Thomas. basketball player
- August 18
- Lisa Chesson, hockey player
- Sam Mehran, pop and rock musician for the band Test Icicles (d.2018)
- Miesha Tate, mixed martial artist
- August 19
- JTM, rapper
- Christina Perri, pop and rock musician
- August 20 – Shan Foster, basketball player
- August 21 – Brooks Wheelan, actor, comedian and writer
- August 22 – Tony Fiammetta, football player
- August 23
- Ayron Jones, musician
- Neil Cicierega, internet artist
- August 24
- Nick Adenhart, baseball player (d. 2009)
- Arian Foster, football player
- Aaron Lee Tasjan, singer/songwriter
- TaQuita Thorns, singer/songwriter
- August 25 – Rodney Ferguson, football player
- August 26
- Big K.R.I.T., rapper
- Cassie Ventura, singer/songwriter, model, actress and dancer
- August 27 – Joe Fitzgibbon, politician
- August 28 – Armie Hammer, actor
- August 29 – Lea Michele, actress, singer and author
- August 30 – Ryan Ross, guitarist for Panic! At the Disco
- August 31 – Ryan Kelley, actor
September
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- September 1
- Calais Campbell, football player
- Sidney Rice, football player
- September 2 – Dimple Ajmera, Indian-born politician
- September 3
- Brandon Beachy, baseball player
- Lorenz Larkin, mixed martial artist
- Shaun White, snowboarder and skateboarder
- September 4
- Jaclyn Hales, actress
- Xavier Woods, wrestler
- September 5
- Nicholas Ciarelli, journalist
- Raphael Cruz, acrobat and actor (d. 2018)
- Brittany Furlan, internet personality and comedian
- Ezra Furman, singer/songwriter and frontman for Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
- Nate Ness, football player
- September 6 – Raven Riley, pornographic actress
- September 7
- Colin Delaney, wrestler
- Troy Nolan, football player
- September 8
- Leah LaBelle, singer/songwriter (d. 2018)
- Jake Sandvig, actor
- Logan Schafer, baseball player
- September 9 – Jason Lamy-Chappuis, American-born, French Olympic skier
- September 10
- Ginger Costa-Jackson, Italian-born opera singer
- Greg Garbowsky, musician
- Traci Stumpf, actress and comedian
- September 11
- Dwayne Jarrett, football player
- LaToya Sanders, basketball player
- Cletus Seldin, boxer
- September 12
- Andre Ricks, basketball player and owner of Rawimpact clothing brand
- Emmy Rossum, actress and singer
- September 14
- Dane Fletcher, football player
- Harrison Greenbaum, comedian
- A. J. Trauth, actor and musician
- September 15 – Heidi Montag, TV personality
- September 16
- Gordon Beckham, baseball player
- Matt Fodge, football player
- Ian Harding, German-born actor
- Kyla Pratt, actress and musician
- Nikko Jenkins, spree killer
- September 17
- Wes Allen, soccer player
- Abby Rosmarin, model and writer
- September 18 – Danielle Jonas, reality TV personality
- September 19
- Stephanie Allynne, actress, writer, and comedian
- Mandy Musgrave, actress
- Ryan Succop, football player
- Peter Vack, actor
- September 20
- Courtney Fells, basketball player
- Aldis Hodge, actor
- A.J. Ramos, baseball player
- September 21
- Robby Blackwell, singer/songwriter, producer, and instrumentalist
- Grete Eliassen, American-born Norwegian Olympic freestyle skier
- Lindsey Stirling, violinist, dancer, performance artist, and composer
- September 22
- Heather Dorff, actress, writer, and producer
- Jennifer Elie, tennis player
- Wesley Harris, politician
- Artemio Reyes, boxer
- Chris Schwinden, baseball player
- September 23 – Kaylee DeFer, actress
- September 24
- Leah Dizon, singer and model
- Eloise Mumford, actress
- September 25
- Steve Forrest, drummer
- Jamie Franks, soccer player
- September 26
- Sean Doolittle, baseball player
- Scot Kerns, politician
- September 27 – Matt Shoemaker, baseball player
- September 29
- Lo Bosworth, TV personality and CEO of Love Wellness
- Lisa Foiles, actress, presenter, video game journalist, model, and author
- Matt Lashoff, hockey player
- Jordan Norwood, football player
- Zac Robinson, football player and coach
- Zach Stewart, baseball player
- September 30 – Ki Hong Lee, South Korean-born actor
October
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- October 1 – Jurnee Smollett, actress
- October 2
- Camilla Belle, actress
- Stu Bickel, hockey player
- October 3
- Heidi Feek, singer/songwriter
- Melanie Fontana, singer/songwriter and composer
- October 4
- Stephen Fife, baseball player
- Lauren Underwood, politician
- October 5
- Tanner Roark, baseball player
- Joaquin Wilde, wrestler
- October 6 – Olivia Thirlby, actress
- October 7
- Jairus Byrd, football player
- Bret Lockett, football player
- Bree Olson, pornographic actress
- Holland Roden, actress
- Amber Stevens West, actress and model
- October 8 – Will Brooks, mixed martial artist
- October 9 – Chaz Roe, baseball player
- October 10
- Cedric Peerman, football player
- Rachel Yurkovich, Olympic javelin thrower
- October 12
- Jackie Bates, football player
- Trevor Bell, baseball player
- Tyler Blackburn, actor, singer and model
- Marcus T. Paulk, actor, rapper and dancer
- October 13
- Isabella Boylston, ballerina
- Raquel Lee, actress
- Julia McIlvaine, actress
- October 14
- Wesley Matthews, basketball player
- Skyler Shaye, actress
- October 15 – Paul Walter Hauser, actor
- October 16
- Augusto Aguilera, Ecuadorian-born actor
- Jordan Larson, volleyball player
- October 18 – Josh Romanski, baseball player
- October 19 – Moses Stone, hip-hop artist, music producer, entrepreneur, and actor
- October 20 – Ryan Bedford, Olympic speed skater
- October 21
- Natalie Holloway, young female who went missing in Aruba in 2005
- Riley Skinner, football player
- Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Russian-born terrorist (d. 2013)
- October 22
- Chancellor, musician
- Kyle Gallner, actor
- October 23
- Briana Evigan, actress and dancer
- LoLa Monroe, rapper, model, and actress
- Jessica Stroup, actress
- October 25
- Antwon, rapper
- Kyle Moore, football player
- Eloy Pérez, boxer (d. 2019)
- October 26 – Schoolboy Q, rapper
- October 27
- Casanova, rapper
- Erica Dasher, actress
- Crystal Langhorne, basketball player
- October 28
- Dorrough, rapper
- Tamar Kaprelian, musician and singer
- October 29 – Derek Theler, actor
- October 31
- Lee Fang, journalist
- Sean Paul Lockhart, porn actor and director
November
- November 1
- Penn Badgley, actor
- Michelle Sechser, Olympic rower
- November 2 – Jade Jolie, drag queen and TV personality
- November 3
- Yael Averbuch West, soccer player
- Davon Jefferson, basketball player
- Jasmine Trias, singer
- November 4 – Amanda Blumenherst, golfer
- November 6
- James Ferraro, experimental musician, producer, composer and contemporary artist
- Katie Leclerc, actress
- Miguel Mena, Peruvian-born jockey (d. 2021)
- Ben Rector, singer/songwriter and record producer
- November 7
- Caleb Bonham, businessman and TV personality
- James Ferraro, musician and contemporary artist
- Andy Hull, singer and frontman for Manchester Orchestra
- Patrick Trahan, football player
- November 8
- Ilya Serov, Russian-born trumpeter and singer
- Aaron Swartz, computer programmer and internet activist (d. 2013)
- November 9 – Kali Fajardo-Anstine, novelist and writer
- November 10
- Aaron Crow, baseball player
- Andy Mientus, actor, singer, composer, and writer
- Josh Peck, actor, voice actor, comedian
- Eric Thames, baseball player
- November 11
- Jon Batiste, musician and TV personality
- Anthony Purpura, rugby player
- Mark Sanchez, football player
- November 13 – Evan Strong, paralympic snowboard cross racer
- November 14
- Matthew Bogusz, politician
- Courtney Enders, drag racer
- Kalisto, wrestler and luchador
- Cory Michael Smith, actor
- November 15
- Winston Duke, Trinbagonian-born actor
- Coye Francies, football player
- Devin Thomas, football player
- Jason Trost, actor and filmmaker
- November 16 – Omar Mateen, Islamic terrorist, mass murderer and perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting
- November 17 – Erik Lorig, football player
- November 18 – Joseph Ashton, actor
- November 19
- Zane Beadles, football player
- Erin Hamlin, Olympic luger
- Veronica Scott, fashion designer
- November 20
- Ashley Fink, actress and singer
- Djuan Trent, YouTuber and pageant winner
- November 21
- Colleen Ballinger, Internet personality, Youtuber, and comedian
- Ben Bishop, hockey player
- November 22 – Claire Lutz, kite surfer
- November 24
- Jimmy Graham, football player
- Mohamed Massaquoi, football player
- Kenny Phillips, football player
- November 25
- Katie Cassidy, actress
- Cole Escola, comedian, actor, and singer
- Jason Rae, politician
- November 26
- Antonella Barba, singer
- Trevor Morgan, actor
- Lauren Nelson, beauty queen and pageant winner
- November 26 – Tiffany Pham, entrepreneur, model, TV personality, author, and founder and CEO of Mogul
- November 28
- Trevor Hall, singer/songwriter and guitarist
- Max Rose, politician
- Johnny Simmons, actor
- November 30 – Jordan Farmar, basketball player
December
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- December 1
- Mandela Barnes, politician and 45th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- DeSean Jackson, football player
- Andrew Tate, British-born kickboxer
- December 2
- Mardy Gilyard, football player
- Lorenzo Washington, football player (d. 2021)
- December 3
- Evan Beard, entrepreneur and co-founder of A Plus
- Joshua Friedel, chess grandmaster
- James Laurinaitis, football player
- December 4
- Koby Clemens, baseball player
- Amanda Fink, tennis player
- Martell Webster, basketball player
- December 5
- Zach Avery, actor and convicted felon
- LeGarrette Blount, football player
- Justin Smoak, baseball player
- December 6 – Matt Niskanen, hockey player
- December 7 – Nita Strauss, rock musician and guitarist
- December 8
- Enzo Amore, wrestler
- Kate Voegele, musician and actress
- December 9 – Brianna Felnagle, middle-distance runner
- December 10
- Kahlil Bell, football player
- Elaine Welteroth, journalist
- December 11
- Cedric Agnew, boxer
- Condola Rashād, actress
- December 12
- Sam Cronin, soccer player
- John Napier, Olympic bobsleigher
- Cam Thomas, football player
- December 13
- Dennis Bermudez, mixed martial artist
- Zachary Laoutides, actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker
- Sunita Mani, actress
- Jonathan B. Wright, actor
- McCall Zerboni, soccer player
- December 14 – Stephen Keech, singer/songwriter
- December 15
- Lauren Boebert, politician
- Ester Dean, singer
- Jane Park, golfer
- December 16
- Nicole Fawcett, volleyball player
- FDA Music, Saudi-born rapper
- Ryan Lollis, baseball player
- December 17
- Emma Bell, actress
- Austin Gibbs, singer and musician
- Vanessa Zima, actress
- December 18
- 3D Na'Tee, rapper
- Ron Brace, football player (d. 2016)
- Bill Stull, football player
- December 19
- Adam Amin, sportscaster
- Chris Brooks, gymnast
- Ingrid Burley, rapper and songwriter
- Tyrell Sutton, football player
- December 20 – Tori Hall, TV personality and pageant winner
- December 22
- Camille Thurman, jazz musician
- Jeffery Wood, actor
- December 23
- Alex Field, football player
- Noël Wells, actress and comedian
- December 24
- Darrius Barnes, soccer player
- Chris Cockrum, stock car racer
- Ana Brenda Contreras, American-born Mexican actress and singer
- Tim Elliott, mixed martial artist
- December 25 – Josh Baker, football player
- December 26
- Joe Alexander, basketball player
- Josh Beech, English-born singer/songwriter
- Chris Gronkowski, football player
- December 27 – Jamaal Charles, football player
- December 28
- Armon Bassett, basketball player
- Lauren Stephens, cyclist
- December 29
- Sullivan Fortner, jazz pianist
- Ally Maki, actress
- December 30
- Sierra Fellers, skateboarder
- Caity Lotz, actress, dancer, and singer
- Jeff Ward, actor
- December 31
- Adam Chanler-Berat, actor and singer
- Nate Freiman, baseball player
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- Sharon Aguilar, Panamanian-born multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter
- Jes Baker, writer, photographer, and activist
- Michelle Chamuel, singer/songwriter and producer
- Tanner Cohen, actor and singer
- Tom Demmer, politician
- Andre Douglas, systems engineer and NASA astronaut candidate
- Angela Faustina, contemporary realism artist
- Justin Favela, mixed-media artist
- Ron Ferguson, politician
- Liana Finck, cartoonist and author
- Jordan Fliegel, entrepreneur and venture capitalist
- Edgar Flores, politician
- Gerardo Flores, convicted murderer
- Egan Frantz, Artist
- Andrea Lo, internet entrepreneur
- Pidgeon Pagonis, intersex activist
- Omar Suleiman, Muslim scholar, civil rights leader, writer, and public speaker
- Aly Tadros, singer/songwriter
- Cassie Taylor, singer/songwriter
- Jeffery Thompson, football player, comic book author, filmmaker, and entrepreneur
Deaths
January
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- January 6 – Una Merkel, actress (b. 1903)
- January 14 – Donna Reed, actress (b. 1921)
- January 16 – Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of the Worldwide Church of God (b. 1892)
- January 23 – Willard Van Dyke, filmmaker and photographer (b. 1906)
- January 24 – L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction author, founder of Scientology (b. 1911)[4]
- January 28 – crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L:
- Gregory Jarvis, astronaut and engineer (b. 1944)[5]
- Christa McAuliffe, school teacher (b. 1948)[5]
- Ronald E. McNair, astronaut and physicist (b. 1950)[5]
- Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (b. 1946)[5]
- Judith Resnik, astronaut and engineer (b. 1949)[5]
- Francis R. Scobee, astronaut (b. 1939)[5]
- Michael J. Smith, astronaut (b. 1945)[5]
- January 29 – Leif Erickson, actor (b. 1911)
February
- February 1 – Ida Rhodes, mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (b. 1900)
- February 11 – Frank Herbert, writer (b. 1920)
- February 16 – Howard Da Silva, actor (b. 1909)
- February 17 – Paul Stewart, actor (b. 1908)
- February 19 – Barry Seal, smuggler of drugs and arms, aircraft pilot, and money launderer and former Trans Worlds Airlines pilot (b. 1939)
March
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- March 4 – Howard Greenfield, songwriter (b. 1936)
- March 6
- Adolph Caesar, actor (b. 1933)
- Georgia O'Keeffe, artist (b. 1887)
- March 10 – Ray Milland, Welsh-born actor and director (b. 1907)
- March 18 – Bernard Malamud, novelist and short story writer (b. 1914)
- March 19 – Jon Lormer, actor (b. 1906)
- March 22 – Charles Starrett, actor (b. 1903)
- March 28 – Virginia Gilmore, actress and wife of Yul Brynner (b. 1919)
- March 29 – Harry Ritz, American actor (b. 1907)
- March 30 – James Cagney, actor (b. 1899)
- March 31 – Jerry Paris, American actor and director (b. 1925)
April
- April 15 – Tim McIntire, actor (b. 1944)
- April 17 – Paul Costello, Olympic rower – double sculls (b. 1894)
- April 19 – Alvin Childress, actor (b. 1907)
- April 23
- Harold Arlen, music composer (b. 1905)
- Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (b. 1905)
- April 26
- Broderick Crawford, actor (b. 1911)
- Bessie Love, actress (b. 1898)
- April 27 – J. Allen Hynek, ufologist (b. 1910)
May
- May 3 – Robert Alda, actor (b. 1914)
- May 9 – Herschel Bernardi, actor (b. 1923)
- May 15 – Theodore White, writer (b. 1915)
- May 20 – Helen B. Taussig, cardiologist (b. 1898)
- May 23 – Sterling Hayden, actor (b. 1916)
- May 24 – Yakima Canutt, actor and stuntman (b. 1895)
- May 25 – Chester Bowles, politician (b. 1901)
- May 26 – Gian-Carlo Coppola, film producer (b. 1963)
- May 28 – Lurene Tuttle, actress (b. 1907)
- May 30 – Perry Ellis, fashion designer (b. 1940)
- May 31 – James Rainwater, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
June
- June 5 – Bryan Grant, tennis champion (b. 1909)
- June 11 – Chesley Bonestell, painter (b. 1888)
- June 13 – Benny Goodman, jazz musician (b. 1909)
- June 14 – Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist (b. 1918)
- June 17 – Kate Smith, singer (b. 1907)
- June 19 – Len Bias, basketball player (b. 1963)
- June 27 – Don Rogers, football player (b. 1962)
- June 28 – Mary Anderson, actress (b. 1897)
July
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- July 3 – Rudy Vallée, radio show host, bandleader, singer, actor (b. 1901)
- July 8 – Hyman G. Rickover, admiral (b. 1900)
- July 14 – Raymond Loewy, French-born industrial designer (b. 1893)
- July 18 – Buddy Baer, boxer and actor (b. 1915)
- July 22 – Floyd Gottfredson, cartoonist (b. 1905)
- July 24 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899)
- July 25
- Ted Lyons, baseball player (Chicago White Sox) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1900)
- Vincente Minnelli, film director (b. 1903)
- July 26 – W. Averell Harriman, American diplomat and politician (b. 1891)
- July 31 – Teddy Wilson, jazz pianist (b. 1912)
August
- August 2 – Roy Cohn, American lawyer (b. 1927)
- August 11 – Chuck McKinley, American tennis champion (b. 1941)
- August 21 – Thad Jones, American jazz musician (b. 1923)
- August 26 – Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
September
- September 1 – Murray Hamilton, actor (b. 1923)
- September 4 – Hank Greenberg, baseball player and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1911)
- September 6 – Blanche Sweet, actress (b. 1896)
- September 11 – Henry DeWolf Smyth, physicist (b. 1898)
- September 27 – Cliff Burton, former Metallica bassist (b. 1962)
October
- October 5 – Hal B. Wallis, film producer (b. 1898)
- October 14 – Keenan Wynn, actor (b. 1916)
- October 23 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1893)
- October 25 – Forrest Tucker, actor (b. 1919)
- October 26 – Jackson Scholz, Olympic athlete (b. 1897)
- October 31 – Robert S. Mulliken, physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1896)
November
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- November 2 – Paul Frees, actor, comedian (b. 1920)
- November 11 – Roger C. Carmel, actor (b. 1932)
- November 18 – Gia Carangi, supermodel (b. 1960)
- November 21
- Jerry Colonna, comedian (b. 1904)
- Dar Robinson, stunt performer and actor (b. 1947)
- November 22 – Scatman Crothers, actor and musician (b. 1910)
- November 29 – Cary Grant, British-born actor (b. 1904)
December
- December 2 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor, bandleader, musician and television producer; co-founder of Desilu Productions (b. 1917)
- December 10 – Susan Cabot, actress (b. 1927)
- December 13
- Heather Angel, British-born actress (b. 1909)
- Ella Baker, civil rights activist (b. 1903)
- December 24 – Gardner Fox, writer (b. 1911)
- December 26 – Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (b. 1902)
- December 31 – Lloyd Haynes, actor (b. 1934)
See also
References
- Stover, C. W.; Coffman, J. L. (1993), Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, pp. 328, 330
- Orlean, Susan (2018). The Library Book. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-4018-8.
- "Top Gun: By The Numbers". ByTheNumbers.com. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
- Clarke, Peter (March 2004). Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements. Routledge. p. 281. ISBN 978-1-134-49970-0.
- "Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts". CNN. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
External links
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