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      Events from the year 1971 in the United States.


      Incumbents




      = Federal government

      =
      President: Richard Nixon (R-California)
      Vice President: Spiro Agnew (R-Maryland)
      Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Virginia)
      Speaker of the House of Representatives:
      John William McCormack (D-Massachusetts) (until January 3)
      Carl Albert (D-Oklahoma) (starting January 21)
      Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield (D-Montana)
      Congress: 91st (until January 3), 92nd (starting January 3)


      Events




      = January

      =

      January 1 – The Uniform Monday Holiday Act takes effect: Washington's Birthday and several other federal holidays are always observed on certain Mondays, resulting in more three-day weekends for federal employees.
      January 2 – A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.
      January 8
      Voyageurs National Park is established.
      Gulf Islands National Seashore is established.
      January 12 – The landmark television sitcom All in the Family, starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS.
      January 17 – Super Bowl V: The Baltimore Colts defeat the Dallas Cowboys 16–13 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.
      January 25 – In Los Angeles, Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
      January 28 – An explosion at a federal building in Los Angeles kills 18-year-old employee Tomas Ortiz.
      January 31 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 (carrying astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell) lifts off on the third successful lunar landing mission.


      = February

      =
      February 9
      The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 58–65 and injuring 200–2,000.
      Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third crewed Moon landing.
      Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
      February 11 – The U.S., United Kingdom, and the USSR (along with others) sign the Seabed Treaty, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor.
      February 20
      The Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak leaves 123 dead and more than 1,592 injured.
      The U.S. Emergency Broadcast System sends an erroneous warning; many radio stations ignore it.


      = March

      =
      March 1 – A bomb explodes in the men's room at the U.S. Capitol; the Weather Underground organization claims responsibility.
      March 8 – Boxer Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in a 15-round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden.
      March 24 – Congress discontinues funding for supersonic transport (SST); primary contractor was Boeing.
      March 29
      U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is found guilty of 22 murders in the My Lai massacre and sentenced to life in prison. After intervention from President Nixon, he is released in 1974.
      A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
      March 30 – The first Starbucks coffee shop opens, in Pike Place Market, Elliott Bay, Seattle.


      = April

      =
      April 9 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death; in 1972, the sentence for all California death row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment (see Furman v. Georgia).
      April 10 – Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia opens.
      April 15 – The 43rd Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by 34 various "Friends of Oscar", is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Franklin J. Schaffner's Patton wins seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Schaffner. The film is also tied with George Seaton's Airport in receiving ten nominations. George C. Scott becomes the first actor to reject an Oscar, declining his Best Actor win.
      April 20
      Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education: The Supreme Court of the United States rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.
      National Public Radio goes live.
      April 24 – Five hundred thousand people in Washington, D.C., and 125,000 in San Francisco march in protest against the Vietnam War.
      April 30 – The Milwaukee Bucks win the championship of the National Basketball Association in just their third season, completing a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Bullets in the finals.


      = May

      =
      May 1 – Amtrak begins inter-city rail passenger service in the United States.
      May 3
      A Harris Poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the Vietnam War.
      Anti-war activists attempt to disrupt government business in Washington, D.C.; police and military units arrest as many as 12,000, most of whom are later released.
      May 5 – The US dollar floods the European currency markets and threatens especially the Deutsche Mark; the central banks of Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland stop the currency trading.
      May 9 – Mariner 8 fails to launch.
      May 29 – Al Unser wins the Indianapolis 500 in the Vel's Parnelli Jones Special Colt-Ford.
      May 30 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars.


      = June

      =
      June – Massachusetts passes its Chapter 766 laws enacting Special Education.
      June 1 – Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast Asia, speak against war protests.
      June 6 – A midair collision between Hughes Airwest Flight 706 Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom jet fighter near Duarte, California, claims 50 lives.
      June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.
      June 13 – Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers.
      June 17 – Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of Okinawa.
      June 18 – Southwest Airlines, the most successful low cost carrier in history, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
      June 25 – Madagascar accuses the U.S. of being connected to the plot to oust the current government; the U.S. recalls its ambassador.
      June 27
      Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets) in New York City on March 8, 1968.
      WTVP (PBS) first airs in Peoria, Illinois.
      June 28
      Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joe Colombo in the head in the middle of an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma and paralyzing him. He dies seven years later as a result of his injuries.
      Lemon v. Kurtzman: The Supreme Court of the U.S. rules in a landmark case on the Establishment Clause.
      June 30 – New York Times Co. v. United States: The Supreme Court of the U.S. rules that the Pentagon Papers may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint.


      = July

      =

      July 1 – The Postal Reorganization Act goes into effect, replacing the Cabinet-level Post Office Department with the United States Postal Service.
      July 3 – Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist of The Doors, is found dead in his bathtub in Paris, France.
      July 5 – Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is formally certified by President Richard Nixon, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
      July 19 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1,362 feet (415 m), making it the second tallest building in the world.
      July 26 – Apollo 15 (carrying astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin) is launched.
      July 31 – Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin become the first to ride in a lunar rover, a day after landing on the Moon.


      = August

      =
      August – The unemployment rate peaks at 6.1%.
      August 1 – In New York City, 40,000 people attend the Concert for Bangladesh.
      August 7 – Apollo 15 returns to Earth.
      August 11 – Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
      August 15 – President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.
      August 20 – The USS Manatee (AO-58) spills 1,000 US gallons (3,800 L) of fuel oil on President Nixon's Western White House beach in San Clemente, California.


      = September

      =
      September 4 – A Boeing 727 (Alaska Airlines Flight 1866) crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
      September 8 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
      September 9–13 – Attica Prison riots: A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in Attica, New York. In the end, state police and the United States National Guard storm the facility; 42 are killed, 10 of them hostages.
      September 22 – Ernest Medina is cleared of all charges connected with the My Lai massacre.
      September 28 – Cardinal József Mindszenty, who had taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Budapest since 1956, is allowed to leave Hungary.
      September 30 – Unruly fans storm the field at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium during the final game for the second incarnation of the Washington Senators, who will move to Arlington, Texas, prior to the next season and become the Texas Rangers. The Senators, leading the New York Yankees 7–5 with two out in the ninth inning when fans invade the diamond, are forced to forfeit.


      = October

      =
      October 1 – Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida.
      October 17 – The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3, to win their fourth World Series title.
      October 18 – In New York City, the Knapp Commission begins public hearings on police corruption.
      October 21 – U.S. President Richard Nixon nominates Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court.
      October 23 – Texas Christian University football coach Jim Pittman collapses on the sideline and dies from a massive heart attack while coaching the Horned Frogs during a game against Southwest Conference rival Baylor in Waco, Texas.
      October 24 – Detroit Lions wide receiver Chuck Hughes collapses and dies of a heart attack near the end of a game against the Chicago Bears in Detroit.
      October 29 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The total number of American troops in Vietnam drops to a record low of 196,700 (the lowest since January 1966).


      = November

      =

      November 6 – Operation Grommet: The U.S. tests a thermonuclear warhead at Amchitka Island in Alaska, code-named Project Cannikin. At around 5 megatons, it is the largest ever U.S. underground detonation.
      November 12
      Vietnam War: Vietnamization: U.S. President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972, as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
      Arches National Park is established.
      November 13 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully.
      November 15 – Intel releases the world's first commercially available microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
      November 24 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington, a man calling himself D. B. Cooper parachutes from the Northwest Orient Airlines plane he hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money, and is never seen again.


      = December

      =
      December 8 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
      December 10
      The John Sinclair Freedom Rally in support of the imprisoned activist features a performance by John Lennon at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
      George Lucas founds Lucasfilm.
      December 11
      The Libertarian Party (United States) is established.
      An explosion in a water tunnel beneath Lake Huron in Port Huron, Michigan, kills 22.
      December 18
      The U.S. dollar is devalued for the second time in history.
      Capitol Reef National Park is established.
      December 21 – In Cleveland Ohio, an African-American man named Tyrone Howard, the father of actor Terrence Howard, stabs and kills a White man named Jack Fitzpatrick during a dispute while waiting in line to meet Santa with their respective families. The incident received nationwide coverage and attention.
      December 22 – KUAC-TV in Fairbanks, Alaska, launches, becoming the 49th state's first public television station.
      December 23 – Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer airs for the last time on NBC, as KENI-TV (now KTUU-TV) in Anchorage, Alaska, KFAR-TV (now KATN, current ABC affiliate) in Fairbanks Alaska, KHON-TV (current Fox affiliate) in Honolulu, Hawaii, and KUAM-TV in Guam air the special in prime time. It will move to CBS a year later and would return to NBC in 2024.
      December 25 – In the longest game in NFL history, the Miami Dolphins beat the Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 after 22 minutes, 40 seconds of sudden death overtime.


      = Undated

      =
      Crude oil production peaks in the continental United States at approximately 4.5 million barrels per day (720,000 m3/d).


      = Ongoing

      =
      Cold War (1947–1991)
      Space Race (1957–1975)
      Vietnam War, U.S. involvement (1964–1973)
      Détente (c. 1969–1979)


      Births




      = January

      =

      January 1
      Alicia Berneche, opera soprano
      Beno Bryant, football player
      Sammie Henson, wrestler
      Bridget Pettis, basketball player
      Denise Stapley, sex therapist and former game show contestant, winner of Survivor: Philippines
      January 2
      Taye Diggs, actor
      Renée Elise Goldsberry, actress
      Lisa Harrison, basketball player
      January 3 – Marc Veasey, politician
      January 5
      Jason Bates, baseball player
      Hillary Butler, football player
      January 6
      Kristi Addis, actress, journalism, athlete, and beauty queen, Miss Teen USA 1987
      Myron Baker, football player
      January 7
      C. W. Anderson, wrestler
      J. D. Barker, author
      Kevin Rahm, actor
      Jeremy Renner, actor
      January 8
      Ben Byer, actor and playwright
      Jason Giambi, baseball player
      January 9
      John Ballato, materials scientist, entrepreneur, and academic
      Angie Martinez, radio host
      January 10 – Kris Bruton, basketball player
      January 11 – Mary J. Blige, singer
      January 12
      Scott Burrell, basketball player and coach
      Andy Fox, baseball player and coach
      January 13
      John Asher, actor and filmmaker
      Thomas Massie, politician
      January 14 – Andrew Brenner, politician
      January 15 – Regina King, actress
      January 16 – Junior Bryant, football player
      January 17
      Jalal Alamgir, Bangledeshi-born academic and university professor (d. 2011)
      John Bergsma, University professor
      Brother J, hip hop artist
      Kid Rock, rock singer
      Lil Jon, rapper
      Herneitha Rochelle Hardaway, conservative commentator
      January 18
      Amy Barger, astronomer
      Norm Bazin, ice hockey player and coach
      Jonathan Davis, musician and frontman for Korn
      Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, politician
      January 19
      Reggie Brooks, football player
      Shawn Wayans, actor, writer, and producer
      John Wozniak, singer and guitarist, frontman for Marcy Playground
      January 20
      Brian Giles, baseball player
      Derrick Green, singer/songwriter
      Questlove, drummer, DJ, and producer
      January 22 – Bucky Brooks, football player and sportswriter
      January 23
      Diana Barrows, actress, singer, and dancer
      Julie Foudy, soccer player and commentator
      Kevin Mawae, football player and coach
      Marc Nelson, singer/songwriter
      January 24
      Cory Bailey, baseball player
      Kenya Moore, actress and model
      January 25
      Maya Arad, Israeli-born writer
      Vincent Brisby, football player
      January 26 – Keirda Bahruth, filmmaker
      January 27 – Clint Baker, jazz musician
      January 30
      Derek Allen, football player
      Lizzie Grubman, publicist
      Kimo von Oelhoffen, football player
      January 31 – J. P. Boulee, judge


      = February

      =

      February 1
      Israel Byrd, football player
      Rebecca Creskoff, actress
      Michael C. Hall, actor
      Jill Kelly, pornographic actress
      Hynden Walch, actress
      February 2
      Brad Alexander, composer
      Ted Alford, football player
      Jase Bolger, politician
      Kevin Symons, actor
      February 3
      Marcus Buckley, football player
      Sean Dawkins, football player (d. 2023)
      February 4
      Rob Corddry, actor and comedian
      Eric Garcetti, politician, 42nd mayor of Los Angeles
      Michael A. Goorjian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
      February 5
      Dan Amrich, writer, author, actor, musician, and social media expert
      Janine Boyd, politician
      Sara Evans, country singer
      February 6
      Lance Bade, Olympic target shooter
      Brian Stepanek, actor
      February 8
      Mike Ammann, soccer player
      Gretchen J. Berg, writer and producer
      Maura Healey, politician, 73rd Governor of Massachusetts
      February 9
      Timothy Archambault, flutist, architect, and composer
      Sharon Case, model and actress
      February 10
      Sherry Block, Olympic archer
      Chuck Butler, Christian music producer, songwriter and composer
      Jon Button, bassist
      Lisa Marie Varon, wrestler
      Annie Wood, actress, writer, and television personality
      February 11 – John Bock, football player
      February 12
      Romeo Bandison, football player
      Gil Cisneros, politician
      Scott Menville, actor and voice actor
      February 13
      Rochelle Ballard, surfer
      Matt Berninger, singer/songwriter and frontman for The National
      February 14
      Tommy Dreamer, wrestler
      Viscera, wrestler (d. 2014)
      February 15
      Alex Borstein, actress, voice artist, producer, and screenwriter
      Jim Butler, Olympic table tennis player
      Renee O'Connor, actress
      February 16
      Michael Avenatti, attorney and convicted criminal
      Zac Baird, keyboardist
      Ian Boyden, artist
      Dan Green, voice actor and voice director
      Jack Rose, guitarist (d. 2009)
      February 17 – Denise Richards, actress
      February 18 – Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-born actress and restaurateur (d. 2017)
      February 19
      Gil Shaham, violinist
      Jeff Kinney, author and cartoonist
      February 20
      Calpernia Addams, actress, author, and activist
      Brian Bohannon, football player and coach
      February 21 – Randy Blythe, heavy metal singer and frontman for Lamb of God
      February 22
      Gilbert Brown, football player
      Lisa Fernandez, softball player
      Max Lane, football player
      Lea Salonga, singer and Broadway actress
      February 23 – Angela Alsobrooks, lawyer and politician
      February 24
      Josh Bernstein, anthropologist, explorer, and author
      Gillian Flynn, author, comic book writer, and screenwriter
      February 25 – Sean Astin, actor
      February 26
      Erykah Badu, singer/songwriter and record producer
      Sean Baker, filmmaker
      Patricia D. Barksdale, lawyer and judge
      February 27
      Anthony Adams, politician
      Sara Blakely, businesswoman and philanthropist
      Rozonda Thomas, singer
      February 28
      Maxine Bahns, actress, triathlete, and model
      Peter Beinart, columnist, journalist, and political commentator
      Amanda Davis, writer and teacher (d. 2003)


      = March

      =

      March 1 – Allen Johnson, Olympic hurdler
      March 2
      Bootie Barker, NASCAR crew chief
      Method Man, rapper, record producer, and actor
      March 4
      Emily Bazelon, journalist
      Michael D'Agostino, politician
      Shavar Ross, actor and producer
      March 5
      Chris Brown, politician
      Yuri Lowenthal, actor, voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
      Scott Mosier, producer
      March 7
      Peter Sarsgaard, actor
      March 9
      Kyle Balda, animator and director
      Lou Benfatti, football player
      C-Murder, rapper and songwriter
      Mike DelGuidice, musician and singer/songwriter
      Emmanuel Lewis, actor
      March 10
      Brian Allgeier, video game designer
      Doug Ardito, bassist for Puddle of Mudd
      Paul Burmeister, sportscaster
      Jon Hamm, actor, director, and producer
      March 11 – Johnny Knoxville, daredevil, actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer
      March 13
      Matt Bollant, basketball coach
      Mike Carey, politician
      March 14
      Ernie Brown, football player
      Jean Butler, dancer
      March 15
      Todd Agnew, Christian singer/songwriter
      Marcelle Bruce, soccer player
      Chris Patton, voice actor
      March 16
      Kenneth Brown, interior designer and decorator
      Alan Tudyk, actor
      March 17 – Abraham Burton, saxophonist and bandleader
      March 18
      Dwayne Armstrong, football player
      Mike Bell, wrestler (d. 2008)
      March 19
      Ben Albert, football player and coach
      Kirk Botkin, football player and coach
      March 20 – Manny Alexander, Dominican-born baseball player
      March 22
      Karen McDougal, model and actress
      Keegan-Michael Key, actor, writer, and comedian
      Will Yun Lee, actor
      March 23
      Ira Black, heavy metal guitarist
      Karen McDougal, model
      March 26
      Michael Bennett, boxer
      Rob Burger, composer
      Erick Morillo, DJ, music producer, and record label owner (d. 2020)
      March 27 – John Best, basketball player
      March 28
      Kieran Barton, soccer player
      Mr. Cheeks, rapper
      March 29
      Stephen Allison, politician
      Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary
      March 30
      Yaphett El-Amin, politician
      Kristine Baker, judge
      Mark Consuelos, actor
      Mari Holden, cyclist
      Indya Kincannon, politician, mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (2019–present)
      March 31 – Craig McCracken, animator, writer, and cartoonist


      = April

      =

      April 1
      Neal Bascomb, journalist and author
      Jessica Collins, actress
      April 2 – Traci Braxton, singer (d. 2022)
      April 3
      Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-born journalist (d. 2022)
      David Michael Barrett, screenwriter and film producer
      Wes Berggren, guitarist for Tripping Daisy (d. 1999)
      Troy Brown, basketball player
      Picabo Street, Olympic skier
      April 5
      Kazim Ali, English-born poet, novelist, essayist, and professor
      Krista Allen, actress, model, and comedian
      April 8
      Cara Judea Alhadeff, photographer, performance artist, writer, activist, and yoga teacher
      Dewan Bader, soccer player and coach
      April 10
      Mihai Bagiu, Olympic gymnast
      Joey DeFrancesco, musician (d. 2022)
      Nana Smith, American born-Japanese tennis player
      April 12
      Nicholas Brendon, actor and writer
      Shannen Doherty, actress (d. 2024)
      April 14 – Tim Austin, boxer
      April 15
      Derek Brown, football player
      Jason Sehorn, football player
      April 16
      Peter Billingsley, actor, director, and producer
      Selena, entertainer and Tejano singer (d. 1995)
      April 17
      Jim Acosta, news anchor and journalist
      Michael Birawer, artist
      April 18
      Tamara Braun, actress
      Fredro Starr, rapper
      April 19
      Derek Bryant, boxer
      Cord Byrd, politician
      Wendy Powell, voice actress
      April 20
      Ron Barfield Jr., stock car racing driver
      Bruce Beresford-Redman, producer and convicted murderer
      Bernard Bull, academic administrator and scholar
      Allan Houston, basketball player
      Mikey Welsh, musician and artist (d. 2011)
      April 22 – Eric Mabius, actor
      April 23
      Chuck Adams, tennis player
      Andrew Kreisberg, writer, producer, and comic book writer
      D.B. Weiss, producer, writer, and novelist
      April 24
      Anastasia Barzee, actress
      Jeff Brohm, football player and coach
      April 26
      Shondrella Avery, actress
      Jay DeMarcus, singer and bassist for Rascal Flatts
      April 27
      Hayley Barr, actress
      James Burton, football player
      April 28
      Barry Burden, political scientist
      Bridget Moynahan, actress
      April 29
      Bob Byington, director, screenwriter, and actor
      Tamara Johnson-George, singer
      Darby Stanchfield, actress


      = May

      =

      May 1
      Ethan Albright, football player
      Catharine Baker, attorney and politician
      Timothy D. Bellavia, children's author, fabric artist, and educator
      Alundis Brice, football player
      May 2
      Greg Bishop, football player
      Brent Bowers, baseball player
      May 4
      Dave Aronberg, politician
      Joe Borowski, baseball player
      David Blackwell, football player and coach
      May 5 – Dresta, rapper
      May 6
      Bryan Beller, bassist
      Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters
      May 7
      Pablo Almaguer, lawyer and politician
      Lloyd Anoa'i, wrestler
      May 8
      Ross Anderson, speed skier
      Kevin Bellie, director and choreographer
      Bob Guiney, television personality, singer, and insurance carrier consultant
      May 10
      Glen Barker, baseball player
      John E. Bradley, politician
      May 11
      Aaron Accetta, record producer, songwriter, and musician
      Malaika Griffin, anti-white racist convicted of the 1999 murder of Jason Patrick Horsley
      May 12
      Daron Alcorn, football player
      Doug Basham, wrestler
      Jamie Luner, actress
      May 13
      Jeremy Allaire, technologist and internet entrepreneur
      Omer Avital, Israeli-born jazz musician
      O.C., rapper
      May 14
      Gregory A. Baca, attorney and politician
      Deanne Bray, actress
      Sofia Coppola, screenwriter, director, producer, and actress, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola
      May 15 – Phil Pfister, strongman
      May 17 – Danny Barber, soccer player
      May 18
      Erik K. Alexander, endocrinologist and medical researcher
      Bob Boyle, animator, producer, writer, storyboard artist, and director
      Karyn Bye-Dietz, ice hockey player
      Brad Friedel, soccer player
      Desiree Horton, helicopter pilot, television reporter and aerial firefighter
      May 19 – Stephanie Nadolny, voice actress and singer
      May 20 – Tony Stewart, race car driver
      May 21
      Joe Benitez, comic book artist
      Jamal Harrison Bryant, minister, author, and political candidate
      May 22
      Afrika Baby Bam, rapper
      Troy Barnhart Jr., Olympic water polo player
      May 23
      Katherine Baicker, health economist
      Issac Booth, football player
      Marshall Boze, baseball player
      May 24 – Troy Barnett, football player
      May 25
      Michelle Bowman, politician
      Sonya Smith, actress
      May 26
      Monte Barrett, boxer
      Jason Bere, baseball player
      Derek Brown, politician
      Matt Stone, actor, animator, and producer
      May 27
      Corey Beck, basketball player
      Lisa Lopes, rapper, singer, songwriter, and dancer (d. 2002)
      May 28
      Nick Bravin, Olympic fencer and lawyer
      Marco Rubio, politician, U.S. Secretary of State (2025-present)
      May 29 – Kim Berfield, politician
      May 30
      John Ross Bowie, actor and comedian
      Idina Menzel, actress and singer/songwriter
      May 31 – Thomas Ambrosio, university professor


      = June

      =

      June 1
      Dan Bartlett, political advisor, White House Communications Director (2001–2005) and counselor to George Bush (2005–2007)
      Cubby Bryant, radio personality
      June 2 – Steve Brooks, football player
      June 3
      Christine Bakke, LGBT rights activist
      John Hodgman, actor and writer
      June 4
      Holly Benson, politician
      Rob Bryan, politician
      Mike Lee, politician
      Stryker, radio personality and disc jockey
      Noah Wyle, actor
      June 5
      June Ambrose, Antiguan-born stylist, costume designer, author, creative director, influencer, and television host
      Robert Melson, murderer (d. 2017)
      Mark Wahlberg, actor and singer
      June 6 – Joe Lombardi, football coach
      June 7
      Brian Anderson, sportscaster
      Terrell Buckley, football player and coach
      Allan Funk, wrestler
      Alex Mooney, lawyer and politician
      June 8
      Chris Estes, bassist
      Mark Feuerstein, actor, director, and producer
      Troy Vincent, football player
      June 10
      Taylor Armstrong, television personality
      Steve Bigelow, Olympic swimmer
      Bobby Jindal, politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana (2008–2016)
      June 12
      MC Breed, rapper (d. 2008)
      Mark Henry, wrestler
      June 13 – Yang Huang, Chinese-born novelist
      June 14
      Fred Baxter, football player
      Bruce Bowen, basketball player
      Jeff Burlingame, author
      June 15
      Jimmy Allen, basketball player and coach
      Dana Bash, journalist and news anchor
      Jake Busey, actor, musician, and film producer
      June 16
      Jefferson Byrd, politician
      Tupac Shakur, rapper, poet, actor, and murder victim (d. 1996)
      June 17 – Kiran Ahuja, attorney and director of the United States Office of Personnel Management
      June 18
      Rohit Aggarwala, environmental policy adviser, transportation planner, historian, and civil servant
      Lisa Barbuscia, model, singer, and actress
      Kerry Butler, actress and singer
      Jen Kiggans, politician
      Nathan Morris, singer
      Andy Ogles, politician
      June 19 – Michael Burry, investor, hedge fund manager, and physician
      June 20 – Josh Lucas, actor
      June 22
      Brant Brown, baseball player
      Antonino D'Ambrosio, Italian-born author, filmmaker, producer, and visual artist
      Mary Lynn Rajskub, actress and comedian
      Kurt Warner, football player
      June 25
      Rick Alverson, director, screenwriter, and musician
      Gary Brown, football player
      Angela Kinsey, actress
      June 26
      Greg Blosser, baseball player
      Chali 2na, painter and rapper
      June 27
      Yancey Arias, actor
      Brant Boyer, football player and coach
      Tod Brown, baseball player and coach
      June 28
      Andy Blitz, comedian, writer, producer, and actor
      Van Burnham, writer, designer, producer, and curator
      Benito Martinez, actor
      Elon Musk, South African-born entrepreneur and investor, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Inc.
      Aileen Quinn, actress
      June 29
      Kaitlyn Ashley, pornographic actress
      Carlo Basile, politician
      David Blair, tennis player
      June 30 – Monica Potter, actress


      = July

      =

      July 1
      Steven W. Bailey, actor
      Missy Elliott, singer
      Julianne Nicholson, actress
      Melissa Peterman, actress and comedian
      July 2
      Joel Adamson, baseball player
      Christina Bohannan, politician and law professor
      Troy Brown, football player and coach
      July 3 – Beans, rapper
      July 4 – Al Madrigal, comedian, writer, actor and producer
      July 7
      Leslie Acosta, politician
      Colin Alevras, restaurateur (d. 2022)
      Stephanie Arnold, author
      Christian Camargo, actor, producer, writer, and director
      July 8
      Marc Andreessen, software developer
      Wendy Benson, actress
      Scott Grimes, actor
      John Juanda, Indonesian-born poker player
      July 9 – Marc Andreessen, software engineer and entrepreneur
      July 10
      Brent Alexander, football player
      Jeffrey Angles, American-born Japanese poet
      Cassius F. Butts, businessman
      J-Diggs, rapper
      Jennifer A. Nielsen, author
      Aaron D. Spears, actor
      July 11 – Brett Hauer, ice hockey player
      July 12
      Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic figure skater
      Loni Love, comedian
      July 13
      Rich Aude, baseball player
      Raul Bocanegra, politician
      Jason Danieley, actor, singer, concert performer and recording artist
      Craig Elliott, illustrator
      July 14
      Sean Alvarez, mixed martial artist
      Mark LoMonaco, wrestler
      Joey Styles, wrestling announcer
      July 15
      James Baldwin, baseball player
      Sandon Berg, actor, producer, and screenwriter
      Jim Rash, actor
      July 16
      Del Alexander, football player and coach
      Corey Feldman, actor
      Ed Kowalczyk, singer/songwriter
      July 18
      Penny Hardaway, basketball player
      Joseph Russo, director
      July 19
      Russell Allen, singer and frontman for Symphony X
      Carrie A. Buck, educator and politician
      Andrew Kavovit, actor
      July 20
      William DeMeo, actor, producer, director and writer
      Ed Henry, journalist and television host
      Sandra Oh, Canadian-born actress
      DJ Screw, hip hop DJ (d. 2000)
      July 22
      William Bell, football player
      Benny Boom, director
      Kristine Lilly, soccer player
      Aaron McCargo Jr., chef, TV personality, and TV show host
      Z-Trip, DJ and producer
      July 23
      Tobias Adrian, German-born economist
      Steven D. Binder, screenwriter and producer
      Cara-Beth Burnside, skateboarder and Olympic snowboarder
      Alison Krauss, country singer
      Scott Krippayne, Christian musician
      July 24
      A. J. Baime, author, journalist, and public speaker
      Mike Bocchino, politician
      July 26
      Chris Bell, poker player
      Reggie Carthon, football player
      July 27 – Shane Bowers, baseball player
      July 28
      Stephen Lynch, comedian, musician, and actor
      Jeffrey S. Williams, journalist and author
      July 29
      Big DS, rapper (d. 2003)
      Monica Calhoun, actress
      July 30
      Victor Alfieri, Italian-born actor and writer
      Ron Blazier, baseball player (d. 2021)
      Lincoln Brewster, Christian singer/songwriter
      Christine Taylor, actress


      = August

      =

      August 1 – Travis Driskill, baseball player
      August 2 – Rebecca Bradley, lawyer and judge
      August 3
      Ali Brown, businesswoman, author, speaker, and television commentator
      Lucas Brunelle, videographer
      August 4
      Jeff Gordon, race car driver
      Yo-Yo, rapper
      August 5
      George T. Alexander, United States Army staff sergeant and Iraqi War veteran (d. 2005)
      Eric Bernotas, Olympic skeleton racer
      Evil Jared Hasselhoff, bassist for Bloodhound Gang
      August 6 – Ed Cash, gospel musician
      August 8 – Joe Burch, football player
      August 9
      Dallen Bounds, serial killer (d. 1999)
      James Kim, television personality and technology analyst (d. 2006)
      August 10
      Tony Barbee, basketball player and coach
      Kevin Randleman, mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
      Justin Theroux, actor
      August 11
      Charles Adair, soccer player and coach
      Ryneldi Becenti, basketball player
      Christine D'Ercole, track cyclist, Peloton fitness instructor, and public speaker
      Dave Witte, drummer
      August 12
      Michael Ian Black, actor and comedian
      Yvette Nicole Brown, actress and comedian
      Rebecca Gayheart, actress and model
      Pete Sampras, tennis player
      August 13
      Jeremy Bash, lawyer, CIA chief of staff (2009–2011), and DOD chief of staff (2011–2013)
      Vernell Brown Jr., jazz musician
      Adam Housley, journalist, winemaker, and basketball player
      August 14
      Walter Blanding, jazz musician
      Chris Nelloms, sprinter
      August 16
      Brent Brekke, ice hockey player and coach
      Chris Brown, English-born soccer player
      August 17 – Brendan Bell, American-born Canadian politician
      August 18
      Kevin Bouie, football player
      Greg Butler, visual effects supervisor
      Jacob Vargas, actor
      August 19 – Mary Joe Fernández, tennis player
      August 20 – Brett Bech, football player
      August 21 – Megan Abbott, author
      August 22 – Troy E. Brown, politician
      August 23
      Bone Crusher, rapper
      Gretchen Whitmer, politician, 49th Governor of Michigan
      August 24
      Becky Bell, girl who died of complications from a septic abortion
      Michael Brune, environmentalist
      Evers Burns, basketball player
      August 25
      Douglas Brunt, novelist, historian, and podcast host
      Crash Holly, wrestler (d. 2003)
      August 26
      Dion Bentley, long jumper
      Robert Bollt, archaeologist (d. 2010)
      Jocelyn Borgella, Bahamian-born football player
      August 28
      Shane Andrews, baseball player
      Janet Evans, Olympic swimmer
      August 29
      Mark Bomback, screenwriter
      Don Davis, politician
      Carla Gugino, actress
      August 30
      Aubrey Beavers, football player
      Jon Blais, triatlete (d. 2007)
      Jeff Bowen, composer, lyricist, and actor
      August 31
      Luke Brookshier, animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and director
      Chris Tucker, actor and comedian


      = September

      =

      September 1 – Dave Wittenberg, South African-born voice actor
      September 2
      Rich Aurilia, baseball player
      Matt Borland, NASCAR crew chief
      Tommy Maddox, football player
      Shauna Sand, model and actress
      Katt Williams, comedian and actor
      September 4 – Matt Nix, writer, producer, and director
      September 5
      Will Hunt, drummer for Evanescence
      Kevin McAleenan, government official, United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2019)
      September 6
      Kathy Barnette, political commentator and candidate
      Joey Beltram, DJ and music producer
      September 7
      John Burke, football player
      Shane Mosley, boxer
      Briana Scurry, soccer player
      September 8
      David Arquette, actor, wrestler, director, producer, screenwriter, and fashion designer
      Brooke Burke, model
      September 9
      Eric Stonestreet, actor
      Henry Thomas, actor and musician
      September 10
      Samba Baldeh, Gambian-born politician
      Joe Bravo, jockey
      September 11
      Luis Barragan, businessman (d. 2006)
      Markos Moulitsas, soldier, activist, blogger, and author
      Shelton Quarles, football player and scout
      September 12
      Sidney Albritton, politician
      Galit Atlas, Israeli-born psychoanalyst
      September 13
      Dean Blandino, rules analyst for Fox Sports
      Brent Brede, baseball player
      Diane and Elaine Klimaszewski, twin sisters and models
      September 14
      Christopher McCulloch, actor and voice actor
      Kimberly Williams-Paisley, actress
      September 15
      Donatella Arpaia, restaurateur and television personality
      Myron Bell, football player
      Terrance Bowen, sprinter
      Chad Bratzke, football player
      Josh Charles, actor
      Colleen Villard, voice actress
      September 16 – Amy Poehler, actress
      September 17
      Kevin Anderson, soccer player
      Nate Berkus, interior designer, author, and television personality
      Bobby Lee, comedian, actor, and podcaster
      September 18
      Lance Armstrong, cyclist
      Jada Pinkett Smith, actress
      September 19
      Rachel Bringer, politician
      Sanaa Lathan, actress
      September 20 – Mark Boomershine, painter
      September 21
      Alfonso Ribeiro, actor, television director, dancer, and host of America's Funniest Home Videos
      Luke Wilson, actor
      September 22
      Elizabeth Bear, author
      Ted Leonard, singer and frontman for Enchant
      Lawrence Gilliard Jr., actor
      September 23
      Eric Montross, basketball player (d. 2023)
      Sean Spicer, 30th White House Press Secretary
      September 24
      Jamie Burke, baseball player
      Michael S. Engel, paleontologist & entomologist
      September 25
      Jeff Bollow, actor, writer, director, producer, author, public speaker, and film festival organizer
      Brian Dunkleman, comedian and actor
      John Lynch, football player
      September 26
      Ryan J. Bell, Seventh-day Adventist speaker
      Joel Breton, video game producer
      September 27 – Aaron Belz, writer and poet
      September 28
      Joseph Arthur, singer/songwriter
      Jamie Brewington, baseball player
      Scott Brinker, computer programmer and entrepreneur
      September 29
      Tanoka Beard, basketball player and coach
      Joanna Brooks, author and professor
      Ray Buchanan, football player
      Matt Meyer, politician, 75th Governor of Delaware
      September 30
      Brentson Buckner, football player and coach
      Jenna Elfman, actress
      Jeff Whitty, writer


      = October

      =

      October 2
      Tiffany Darwish, singer
      Jim Root, guitarist for Slipknot and Stone Sour
      Chris Savino, cartoonist, animator, director, storyboard artist, writer, comic book artist and producer
      October 3
      David Brom, mass murderer
      Sean Duffy, politician and television personality
      Chris McCarvill, musician
      Kevin Richardson, singer and member of the Backstreet Boys
      October 4
      Jeremy Blake, artist and painter (d. 2007)
      BT, musician, DJ, singer/songwriter, record producer, composer, and audio engineer
      Case, singer/songwriter, record producer, and actor
      October 5
      Ray Barbee, skateboarder, photographer, and musician
      Shane Battelle, soccer player
      Kevin Boyce, politician
      October 6 – Jason Altom, PhD student (d. 1998)
      October 7
      Gannin Arnold, Christian songwriter, composer, and producer
      Kevin M. Birmingham, Roman Catholic bishop
      Trent Benson, South Korean-born serial killer
      October 8
      Will Brown, basketball coach
      Sean Palmer, actor
      October 9 – Stevie Richards, wrestler
      October 10 – Tiffany Mynx, porn actress and director
      October 11 – Wes Abbott, comic book artist
      October 12
      Rosie Alfaro, convicted murderer
      Chris Brennan, mixed martial artist
      October 13 – Billy Bush, radio and television host
      October 14 – Frank Wycheck, American football player (d. 2023)
      October 15
      Joey Abs, wrestler
      Shawn Andrews, actor
      October 16
      Chad Grey, singer and frontman for Mudvayne
      Paul Sparks, actor
      October 17
      Martin Heinrich, politician
      Chris Kirkpatrick, singer and member of 'N Sync
      Blues Saraceno, rock guitarist, composer and music producer
      October 20 – Snoop Dogg, rapper, singer/songwriter, producer, media personality, entrepreneur, and actor
      October 21
      Damon Bailey, baseball player
      Ted Budd, politician
      October 22
      Rachel Campos-Duffy, politician and television personality
      Jennifer Lee, screenwriter, director, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios
      October 23 – Thad Balkman, judge
      October 24
      Kirby Logan Archer, convicted murderer (missing since 2007)
      Caprice Bourret, model and actress
      Aaron Bailey, football player
      Zephyr Teachout, academic
      October 25 – Craig Robinson, actor and comedian
      October 26
      Jim Butcher, author
      Anthony Rapp, actor and singer
      October 27 – Derek Benz, writer
      October 28 – Scott Budnick, soccer player and coach
      October 29
      Daniel J. Bernstein, American-born German mathematician, cryptologist, and computer scientist
      Kevin Bracken, wrestler
      Winona Ryder, actress


      = November

      =

      November 2
      Big Ed, rapper (d. 2001)
      Eric Wall, writer and political activist
      November 3
      Danielle Allen, university professor and political candidate
      Jonathan Blow, video game designer and programmer
      Jason C. Buckel, politician
      Satya Rhodes-Conway, politician, mayor of Madison, Wisconsin (2019–present)
      November 4
      Melvin Bunch, baseball player
      Richard Hudson, politician
      November 5
      Dana Jacobson, sportscaster
      Corin Nemec, actor, producer and screenwriter
      November 6 – Derrick Alexander, football player
      November 7
      Zak Brown, American-born British racing driver and businessman
      Robin Finck, guitarist
      November 8
      Jack Baruth, automotive journalist
      Naomi Biden, daughter of Joe Biden (d. 1972)
      Benjamin King, actor
      Tech N9ne, rapper
      November 9
      Jason Antoon, actor
      Mike Barber, football player
      Big Pun, rapper (d. 2000)
      Jamie Bishop, University professor (d. 2007)
      November 10
      Big Pun, Puerto Rican-born rapper (d. 2000)
      Holly Black, journalist, author, and poet
      Walton Goggins, actor
      Terry Pearson, baseball player
      November 11
      Heather Burge, basketball player
      Heidi Burge, basketball player
      David DeLuise, actor and son of Dom DeLuise and Carol Arthur
      November 12 – Rebecca Wisocky, actress
      November 13 – Noah Hathaway, actor
      November 15 – Jay Harrington, actor
      November 16 – Andy Bialk, animator, storyboard artist, and character designer
      November 17 – David Ramsey, actor, director, and martial artist
      November 18 – Edmond Akhtar, Iranian-born football player
      November 20
      Chris Bisaillon, football player
      Joel McHale, comedian, actor, writer, television producer, and television personality
      November 21
      Randy Buehler, game developer
      Michael Strahan, football player and television personality
      November 23
      Ashraf Amaya, basketball player
      Lisa Arch, actress and comedian
      Vin Baker, basketball player and coach
      Sean Casten, politician
      Chris Hardwick, actor and comedian
      November 24 – Jacki-O, rapper
      November 25
      Christina Applegate, actress
      Matthew J. Baek, South Korean-born illustrator, children's book author, and graphic designer
      Ineitha Lynnette Hardaway, conservative commentator (d. 2023)
      November 26 – Jimi Beach, inventor, entrepreneur, and product designer
      November 27
      Kirk Acevedo, actor
      Larry Allen, football player
      Kevin Bacon, politician
      Halsey Beshears, politician
      Dain Blanton, Olympic beach volleyball player
      November 29
      Marc Bernardin, journalist, public speaker, TV and comic book writer, and podcaster
      Kenny Blakeney, basketball player and coach
      Greg Byrne, athletic director
      November 30
      Nicole Blackman, artist, poet, author, and vocalist
      Kristi Noem, politician, 33rd Governor of South Dakota
      Tahesha Way, politician, 3rd Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey (2023–present)


      = December

      =

      December 1
      Tobin Anderson, basketball player and coach
      John Schlimm, writer
      December 2 – Harry Berrios, baseball player
      December 4
      Shannon Briggs, boxer
      Sara Gideon, politician
      December 5 – Kali Rocha, actress
      December 6
      Craig Brewer, director
      Ryan White, HIV victim (d. 1990)
      December 7
      Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-born chess grandmaster
      Larisa Alexandrovna, Ukrainian-born journalist, essayist, and poet
      Dave Arnold, politician (d. 2021)
      Stephanie D'Abruzzo, actress, puppeteer and singer
      December 8 – Garvin Alston, baseball player
      December 9
      Clifton Abraham, football player
      Jacquelynn Berube, weightlifter
      Chris Boniol, football player
      December 10
      Bill Baroni, politician
      Michele Mahone, television entertainment reporter, previously make-up artist and hair stylist
      December 11 – Laura Brod, entrepreneur and politician
      December 13
      Lynda Blutreich, Olympic javelin thrower
      Henry Dittman, actor, voice actor, and television host
      December 14 – Brett Boretti, basketball player and coach
      December 15
      Chris Bingham, racing driver
      Eric Bjornson, football player
      Monica Lee Gradischek, actress and voice actress
      December 16
      Tim Banks, football player and coach
      Michael McCary, singer
      December 17
      Beth Barr, Olympic swimmer
      Joel Berti, actor, coach, and photographer
      December 19
      Tyson Beckford, model
      Amy Locane, actress
      December 21
      Tommie Boyd, football player
      Natalie Grant, Christian singer/songwriter
      Brett Scallions singer and frontman for Fuel (1993-2006) (2010-2020)
      December 23
      Pete Bercich, football player
      Corey Haim, Canadian-born actor (d. 2010)
      December 24
      Tamir Bloom, Olympic épée fencer
      Eric Brooks (politician), politician in West Virginia
      December 26 – Jared Leto, actor and musician, frontman for 30 Seconds to Mars
      December 27
      Savannah Guthrie, Australian-born television host and anchor
      Jason Hawes, paranormal investigator and businessman
      December 28
      Benny Agbayani, baseball player
      Heidi Blickenstaff, actress
      Ana Navarro, Nicaraguan-American commentator
      Frank Sepe, bodybuilder and model
      December 29
      Ali Abunimah, journalist and activist
      Assaf Bednarsh, Israeli-born rabbi
      December 30
      Travis Baptist, baseball player
      Garrett Byrnes, composer
      December 31 – Brent Barry, basketball player


      = Full date unknown

      =

      Shaila Abdullah, Pakistani-born author, writer, and designer
      Rony Abovitz, entrepreneur and founder of MAKO Surgical Corp.
      Kerry Abrams, law professor
      Kevin Abrams, Canadian-born football executive
      Shane Acker, animator, film director, screenwriter, and animation teacher
      Isaac Adamson, author
      C. C. Adcock, blues singer/songwriter and guitarist
      Shahriar Afshar, Iranian-born physicist
      Scott Aikin, philosopher and university professor
      Thomas Albrecht-Schönzart, radiochemist
      Ayad Alkadhi, Iraqi-born artist
      Jason Amerine, U.S. Army Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel and Afghan War veteran
      Blanka Amezkua, Mexican-born artist
      Deno Andrews, billiards player
      Anna Anka, Polish-born Swedish-American model
      Ana Lucia Araujo, Brazilian-born historian, author, and university professor
      Peter Arcidiacono, economist and econometrician
      Chloe Aridjis, novelist and writer
      Tobin Armbrust, filmmaker and producer
      N. Peter Armitage, physicist and university professor
      Dave Arnold, chef
      Asencio, painter
      Peter Askim, composer
      Jami Attenberg, writer and essayist
      Tom Atwood, photographer
      Anwar al-Awlaki, imam (d. 2011)
      Chris Bachelder, writer
      Meguey Baker, tabletop role-playing game designer, independent publisher, and quilt historian
      Jared Ball, University professor
      József Balogh, Hungarian-born mathematician
      Joseph Baratta, business executive
      Rachel Barkow, University professor
      David Barlow, judge
      Michael C. Barnette, diver, author, photographer, and founder of the Association of Underwater Explorers
      Justin L. Barrett, experimental psychologist
      Ellen Barry, journalist
      John Bauer, painter
      Jen Beagin, novelist and writer
      Barbara Bears, ballerina
      Keith Beauchamp, filmmaker
      Michael Bell, artist, screenwriter, and author
      Chris Bender, producer
      Tina Benko, actress
      Ciaran Berry, Irish-born poet
      Michael Betancourt, theorist, historian, and animator
      Irene Beyerlein, materials scientist
      Ion Birch, artist
      Chuck Blasdel, politician
      Tia Blassingame, publisher
      Blevin Blectum, musician and composer
      Jonathan Blow, video game designer and programmer
      Erika Blumenfeld, artist, writer, and researcher
      Kafi D. Blumenfield, civic leader and activist
      Colleen Glenney Boggs, University professor
      Johan Bollen, Belgian-born scientist
      Matt Bondurant, novelist
      Boom Bam, rapper and member of Compton's Most Wanted and N.O.T.R.
      Eileen Hunt Botting, political theorist
      Andrea Bottner, politician
      Massad Boulos, Lebanese-born businessman
      Raphael Bousso, theoretical physicist and cosmologist
      Carol Bove, artist
      Ben Bradley, philosopher
      John Bramblitt, painter
      Matthew Brannon, artist
      Guy Braunstein, Israeli-born violinist
      Benjamin Breier, health care chief executive
      John Brenkus, producer, director, and television personality
      Isolde Brielmaier, curator and scholar
      Frank Brinsley, radio host
      Pamela Britton, author
      Mia Brownell, painter
      Kyle Bruckmann, composer and oboist
      Tim Brooks, basketball player
      Drew Brophy, artist
      Chad Broughton, sociologist
      Michelle Browder, artist
      Christopher J. Brown, politician
      Ethan Brown, food executive and founder of Beyond Meat
      Milan Brown, basketball player and coach
      Keith Bunin, dramatist and screenwriter
      Eileen Burbidge, American-born British venture capitalist
      David Byerman, business executive
      Kate Marie Byrnes, diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to North Macedonia (2019–2022)
      Charles Hurt, journalist and political commentator
      Jackson Rohm, country and pop singer (d. 2023)
      Fani Willis, lawyer


      Deaths



      January 4 – Arthur Ford, psychic, founder of Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship (b. 1896)
      January 10 – Ernie Caceres, saxophonist (b. 1911)
      January 15 – John Dall, actor (b. 1920)
      January 19 – Harry Shields, jazz clarinettist (born 1899).
      January 20 – Broncho Billy Anderson, actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880)
      January 21 – Richard Russell Jr., United States Senator from Georgia; President pro tempore during the 91st Congress (b. 1897)
      January 24 – Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1897)
      February 3 – Jay C. Flippen, actor (b. 1899)
      February 12 – James Cash Penney, businessman (b. 1875)
      February 17 – Adolf A. Berle, lawyer, educator, author and diplomat (b. 1895)
      March 8 – Harold Lloyd, silent comedy filmmaker (b. 1893)
      March 11 – Philo Farnsworth, inventor, television pioneer (b. 1906)
      March 12 – David Burns, actor (b. 1902)
      March 16
      Bebe Daniels, actress (b. 1901)
      Thomas E. Dewey, 47th Governor of New York and Republican nominee for president (b. 1902)
      March 22 – Nella Walker, actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
      March 24 – George G. O'Connor, general (b. 1914)
      April 3 – Joseph Valachi, gangster (b. 1904)
      April 6 – Igor Stravinsky, composer (b. 1882 in Russia)
      April 15 – Dan Reeves, businessman, owner of the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams (b. 1912)
      April 28 – Lejb Wulman, Polish-Jewish and American physician, social activist, and co-author (b. 1887)
      May 1 – Glenda Farrell, actress (b. 1904)
      May 8 – Frederick Sheffield, Olympic rower (b. 1902)
      May 12 – Tor Johnson, Swedish professional wrestler and actor (b. 1903)
      May 15 – Goose Goslin, baseball player (b. 1900)
      May 19 – Ogden Nash, poet (b. 1902)
      May 26 – Laurence Wild, basketball player and 30th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1890)
      May 28 – Audie Murphy, World War II hero and actor (b. 1925)
      June 4 – Joe E. Lewis, comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1902)
      June 9 – Harold Lloyd Jr., actor and singer (b. 1931)
      June 15 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
      June 18 – Libby Holman, socialite, singer, actress, and activist (b. 1904)
      July 3 – Jim Morrison, singer-songwriter and poet, died in Paris, France (b. 1943)
      July 4
      August Derleth, author and anthologist (b. 1909)
      Thomas C. Hart, admiral and politician (b. 1877)
      July 6 – Louis Armstrong, African American jazz trumpeter and actor (b. 1901)
      July 7 – Ub Iwerks, animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor and special effects technician (b. 1901)
      July 15 – Bill Thompson, radio personality and voice actor (b. 1913)
      July 17 – Cliff Edwards, actor (b. 1895)
      July 19 – Harry W. Hill, admiral (b. 1890)
      July 23 – Van Heflin, actor (b. 1908)
      July 26 – Diane Arbus, photographer (b. 1923)
      August 12 – Sally Crute, actress (b. 1886)
      August 13 – King Curtis, saxophonist (b. 1934)
      August 15 – Paul Lukas, actor (b. 1894 in Budapest)
      August 25 – Ted Lewis, bandleader (b. 1890)
      August 27
      Margaret Bourke-White, photographer (b. 1904)
      Bennett Cerf, writer and publisher (b. 1888)
      September 7 – Spring Byington, actress (b. 1886)
      September 11 – Pier Angeli, actress (born 1932)
      September 23 – Billy Gilbert, comedian and actor (b. 1894)
      September 24 – Schlitzie, sideshow performer (b. 1901)
      September 25 – Hugo Lafayette Black, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1937–71 (b. 1886)
      October 2
      Jessie Arms Botke, artist (b. 1883)
      Richard H. Jackson, admiral (b. 1866)
      October 3 – Leah Baird, actress (b. 1883)
      October 9 – Billy Costello, voice actor, original voice of Popeye (b. 1898)
      October 11 – Chester Conklin, actor (b. 1888)
      October 12
      Dean Acheson, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
      Gene Vincent, rockabilly singer (b. 1935)
      October 14 – Claude Beck, cardiac surgeon (b. 1894)
      October 19 – Betty Bronson, actress (b. 1906)
      October 21 – Raymond Hatton, actor (b. 1887)
      October 24 – Carl Ruggles, composer (b. 1876)
      October 29 – Duane Allman, rock guitarist (b. 1946)
      November 10 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, novelist (b. 1909)
      November 16 – Edie Sedgwick, model and actress (b. 1943)
      November 18 – Junior Parker, blues singer and harmonica player (b. 1932)
      December 7 – Ferdinand Pecora, lawyer (b. 1882 in Sicily)
      December 9 – Ralph Bunche, Nobel diplomat (b. 1904)
      December 11 – Maurice McDonald, entrepreneur and McDonald's co-founder (b. 1902)
      December 18 – Bobby Jones, amateur golfer (b. 1902)
      December 20 – Roy O. Disney, businessman and co-founder of The Walt Disney Company alongside brother Walt Disney (b. 1893)
      December 28 – Max Steiner, Austrian-born American composer and conductor (b. 1888)
      December 29 – Stuart Holmes, actor (b. 1884)
      December 31 – Pete Duel, actor (b. 1940)


      See also


      List of American films of 1971
      Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)


      References




      External links


      Media related to 1971 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons

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    1971 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Sets | Property Room

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    1971 United States Mint Proof Set in Original Box - Etsy

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    Pickemates: 1971 United States of America Half Dollar

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    1971 in the United States - Wikipedia

    May 1 – Amtrak begins inter-city rail passenger service in the United States. May 3 A Harris Poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the Vietnam War. Anti-war activists attempt to …

    Historical Events in 1971 - On This Day

    Historical events from year 1971. Learn about 629 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1971 or search by date or keyword.

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    Discover what 1971 was famous for, Key World Leaders of 1971, 1971 Time’s Person of the Year, the #1 song, movie and book in 1971, how old is someone born in 1971 and what Chinese …

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    Jan 4, 2025 · 1971 was a pivotal year in American history, marked by significant events that shaped the country’s politics, economy, and culture. It was a year of protests, innovations, and …

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    Sep 25, 2024 · In this comprehensive overview, we’ll explore the most significant occurrences from 1971, highlighting key moments that continue to impact our lives today.

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    February 8, 1971 - A forty-four day raid into Laos by South Vietnamese soldiers is begun with the aid of United States air and artillery. March 10, 1971 - The Senate approves a Constitutional …

    1971 - Wikipedia

    1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd …

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    Events from the year 1971 in the United States. President: Richard Nixon (R-CA) Vice President: Spiro Agnew (R-MD) Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (MN) Speaker of the House of …

    A Year in History: 1971 Timeline - historic-newspapers.com

    Feb 7, 2025 · May. May 1: The Amtrak Railroad in the United States begins operations. May 3: In East Germany, Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as the Communist party leader. May …