2016 in the United States

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Barack Obama
• Vice President: Joe Biden
• Chief Justice: John Roberts
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Paul Ryan
• Senate Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell
• Congress: 114th

  Governors

Lieutenant governors

Events

January

• January 1The following laws go into effect:
• * Hawaii becomes the first state to raise the legal smoking age to 21.
• * Texas allows the open carry of guns in public places.
• * Tennessee launches the nation's first statewide registry of animal abusers.
• * Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland, ban the storage of food in Styrofoam containers.
• January 2–26The 3 Percenters and several other armed militia organizations take over the headquarters of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon, in a series of incidents stemming from the 2014 Bundy standoff. The Federal Bureau of Investigation ends the occupation with a shootout, killing one militiaman and arresting five others, including leader Ammon Bundy.
• January 5President Obama introduces executive orders to expand the enforcement of federal gun laws.
• January 6 - ' becomes the highest-grossing film in North America, previous record-holder Avatar lifetime gross of $760 million in just 20 days of release.
• January 8The Obama administration announces an alliance with tech companies—including Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter—to block the recruitment of Americans to Islamic extremist groups, specifically the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, via social media.
• January 9For the first time in its history, the national Powerball lottery prize surpasses $1 billion.
• January 1073rd Golden Globe Awards: The Revenant wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Leonardo DiCaprio winning the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Best Director. The Martian wins the award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and Matt Damon wins Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Brie Larson wins Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Room, and Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Joy. Mr. Robot wins Best Television Series – Drama; Mozart in the Jungle wins Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy; and Wolf Hall wins Best Miniseries or Television Film.
• January 12President Obama gives his final State of the Union Address to the 114th United States Congress.
• January 14The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards are announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, ', The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight. The nominees are criticized for their lack of diversity, resulting in boycotts by celebrities like Will Smith and Spike Lee, an official motion by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to increase diversity in its membership, and calls for comedian Chris Rock to step down as host.
• January 15Myloh Jaqory Mason, a fugitive on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, is arrested in Thornton, Colorado, after being added to the list on December 17, 2015, for two bank robberies and two attempted murders.
• January 16
• * President Obama announces a federal state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, allowing additional support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security in response to the ongoing contamination of tap water in the city.
• * The United States lifts several economic sanctions against Iran in accordance with a multinational agreement made in July 2014 concerning Iran's nuclear program. Sanctions concerning Iran's human rights abuses, missile activity, and support for terrorism remain in effect.
• January 21A crippling winter storm hits the central and eastern United States, producing several feet of snow and ice and killing 55 people.
• January 25A Texas grand jury finds no wrongdoing on the part of Planned Parenthood after a series of undercover videos made by the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion organization, purported to show Planned Parenthood employees selling fetal tissue and organs. The grand jury indicts CMP founder David Daleiden and another videographer.
• January 30During a brawl between rival motorcycle clubs, gunfire and stabbings kill one person and injure seven at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado.

  February

• February 1
• * The February 2016 North American storm complex causes power outages for more than 70,000 people in Southern California.
• * The Iowa caucuses are held, beginning the Democratic and Republican nomination processes for the 2016 presidential election. Senator Ted Cruz wins the Republican caucuses, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic caucuses. After poor showings in Iowa, Democratic candidate Martin O'Malley and Republican candidate Mike Huckabee suspend their campaigns.
• February 3Senator Rand Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum suspend their presidential candidacies.
• February 4Six people are found dead, five from stab wounds and one from gunshot wounds, at a house in Chicago.
• February 7
• * Super Bowl 50 is played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The Denver Broncos defeat the Carolina Panthers by a score of 24–10.
• February 9The New Hampshire primaries are held. Donald Trump wins the Republican primary, and Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic primary.
• February 10New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina suspend their campaigns for the Republican nomination.
• February 11A man injures four people with a machete at a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, before being shot and killed by law enforcement.
• February 12Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore suspends his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
• February 13Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at the age of 79.
• February 14The 2016 North American cold wave causes record low temperatures in New England.
• February 1558th Annual Grammy Awards: "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson, featuring Bruno Mars, wins the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Taylor Swift wins Album of the Year for 1989, Meghan Trainor wins Best New Artist, and Song of the Year is awarded to "Thinking Out Loud", by Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge.
• February 20A man kills six people and injures two in Kalamazoo, Michigan, before being apprehended by the police.
• February 21Denny Hamlin wins the Daytona 500 in the closest finish in the race's 58-year history, beating Martin Truex Jr. by 11 thousandths of a second.
• February 25A disgruntled former employee opens fire in an office building in Hesston, Kansas, killing three people and injuring fourteen others.
• February 27Three people are stabbed at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim, California, and several people are arrested.
• February 2888th Academy Awards: Spotlight wins the Academy Award for Best Picture. Leonardo DiCaprio wins Best Actor for his performance in The Revenant, his first acting Oscar in five nominations. Brie Larson wins Best Actress for her performance in Room, her first acting Oscar and first nomination. Alejandro G. Iñárritu wins the Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant, becoming the first director to win back-to-back Oscars since Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1949 and 1950. wins six awards, the most for the evening.

  March

• March 1Super Tuesday: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each win seven states on the Democratic and Republican sides, respectively. In the Democratic primaries, Clinton takes Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia; Bernie Sanders takes Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Vermont. In the Republican primaries, Trump wins Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia; Ted Cruz wins Alaska, Oklahoma, and Texas; and Senator Marco Rubio wins Minnesota.
• March 4Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson suspends his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
• March 9
• * Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is arrested on suspicion of killing five men in a shooting spree.
• * The death toll in the country's largest outbreak of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica rises to 18 in Wisconsin, with 44 more infected.
• * Six people are killed and three others injured in a mass shooting at a house in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.
• March 11At least four people are injured and five are arrested in Chicago when protesters demonstrating against Donald Trump scuffle with Trump supporters at a canceled Trump rally.
• March 14Abu Omar al-Shishani, a commander for the Islamic State, dies after being wounded in a U.S. airstrike near Al-Shaddadah, Syria, on March 4.
• March 15Marco Rubio suspends his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination after losing the primary in his home state, Florida.
• March 16President Obama nominates Merrick Garland to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
• March 21President Obama lands in Cuba for a meeting with Cuban President Raúl Castro, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928.
• March 28
• * The Department of Justice announces that it has unlocked the iPhone of a suspect in the 2015 San Bernardino attack without the help of Apple, after a heated public debate over the department's handling of encryption software in counter-terrorism efforts.
• * The United States Capitol is placed under lockdown after a man opens fire near the Capitol Visitor Center. The suspect is shot by police and taken into custody.
• March 31–April 1The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit is held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., with 58 participants in attendance. It is the fourth edition of the conference, following the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit.

  April

• April 2
• * A coalition of progressive groups begins a ten-day march from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., with the goal of revealing corruption in campaign finance and "rigged voting laws". The group also demands a Senate hearing on President Obama's Supreme Court nomination. Participants include political commentator Cenk Uygur, actress Rosario Dawson, law professor Lawrence Lessig, and Ben & Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. As of April 18, more than 1,200 protesters had been arrested.
• * The United States Air Force deploys twelve F-15 Eagles and 350 personnel to Iceland and the Netherlands to deter further Russian aggression in Europe.
• * A Lancair IV monoplane crashes into a parked car along a highway 50 miles north of San Diego, injuring five people and killing one.
• April 3An Amtrak passenger train on the Palmetto route, traveling from New York City to Savannah, Georgia, with 341 passengers and seven crew members on board, derails in Chester, Pennsylvania, after striking a backhoe on the tracks, injuring 35 and killing two.
• April 4The Villanova Wildcats defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels, 77–74, in the NCAA Men's Championship.
• April 5
• * Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Allergan terminate a planned $160 billion merger because of the Obama administration's new regulations on tax inversion. Pfizer will have to pay $400 million to Allergan for expenses in relation to the deal.
• * Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signs a bill allowing private businesses and religious groups to deny services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. The law is later blocked, pending appeal, by a federal judge.
• * The Connecticut Huskies defeat the Syracuse Orange, 82–51, in the NCAA Women's Championship.
• * The Wisconsin primaries are held. Ted Cruz beats Donald Trump and Ohio Governor John Kasich to win the Republican race. Bernie Sanders defeats Hillary Clinton in the Democratic race.
• April 7 - Fox's American Idol concludes its 15-season run, with Trent Harmon being declared the final winner.
• April 8
• * An airman shoots and kills a squadron commander and then himself at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
• * Bernie Sanders accepts an invitation by Pope Francis to visit the Vatican, becoming the first American presidential candidate to receive such an invitation.
• * SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a NASA cargo run to the International Space Station, and lands its reusable main-stage booster on an autonomous spaceport drone ship.
• April 9The United States Air Force deploys B-52 bombers to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, to join the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
• April 11John Kerry becomes the first Secretary of State to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, where he and other Group of Seven members lay wreaths. Before Kerry's trip, Representative Nancy Pelosi —then the Speaker of the House of Representatives—was the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the memorial.
• April 12Two unarmed Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jets fly simulated attacks against the U.S. Navy destroyer Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea. Later, a Russian Kamov Ka-27 naval helicopter is seen making seven passes around the warship while taking pictures.
• April 13
• * Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signs an order banning discrimination against the LGBT community. The order reverses the policies of his predecessor, Bobby Jindal, who signed laws limiting same-sex marriage and the ability of transgender people to use the public restrooms of their choice.
• * The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that the Zika virus causes birth defects.
• * Kobe Bryant plays his final NBA game for the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant, who played his entire 20-year career with the Lakers, sets a new points record for a final game, scoring 60 against the Utah Jazz.
• April 14
• * The top pick for the WNBA draft is UConn's Breanna Stewart, followed by her teammates Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck. This is the first time in any major North American sports draft that a single school produced the top three selections.
• * Microsoft files a lawsuit against the United States, stating that it has been prevented from disclosing information to its customers when the government obtains a warrant to read emails or access data through the cloud.
• * A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet intercepts and threatens a U.S. Air Force Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
• April 15
• * A zookeeper is attacked and killed by a Malayan tiger at the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach, Florida.
• * Two firefighters are shot, one fatally, during a welfare check in Temple Hills, Maryland.
• April 18
• * 2016 Pulitzer Prizes: The Associated Press wins the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, and the Los Angeles Times wins the Pulitzer for Breaking News Reporting. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
• * Severe flooding in Houston, Texas, causes damage to 1,000 homes, leaves 147,000 residents without power, and kills eight people.
• * The 120th Boston Marathon is held with 30,000 runners. Ethiopian runners Lemi Berhanu Hayle and Atsede Baysa win the marathon.
• April 19The New York primary is held, with Donald Trump winning the Republican race and Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic race.
• April 20
• * Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew announces that former slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill.
• * Four people are killed when a small plane crashes in Anchorage, Alaska.
• * CIA programmer Joshua Schulte allegedly stole backup files from a program called Confluence prior to the program's hacking tools being leaked.
• April 21 - Music legend Prince dies at the age of 57. To celebrate his legacy, cities across the U.S. hold vigils and light buildings, bridges, and other venues in purple.
• April 22
• * Eight family members are shot to death at four locations in Pike County, Ohio. Three children survive the attacks.
• * Five people are killed in two separate shootings in Appling, Georgia.
• April 25
• * John Kasich and Ted Cruz announce that they will coordinate strategies to stop Donald Trump from winning the Republican presidential nomination: Kasich's campaign will ensure Cruz a "clear path" in Indiana, while Cruz's campaign will cut campaigning in New Mexico and Oregon.
• * A court settlement calls for the city of Cleveland, Ohio, to pay $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was shot and killed by two police officers in November 2014 after his toy gun was mistaken for a real one.
• * CRF Frozen Foods recalls more than 300 products.
• April 26Super Tuesday III: Donald Trump wins all five states holding Republican primaries. In the Democratic primaries, Hillary Clinton takes Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, while Bernie Sanders takes Rhode Island.
• April 27
• * The bodies of American climber Alex Lowe and photographer David Bridges, who were killed and buried during an avalanche in 1999, are discovered on the Himalayan mountain Shishapangma.
• * Dennis Hastert, a former Speaker of the House, is sentenced to 15 months in prison for breaking banking laws through the payment of "hush money" to victims whom he had sexually abused.
• * Ted Cruz announces that Carly Fiorina will be his running mate if he wins the Republican presidential nomination.
• April 28Comcast's NBCUniversal purchases DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion.
• April 29
• * The United States Air Force lands two F-22 Raptors in Lithuania for the first time in a show of support for Lithuania and surrounding countries, which have been worried over Russia's involvement in Ukraine.
• * China denies a Hong Kong port call from Carrier Strike Group 3, which includes the and other escorting vessels.
• * The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the first U.S.-related death from the Zika virus, an elderly man in Puerto Rico.
• April 30
• * President Obama attends his final White House Correspondents' Dinner, where comedian Larry Wilmore is the featured performer.
• * Six people are killed in a car crash on Interstate 95 in Jupiter, Florida.

  May

• May 1
• * A cruise ship sets sail from Miami to Havana, Cuba, with more than 700 passengers on board, becoming the first in more than half a century to make the trip. The ship, Carnival Cruise Line's Adonia, was able to depart after a policy banning Cuban-born citizens from returning to the United States by sea was loosened. It docks in Havana on May 2.
• * May Day: Protesters in Seattle begin to riot and attack law enforcement, injuring five police officers. Nine people are arrested.
• * The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus officially retires its elephants after a final show in Providence, Rhode Island.
• * The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava in New York City is almost destroyed in a four-alarm fire.
• * Fourteen of 175 cars of a CSX freight train derail in Washington, D.C., leaking three chemicals that are deemed hazardous to the public.
• May 3
• * A city bus is hijacked in Washington, D.C., and the suspect crashes it into a gas station, killing a pedestrian.
• * ISIL fighters ambush and kill Charles Keating IV, a Navy SEAL who was assisting Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the area. Keating is later identified as the grandson of financier Charles Keating Jr., who was known for his involvement in a 1980s savings and loan scandal. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey orders all state flags to be flown at half-staff on May 4.
• * The Indiana primary is held, and Donald Trump wins the Republican race.
• * Ted Cruz suspends his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
• * Three people are killed in a plane crash on Long Island.
• May 4
• * John Kasich suspends his presidential campaign, leaving Donald Trump the presumptive Republican nominee.
• * The Department of Justice informs North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory that a new state law limiting restroom access for transgender people violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It demands a response by May 9 on whether the state will correct the violations.
• * California raises the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 and restricts the use of electronic cigarettes in public places.
• May 5A warehouse burns down during a four-alarm fire in Houston.
• May 6Three people are killed and three others injured during a two-day shooting spree in Potomac, Maryland. The suspect is believed to be a former police officer.
• May 7Nyquist, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, wins the Kentucky Derby.
• May 10
• * Three women are arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago after being caught trying to smuggle 70 pounds of opium into the U.S.
• * The West Virginia primary is held, with Donald Trump winning the Republican race and Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic race. Trump wins the Republican primary in Nebraska.
• * NASA confirms the discovery of more than 1,284 exoplanets by its Kepler space observatory.
• * Four people are stabbed, two of them fatally, at a home and a shopping mall in Taunton, Massachusetts. The assailant is shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff.
• May 12
• * Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person and the last surviving American born in the 1800s, dies in New York at age 116.
• * CBS cancels , the last active TV series in the CSI franchise.
• May 13
• * The Department of Education and Department of Justice advise public school districts across the country to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity, rather than the gender assigned to them at birth.
• * Michael Strahan makes his final appearance as co-host on Live! with Kelly and Michael.
• May 14
• * Eight people are killed and 44 others injured after a charter bus rolls over on Route 83 north of Laredo, Texas.
• * A pilot is killed when his stunt plane crashes during an air show at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in DeKalb County, Georgia.
• May 21A U.S. airstrike kills Mullah Akhtar Mansour, leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
• May 22
• * A skydiving tour plane crashes in Hawaii, killing five people.
• * The U.S. lifts its embargo on arms trade in Vietnam.
• May 25An audit by the State Department Inspector General finds that Hillary Clinton violated directives from the department in her use of a private email server for government business during her time as Secretary of State. The Inspector General says that Clinton did not request approval to use the private server, and that such a request would have been denied because of security risks.
• May 27
• * President Obama becomes the first U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, where the United States dropped an atomic bomb in 1945.
• * A P-47 Thunderbolt crashes in the Hudson River, killing the pilot.
• May 29 24 year old rookie Alexander Rossi wins the 100th Indianapolis 500 mile race in front of a record crowd of 350,000. His car runs out of fuel coming to the finish line.
• May 30Former Stanford University student Brock Turner is sentenced to six months in prison for raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. The short sentence, as well as statements by Turner's parents in the following weeks, draw significant controversy.
• May 31Major flooding occurs in Texas and Oklahoma.

  June

• June 1 - A gunman opens fire at the University of California, Los Angeles, killing an associate professor and his wife in an apparent murder–suicide.
• June 3 - American boxing legend and conscientious objector Muhammad Ali dies of septic shock at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of 74.
• June 7 - The final major state primaries are held for the 2016 presidential election, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump emerging as the presumptive nominees for the Democratic and Republican races, respectively.
• June 10
• * President Obama formally endorses Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
• * 22-year-old singer–songwriter Christina Grimmie is shot dead while signing autographs at a concert venue in Orlando, Florida.
• June 12
• * 29-year-old Omar Mateen opens fire at Pulse, a gay dance club in Orlando, killing 49 people and leaving another 53 wounded. The attack surpassed the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history until the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. The shooting is investigated as a domestic terrorist attack.
• *The 70th annual Tony Awards are presented, the cultural icon musical Hamilton wins 11 awards including Best Musical from a record 16 nominations. The performance of the cast of Hamilton was introduced by a filmed message from President and First Lady Obama and Chance the Rapper calling the show one of the greatest pieces of art ever made.
• *In the NHL, the Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Western Conference champion San Jose Sharks in six games to win the Stanley Cup, the Penguins' fourth championship in franchise history.
• June 14 - Two-year-old Lane Graves is dragged underwater by an alligator in the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, part of Walt Disney World. His mangled body is found dead the next day, having died from drowning and blood loss since this incident Disney has removed all references to alligators.
• June 15-16 - In response to the attack in Orlando, Senator Chris Murphy holds a filibuster for nearly fifteen hours, demanding new gun control laws from Congress. The filibuster ends when the Senate agrees to vote on two measures: one that would require universal background checks for gun sales, and another that would ban the sale of weapons to individuals on government watch lists of suspected terrorists.
• June 18 - A 19-year-old man is arrested after attempting to pull a gun from a policeman's holster at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas. He later admits he was planning to use it to kill Trump.
• June 19 - In the NBA, the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors in seven games to win their first NBA Finals title in the Cavaliers' 45-year history. It is the first major professional sports championship won by a team based in Cleveland since 1964.
• June 22-23 - Members of the House Democratic Caucus, led by Representative John Lewis and Representative Katherine Clark, declare their intention to remain on the floor of the House of Representatives until its Republican Speaker, Paul Ryan, allows votes on gun control legislation in the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting. The sit-in is staged by about 60 legislators.
• June 24 - At least 23 people are killed after a huge flood hits areas of West Virginia.
• June 26 - Ten people are hospitalized, five with stab wounds, after a group of counter-protesters attack a white supremacist gathering in Sacramento, California.
• June 27 - In a 5–3 decision, the Supreme Court strikes down a 2013 Texas law that imposed restrictions on abortion clinics.
• June 28- Pat Summitt the all-time winningest women's basketball coach in NCAA history dies of dementia at the age of 64, in Summit's 38 year coaching career with Tennessee she won 1,098 games the most of any men's or women's coach.

  July

• July 1
• * The U.S. military officially lifts its ban on transgender people serving openly in the armed forces.
• * Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces that she will leave it up to the FBI to decide whether to bring charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server as Secretary of State.
• * Vermont's GMO labeling law goes into effect—the first in the U.S.
• July 3 - The Fort Bragg Game becomes the first professional sporting event to ever be held on an active military base, and the first Major League Baseball regular season game ever held in the state of North Carolina when the Miami Marlins play the Atlanta Braves.
• July 4 - Juno successfully enters the orbit of Jupiter.
• July 5
• *Gypsy Rose Blanchard pleads guilty of the murder of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard who had abused her for many years, forcing her to use a wheelchair and to pretend to be ill. She is sentenced to 10 years in prison.
• *Multiple cellphone video recordings capture the police shooting of Alton Sterling, a man selling CDs outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sparking wide outrage. The Department of Justice opens a federal investigation.
• July 6
• * After FBI Director James Comey recommends against indicting Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Lynch announces that the federal investigation of Clinton will be closed with no charges.
• * A police officer shoots and kills 32-year-old Philando Castile during a routine traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, sparking further public outcry and protests regarding police brutality. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton requests an investigation by the Justice Department.
• July 7 - During a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas, a sniper later identified as Micah Xavier Johnson opens fire, killing five Dallas police officers and injuring another eleven people in the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001. Johnson is later found to have targeted white people and to have been interested in several black nationalist groups. He is killed by a C-4 bomb delivered by a robot, the first use of lethal force by a robot by an American police department.
• July 8 - Despite the conclusions of the FBI and attorney general, the State Department reopens its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
• July 9 - The government of the Bahamas releases a rare advisory to Bahamian citizens traveling to the United States to be non-confrontational and cooperative with police after recent racial tensions in the country.
• July 16 - Donald Trump announces Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate for the Republican ticket in the 2016 presidential election.
• July 17 - Three police officers are shot dead and three others are injured in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shooter has been killed and an investigation is underway.
• July 18–21 - The Republican National convention is held in Cleveland, Ohio with Donald Trump accepting the nomination.
• July 22 - Hillary Clinton announces Virginia United States Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate for the Democrat ticket in the 2016 presidential election.
• July 25–28 - The Democratic National Convention is held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Hillary Clinton accepting the nomination. She becomes the first woman to accept the nomination of a major party for president.
• July 30
• *All 16 occupants of a hot air balloon are killed - the deadliest incident of its kind in U.S. history - after hitting power lines and crashing near Austin, Texas.
• *Skydiver Luke Aikins sets a new world record for the highest altitude jump without a parachute, falling 25,000 ft into a safety net.
• July 31 - The 2016 Maryland flood in Ellicott City, Maryland, caused significant damage to the historic downtown area of the municipality

  August

• August 2 - A charter bus crashes on Highway 99 in Merced County, California, killing four people.
• August 4 - A wildfire occurs in California, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
• August 5–21 - The United States compete at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and win 46 gold, 37 silver, and 38 bronze medals.
• August 7 - Caleb Schwab, the 10-year-old son of Kansas state representative Scott Schwab, is killed while riding Verrückt—the world's tallest water slide—at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
• August 8 - A power outage causes hundreds of Delta Air Lines flights to be delayed or cancelled.
• August 10 - Police in Dallas, Texas kill Tony Timpa, who suffered from schizophrenia and depression, after he asked for help. The police laughed as he asked for help 30 times while they pinned his shoulders, knees, and neck to the ground.
• August 12-19 - The 2016 Louisiana floods submerge over 146,000 homes across south Louisiana, killing 13 people. The Red Cross characterized the floods as the worst natural disaster in the U.S. since Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and President Obama visited the Baton Rouge area to survey the damage.
• August 16 - The Blue Cut Fire occurs in California, displacing more than 82,000 residents, burning over 37,000 acres and threatening at least 34,500 structures.
• August 17–21 - The 74th World Science Fiction Convention is held at the Bartle Hall Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
• August 20 - The U.S. Air Force deploys the B-1, B-2, and B-52 bombers in Guam to conduct exercises.
• August 29 - Actor Gene Wilder known for such films such as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory passes away at the age of 83.
• August 31 - The U.S. conducts its first commercial flight to Cuba in 50 years

  September

• September 6 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests Israeli rabbi Aharon Goldberg and divorce mediator Shimen Liebowitz, two planners of a contract killing on an estranged Jewish man, at a hotel in Central Valley, New York.
• September 10 - John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is released from a psychiatric hospital after 35 years.
• September 11
• * Hillary Clinton becomes overheated and faints at a 9/11 memorial service in New York City, and is later revealed to have been diagnosed with pneumonia in the days prior.
• * Savvy Shields, Miss Arkansas 2016, wins the 90th Miss America pageant.
• September 17
• * A pipe bomb explodes near a U.S. Marine Corps charity 5K run in Seaside Park, New Jersey. This is followed by an explosion in New York City that injures 29.
• * A man dressed in a private security company uniform stabs and wounds nine people in a St. Cloud, Minnesota mall before being shot and killed by an off-duty police officer.
• September 18
• * Following explosions in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan, New York, on the previous day, another explosive device was discovered at a transit station in Elizabeth. The device was accidentally detonated in the early hours of September 19 when operated on by a bomb squad robot.
• * The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards are held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, with Game of Thrones winning the best drama and Veep winning the best comedy.
• September 19 - Ahmad Khan Rahami is identified as a suspect for the bombings in New York and New Jersey the previous two days. He is captured in a shootout.
• September 21 - A state of emergency is declared in Charlotte, North Carolina, after protests over the police killings of three black men in a single week.
• September 23 - A gunman opens fire at a mall in Burlington, Washington, killing 5 people. The shooter, Arcan Cetin, is arrested the next day.
• September 24 - Eight people were injured in a shooting in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.
• September 25- Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez is killed in a boating accident of the coast of Florida at the age of 24. The Marlins game scheduled for that day against the Atlanta Braves is cancelled.
• September 26 - Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take part in their first live televised debate, with an estimated audience of up to 100 million viewers.
• September 28 - Congress votes to override President Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which would effectively allow the families of victims of the September 11 attacks to sue the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their part in the attacks.
• September 29 - A commuter train crashes in Hoboken, New Jersey, killing one person and injuring 114 others.

  October

• October 1
• * The New York Times publishes parts of Donald Trump's 1995 tax records, which show that he suffered a $916 million loss during that year, which would have given him the ability to avoid paying income taxes for up to 18 years. This occurs while Trump is under intense scrutiny by Hillary Clinton and other political opponents to release his current tax records as is tradition in modern presidential elections.
• * The Alabama Court of the Judiciary formally suspends Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court Roy Moore until the end of his term for directing probate judges to enforce the state's ban on same-sex marriage, which had been ruled unconstitutional in federal court.
• October 6 - Hurricane Matthew strengthens to a Category Four storm as it approaches Florida.
• October 7
• * The Obama administration accuses the government of Russia of hacking the computer network of the Democratic National Committee.
• * The Washington Post releases a 2005 videotape of Donald Trump making lewd comments to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush about a married woman and commenting on how he can grab women "by the pussy" without repercussions because he is "a star". The comments are met with reactions of disgust and disbelief from the media and mainstream Republicans, as well as numerous Republicans rescinding their endorsements of his campaign. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan disinvites Trump from a Wisconsin campaign event in response. Trump issues an apology video online shortly after.
• October 10 - Samsung announces an official discontinuation of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after reports of the phone overheating and combusting, posing a severe health risk.
• October 11 - President Obama presents details of a human mission to the planet Mars.
• October 15 - A firebomb is set off inside the Republican Party headquarters building in Orange County, North Carolina. No injuries are reported and a suspect has not been found.
• October 21 - A currently unknown attacker launches multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks on networks operated by DNS provider Dyn, making numerous sites difficult or impossible to access for a period of time, including Twitter, Reddit, Netflix, Spotify, The New York Times, BBC News, and PayPal. The Department of Homeland Security opens an investigation.
• October 27 - Seven defendants, including Ammon and Ryan Bundy, are acquitted of all federal charges by a federal jury in relation to their occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January.
• October 28
• * FBI Director James Comey informs Congress that the bureau has chosen to reopen its investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server after discovering some emails that, while not from Clinton herself or withheld during the investigation, may be "pertinent" to the investigation. The emails were discovered on a device belonging to Anthony Weiner during an investigation into one of his sexting scandals.
• * 36-year-old Ryan Collins is sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to the 2014 hacking and distributing of numerous celebrities' nude photos.

  November

• November 2 - Major League Baseball: In Game 7 of the World Series, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians 8–7 in 10 innings, winning the Series 4–3 and claiming their first MLB title since 1908.
• November 6 - In a second letter to Congress, FBI Director James Comey announces that the newest investigation of emails related to Hillary Clinton's use of a private server had not changed the conclusion the FBI reached in July.

• November 8
• * The 2016 presidential election is held. Donald Trump is elected as the 45th President of the United States and Mike Pence is elected the 48th Vice President, with Trump becoming the oldest man elected president at the age of 70 as well as the first president in history to take the office without any prior political or military experience. The win is considered one of the most shocking upsets in U.S. history, with most news outlets and experts considering a Trump victory unlikely. The result is also highly controversial due to Hillary Clinton's popular vote lead of nearly 3 million votes over Trump, who won via the Electoral College.
• * Four states - California, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts - vote to legalize the use, sale, and consumption of recreational marijuana.
• * In the 2016 Senate and House elections, the Republican Party maintains its majority of seats in Congress.
• November 9 - Anti-Trump protests are held in several cities across the nation over the next week after Trump's election win.
• November 18 - Donald Trump agrees to pay a $25 million settlement to two class action lawsuits and a New York state civil lawsuit regarding his now defunct unlicensed Trump University.
• November 20 - More than 300 people are injured, 26 seriously, after police use water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades on a peaceful protest against the proposed construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
• November 21 - A school bus crashes in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing at least six children and injuring another 22.
• November 25
• * The state elections commission of Wisconsin agrees to a statewide recount of its ballots in the 2016 presidential election after requests by Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent candidate Rocky De La Fuente.
• * After multiple hearings, Dylann Roof, the suspected perpetrator of the 2015 Charleston church shooting, is declared by a federal judge to be mentally competent enough to stand trial.
• November 28 - Eleven people are hospitalized with injuries after 18-year-old Abdul Razak Ali Artan attacks students on the campus of Ohio State University with his car and a butcher knife before being fatally shot by police. An investigation later shows that Artan was inspired by terrorist propaganda from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

  December

• December 2
• * Donald Trump becomes the first US president or president-elect since 1979 to make direct contact with the President of Taiwan, upsetting Chinese diplomats and sparking concern over whether Trump will uphold the "One China policy" at the foundation of China-U.S. relations.
• * A fire at an Oakland, California warehouse, which was hosting a music event, kills at least 36 people, the deadliest fire in Oakland history.
• December 4
• * The United States Army Corps of Engineers under the Obama administration denies the easement of the Dakota Access Pipeline through Lake Oahe in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and will look for alternative routes.
• * A man from Salisbury, North Carolina briefly opens fire with an AR-15 style rifle inside Comet Ping Pong, a pizzeria in Washington, D.C., wishing to "self-investigate" the establishment implicated in a false conspiracy theory that claims the restaurant is used by members of the Democratic Party for a child-sex ring. No injuries are reported, and the man is arrested without incident and immediately charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.
• December 5 - The murder trial of white police officer Michael Slager in the 2015 shooting death of Walter Scott in South Carolina ends in a mistrial after a hung jury cannot reach a verdict, resulting in no charges on Slager.
• December 8 - John Glenn, former astronaut, Colonel, and Senator, and the first American to orbit the Earth, dies of presently undisclosed conditions at the OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, at the age of 95.
• December 9
• * The CIA tells U.S. legislators that the United States Intelligence Community has "high confidence" that Russia conducted operations during the 2016 presidential election to assist Donald Trump in winning the presidency. Intelligence agencies have concluded that the Kremlin had orchestrated the Democratic National Committee cyber attacks. Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress call for a full-scale investigation. Trump writes off the report as "ridiculous".
• * The Supreme Court of Michigan rejects Jill Stein's request for a recount of votes in the state, upholding Donald Trump's victory in the state.
• December 12
• *After the recount is completed in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania rejects Jill Stein's request, both states reaffirm Donald Trump as winner of the states in the 2016 election.
• *Block Island Wind Farm becomes the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States.
• December 14
• * Yahoo discloses that a data breach in 2013 compromised more than 1 billion user accounts' information, such as names, passwords, and unencrypted messages, making it the largest data breach in the history of the Internet. Yahoo already disclosed a smaller 2014 data breach in September 2016.
• * The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate by 0.25%, only the second increase in a decade, citing strong economic growth and rising employment, though Chairwoman Janet Yellen says the outlook for the US economy going forward is "uncertain".
• December 19
• * The Electoral College elects Donald Trump as the next President of the United States, with 304 electoral votes cast for Trump versus 227 for Hillary Clinton.
• * North Carolina Governor-elect Roy Cooper announces that the controversial HB2 law passed in March limiting the rights of the LGBT community will be repealed.
• December 20 - President Obama, in a joint agreement with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, permanently bans oil and gas drilling in most of the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean.
• December 23 - In a departure from its previous policy, the Obama administration chooses to not use its veto power and instead abstains from voting on United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, allowing its passage. The resolution demands an end to the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President-elect Donald Trump imply that the decision will result in a reassessment of relations with the United Nations.
• December 24 - Donald Trump announces that he will be dissolving his foundation to avoid potential conflicts of interest in his presidency. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asserts that Trump will not be able to do so until an ongoing investigation into the foundation has completed.
• December 27 - Carrie Fisher, known for playing the iconic character Princess Leia in the Star Wars film series, as well as being a noted script doctor and mental health advocate, dies at the age of 60 after suffering from cardiac arrest on a transatlantic flight four days earlier. Her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds dies the next day, after suffering a stroke while preparing for Fisher's funeral.
• December 29 - The Obama administration imposes sanctions against the leaders of the Russian intelligence agency GRU and expels 35 Russian operatives from the United States in response to Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. President-elect Donald Trump urges the country "move on" from the issue, but nonetheless announces that he will be meeting with the United States Intelligence Community for an update on the situation.
• December 31 - A federal judge in Texas blocks the enforcement of a policy seeking to extend Affordable Care Act anti-discrimination protections for transgender health and abortion-related services.
• December 31 - United States troops withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving behind 8,400 troops stationed at 4 garrisons.

  Deaths

January

• January 1
• * Lennie Bluett, actor
• * Dale Bumpers, politician; 38th Governor of Arkansas and U.S. Senator
• * Gilbert Kaplan, businessman, publisher, and amateur conductor
• * Tony Lane, graphic designer
• * John Coleman Moore, mathematician
• * Mike Oxley, politician
• * Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-born cinematographer
• January 2
• * Brad Fuller, video game composer and audio engineer
• * Stanley Siegel, radio reporter and talk show host
• * Frances Cress Welsing, psychiatrist and author
• January 3
• * Leonard Berkowitz, social psychologist
• * Gary Flakne, politician
• * John McDade Howell, university chancellor
• * Raymond W. Lessard, Roman Catholic prelate
• * Andy Maurer, football player
• * Ted Stanley, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• January 4
• * Robert Balser, animator
• * Stephen W. Bosworth, diplomat; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea
• * Long John Hunter, blues musician
• * Red Parker, football coach
• * Joseph Ritz, author, playwright, and journalist
• * Leo Rucka, football player
• January 5
• * Bob Armstrong, basketball player
• * Nicholas Caldwell, R&B singer and musician
• * Christine Lawrence Finney, animator and painter
• * George MacIntyre, football player and coach
• * Jay Ritchie, baseball player
• January 6
• * Robert D. Acland, surgeon
• * Douglas Greer, child actor
• * Pat Harrington Jr., actor
• * Florence King, writer
• * Serena Sinclair Lesley, journalist
• * Sol Polansky, diplomat
• * Robert D. Timm, businessman and politician
• January 7
• * Bill Foster, basketball coach
• * John Johnson, basketball player
• * Kitty Kallen, singer
• * Richard Libertini, actor
• * Troy Shondell, singer
• January 8
• * Otis Clay, R&B and soul singer
• * Royal Parker, television personality
• * Red Simpson, singer and songwriter
• * Brett Smiley, singer and songwriter
• January 9
• * Barbara Allyne Bennet, actress and union executive
• * Myra Carter, actress
• * Lawrence H. Cohn, cardiac surgeon
• * Lance Rautzhan, baseball player
• * Angus Scrimm, actor and author
• * Beau St. Clair, film producer
• * Peggy Willis-Aarnio, ballet choreographer and historian
• January 10
• * David Bowie, English singer, songwriter and actor
• * Alton Brown, baseball player
• * Ann Z. Caracristi, cryptanalyst and intelligence official
• * Charles Congden Carpenter, naturalist and herpetologist
• * Jeanne Córdova, German-born American LGBT activist and writer
• * Carolyn Denning, pediatrician
• * Michael Galeota, actor
• * Ralph Hauenstein, business and philanthropist
• * Francis Thomas Hurley, Roman Catholic prelate
• * Arthur S. Obermayer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• * Dick Spady, restaurateur
• January 11
• * Monte Irvin, baseball player
• * David Margulies, actor
• * Don Strauch, politician; Mayor of Mesa, Arizona
• January 12
• * Meg Mundy, British-born American actress and model
• * Andrew Smith, basketball player
• January 13
• * Luis Arroyo, baseball player
• * Lawrence Phillips, football player
• * Jim Simpson, sportscaster
• * Tera Wray, pornographic actress
• January 14
• * George Carroll, American lawyer and politician
• * James Hannah, American attorney
• * Al Hart, American radio host
• * Ellen Meiksins Wood, American historian
• January 15
• * Noreen Corcoran, actress and dancer
• * Dan Haggerty, actor
• January 16
• * Bob Harkey, race car driver
• * Gary Loizzo, singer and musician
• * Ted Marchibroda, football player and coach
• * Lloyd Rudolph, political scientist and author
• January 17
• * Blowfly, musician and producer
• * Mic Gillette, brass player
• * Ramblin' Lou Schriver, musician and broadcaster
• January 18Glenn Frey, singer-songwriter and musician
• January 19
• * Richard Levins, mathematical ecologist
• * Forrest McDonald, historian
• * William Y. Smith, general
• * Frank Sullivan, baseball player
• January 20
• * Ronald Greenwald, rabbi and businessman
• * David G. Hartwell, editor, literary critic and publisher
• * Edward Yourdon, software engineer, computer consultant, author and lecturer
• January 21
• * Bill Johnson, alpine skier
• * Derrick Todd Lee, serial killer
• January 22
• * Tom Aidala, American architect
• * Eugene Borowitz, American rabbi and philosopher
• * Fred Bruney, American football player
• * Pete Carmichael, American football coach
• * Waymond C. Huggins, American politician
• * Mikhail Odnoralov, Russian-born American painter
• * Robert Pickus, American activist
• * Sarah, American zoo cheetah
• * Storm Flag Flying, American thoroughbred racehorse
• * Rik Wilson, American ice hockey player
• January 23Marie Mahoney, baseball player
• January 24Marvin Minsky, computer scientist
• January 25
• * Thornton Dial, artist
• * Concepcion Picciotto, Spanish-born peace and social activist
• January 26
• * Tommy Kelly, actor
• * Abe Vigoda, actor
• January 27Barbara Berger, baseball player
• January 28
• * Signe Toly Anderson, singer
• * Buddy Cianci, politician; 32nd and 34th Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• * Paul Kantner, singer and musician
• January 30Georgia Davis Powers, civil rights activist and politician

  February

• February 1
• * Jon Bunch, singer-songwriter
• * Thomas Tigue, politician
• February 2
• * Robert Beiner, television sports director
• * Abram Cohen, Olympic fencer
• * Bob Elliott, comedian and actor
• * Jim Goode, restaurateur
• * Halling, racehorse
• * Mike Oehler, author
• February 3
• * Joe Alaskey, voice actor
• * John P. Riley Jr., ice hockey player
• * Maurice White, singer-songwriter
• February 4
• * Marlow Cook, politician; U.S. Senator
• * Jimmie Haskell, composer and arranger
• * Dave Mirra, BMX rider
• * Edgar Mitchell, astronaut
• * Axl Rotten, professional wrestler
• * Edgar Whitcomb, 43rd Governor of Indiana
• February 5
• * Bill Birchfield, politician and lawyer
• * Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, jurist
• * Ray Colcord, film and television composer
• February 6
• * Dan Gerson, screenwriter
• * Dan Hicks, singer-songwriter
• February 7
• * Andrew Glaze, poet, playwright and novelist
• * Redding Pitt, attorney and politician
• * Thomas Rea, dermatologist and leprosy researcher
• February 8
• * Charles C. Campbell, general
• * Johnny Duncan, actor
• February 9
• * Edwin McDonough, actor
• * Donald E. Thorin, cinematographer
• February 10
• * Andrew L. Lewis Jr., 7th United States Secretary of Transportation
• * Lennie Pond, race car driver
• * Christopher Rush, illustrator
• * Richard Unis, judge
• February 11
• * Philip A. Kuhn, British-born historian
• * Kevin Randleman, mixed martial artist
• * John Keith Wells, U.S. Marine platoon commander
• February 12
• * Eddie Barry, ice hockey player
• * Robert Frederick Froehlke, 10th United States Secretary of the Army
• February 13
• * Nathan Barksdale, drug dealer, dramatized in The Wire
• * Johnny Lattner, football player
• * Antonin Scalia, jurist; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• February 14Steven Stucky, classical music composer
• February 15
• * Edward T. Foote II, academic and educator; 4th President of the University of Miami
• * George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor
• February 16
• * Alisa Bellettini, television producer
• * Lex McAllister, reality show contestant
• * Robert Walker, sailor
• February 17Tony Phillips, baseball player
• February 18
• * Jim Davenport, baseball player
• * Rosario Ferré, First Lady of Puerto Rico
• * Tom Mullica, magician and impressionist
• * Angela Raiola, television personality
• * John Reinhardt, diplomat; U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria
• February 19
• * Humbert Allen Astredo, actor
• * Harper Lee, writer
• * Charlie Tuna, radio personality
• February 20
• * Kevin Collins, baseball player
• * Dave Needle, computer engineer
• February 21Richard Horner Thompson, general
• February 22
• * Wesley A. Clark, general and computer engineer
• * Sonny James, singer-songwriter
• * Cara McCollum, journalist and beauty queen
• February 23Donald E. Williams, astronaut
• February 25
• * Tony Burton, actor and comedian
• * Alfred E. Mann, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• February 26
• * C. L. Blast, soul singer
• * William Y. Cooper, artist
• * Juan Conway McNabb, American-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate
• * Robert Palladino, calligrapher and academic
• * Robert Struble Jr., historian and author
• February 28
• * George Kennedy, actor
• * Jack Lindquist, businessman; President of Disneyland
• February 29
• * Stuart Beck, diplomat and law practitioner
• * Helias Doundoulakis, spy and inventor
• * Gil Hill, police officer and actor
• * Lee Reherman, actor

  March

• March 1
• * Martha Wright, actress and singer
• * Gayle McCormick, singer
• * Jim Kimsey, co-founder and CEO of AOL
• * Adam Dziewonski, Polish-born geophysicist
• * Coca Crystal, television personality
• * Stuart Beck, lawyer and diplomat
• March 2
• * R. Tom Zuidema, Dutch-born anthropologist
• * James Barrett McNulty, 26th Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania
• * Aubrey McClendon, businessman and part-owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder
• * Dick Hudson, football player
• * Rosemary Hinkfuss, politician
• * Robert Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey
• March 3
• * Retta Ward, health official and educator
• * William O'Brien, police officer
• * Laura Knaperek, politician
• * Henry R. Horsey, judge
• * Gavin Christopher, singer, songwriter, musician and producer
• * Jack Buckalew, politician
• * Rooney L. Bowen, politician
• * Ralph Baruch, President of Viacom
• March 4
• * William H. Plackett, naval non-commissioned officer
• * Thomas G. Morris, politician
• * Joey Martin Feek, country singer
• * Pat Conroy, author
• * Bud Collins, journalist and sportscaster
• March 5
• * Al Wistert, football player
• * Ray Tomlinson, computer programmer
• * Robert Redbird, artist
• * Caesar Belser, football player
• March 6
• * Gary Smalley, family counselor and author
• * Harold H. Saunders, diplomat
• * Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
• * Elizabeth Garrett, 13th President of Cornell University
• * Jerry Bridges, evangelist and author
• * Barbara Almond, psychiatrist
• March 7
• * Quentin Young, physician and activist
• * Paul Ryan, comic artist
• * Steve Kraly, baseball player
• * Bobby Johns, race car driver
• * Joe Cabot, jazz trumpeter and bandleader
• * Gary Braasch, photographer
• March 8
• * Alfred E. Senn, historian and academic
• * David S. Johnson, computer scientist
• * Ron Jacobs, broadcaster
• * Richard Davalos, actor
• March 9
• * Coy Wayne Wesbrook, convicted mass murderer
• * Bill Wade, football player
• * Clyde Lovellette, basketball player
• * Ralph S. Larsen, CEO of Johnson & Johnson
• * John Gutfreund, investor and CEO of Salomon Brothers
• March 10
• * Gogi Grant, pop singer
• * William Dyke, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
• * Ernestine Anderson, jazz singer
• March 11
• * Ruth Terry, singer and actress
• * Gerard Reedy, 30th President of the College of the Holy Cross
• * Louis Meyers, festival organizer, co-founder of SXSW
• * Shawn Elliott, actor and singer
• * Ben Bagdikian, educator and journalist
• * Joe Ascione, jazz drummer
• March 12
• * Bill Whitby, baseball player
• * Lloyd Shapley, mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• * Morton Hunt, psychologist and science writer
• * Verena Huber-Dyson, mathematician
• * Donnie Duncan, football coach
• * Tommy Brown, singer
• March 13
• * Martin Olav Sabo, politician
• * Hilary Putnam, philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist
• * Sidney Mear, trumpeter
• * Darryl Hunt, justice reform activist
• March 14
• * Vic Schwenk, football player, coach and executive
• * June Peppas, baseball player
• * Lloyd R. Leavitt Jr., lieutenant general
• * Geoffrey Hartman, German-born literary theorist
• * Tamara Grigsby, politician and social worker
• * Virgilio Elizondo, Roman Catholic priest, theologian and civil rights activist
• * Patrick Cain, football player
• * John W. Cahn, German-born metallurgist
• March 15
• * Alice Pollitt, baseball player
• * Earline W. Parmon, politician
• * Ralph C. Johnson, politician and businessman
• * Daryl Coley, gospel singer
• March 16
• * Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-born poet and mathematician
• * Frank Sinatra Jr., singer-songwriter and actor
• * Gene Short, basketball player
• * William B. Bader, civil servant
• March 17
• * Steve Young, singer-songwriter
• * Charles Kaufman, music educator
• * Larry Drake, actor
• * Claudine K. Brown, museum director
• * E.L. Boteler, farmer and politician
• * Ralph David Abernathy III, politician and businessman
• March 18
• * Harold Zisla, painter
• * Tray Walker, football player
• * Joe Santos, actor
• * Fred Richards, baseball player
• * Cherylene Lee, actress and playwright
• * David Egan, singer-songwriter and pianist
• March 19
• * Jerry Taylor, politician and businessman
• * Bob Adelman, photographer
• March 20
• * Gayle Hopkins, long jumper
• * Robert J. Healey, political activist and attorney
• March 21
• * Carolyn Squires, nurse and politician
• * Andrew Grove, Hungarian-born electronic executive
• * Leon Charney, real estate investor, author, media personality and philanthropist
• * Peter Brown, actor
• * Leroy Blunt, politician
• March 22
• * Adam Kelly Ward, convicted murderer
• * Harold J. Morowitz, biophysicist
• * Rita Gam, actress
• * Santiago J. Erevia, soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• * Glen Dawson, rock climber and mountaineer
• * Phife Dawg, rapper
• * Richard Bradford, actor
• March 23
• * John McKibbin, politician and businessman
• * Ken Howard, actor and President of SAG/SAG-AFTRA
• * Ruth Inge Hardison, sculptor, artist and photographer
• * Joe Garagiola Sr., baseball player and broadcaster
• March 24
• * Kevin Turner, football player
• * Garry Shandling, actor, comedian and writer
• * Nicholas Scoppetta, 31st Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department
• * Leonard L. Northrup Jr., engineer
• * Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr., politician
• * Tibor R. Machan, Hungarian-born philosopher
• * Earl Hamner Jr., television writer and producer
• * Maggie Blye, actress
• March 25
• * Shannon Bolin, actress and singer
• * David H. Porter, 5th President of Skidmore College
• * Lester Thurow, political economist
• March 26
• * Donald Stoltenberg, painter and author
• * Jim Harrison, author
• * David Baker, jazz composer
• March 27
• * Gilbert Horn Sr., soldier, politician and judge
• * Curtis Hertel, 64th Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
• * Toni Grant, psychologist and radio personality
• * Eric Engberg, news correspondent
• * Vince Boryla, basketball player, coach and executive
• * Mother Angelica, Franciscan nun and founder of EWTN
• March 28
• * W. Ward Reynoldson, lawyer and judge
• * James Noble, actor
• * Igor Khait, animator
• * Bogdan Denitch, Bulgarian-born sociologist
• March 29
• * John Wittenborn, football player
• * Steven Sample, 10th President of the University of Southern California
• * Patty Duke, actress and President of SAG
• * Frank De Felitta, author, producer and director
• March 30
• * Bill Rosendahl, politician
• * J. Thomas Rosch, lawyer
• * Frankie Michaels, singer and actor
• * Shirley Hufstedler, 1st United States Secretary of Education
• March 31
• * Ward Wettlaufer, golfer
• * Terry Plumeri, musician, conductor and composer
• * Eugene E. Parker, sports agent
• * Werner Baer, economist

  April

• April 1
• * Patricia Thompson, philosopher and author
• * Marjorie Peters, baseball player
• * Herbert Theodore Milburn, judge
• * Richard S. Kem, army general
• * Tom Coughlin, business executive and fraudster
• April 2
• * Amber Rayne, pornographic actress
• * Moreese Bickham, wrongfully convicted murderer and anti-death penalty activist
• * Rick Bartow, artist and sculptor
• April 3
• * Clarence Clifton Young, politician
• * Bill Henderson, jazz vocalist and actor
• * Henry Harpending, anthropologist
• * Robert Guinan, painter
• * Joe Medicine Crow, Crow historian and author
• * Ward Crutchfield, politician
• * Alex de Jesús, boxer
• * Erik Bauersfeld, radio dramatist and voice actor
• April 4
• * Mike Sandlock, baseball player
• * George Radosevich, football player
• * John Miller, politician
• * Carlo Mastrangelo, doo-wop singer
• * Archie Dees, basketball player
• April 5
• * Barbara Turner, screenwriter and actress
• * E. M. Nathanson, author
• * Leon Haywood, funk singer-songwriter and record producer
• * Roman Gribbs, 65th Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
• April 6
• * Murray Wier, basketball player
• * Pablo Lucio Vasquez, convicted murderer
• * Ogden Mills Phipps, financier, racehorse owner and breeder
• * Robert MacCrate, lawyer
• * Joel Kurtzman, economist
• * Merle Haggard, singer-songwriter and musician
• * Dennis Davis, drummer
• April 7
• * Blackjack Mulligan, professional wrestler
• * Vladimir Kagan, furniture designer
• * Frank E. Denholm, politician
• * Joe Freeman Britt, attorney and judge
• April 8
• * Edward J. Steimel, lobbyist and fundraiser
• * Daisy Lewellyn, reality television personality
• * Charles Hirsch, forensic pathologist
• * William Hamilton, cartoonist, playwright and novelist
• * Dick Alban, football player
• April 9
• * Will Smith, football player
• * Tony Conrad, experimental filmmaker and musician
• * Duane Clarridge, spy
• * Arthur Anderson, actor
• April 10
• * Wayne Southwick, surgeon and academic
• * Nicholas Hood, minister, politician and civil rights activist
• * Louis Gladstone, politician
• April 11
• * Ed Snider, sports executive
• * Anne Gould Hauberg, arts patron
• * Hokie Gajan, football player and broadcaster
• * Doug Banks, radio personality
• April 12
• * Spec Richardson, baseball executive
• * Balls Mahoney, professional wrestler
• * Bryce Jordan, 14th President of the Pennsylvania State University
• * Anne Jackson, actress, wife of Eli Wallach
• * David Gest, entertainer, producer and television personality
• * Paul Carey, broadcaster and sportscaster
• * Hector A. Cafferata Jr., soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• April 13
• * Nera White, basketball player
• * Ray Thornton, politician and attorney
• April 14
• * Carl M. Vogel, politician
• * Dan Ireland, Canadian-born film director and producer
• * Fred Hayman, Swiss-born fashion retailer and entrepreneur
• * Francesco Guarraci, Italian-born mobster
• April 15
• * Frederick Mayer, German-born spy
• * Laura Liu, judge
• April 16
• * Maurice Kenny, Mohawk poet
• * William M. Gray, meteorologist
• * Rod Daniel, film and television director
• * Ron Bonham, basketball player
• April 17
• * Doris Roberts, actress
• * Clifton C. Garvin, businessman
• April 18
• * Scott Nimerfro, television writer and producer
• * Ben-Zion Gold, Polish-born rabbi
• * Bill Campbell, businessman and executive
• * Paul Busiek, physician and legislator
• * Brian Asawa, opera singer
• April 19
• * Pete Zorn, musician
• * Milt Pappas, baseball player
• * John McConathy, basketball player
• * Richard Lyons, musician
• * Walter Kohn, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• April 20
• * Dwayne Washington, basketball player
• * Harry Perkowski, baseball player
• * Velda González, actress and politician
• * Chyna, professional wrestler, bodybuilder and actress
• * Solomon Blatt Jr., judge
• April 21
• * Peter Ruckman, Independent Baptist pastor
• * Prince, singer, songwriter, musician and actor
• * Michelle McNamara, crime writer, wife of Patton Oswalt
• * Lonnie Mack, singer and guitarist
• April 22Jory Prum, audio engineer
• April 23
• * Horace Ward, judge
• * Tom Muecke, football player
• * Ron Brace, football player
• April 24
• * George Alexis Weymouth, artist and conservationist
• * Terry Redlin, artist
• * Billy Paul, R&B singer
• * Lizette Parker, Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey
• * Tommy Kono, weightlifter
• * Steve Julian, radio host
• * Perry O. Hooper Sr., jurist
• * Manuel de la Torre, Spanish-born golf instructor
• April 25Joe Blahak, football player
• April 26
• * Harry Wu, Chinese-born human rights activist
• * James H. Ware, biostatician
• * Ozzie Silna, basketball executive
• * Winston Hill, football player
• April 27
• * Willie L. Williams, police commissioner
• * Harold Cohen, British-born digital artist
• April 28
• * Blackie Sherrod, sportswriter
• * Dick Yoder, 57th Mayor of West Chester, Pennsylvania
• * Charles Gatewood, photographer
• * Joe Durham, baseball player
• * Conrad Burns, U.S. Senator
• April 29Don White, race car driver
• April 30
• * Peter Thomas, television announcer and narrator
• * Tracy Scott, script supervisor
• * Marisol Escobar, French-born artist and sculptor
• * Wayne Crawford, actor, producer, director and screenwriter
• * Daniel Berrigan, Jesuit priest and peace activist
• * Daniel Aaron, writer and academic, co-founder of the Library of America

  May

• May 1
• * Doug Raney, jazz guitarist, son of Jimmy Raney
• * Solomon W. Golomb, mathematician and engineer
• May 2
• * Gordie Sundin, baseball player
• * Afeni Shakur, political activist and businesswoman, mother of Tupac Shakur
• * Jacky Lee, football player
• * Al Ferrari, basketball player
• * Mel Bartholomew, inventor and businessman
• May 3
• * Ret Turner, costume designer
• * Ian Sander, film and television producer
• * Nicolas Noxon, documentary filmmaker
• * Thomas W. Libous, politician
• * Frank Levingston, supercentenarian
• * Abel Fernandez, actor
• * Paul Boutelle, politician
• May 4
• * Jordan Parsons, mixed martial artist
• * Ursula Mamlok, German-born composer
• * Howard King, public address announcer
• * Karl Butzer, German-born geographer
• * Bob Bennett, U.S. Senator
• * Blas Avena, mixed martial artist
• May 5
• * Rollin Dart, CEO of Dart National Bank
• * Dick Estell, radio host
• May 6
• * Rickey Smith, singer and reality show contestant
• * Pierre, African penguin
• * Candye Kane, blues singer-songwriter and actress
• * Johnny Joannou, politician
• * David Hall, 20th Governor of Oklahoma
• * Christopher T. Carley, real estate developer
• May 7
• * John Stabb, punk vocalist
• * Michael S. Harper, poet
• * Ann Day, politician
• May 8
• * John Young, baseball player, scout and executive
• * Nick Lashaway, actor
• * William Schallert, actor and President of SAG
• * Louisa Chase, Panamanian-born painter and printmaker
• * John Bradshaw, motivational writer and speaker
• * Tom M. Apostol, mathematician
• May 9
• * Ronald W. Walker, historian
• * Karl Maramorosch, Austrian-born virologist
• * Chuck Curtis, football coach
• May 10Mark Lane, lawyer, politician, civil rights activist and author
• May 11
• * Michael Ratner, attorney
• * Katherine Dunn, novelist
• May 12
• * Peter J. Liacouras, President of Temple University
• * Del Latta, politician
• * Julius La Rosa, singer
• * Susannah Mushatt Jones, supercentenarian, last known American born in the 19th century
• May 13
• * James M. Shuart, President of Hofstra University
• * Dick McAuliffe, baseball player
• * Rabbit Kekai, surfer
• * Sammy Ellis, baseball player
• * Buster Cooper, jazz trombonist
• * Bill Backer, advertising executive
• * Murray A. Straus, American sociologist and professor, creator of the Conflict tactics scale
• May 14Monteagle Stearns, U.S. Ambassador to Greece and Ivory Coast
• May 16
• * Robert "Bobby" Freeman, politician
• * Jim McMillian, basketball player
• * Julia Meade, actress
• * Emilio Navaira, country and Tejano singer
• * Mamie Rallins, hurdler
• * Jack Unruh, commercial illustrator
• May 17Guy Clark, singer-songwriter, Grammy winner .
• May 18
• * Elaine Abraham, Tlingit elder and nurse
• * Fritz Stern, German-born historian
• * Susan Tolchin, political scientist
• May 19
• * Irving Benson, actor and comedian
• * John Berry, musician
• * Jim Ray Hart, baseball player
• * Morley Safer, Canadian-born journalist
• May 20
• * Patricia M. Derian, human rights activist
• * Brandon Grove, U.S. Ambassador to East Germany and Zaire
• * Albert M. Sackett, Navy rear admiral
• * Wheelock Whitney Jr., sports executive
• May 21
• * Homeboykris, racehorse
• * Nick Menza, German-born drummer
• May 22
• * Tom DeLeone, football player
• * George Wildman, cartoonist
• May 23Joe Fleishaker, actor
• May 24
• * Suzanne Corkin, neuroscientist
• * Buck Kartalian, actor
• * Mell Lazarus, cartoonist
• * Hughes Oliphant Old, theologian
• May 25Nancy Dow, actress and model
• May 26
• * Cassandra Butts, lawyer
• * Hedy Epstein, German-born Holocaust survivor and political activist
• * Lou Grasmick, baseball player
• * Gustav Meier, Swiss-born conductor
• * Angela Paton, actress
• * Coe Swobe, politician, member of the Nevada Senate
• * Bob Williams, football player
• May 27
• * Michael Dann, television executive
• * Louise Erickson, baseball player
• * Frank Modell, cartoonist
• * Morton White, philosopher
• May 28
• * Bryce Dejean-Jones, basketball player
• * Peter DeTroy, attorney
• * M. Brendan Fleming, politician, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
• * Harambe, endangered gorilla
• May 29
• * T. Marshall Hahn, educator and executive
• * Ralph Ketner, businessman and philanthropist
• * Don McNay, financial author
• May 30C. Michael Harper, executive
• May 31
• * Jan Crouch, televangelist and broadcasting executive
• * David Tod Roy, sinologist and translator

  June

• June 1
• * Roger Enrico, businessman
• * Boyce F. Martin Jr., judge, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• June 2
• * Donny Everett, baseball player
• * Wayne Kingery, football player
• * Lee Pfund, baseball player and college baseball and basketball coach
• June 3
• * Muhammad Ali, boxer
• * Henry Childs, football player
• June 4
• * Phyllis Curtin, operatic soprano
• * Bill Richmond, film and television writer and producer
• * William Wright, author, editor, and playwright
• June 5
• * Jerome Bruner, psychologist
• * David Lamb, journalist
• * Cedric Robinson, political scientist and activist
• * Eleanor Zelliot, writer and educator
• June 6
• * Helen Fabela Chávez, labor unionist and activist
• * Theresa Saldana, actress
• * Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born mixed martial artist and boxer
• June 7
• * Leonard Hill, television producer and real estate developer
• * Thomas Perkins, businessman
• * Sean Rooks, basketball player and coach
• * Bryan Wiedmeier, football executive
• June 9
• * J. Reilly Lewis, choral conductor and organist
• * Brooks Thompson, basketball player and coach
• June 10Mary Feik, aviator
• *Gordie Howe- hockey player
• June 11
• * Gilbert Blue, Catawba Nation chief
• * Stacey Castor, convicted murderer
• * Christina Grimmie, singer and songwriter
• * Bryan Robinson, football player
• June 12
• * Michelle Cliff, Jamaican-born author
• * Earl Faison, football player
• * Curley Johnson, football player
• * Danny Kopec, chess player
• * George Voinovich, Governor of Ohio and Senator from Ohio
• * Janet Waldo, actress and voice artist
• * 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre
• June 13
• * Anahid Ajemian, violinist
• * Michu Meszaros, Hungarian-born actor
• * Chips Moman, record producer, guitarist, and songwriter
• * Robert T. Paine, ecologist
• * Gregory Rabassa, literary translator
• June 14
• * Melvin Dwork, interior designer and LGBT rights activist
• * Ronnie Claire Edwards, actress
• * Ann Morgan Guilbert, actress
• June 15
• * Lois Duncan, author
• * Richard Selzer, surgeon and author
• June 16
• * Irving Moskowitz, businessman and philanthropist
• * Bill Berkson, poet and literary critic
• June 17
• * Thomas Ashley Graves Jr., academic
• * Ron Lester, actor
• * David Morgenthaler, businessman
• June 18
• * Curt Hofstad, politician
• * Kitty Rhoades, politician
• * Joe Schaffernoth, baseball player
• June 19
• * David Johnson, Australian-born businessman
• * Anton Yelchin, Soviet-born actor
• June 20
• * Frank Chapot, equestrian
• * Alvin Endt, educator and politician
• * Bill Ham, music manager and record producer
• * Rich Olive, politician
• * Chayito Valdez, Mexican-born singer and actress
• June 21
• * Dan Daniel, radio personality
• * Jack Fuller, journalist, novelist, and publisher
• * Wayne Jackson, R&B trumpeter
• * Kenworth Moffett, art curator and museum director
• June 22
• * Joan Acker, sociologist and women's rights activist
• * Jim Boyd, singer-songwriter
• June 23
• * Mike Flynn, online journalist and conservative activist
• * James Green, labor historian and activist
• * Michael Herr, author and war correspondent
• * Stuart Nisbet, actor
• * Ralph Stanley, bluegrass singer and banjoist
• June 24
• * Chaim Avrohom Horowitz, Polish-born rabbi
• * Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist
• June 25
• * Raymond Bateman, politician
• * Bill Cunningham, street and fashion photographer
• * Jim Hickman, baseball player
• * Peter Hutton, experimental filmmaker
• * Hal Lear, basketball player
• June 26
• * Jona Goldrich, Polish-born real estate developer and philanthropist
• * Barbara Goldsmith, author, journalist, editor, and philanthropist
• * John J. Santucci, lawyer and politician
• June 27
• * Simon Ramo, engineer, businessman, and author
• * Mack Rice, singer and songwriter
• * Alvin Toffler, writer and futurist
• June 28
• * Scotty Moore, rock and roll guitarist
• * Buddy Ryan, football coach
• * Pat Summitt, women's basketball coach
• * Zurlon Tipton, football player
• June 29
• * Stanley Gault, businessman and philanthropist
• * Irving Gottesman, psychologist
• * Carl Haas, auto racing driver and owner
• * Edward L. Salmon Jr., Episcopal bishop
• * Rob Wasserman, rock double-bassist
• June 30
• * Don Friedman, jazz pianist
• * Joe Scott, football player

  July

• July 2
• * Roscoe Brown, aviator and educator
• * Michael Cimino, film director, producer, and screenwriter
• * Alphie McCourt, Irish-born writer
• * Jack C. Taylor, businessman, billionaire, and philanthropist
• * Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born writer, educator, political activist, and Holocaust survivor
• July 3
• * Noel Neill, actress
• * Clifford Vaughs, civil rights activist, filmmaker, and motorcycle builder
• July 4Abner J. Mikva, politician, federal judge, lawyer and law professor
• July 5William L. Armstrong, politician and businessman; U.S. Senator from Colorado
• July 6
• * Marian Bergeson, politician; member of the California State Assembly and California State Senate
• * Larry Bock, entrepreneur
• * John McMartin, actor
• * Mike Moore, football player
• July 7Tom Marr, talk radio host and sportscaster
• July 8
• * Harold A. Linstone, German-born mathematician and futurist
• * William H. McNeill, Canadian-born historian
• * Howard Raiffa, academic
• July 9
• * Norman Abbott, television director
• * Sydney Schanberg, journalist
• July 10
• * Robert E. Cooper Sr., judge
• * Alfred G. Knudson, geneticist
• July 11
• * John Brademas, politician and educator, U.S. Representative from Indiana
• * Jim Metzen, politician
• * Scott Olin Wright, judge
• July 13
• * Marion Campbell, football player and coach
• * Garry N. Drummond, businessman and philanthropist
• * Robert Fano, Italian-born computer scientist
• * Hollis L. Harris, businessman
• * Carolyn See, author and educator
• July 14
• * Roger Chanoine, football player
• * Troy Mader, rancher and politician; Wyoming state representative
• * Sharon Runner, politician; California state senator
• July 15
• * Karl E. Case, economist and academic
• * Duncan M. Gray Jr., Episcopalian prelate
• July 16
• * Bonnie Brown, country singer
• * Robert Burren Morgan, politician; U.S. Senator from North Carolina
• * Gary S. Paxton, record producer, songwriter, and musician
• * Nate Thurmond, basketball player
• * Alan Vega, vocalist and visual artist
• July 17
• * Wendell Anderson, politician; 33rd Governor of Minnesota
• * Mel Durslag, sportswriter
• July 18
• * John Kerr, author
• * Jeffrey Montgomery, LGBT rights activist
• * Billy Name, photographer, filmmaker, and lighting designer
• July 19
• * Betsy Bloomingdale, socialite and philanthropist
• * Garry Marshall, actor, director, writer, and producer
• * Chief Zee, Washington Redskins superfan
• July 20
• * William Gaines, journalist and academic
• * Mark Takai, politician; U.S. Representative from Hawaii
• July 21
• * Bill Cardille, television and radio personality
• * Thomas R. McCarthy, racehorse owner and trainer
• * Lewie Steinberg, rhythm and blues bassist
• July 22
• * Dave Bald Eagle, Lakota actor, musician, soldier, and stuntman
• * Dennis Green, football coach
• * Zeke Smith, football player
• July 23
• * Sheilla Lampkin, politician
• * Harold Duane Vietor, federal judge
• July 24
• * Marni Nixon, singer and actress
• * Conrad Prebys, real estate developer and philanthropist
• * Don Roberts, ice hockey coach
• July 25
• * Dwight Jones, basketball player
• * Tim LaHaye, evangelical minister, author, and speaker
• * Tom Peterson, retailer and television personality
• * Franklin Van Antwerpen, federal judge
• July 26
• * Miss Cleo, psychic and television personality
• * David A. Katz, federal judge
• * Forrest Mars Jr., businessman and billionaire
• * Sandy Pearlman, record producer, talent manager, and songwriter
• July 27
• * LaVon Crosby, politician; Nebraska state senator
• * Jack Davis, cartoonist and illustrator
• * Doug Griffin, baseball player
• * James Alan McPherson, short story writer and essayist
• * Richard Thompson, cartoonist
• July 28Conrad K. Cyr, federal judge
• July 29
• * Antonio Armstrong, football player
• * Zelda Fichandler, theatre producer, director, manager, and educator
• July 30
• * Alan Brice, baseball player
• * Gloria DeHaven, actress and singer
• * Dave Schwartz, meteorologist
• July 31Eric Moon, British-born librarian

  August

• August 1
• * Jonathan D. Krane, film producer
• * Jim Northrup, Ojibwe writer
• August 2
• * Gordon Danby, physicist
• * David Huddleston, actor
• * Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-born chemist
• August 3
• * Abdul Jeelani, basketball player
• * Steve LaTourette, politician; U.S. Representative from Ohio
• * Elliot Tiber, writer and artist
• August 4
• * Jean Antone, wrestler
• * David Dudley Dowd Jr., federal judge
• * Patrice Munsel, operatic soprano
• * Albert Nicholas, basketball player, businessman and philanthropist
• * Gaspar Saladino, comic letterer and logo designer
• August 5
• * Alan Bates, politician; Oregon state senator
• * Richard Fagan, country songwriter and musician
• * George E. Mendenhall, Biblical scholar
• August 6
• * Sid Applebaum, businessman
• * Helen Delich Bentley, politician; U.S. Representative from Maryland
• * Joani Blank, feminist writer, sex educator, and entrepreneur
• * Art Demmas, football official
• * Pete Fountain, jazz clarinetist
• August 7 – Bryan Clauson, racing driver
• August 8 – George Yarno, football player
• August 9
• * Bill Dooley, football player and coach
• * Barry Jenner, actor
• * Jimmy D. Long, politician; Louisiana state representative
• * W. Carter Merbreier, television personality, minister, and police chaplain
• August 10
• * Neill Armstrong, football player and coach
• * Steve Pivovar, sportswriter
• * John Saunders, Canadian-born sports journalist and broadcaster
• * Tom Wilson, football player and coach
• August 11
• * Thomas Steinbeck, author, journalist, and photographer
• * Glenn Yarbrough, folk singer
• August 12
• * Alison Piepmeier, feminist writer, academic, and activist
• * Ruby Wilson, blues and gospel singer
• August 13
• * Allen Kelley, basketball player
• * Michel Richard, French-born chef and restaurateur
• August 14
• * Marion Christopher Barry, businessman
• * DJ Official, hip hop musician and producer
• * Fyvush Finkel, actor
• * Ron Vander Kelen, football player
• August 15
• * Choo-Choo Coleman, baseball player
• * Bobby Hutcherson, jazz vibraphonist and composer
• * Richard Wackar, football and basketball coach
• August 16
• * John McLaughlin, political commentator and television personality
• * Richard Seminack, Eastern Catholic bishop
• August 17
• * Steve Arlin, baseball player
• * James R. Bennett, politician; 49th and 52nd Secretary of State of Alabama
• * Arthur Hiller, Canadian-born film and television director
• * John Timoney, Irish-born police officer
• August 18
• * Jay S. Fishman, businessman
• * John William Vessey Jr., U.S. Army general; tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• August 19
• * Donald Henderson, physician, educator, and epidemiologist
• * Edward T. Maloney, aviation historian
• * Lou Pearlman, record producer, music manager, and fraudster
• * Jack Riley, actor, voice artist, and comedian
• August 20
• * George E. Curry, journalist
• * Irving Fields, pianist and composer
• * Jim Gibbons, football player
• * Harry Gilmer, football player
• * Joseph A. Palaia, politician; New Jersey state senator
• * Morton Schindel, film producer and educator
• * Morris A. Wessel, pediatrician
• August 21Peter deCourcy Hero, college and foundation president
• August 22
• * Michael Brooks, basketball player
• * Edward Malefakis, history professor
• * Jane Thompson, designer, architect, and urban planner
• August 23
• * Steven Hill, actor
• * Aaron W. Plyler, businessman and politician
• August 24
• * Joel Bergman, architect
• * Tom Ganley, businessman and politician
• * Gregory P. Schmidt, politician
• August 25
• * James Cronin, physicist
• * Warren Hinckle, political journalist
• * Marvin Kaplan, actor and voice artist
• * Rudy Van Gelder, recording engineer
• August 26
• * Steve Korcheck, baseball player
• * E. Parry Thomas, banker, racehorse owner, and philanthropist
• August 27Bill Lenkaitis, football player
• August 28
• * Mr. Fuji, professional wrestler and manager
• * Joe R. Hicks, political commentator and activist
• * Nate Hirsch, sportscaster
• August 29
• * Dee Dowis, football player
• * Gene Wilder, actor, screenwriter, film director, and author
• August 30
• * Dan Dryden, politician
• * Hoot Hester, fiddle player
• * David Lavery, academic
• * Doris McLemore, educator; last fluent speaker of the Wichita language
• * Joe Sutter, aeronautical engineer
• August 31 – Nathan Lyons, photographer

  September

• September 1
• * Thomas G. Doran, Roman Catholic prelate
• * Fred Hellerman, folk musician
• * Kacey Jones, singer-songwriter and humorist
• * Jon Polito, actor and voice artist
• September 2
• * Blackie Gejeian, race car driver and auto customizer
• * Jerry Heller, music manager
• * Don Minnick, baseball player
• * Margrit Mondavi, Swiss-born businesswoman
• September 3
• * John W. Drummond, politician
• * Albert Hofstede, politician
• * Leslie H. Martinson, film and television director
• September 4Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician
• September 5
• * Duane Graveline, physician and astronaut
• * Hugh O'Brian, actor
• * Rudolph T. Randa, federal judge
• * Phyllis Schlafly, constitutional lawyer, conservative activist, and author
• September 6
• * Cary Blanchard, football player
• * John Royston Coleman, labor economist and university president
• * Darren Seals, civil rights activist
• * Robert Timberg, journalist and author
• September 7
• * Bobby Chacon, boxer
• * Clifford Curry, R&B singer
• * Norbert Schemansky, weightlifter
• September 8
• * Greta Zimmer Friedman, dental assistant, subject of V-J Day in Times Square
• * The Lady Chablis, drag queen
• September 9
• * Chad Brown, football official
• * Bill Nojay, politician
• * Ben Press, tennis player, coach, and writer
• * James Stacy, actor
• September 10
• * Robert Eugene Allen, businessman
• * Chris Stone, businessman
• * Frank Masley, Olympic luger
• September 11
• * Alexis Arquette, actress
• * Lawrence D. Cohen, attorney, politician, and judge
• September 12
• * Edmund D. Edelman, politician
• * Peter Pettalia, politician
• * Stanley Sheinbaum, academic and activist
• September 13
• * Jack Hofsiss, theatre, film, and television director
• * Judith Jacobs, politician
• * Mike Roberts, sportscaster
• * Joe Zaleski, football player and coach
• September 14
• * Don Buchla, musical instrument designer
• * Kim McGuire, actress and lawyer
• * Dean White, businessman
• September 15Rose Mofford, politician
• September 16
• * Edward Albee, playwright
• * Don Bass, wrestler
• * Marvin Mottet, Roman Catholic priest
• * Joe Seng, politician
• September 17Charmian Carr, actress and singer
• September 18
• * Robert W. Cone, U.S. Army general
• * John Craighead, conservationist and naturalist
• * C. Martin Croker, animator and voice actor
• * David Kyle, science fiction writer
• * Tom Mintier, television correspondent
• * Joan Patricia Murphy, politician
• * Rose Pak, political activist
• September 19
• * Bobby Breen, Canadian-born actor and singer
• * Mike Fellows, politician
• * Bill Glassford, football player and coach
• * Zerka T. Moreno, Dutch-born psychotherapist
• September 20
• * Bill Barrett, politician; member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• * Richie Dunn, ice hockey player
• * Jack Garman, computer engineer and NASA executive
• * Curtis Hanson, film producer, director, and screenwriter
• * Dennis M. Jones, businessman
• * Terry Kohler, businessman and philanthropist
• * Victor Scheinman, roboticist and inventor
• September 21
• * Shawty Lo, rapper
• * John D. Loudermilk, singer and songwriter
• September 22
• * Walter Bush, ice hockey executive
• * Leonard I. Garth, federal judge
• * Ed Temple, track and field coach
• September 24
• * Bill Nunn, actor
• * Buckwheat Zydeco, zydeco musician
• September 25
• * David Budbill, poet and playwright
• * José Fernández, Cuban-born baseball player
• * Kashif, musician, record producer, and humanitarian
• * Arnold Palmer, golfer
• * Jean Shepard, country singer and songwriter
• * Robert Weinberg, author
• September 26
• * Taz Anderson, football player
• * Joe Clay, rockabilly musician
• * Jack Cotton, basketball player
• * Jack Kirrane, ice hockey player
• * Herschell Gordon Lewis, film producer, director, and screenwriter
• September 27
• * Randy Duncan, football player
• * Charles Schultze, economist
• September 28
• * Gary Glasberg, television writer and producer
• * Malcolm M. Lucas, 26th Chief Justice of California
• * Bruce Lynn, businessman, banker, and politician
• * Gloria Naylor, novelist
• * Agnes Nixon, television writer and producer
• * Timothy Pesci, politician
• September 29
• * Hidden Lake, racehorse
• * Shirley Jaffe, painter and sculptor
• * Joseph Verner Reed Jr., banker and diplomat
• * Mark Ricks, politician; 40th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
• * Ralph V. Whitworth, businessman
• September 30
• * George Barris, photographer
• * Charles Brading, pharmacist and politician
• * Oscar Brand, Canadian-born folk musician
• * Frederic C. Hamilton, oilman and philanthropist
• * Jim Zapp, baseball player

  October

• October 1
• * Bobby Burnett, football player
• * Roger Theder, football player and coach
• * Lowell Thomas Jr., British-born film producer and politician
• October 2
• * Walter Darby Bannard, painter
• * Gordon Davidson, stage and film director
• * Gary Reed, comics writer and publisher
• October 4
• * Kenneth Angell, Roman Catholic prelate
• * Ivan C. Lafayette, politician
• * Ned Randolph, politician
• * Donald H. White, composer
• October 5
• * Dick Haugland, biochemist and philanthropist
• * Cameron Moore, basketball player
• * Josh Samman, mixed martial artist
• * Brock Yates, journalist and author
• October 6
• * Hans W. Becherer, business executive
• * George Pernicano, businessman and NFL owner
• October 7Bill Warren, film historian and critic
• October 8
• * Peter Allen, radio broadcaster
• * Don Ciccone, singer and songwriter
• * Gary Dubin, actor
• * Jacob Neusner, Jewish scholar and theologian
• October 9
• * Santo DiPietro, businessman and politician
• * Donn Fendler, wilderness survivor, author, and public speaker
• * Aaron Pryor, boxer
• * Kenneth P. Thompson, lawyer and politician
• October 10
• * Tony Adamowicz, racing driver
• * Leo Beranek, acoustic engineer and academic
• * Lorenzo Freeman, football player
• * John Vaughn, Franciscan Catholic leader
• October 11
• * David Antin, poet
• * Tom Barnes, journalist
• * Patricia Barry, actress
• October 12
• * Thomas Mikal Ford, actor
• * Jack Greenberg, civil rights lawyer and legal scholar
• * Rick Gudex, businessman and politician
• * Dylan Rieder, skateboarder and model
• * Fulton Walker, football player
• October 13
• * Richard A. Pittman, U.S. Marine and Medal of Honor winner
• * Louis Stettner, photographer
• October 14
• * Lucy Baxley, politician; 28th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
• * Edward Gorman, author
• * Thom Jones, author
• October 15
• * Dennis Byrd, football player
• * Quentin Groves, football player
• * Bruce Marshall, ice hockey coach
• October 16
• * Clyde C. Holloway, politician and businessman
• * Ted V. Mikels, film producer, director, and screenwriter
• * Joseph A. Suozzi, Italian-born attorney and judge
• October 17
• * Eddie Applegate, actor
• * Edgar Munhall, art historian and curator
• * Irwin Smigel, dentist and entrepreneur
• * Morris Stroud, football player
• October 18
• * Anthony Addabbo, actor
• * David Bunnell, businessman, writer, and publisher
• October 19
• * Tommy Bartlett, basketball and tennis player and coach
• * Phil Chess, Polish-born record producer and music executive
• October 20
• * William G. Bowen, academic and university president
• * Gail Cogdill, football player
• * Michael Massee, actor
• * Simone Schaller, Olympic hurdler
• October 21
• * Dan Johnston, lawyer and politician
• * Kevin Meaney, comedian and actor
• October 22
• * Gavin MacFadyen, journalist and documentary filmmaker
• * Monarchos, racehorse and stallion
• * Sheri S. Tepper, author
• * Bob Vanatta, basketball coach
• October 23
• * Jack Chick, cartoonist, publisher, and Christian fundamentalist
• * Tom Hayden, writer, activist, and politician
• * Bob Saunders, politician
• October 24
• * Bobby Vee, pop singer and actor
• * Charles Wolf Jr., economist
• October 25
• * Kevin Curran, television writer
• * Mel Haber, hotelier, restaurateur, and philanthropist
• * Bob Hoover, U.S. Air Force pilot
• * Burnet R. Maybank Jr., lawyer and politician
• October 26
• * Donald C. Pogue, federal judge
• * Vic Rapp, football coach
• October 27
• * Jim Eddy, football coach
• * Susan Lindquist, biologist
• * David Tyack, historian
• * John Zacherle, television and radio personality and voice actor
• October 28Angeline Kopka, businesswoman and politician
• October 29
• * Robert Belfanti, politician
• * Norman Brokaw, talent agent
• * E. Lee Hennessee, hedge fund manager
• * John Hicks, football player
• * Paul Luebke, politician
• * John D. Roberts, chemist
• * Barry Stout, politician
• October 30
• * James Galanos, fashion designer
• * Tammy Grimes, actress and singer
• * Betty Ann Kennedy, contract bridge player
• * Gil Krueger, football coach
• * Don Marshall, actor
• * Curly Putman, songwriter
• October 31
• * Natalie Babbitt, children's author and illustrator
• * Andy Hill, politician
• * Gene La Rocque, U.S. Navy admiral
• * Klaus Schulten, German-born biophysicist

  November

• November 1
• * Don Kates, lawyer and criminologist
• * Stanford Lipsey, newspaper publisher
• * John Orsino, baseball player
• November 2
• * Max Alexander, comedian and actor
• * Bob Cranshaw, jazz bassist
• * Jud Kinberg, film producer and screenwriter
• * Dolores Klosowski, baseball player
• * A. Thomas Kraabel, classical scholar
• * Jan Slepian, children's author and poet
• November 3
• * Kay Starr, singer
• * Rick Steiner, theatrical producer
• November 4
• * Eddie Carnett, baseball player
• * DeVan Dallas, politician
• * Allen Eller, soccer player
• * Eddie Harsch, Canadian-born rock musician
• November 5
• * Ralph Cicerone, atmospheric scientist
• * W. Eugene Hansen, religious leader
• * Arnold Mesches, visual artist
• November 7
• * Phil Georgeff, horse racing announcer
• * Julie Gregg, actress
• * Janet Reno, lawyer; U.S. Attorney General
• November 8
• * Yaffa Eliach, Polish-born historian and Holocaust survivor
• * Junius Foy Guin Jr., federal judge
• * Bill Lapham, football player
• November 9
• * Greg Ballard, basketball player and assistant coach
• * Al Caiola, guitarist and composer
• * Russ Nixon, baseball player
• November 10
• * David Adamany, political scientist and academic administrator
• * Bill Stanfill, football player
• November 11
• * Victor Bailey, bassist
• * Greg Horton, football player
• * Claire Labine, television writer and producer
• * Aileen Mehle, gossip columnist
• * Robert Vaughn, actor
• November 12
• * Jerry Dumas, cartoonist
• * Howard Ruff, economist and investment writer
• * Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress
• November 13
• * Lary Kuharich, football coach
• * Billy Miller, music archivist
• * Leon Russell, musician and songwriter
• November 14
• * Diana Balmori, landscape designer
• * Houston Conwill, sculptor
• * Holly Dunn, country music singer and songwriter
• * Bob Gain, football player
• * Roger Hobbs, novelist
• * Gwen Ifill, journalist, television newscaster, and author
• * Mahpiya Ska, albino buffalo
• * David Mancuso, club DJ
• * Gardnar Mulloy, tennis player
• November 15
• * Bob Addis, baseball player
• * Mose Allison, jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer
• * Dwayne Andreas, businessman and political donor
• * Cliff Barrows, gospel singer and music director
• * Jules Eskin, cellist
• * Lisa Lynn Masters, actress
• * Milt Okun, record producer, arranger. conductor, and singer
• * Clift Tsuji, politician
• November 16
• * Jay Wright Forrester, computer engineer
• * Melvin Laird, politician; U.S. Secretary of Defense
• * Daniel Leab, German-born historian
• * Larry Tucker, politician
• * Mentor Williams, songwriter and record producer
• November 17
• * Ruth Gruber, photojournalist and humanitarian
• * Whitney Smith, vexillologist and flag designer
• November 18
• * Denton Cooley, heart surgeon
• * Sharon Jones, soul and funk singer
• * Yevgeni Lazarev, Russian-born actor
• November 19
• * Monk Bonasorte, football player
• * John C. Carpenter, rancher and politician
• * Irving A. Fradkin, optometrist and philanthropist
• * Ida Levin, violinist
• * Paul Sylbert, production designer
• November 20
• * Gene Guarilia, basketball player
• * Janellen Huttenlocher, psychologist
• * Hod O'Brien, jazz pianist
• November 21Edward L. Kimball, legal scholar
• November 23
• * Peggy Kirk Bell, golfer
• * Ralph Branca, baseball player
• * Joe Esposito, author and publisher
• * Jerry Tucker, child actor
• November 24
• * Al Brodax, film and television producer
• * Bob Chase, radio sports announcer
• * John Ebersole, educator and author
• * Dave Ferriss, baseball player
• * Larry W. Fullerton, inventor
• * Florence Henderson, actress and singer
• * William Mandel, journalist and activist
• November 25
• * Colonel Abrams, musician, dancer, and actor
• * Erich Bloch, German-born electrical engineer
• * Ron Glass, actor
• * Dwan Hurt, basketball coach
• * Jake Krull, politician
• * Pauline Oliveros, composer and accordionist
• * Richard Dean Rogers, federal judge
• November 26
• * Harry Flournoy, basketball player
• * James E. McClellan, veterinarian and politician
• * Russell Oberlin, countertenor
• * Debra Saunders-White, educator
• * Fritz Weaver, actor
• November 27
• * Dick Logan, football player
• * Tony Martell, music industry executive and philanthropist
• * Bruce Mazlish, historian
• November 28
• * William Christenberry, photographer, painter, and sculptor
• * Grant Tinker, television executive
• * Keo Woolford, actor
• November 29
• * Bill Bartmann, businessman
• * James Danieley, educator
• * Hardy Myers, lawyer and politician
• November 30
• * Alice Drummond, actress
• * Royce Womble, football player

  December

• December 1
• * Don Calfa, actor
• * Elisabeth Carron, operatic soprano
• * Joe McKnight, football player
• December 2
• * Lyle Bouck, U.S. Army officer
• * H. Keith H. Brodie, psychiatrist and educator
• * Billy Chapin, child actor
• * Mark Gray, country singer
• * Sammy Lee, Olympic diver
• * Bosco Tjan, psychologist and neuroscientist
• December 3
• * Newman Darby, inventor
• * Herbert Hardesty, jazz musician
• * Nancy Mairs, author
• December 4
• * Leonard T. Connors, politician
• * Jack Rudin, real estate developer
• * Margaret Whitton, actress
• December 5
• * Big Syke, rapper
• * Larry Roberts, football player
• * Rashaan Salaam, football player
• * Rodney Smith, photographer
• December 6 – Dave Edwards, football player
• December 7
• * Mike Kelly, politician
• * Elliott Schwartz, composer
• December 8
• * Putsy Caballero, baseball player
• * John Glenn, aviator, astronaut, and U.S. Senator
• * Joseph Mascolo, actor
• * Thomas C. Oden, theologian
• December 9
• * Edwin Benson, last native speaker of the Mandan language
• * Nola Ochs, centenarian
• * Jens Risom, Danish-born furniture designer
• December 10
• * Ken Hechler, politician
• * Eric Hilton, hotelier and philanthropist
• * Miles Lord, federal judge
• December 11
• * Sark Arslanian, football coach
• * Harry Jones, football player
• * Bob Krasnow, music industry executive
• December 12
• * Barrelhouse Chuck, blues musician
• * Myron H. Bright, federal judge
• * Donald L. Corbin, judge and politician
• * Jimbo Elrod, football player
• * Shirley Hazzard, Australian-born author
• * Jim Lowe, singer and songwriter
• * Konrad Reuland, football player
• * Esther Wilkins, dentist
• December 13
• * Lawrence Colburn, U.S. Army soldier
• * Roy Harrover, architect
• * Ralph Raico, historian
• * Thomas Schelling, economist
• * Alan Thicke, Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, game and talk show host
• December 14
• * Bernard Fox, Welsh-born actor
• * Garrett K. Gomez, jockey
• * Karel Husa, Czech-born composer and conductor
• December 15
• * Chuck Allen, football player
• * Howard Bingham, photographer
• * Fran Jeffries, actress and singer
• * Craig Sager, sportscaster
• December 17
• * Benjamin A. Gilman, politician
• * William T. "Bill" Hanna, politician
• * Louis Harris, journalist, author, and opinion polling entrepreneur
• * Henry Heimlich, thoracic surgeon
• * William H. Hudnut III, politician
• December 18
• * Brendan J. Dugan, banker and college administrator
• * Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born actress and socialite
• * Sonny Moran, basketball coach
• December 19
• * Phil Gagliano, baseball player
• * Dick Latessa, actor
• December 20
• * Lawrence Borst, veterinarian and politician
• * Robert Eddins, football player
• * Toby Hemenway, educator and author
• December 21
• * Sidney Drell, physicist
• * Weston Noble, music conductor and educator
• December 22
• * Andre Martel, businessman and politician
• * Kenneth Snelson, sculptor and photographer
• * Lillian Walker, politician
• December 23
• * Joyce Appleby, historian
• * Willa Kim, costume designer
• * Jim Lehew, baseball player
• December 24
• * John Barfield, baseball player
• * Joseph Fitzmyer, Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar
• * Edwin Reinecke, politician
• * Bronson Thayer, banker
• December 25
• * Alphonse Mouzon, jazz drummer
• * Vera Rubin, astronomer
• December 26
• * John J. Benoit, law enforcement officer and politician
• * Duck Edwing, cartoonist
• * Frances Gabe, inventor and centenarian
• * Ricky Harris, comedian, actor, and film producer
• * George S. Irving, actor
• * Seth J. McKee, U.S. Air Force general
• December 27
• * Chrissy Adams, attorney
• * Bruce DeHaven, football coach
• * Carrie Fisher, actress and writer
• * George A. Russell, university president
• * Barbara Tarbuck, actress
• December 28
• * Bruce D. Porter, Mormon missionary and elder
• * Debbie Reynolds, actress, singer and dancer
• * Bernard Zaslav, classical violist
• December 29
• * Chris Cannizzaro, baseball player
• * Laurie Carlos, playwright, theatre director, and performance artist
• * Keion Carpenter, football player
• * Arthur H. Cash, historian and biographer
• * LaVell Edwards, football coach
• * Balozi Harvey, community activist
• December 30
• * Cara Rafaela, thoroughbred racehorse
• * Sutter Brown, Pembroke Welsh corgi
• * Rich Conaty, radio personality
• * Glen L. Rudd, Mormon missionary and elder
• * Huston Smith, religious scholar and philosopher
• * Matt Snorton, football player
• * Tyrus Wong, Chinese-born artist
• December 31
• * William Christopher, actor
• * David Meltzer, poet and musician