1988 in the United States

1988 in the United States
This is a list of events from the year 1988 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Ronald Reagan (R-California)
Vice President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas)
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Wisconsin)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Jim Wright (D-Texas)
Senate Majority Leader: Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
Congress: 100th
Events
January
January 1 –
The Dell Computer Corporation is incorporated.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
January 2 – Michigan State Spartans football team wins the Rose Bowl Game against the USC Trojans.
January 4 – Nick Jr. begins as a block of Nickelodeon programming for younger children.
January 25
Ronald Reagan delivers his final State of the Union Address.
U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush and CBS News anchor Dan Rather clash over Bush's role in the Iran–Contra scandal during a contentious television interview.
January 29 – The Midwest Classic Conference, a U.S. college athletic conference, is formed.
February
February 3 – The Democratic-controlled United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36,250,000 to support the Nicaraguan Contras.
February 12 – Anthony M. Kennedy is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
February 14 – Hours after learning the death of his sister, US speed skater Dan Jansen falls twice and fails to win a medal in the 500-meter race in the Calgary Winter Olympics.
February 16 – Gunman Richard Farley kills seven people inside his former workplace, ESL Incorporated in Sunnyvale, California. He had been stalking colleague Laura Black who still worked there; however, she survived the shooting. Farley is currently on death row.
February 17 – U.S. Lieutenant Colonel William R. Higgins, serving with a United Nations group monitoring a truce in southern Lebanon, is kidnapped (he is later killed by his captors).
February 24 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell: The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $200,000 for defamation.
March
March 8 –
Two U.S. Army helicopters collide in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, killing 17 servicemen.
U.S. presidential candidate George Herbert Walker Bush defeats Bob Dole in numerous Republican primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday". The bipartisan primary/caucus calendar, designed by Democrats to help solidify their own nominee early, backfires when none of the six competing candidates are able to break out of the pack in the day's Democratic contests. Jesse Jackson, however, wins several Southern state primaries.
March 13 – Gallaudet University, a university for the deaf in Washington, D.C., elects Dr. I. King Jordan as the first deaf president in its history, following the Deaf President Now campaign, considered a turning point in the deaf civil rights movement.
March 16
First RepublicBank of Texas fails and enters FDIC receivership, the second-largest FDIC assisted bank failure up to that point.
Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
March 26 – U.S. presidential candidate Jesse Jackson defeats Michael Dukakis in the Michigan Democratic caucuses, becoming the frontrunner temporarily for the party's nomination. Richard Gephardt withdraws his candidacy after his campaign speeches against imported automobiles fail to earn him much support in Detroit.
April
Throughout the Month – The unemployment rate drops to 5.4%, the lowest since June 1974.
April 1 – In Fort Wayne, Indiana, 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley is kidnapped and murdered.
April 4 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
April 5 – Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis wins the Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary.
April 11 – The 60th Academy Awards, hosted by Chevy Chase, are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor wins all nine of its nominations (the first film to do so since 1958's Gigi), including Best Picture and Best Director.
April 12 – Former pop singer Sonny Bono is elected Mayor of Palm Springs, California.
April 14 – The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a naval mine in the Persian Gulf, while deployed on Operation Earnest Will, during the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War.
April 18 – The United States Navy retaliates for the Roberts mining with Operation Praying Mantis, in a day of strikes against Iranian oil platforms and naval vessels.
May
May 4 – PEPCON disaster in Henderson, Nevada: A major explosion at an industrial solid-fuel rocket plant causes damage extending up to ten miles away, including Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport.
May 14 – Bus collision near Carrollton, Kentucky: A drunk driver traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 71 hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group from Radcliff, Kentucky. The resulting fire kills 27 people, making it tied for first in the U.S. for most fatalities involving 2 vehicles to the present day. Coincidentally, the other 2-vehicle accident involving a bus that also killed 27 occurred in Prestonsburg, Kentucky thirty years prior.
May 16 –
A report by U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
California v. Greenwood: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that police officers do not need a search warrant to search through discarded garbage.
May 27 – Microsoft releases Windows 2.1.
May 31 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses 600 Moscow State University students during his visit to the Soviet Union.
June
June 1 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, banning intermediate-range missiles in the United States and the Soviet Union, comes into effect.
June 12 – Rusty Wallace wins the last NASCAR Winston Cup Series Budweiser 400 auto race at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California.
June 14 – A small wildfire is started by a lightning strike in Montana, United States, near the boundary for Yellowstone National Park. The Storm Creek fire expands into the park, then merges with dozens of other drought-aggravated fires. Eventually, over of Yellowstone – 36% of the park's area – burns before firefighters gain control in late September.
June 22 – Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis releases Who Framed Roger Rabbit through Touchstone Pictures to universal acclaim and box office success. It brings a renewed interest in the Golden Age of American animation, spearheading modern American animation and the Disney Renaissance.
June 28 – Four workers are asphyxiated at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history (a fifth victim dies two days later).
June 29 – Morrison v. Olson: The United States Supreme Court upholds the law allowing special prosecutors to investigate suspected crimes by executive branch officials.
July
July 3 – Iran Air Flight 655 is shot down by a missile launched from the USS Vincennes.
July 4 – In Zurich Switzerland FIFA chose the United States as the venue to organize the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the United States won with 10 votes, surpassed Morocco with 7 votes and Brazil with 3 votes.
July 6 – The first reported medical waste on beaches in the Greater New York area (including hypodermic needles and syringes possibly infected with the AIDS virus) washes ashore on Long Island. Subsequent medical waste discoveries on beaches in Coney Island, Brooklyn and in Monmouth County, New Jersey, force the closure of numerous New York–area beaches in the middle of one of the hottest summers on record in the American Northeast.
July 13 – Miami Arena in Miami, Florida opens.
July 14 – Volkswagen closes its Westmoreland Assembly Plant after ten years of operation (the first factory built by a non-American automaker in the U.S.).
July 20 – The Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia nominates Michael Dukakis as their presidential candidate and Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate.
July 26 – The death of Tate Rowland leads way to publicized rumors of a Satanic cult in the rural community of Childress, Texas.
August
August 6–7 – Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City: A riot erupts in Tompkins Square Park when police attempt to enforce a newly passed curfew for the park. Bystanders, artists, residents, homeless people and political activists are caught up in the police action, which takes place during the night of August 6 and into the early morning of August 7.
August 8 - the gangster rap group N.W.A. releases their first studio album Straight Outta Compton which is considered to be one of the first forms of gangster rap.
August 9 – Wrigley Field has its first night game of baseball, ending long opposition to lights at the field.
August 17 – Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Raphel, are killed in a plane crash near Bhawalpur.
August 18 – The Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana nominates Vice President George H. W. Bush as their presidential candidate and Dan Quayle as his running mate.
September
September 5 – With the US's largest thrift institution, American Savings and Loan Association, entering receivership, the Robert M. Bass Group (headed by Robert Bass) agrees to buy its good assets with US$1.7 billion in federal aid (completed December).
September 10 – Kids' Court debuts on Nickelodeon.
September 15 – Nicholas F. Brady is sworn in as the new Secretary of Treasury, succeeding James Baker.
September 17-October 2 – The United States participates in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and ranks in third place, bringing home 36 gold, 31 silver and 27 bronze medals for a total of 94 medals behind the Soviet Union in first place and East Germany in second.
September 25 – Jim Lehrer hosts the first presidential debate between Michael Dukakis and Vice President Bush at Wake Forest University.
September 29 – STS-26: NASA resumes Space Shuttle flights, grounded after the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, with Space Shuttle Discovery going back into orbit and deploying the TDRS-3 satellite, putting the US back into the Space Race.
October
October 3 – STS-26 lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California after four days of its successful maiden flight and satellite deployment.
October 5 – In Omaha, Nebraska, in the only vice presidential debate of the 1988 U.S. presidential election, the Republican vice presidential nominee, Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana, insists he has as much experience in government as John F. Kennedy did when he sought the presidency in 1960. His Democratic opponent, Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, replies, "Senator, I knew Jack Kennedy. I served with Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." The audience response to Senator Bentsen's remark is overwhelmingly positive.
October 13 – In the second U.S. presidential debate, held by U.C.L.A., the Democratic Party nominee, Michael Dukakis, is asked by journalist Bernard Shaw of CNN if he would support the death penalty if his wife, "Kitty", were to be raped and murdered. Gov. Dukakis' reply, voicing his opposition to capital punishment in any and all circumstances, is later said to have been a major reason for the eventual failure of his campaign for the White House.
October 15 – Kirk Gibson hits a dramatic home run to win Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers, over the Oakland Athletics, by a score of 5–4.
October 20 – The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1, to win their 6th World Series Title.
October 27 – Ronald Reagan decides to tear down the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
October 30 – Philip Morris buys Kraft Foods for US$13,100,000,000.
October 31 – National Park of American Samoa is established.
November
Throughout the Month – The unemployment rate drops to 5.3%, the lowest level since May 1974.
November 2 – The Morris worm, the first computer worm distributed via the Internet, written by Robert Tappan Morris, is launched from MIT.
November 8 – 1988 United States presidential election: George H. W. Bush is elected as 41st president of the United States over Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis.
November 10 – The United States Air Force acknowledges the existence of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk in a Pentagon press conference.
November 11 – In Sacramento, California, police find a body buried in the lawn of sixty-year-old landlady Dorothea Puente. Seven bodies are eventually found and Puente is convicted of three murders and sentenced to life in prison.
November 13 – Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon, is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
November 15 – The 300-foot Green Bank Telescope collapses in Green Bank, West Virginia.
November 18
War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill providing the death penalty for murderous drug traffickers.
Walt Disney Feature Animation's 27th feature film, Oliver & Company, is released to financial success but a mixed critical reception. The same day, former Disney animator and director Don Bluth released The Land Before Time to more positive reception.
November 21 – Ted Turner officially buys Jim Crockett Promotions, known as NWA Crockett, and turns it into World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
November 22 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
November 30 – Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for US$25,000,700,000 in the biggest leveraged buyout deal of all time.
December
December 1 – The first World AIDS Day is observed.
December 9 – The last Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant roll off the assembly line in a Chrysler factory.
December 12 – Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev begins an official visit to the United States.
December 14 – After Yasir Arafat renounces violence, the U.S. says it will open dialogue with the PLO.
December 16 – Perennial U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche is convicted of mail fraud.
December 19 – Gorbachev cuts short his visit to the United States and returns home to the Soviet Union, as thousands of people have died in an earthquake in Armenia.
December 21
Pan Am Flight 103 is destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom; killing 270 people, including 178 U.S. citizens.
Drexel Burnham Lambert agrees to plead guilty to insider trading and other violations and pay penalties of US$650 million.
Undated
The U.S. Drought of 1988 causes big crop damage in many states, impacts many portions of the United States and causes around $60 billion in damage. Multiple regions suffer in the conditions. Heat waves cause 4,800 to 17,000 excess deaths while scorching many areas of the United States during 1988.
BlackRock founded as a global asset management company in New York City by Larry Fink and others; it will become the world's largest.
Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference organization is founded.
Ongoing
Cold War (1947–1991)
Births
January
January 1
Eddie Ababio, Ghanaian-born soccer player
Zach Clayton, football player
Dallas Keuchel, baseball player
January 2
Aaron Barrett, baseball player
Mandy Harvey, jazz and pop singer
January 3 – J. R. Hildebrand, racing driver
January 4
Azad Al-Barazi, Syrian-born Olympic swimmer
Corbin Bryant, football player
John Clay, football player
January 5 – Charlie Campbell, soccer player
January 6 – Roger Bothe, soccer player
January 7
Haley Bennett, actress and singer
Jhoulys Chacín, Venezuelan-born baseball player
January 8
Allison Harvard, model
Lily Nicksay, actress
Alex Tyus, American-born Israeli basketball player
January 9
V. Bozeman, singer and actress
Mike Champa, singer, rapper, musician, and frontman for For All Those Sleeping
Katherine Copely, American-born Lithuanian ice dancer
January 11
Travon Bellamy, football player
Blair Brandt, political adviser
Joseph Collins, football player
January 12
George Clanton, electronic musician and singer/songwriter
Andrew Lawrence, actor, singer, and director
January 13 – Tatev Abrahamyan, Armenian-born chess grandmaster
January 14
Cal Barnes, actor, director, screenwriter, producer, novelist, and playwright
Mikalah Gordon, singer
Hakeem Nicks, football player
January 15
Skrillex, musician and DJ
Jessica Poland, singer/songwriter
January 16 – Bull Dempsey, wrestler
January 17 – Earl Clark, basketball player
January 18
Carlos Borja, soccer player
Ashleigh Murray, actress and singer
January 19
Kyle Adams, football player
Allison Aldrich, Paralympic volleyball player
Beedie, rapper
Bonnie Brawner, Paralympic volleyball player
Kris Cooke, football player
JaVale McGee, basketball player
January 20
Corey Allmond, basketball player
Emanuel Cook, football player
January 21
Preston Claiborne, baseball player
Ashton Eaton, Olympic decathlete
Vanessa Hessler, American-born Italian model and actress
January 22
Asher Allen, football player
Nick Palatas, actor
Xavier Silas, basketball player and coach
January 23
Terrance Campbell, basketball player
Wil Carter, basketball player
January 25
Da'Sean Butler, basketball player and coach
Jason Colwick, pole vaulter
January 26
Dan Bailey, football player
Jack Combs, ice hockey player
January 27 – Ashley Battersby, freestyle skier
January 28
Pierce Brown, science fiction author
Alexandra Krosney, actress
Quentin Oliver Lee, actor and singer (d. 2022)
Yuriy Sardarov, Azerbaijani-born actor
January 29
Alex Albright, football player
Jake Auchincloss, politician
Mike Bolsinger, baseball player
Cyntoia Brown, convicted murderer
Clifford Chapin, voice actor and director
Eugene Clifford, football player
Hank Conger, baseball player and coach
January 30
Keshia Baker, Olympic sprinter
Josh Brent, football player
Ben Cosgrove, composer
Rob Pinkston, actor
January 31
Vance Albitz, baseball player
Kyle Kulinski, political commentator
February
February 1 – Brett Anderson, baseball player
February 2 – Zosia Mamet, actress
February 3 – Justin Bonsignore, stock car racing driver
February 4
Charlie Barnett, actor
Carly Patterson, Olympic gymnast
February 5 – Katie Bell, Olympic diver
February 6
David Boyd, Danish-born singer/songwriter and frontman for New Politics
Anna Diop, actress
Bailey Hanks, singer, actress and dancer
February 7
Quintin Borders, football player
Matthew Stafford, football player
February 8
Neil Barlow, soccer player
Jahlil Beats, hip hop producer
Ryan Pinkston, actor and model
February 9 – Donald Buckram, football player and coach
February 10
Jake Brigham, baseball player
Marco Capozzoli, football player
February 11 – Barry Church, football player
February 12
DeMarco Murray, football player
Greta Morgan, singer/songwriter and pianist
Mike Posner, singer/songwriter and producer
February 14
Rob Callaway, football player
Matt Campanale, ice hockey player
Paul Clemens, baseball player
Asia Nitollano, singer and dancer
February 15
Brooke Abel, Olympic swimmer
Jade Buford, stock car racing driver
Caleb Clay, baseball player
February 16
Neli A'asa, football player
Chris Butler, cyclist
Kat Cammack, politician
Steven Caple Jr., director, producer, and screenwriter
Jacquelyn Crowell, cyclist (d. 2018)
February 17
Brian Burrows, Olympic sports shooter
Jake LaTurner, politician
Amber Skye Noyes, actress and singer
February 18
Mason Brodine, football player
Shane Lyons, actor, chef, and restaurateur
Sarah Sutherland, actress
Maiara Walsh, Brazilian-born actress
February 19
Xavier Brown, football player
Bruce Carter, football player
Stacie Chan, actress
Kevin Chapman, baseball player
February 20
Michelle Betos, soccer player
Tim Crabbe, American-born Italian baseball player
Kealoha Pilares, football player
February 22
Dominic Alford, football player
Colby Covington, mixed martial artist
February 23
Jessica Breland, basketball player
Clark Burckle, Olympic swimmer
Byron Maxwell, football player
February 24
Devon Beitzel, basketball player
Brittany Bowe, Olympic speed skater
Alexander Koch, actor
February 25
Nate Adcock, baseball player
Matthew Baker, soccer player
Joevan Catron, basketball player
Gerald McCoy, football player
February 26
Dustin Ackley, baseball player
Demetrius Andrade, boxer
Cornelius Brown, football player
Lindsay Burdette, tennis player
Brad Coleman, stock car racing driver
Brittnee Cooper, volleyball player
February 28 – Aroldis Chapman, baseball player
March
March 1
Whitney Allison, cyclist
Trevor Cahill, baseball player
Ben Casnocha, author, entrepreneur, and investor
Katija Pevec, actress
March 3
Chad Burt, soccer player and coach
Josh Duggar, television personality
March 4 – Cody Longo, actor and musician (d. 2023)
March 5
Joe Benson, baseball player
Brent Brockman, soccer player
Eric Czerniewski, football player
March 6 – Dailis Caballero, Cuban-born Olympic pole vaulter
March 7
Larry Asante, football player
James Cleveland, football player
March 8 – Benny Blanco, musician, songwriter, and record producer
March 10
Ego Nwodim, actress and comedian
Danny McCray, football player and television personality
March 11 – Vince Belnome, baseball player
March 12
Zahir Carrington, basketball player
Ritchie Torres, politician
March 14
Stephen Curry, basketball player
Sasha Grey, actress and model
Josh Stinson, baseball player
March 15
Steve Ames, baseball player
Lil Dicky, rapper and comedian
March 16 – Jhené Aiko, singer/songwriter
March 17 – Tyler Bellamy, soccer player
March 18
Chase Baird, saxophonist and composer
Vanessa Borne, wrestler
March 19
Clayton Kershaw, baseball player
Freddie Smith, actor
March 20
Kevin Cone, football player
Louie Vito, American-born Italian Olympic snowboarder
March 21
Austin Adamec, Christian musician
Erik Johnson, ice hockey player
March 22 – Tania Raymonde, actress
March 23 – Dellin Betances, baseball player
March 24
Felicia Chester, basketball player
Nick Lashaway, actor (d. 2016)
March 25
Darrell Arthur, basketball player
Big Sean, rapper
Ryan Lewis, musician
March 26 – Michael Buttacavoli, golfer
March 27 – Brenda Song, actress
March 28
Austin Armacost, television personality
Geno Atkins, football player
Jordan Bridges, politician
Ryan Kalish, baseball player
March 29
Elle Anderson, cyclist
Kelly Sweet, singer
March 30
Capri Anderson, pornographic actress
Richard Sherman, football player
March 31 – DeAndre Liggins, baseball player
April
April 1
Alyssa Bonagura, singer/songwriter
Derek Campos, mixed martial artist
Brook Lopez, basketball player
April 2
Garrett Chisolm, football player
Jesse Plemons, actor
April 3
Kam Chancellor, football player
Brandon Graham, football player
William Knight, mixed martial artist
April 7
Chelsea Alden, actress
Joseph Bramlett, golfer
Charles Brewer, baseball player
Keith Browner Jr., football player
April 8 – Candice Cuoco, fashion designer
April 9 – Ryan Broyles, football player
April 10
Molly Bernard, actress
Haley Joel Osment, actor
April 11 – Pete Kozma, baseball player
April 12
Ryan Brooks, basketball player
Jessie James Decker, country pop singer/songwriter
April 13
Cody Arnoux, soccer player
Kallie Flynn Childress, actress
Stephanie Coleman, politician
Dwayne Collins, basketball player
Allison Williams, actress
April 14
Eric Alexander, soccer player
Emmanuel Bor, Kenyan-born long-distance runner
Sarah Bullard, lacrosse player
Mike Carman, ice hockey player
Lehmon Colbert, basketball player
Chris Wood, actor
April 15
Justin Anderson, football player
Erin Lee Carr, filmmaker
Bill Clark, basketball player
Chris Stuckmann, film critic, filmmaker, author, and YouTuber
April 17
Kourtnei Brown, football player
Dasha Gonzalez, wrestler and model
April 18
Justin Burrell, basketball player
Jessica Cambensy, American-born Hong Kong model and actress
Kayleigh McEnany, political commentator and White House press secretary
April 19
Trevor Lee, rapper
April 20
Brandon Belt, baseball player
Nick Bonino, ice hockey player
April 21
Robbie Amell, Canadian-born actor and producer
Ricky Berens, Olympic swimmer
JR Buensuceso, basketball player
Jencarlos Canela, singer/songwriter and actor
Christoph Sanders, actor
April 23
Stacey Bridges, rugby player
Justin Brownlee, basketball player
Molly Burnett, actress, singer, and producer
April 24 – Jermaine Cunningham, football player
April 25
Rachel Cruze, writer and author
Sara Paxton, actress, singer, and model
April 27
Austin Amelio, actor
Lizzo, singer/songwriter and rapper
April 28
Justin Boren, football player
Carlos Brown, football player
Seth C'deBaca, soccer player
Sebo Walker, skateboarder and artist
April 29
Aanders Brorson, Canadian-born curler
Carson Coffman, football player
April 30 – Antonio Ballard, basketball player
May
May 1
André Anderson, football player
Nicholas Braun, actor
Cody Renard Richard, stage manager, producer, and educator
May 2
Musa Abdul-Aleem, basketball player
Shaun Chapas, football player
May 4
Christian Bergman, baseball player
Derrick Caracter, basketball player
LaRoyce Hawkins, actor, stand-up comic, spoken word artist, and musician
May 5
Kevin Alston, soccer player
Michael Cognata, actor and record producer
Jessica Dubroff, trainee aviator (d. 1996)
Brooke Hogan, reality star and singer
May 6
Ryan Anderson, basketball player
Luis Cálix, soccer player
Marcus Cannon, football player
Whitney Conder, wrestler
May 7 – Brandon Jones, actor, musician, and producer
May 8
Ivy Audrain, cyclist
Trisha Paytas, youtuber
May 9 – Buddy Boshers, baseball player
May 10
Mat Franco, magician
Adam Ward, photojournalist (d. 2015)
May 11
Ace Hood, rapper
Julia Avila, mixed martial artist
Blac Chyna, model and entrepreneur
Nikki Cleary, pop rock singer
Jeremy Maclin, football player
Danielle Pinnock, actress
May 13
Freddie Braun, soccer player
Didier Cohen, American-born Australian model
Tim Maypray, football player (d. 2019)
Matt McLean, Olympic swimmer
May 15
Dillon Bates, politician
Nate Costa, football player
May 16 – Julia Adolphe, composer
May 17 – Nikki Reed, actress, singer/songwriter, and screenwriter
May 18 – Johnny Culbreath, football player
May 19
Mike Alessi, motorcycle racer
Kevin Basped, football player
Zack Pearlman, actor
May 20
Nathaniel Brown, actor and director
Kayden Carter, wrestler
May 21 – Chase Baker, football player and coach
May 22
Andrew Augustin, video game designer
Sergio Brown, football player
Chase Budinger, volleyball player
Doug DeMuro, automotive columnist and internet personality
Santana Garrett, wrestler and model
May 23
Vic Black, baseball player
Jackie Briggs, field hockey player
Morgan Pressel, golfer
Zachary "Kid Yamaka" Wohlman, boxer
May 24
Anhayla, singer/songwriter
Monica Lin Brown, U.S. Army medic and silver star recipient
Billy Gilman, singer
May 25
Carlos Aguilar, soccer player
Britta Büthe, American-born German volleyball player
Bruce Campbell, football player
Lee Chatfield, politician
Matt Clare, soccer player
May 26
Brad Balsley, sports shooter
Cami Bradley, singer/songwriter, keyboardist, and television personality
May 27
Brad Boxberger, baseball player
Jacobs Crawley, rodeo cowboy
Art Cruz, drummer for Lamb of God, Winds of Plague (2008-2022), Prong (2014–2018), and Klogr (2017)
Stevin John, children's entertainer and educator
Alicia Sixtos, actress
May 28
Justin Bour, baseball player
NaVorro Bowman, football player
Ryan Court, baseball player
Brian Justin Crum, singer and actor
May 29
Derrius Brooks, football player
Garrett Celek, football player
Tobin Heath, soccer player
May 30
C. R. Crews, racing driver
No Way Jose, wrestler
May 31 – Rogét Chahayed, record producer and songwriter
June
June 1 – Brian O'Neill, Olympic ice hockey player
June 2
Mustafa Abdul-Hamid, basketball player
Mister Alexander, football player
Awkwafina, actress, rapper, and comedian
Zuri Hall, entertainment reporter, television personality, actress and producer
Joe Young, football player
June 3
Patrick Christopher, basketball player
Dave East, rapper and actor
June 4
Matt Bartkowski, ice hockey player
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, politician
June 5
Steelo Brim, television personality, comedian, and actor
Ryan Mallett, football player (d. 2023)
June 6
Omar Brown, football player
Gideon Glick, actor and singer
June 7
Chris Barton, cyclist
Patrick Carlopoli, convicted murderer
June 9
Rob Bordson, ice hockey player
Lauren Landa, actress
Mae Whitman, actress
June 10 – Billy Bitter, lacrosse player
June 11 – Weyes Blood, singer/songwriter and musician
June 12
Dave Melillo, singer/songwriter and guitarist
Cody Horn, actress and model
June 13
Gabe Carimi, football player
Chris Cralle, hammer thrower
June 14
Kara Killmer, actress
Kevin McHale, actor, dancer and singer
June 16
Banks, singer/songwriter
Samantha Brand, American-born Haitian soccer player
Jermaine Gresham, football player
June 17 – Ryan Neff, singer and bassist for Miss May I
June 18 – Josh Dun, drummer for Twenty One Pilots
June 19 – Alyona Alekhina, Russian-born snowboarder, singer/songwriter, model, and musician
June 20 – Alex Caceres, mixed martial artist
June 22 – Portia Doubleday, actress
June 23 – Chellsie Memmel, Olympic gymnast
June 24
Nichkhun Horvejkul, American-born Thai singer
Stassi Schroeder, television personality, podcast host, fashion blogger, model, and author
June 25
Aaron Berry, football player
Dorson Boyce, football player
Joy Cheek, basketball player
Rose Schlossberg, actress and daughter of Caroline Kennedy
June 26
King Bach, Canadian-born actor and internet personality
John Brown, football player
Bryant Browning, football player
Chris Mazdzer, Olympic luger
Dakota Meyer, Marine veteran in the Afghan War and Medal of Honor Recipient
June 27
Miles Burris, football player
Nate Byham, football player
Alanna Masterson, actress
June 28
Ali Caldwell, singer/songwriter
Terrence Cody, football player
June 29
Danny Bohn, stock car racing driver
Evan Call, American-born Japanese composer
June 30
Tyler Cain, basketball player
Vinny Curry, football player
Jack Douglass, YouTuber, musician, and comedian
Sean Marquette, actor
Ryan W. Pearson, politician
Dave Stephens, singer and frontman for We Came as Romans
July
July 1
Kurt Coleman, football player
Craig Curley, marathon runner
Brian Wang, wushu taolu practitioner
July 2 – Ronnie Ash, Olympic hurdler
July 3
McLeod Bethel-Thompson, football player
Matty Mullins, singer/songwriter and frontman for Memphis May Fire
July 4 – Freddie Banks, football player and coach
July 6
Carter Camper, ice hockey player
Adrian Clayborn, football player
Brittany Underwood, actress and singer
July 7
Kaci Brown, singer/songwriter
Kristi Castlin, Olympic hurdler
Chase Williamson, actor and producer
July 8
Ashley Bowyer, soccer player
Jordan Burroughs, Olympic wrestler
July 9
Mark Angelosetti, wrestler
Belal Muhammad, mixed martial artist
July 10
Antonio Brown, football player
Heather Hemmens, actress
July 11 – Christian Camacho, soccer player
July 12
Patrick Beverley, basketball player
Christine Marie Cabanos, actress
LeSean McCoy, football player
July 13
Colton Haynes, actor and model
Chris Sheffield, actor
Steven R. McQueen, actor and model
July 14
Kai Correa, baseball coach
Travis Ganong, Olympic alpine skier
Chase Williamson, actor and film producer
July 15 – Aimee Carrero, Dominican-born actress
July 17
Summer Bishil, actress
Patrick Crosby, lacrosse player
Anderson East, musician
Luke Stocker, football player
July 18 – Ambyr Childers, actress
July 19
Shane Dawson, internet personality, actor, comedian, director, and author
Cherami Leigh, actress
Trent Williams, football player
July 20
Phillip Adams, football player and killer (d. 2021)
Lucas Baiano, filmmaker
Quinton Carter, football player
Julianne Hough, ballroom dancer, country singer, and actress
Stephen Strasburg, baseball player
July 21
Blake Allen, composer
Jon Asamoah, football player
Edawn Coughman, football player
DeAndre Jordan, basketball player
Nina Roth, Olympic curler
July 22
Alex Caskey, soccer player
George Santos, politician
July 23 – Kevin Tway, golfer
July 24
Charlee Brooks, vocalist, composer, and audio engineer
Chris Cortez, soccer player
July 25 – Linsey Godfrey, actress
July 26
AJ Agazarm, mixed martial artist
Francia Raisa, actress
Caitlin Gerard, actress
George Santos, politician
July 27
Luke Collis, football player
Lila Rose, activist
July 28
Ayla Brown, basketball player and singer
Greg Hardy, football player
Nick Santino, singer/songwriter and frontman for A Rocket to the Moon (2006-2013)
July 29 – Matthew Bouraee, soccer player
July 30 – Nico Tortorella, actor and model
July 31
Remy Banks, rapper
Kyra Harris Bolden, politician
Charlie Carver, actor
A. J. Green, football player
Krystal Meyers, singer/songwriter and musician
August
August 1 – Max Carver, actor
August 2 – Golden Tate, football player
August 3
Amanda Bell, mixed martial artist
Ricky Blaze, DJ, producer, and singer/songwriter
DRAM, rapper and singer/songwriter
Weyes Blood, DJ, producer, and singer/songwriter
Christine Ko, actress
August 4
John O'Callaghan, singer/songwriter and frontman for The Maine
Aaron Pauley, singer, bassist, and frontman for Of Mice & Men (2012–present) and Jamie's Elsewhere
August 5
David Castain, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Salwa Aga Khan, fashion model and aristocrat
August 6
Anthony Allen, football player
DaNae Couch, beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Texas 2012
August 7
Danario Alexander, football player
Marti Belle, wrestler
Jordan Cameron, football player
August 8
Eric Brakey, politician
Tiana Coudray, Olympic equestrian and dancer
Chad Future, actor, director, singer, and host
Laura Slade Wiggins, actress, singer, and musician
August 9
Anthony Castonzo, football player
Amber Guyger, murderer
August 12
Mark Arcobello, ice hockey player
Justin Gaston, singer/songwriter, model, and actor
Leah Pipes, actress
August 13
Keith Benson, basketball player
Nili Brosh, Israeli-born singer and guitarist
Servando Carrasco, soccer player
August 15 – Andy Miele, Olympic ice hockey player
August 16
Boyfriend, singer/songwriter, producer, rapper, and performance artist
Nate Cohn, journalist and political analyst
Ryan Kerrigan, football player
Rumer Willis, actress and singer
Parker Young, actor
August 17
Bianca Collins, actress, curator, and writer
Brady Corbet, actor and filmmaker
Tino Coury, singer/songwriter
Chris Culliver, football player
Kathryn Morgan, ballerina
August 18
Jorge Avila-Torrez, convicted serial killer and rapist
Scout Bassett, Chinese-born Paralympic long jumper
August 19
Ty Abbott, basketball player
Hoodie Allen, hip-hop artist
Kirk Cousins, football player
Veronica Roth, author
Romeo Miller, basketball player, rapper, actor
August 20
Jerryd Bayless, basketball player
Lincoln A. Castellanos, actor
August 21
Paris Bennett, singer and American Idol contestant
Kacey Musgraves, country singer
August 22 – Javy Ayala, mixed martial artist
August 23
Devan Carroll, soccer player
Jaime Churches, politician
Jeremy Lin, basketball player
Kim Matula, actress
August 24 – Nicholas Alexander, Olympic ski jumper
August 25
Terrence Austin, football player
Caleb Bostic, football player
Tony Cosentino, stock car racing driver
August 26
Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan-born baseball player
Lance Benoist, mixed martial artist
Tori Black, pornographic actress
Evan Ross, actor and musician
Tom Coolican, American-born Australian rugby player
Danielle Savre, actress and singer
August 27
A. J. Achter, baseball player
Sean Chen, pianist
Zach Collaros, football player
Alexa Vega, actress and singer
August 28
Danny Aiken, football player
Shalita Grant, actress
August 30
Alex Corbisiero, American-born English rugby player
Jordan Rodgers, sports commentator, television personality, and football player
August 31
Matt Adams, baseball player
Athena, wrestler
Allen Bradford, football player
Tanaya Henry, model and actress
September
September 1
Gabriel Ferrari, soccer player
Chanel West Coast, rapper, singer, actress, model, and television personality
September 2 – Matt Wentworth, guitarist and vocalist for Our Last Night
September 3
Katie Bethke, soccer player
Derwin Montgomery, politician
September 4
Pilar Bosley, ice dancer
Kervin Bristol, Haitian-born basketball player
Anna Li, gymnast
September 5
Ibrahim Abdulai, football player
Raquel Pennington, mixed martial artist
September 6
Sam Acho, football player
Willdabeast Adams, dancer and choreographer
Jovan Adepo, British-born actor
September 7
Kevin Aguilar, mixed martial artist
Jack Crawford, football player
Paul Iacono, actor
Kevin Love, basketball player
September 8
Arrelious Benn, football player
E. J. Bonilla, actor
Rob Bunker, stock car racing driver
September 9
Gary Brown, baseball player
Roc Carmichael, football player
McKey Sullivan, fashion model
September 10
Queen Claye, Olympic hurdler and sprinter
Jared Lee Loughner, convicted spree killer (2011 Tucson shooting)
September 13
Nadia Aboulhosn, fashion blogger, model, and designer
John Park, singer
September 14 – Bobby Brackins, rapper
September 15
Kent Bulle, golfer
Chelsea Kane, actress and singer
Chloe Dykstra, actress
September 16
Talor Battle, basketball player
Durand Bernarr, singer/songwriter and producer
Corben Bone, soccer player
B. J. Coleman, football player
Teddy Geiger, singer/songwriter
September 18
Arizona Muse, model
Shoshana Bush, actress
Wesley Carroll, football player
Casey Crosby, baseball player
September 21
Doug Baldwin, football player
Melvin Gregg, actor, model, and comedian
September 19
Katrina Bowden, actress
Kenny Britt, football player
September 20 – Clark James Gable, actor, model, and television presenter (d. 2019)
September 21 – Doug Baldwin, football player
September 22
Jack Avesyan, soccer player
Colin Braun, stock car racing driver
Bethany Dillon, contemporary Christian music artist
September 23
Antonio Allen, football player
Mindy Cook, Paralympic goalball player
September 24
Lisa Belcastro, politician
Curtis Brown, football player
Paul Carey, ice hockey player
Steven Kampfer, Olympic ice hockey player
Kyle Sullivan, actor
September 26
Sadam Ali, boxer
Chris Archer, baseball player
September 28 – Olivia Jordan, actress, model, television host, and Miss USA 2015
September 29
Jeff Attinella, soccer player
Kevin Durant, basketball player
Justin Nozuka, American-born Canadian singer/songwriter
October
October 1
Marjorie Conrad, French-born filmmaker and model
Nick Whitaker, actor
October 2
Corrin Campbell, vocalist, bassist, songwriter, and pianist
Brittany Howard, musician
October 3
A$AP Rocky, rapper and music video director
Mike Belfiore, baseball player
Lauren McKnight, actress
October 4
Melissa Benoist, actress and singer
Sean Cattouse, football player
Lonnie Chisenhall, baseball player
Derrick Rose, basketball player
October 5 – Kevin Olusola, singer/songwriter and musician
October 6
Bryan Anger, football player
Austin Berry, soccer player
October 7
Katie Burnett, racewalker
Chimdi Chekwa, football player
Brandon Cunniff, baseball player
October 8 – Manny Barreda, American-born Mexican baseball player
October 9
John Chiles, football player
Amanda Serrano, martial artist
October 10
Gilbert Bayonne, soccer player
Claudine Beckford, Jamaican-born cricketer
Alex Chappell, journalist
October 11
Toney Clemons, football player
Ricochet, wrestler
October 12 – Jermie Calhoun, football player
October 13 – Norris Cole, basketball player
October 14
Max Thieriot, actor
MacKenzie Mauzy, actress
Pia Toscano, singer and American Idol contestant
October 15 – Leah Cole Allen, politician
October 16
Tumua Anae, water polo player
Ron Brooks, football player
October 17
Kathleen Alcott, novelist
Donald Butler, football player
Justin Clark, soccer player
Christina Crawford, wrestler
Dee Jay Daniels, actor
October 18
Kyle Austin, basketball player
Dane Cameron, racing driver
October 19
Xavier Alexander, basketball player
Jalil Anibaba, soccer player
October 20
ASAP Ferg, rapper
Mario Butler, football player
Anthony Sabatini, politician
October 21
Andrew Cancio, boxer
ContraPoints, YouTuber
Hope Hicks, public relations consultant and White House communications director
Glen Powell, Actor
October 22
Marqus Blakely, basketball player
Corey Hawkins, actor
October 23
Nia Ali, Olympic hurdler and heptathlete
Jake Collier, mixed martial artist
Jordan Crawford, basketball player
October 24
Nastassja Bolívar, American-born Nicaraguan beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Nicaragua 2013
Jeremy Cota, freestyle skier
October 25
Chase Buford, basketball player and coach
Alberto Cabrera, baseball player
October 27 – Evan Turner, basketball player
October 28 – Ian Conyers, politician
October 29
Cortez Allen, football player
Deidre Behar, writer, producer, and host
October 30 – Janel Parrish, actress and singer
October 31
Cole Aldrich, basketball player
Conroy Black, football player
Jennie Clark, soccer player
November
November 1 – Robert Alford, football player
November 2 – Lindze Letherman, actress
November 3
Kendrick Adams, football player
Holland Andrews, singer
Trevor Einhorn, actor
November 4
Dez Bryant, football player
November 5 – Justin Cornwell, actor, writer, and musician
November 6
Sean Baker, football player
Eric Cray, Philippine-born Olympic sprinter and hurdler
Robert Ellis, singer/songwriter and guitarist
Emma Stone, actress
November 7
Ayo the Producer, hip hop artist
Reid Ewing, actor
November 8
Matt Braly, animator, storyboard artist, director, writer, and producer
Jared Kusnitz, actor
November 9
Nikki Blonsky, actress and singer
Curt Casali, baseball player
Analeigh Tipton, actress and fashion model
November 10
Sunny Choi, breakdancer
Rennie Curran, football player, speaker, and coach
Jonna Mannion, television personality
November 11 – Alexandra Kyle, actress
November 12
Levy Adcock, football player
Robert Arnold, basketball player
Joe Banyard, football player
Jason Chen, pop singer
Russell Westbrook, basketball player
November 13 – Max Miller, politician
November 14
John Brancy, baritone player
Jos Charles, poet, writer, translator, and editor
Michael Cox, football player
November 15
B.o.B., rapper, singer, record producer, and conspiracy theorist
Nikolas Besagno, soccer player
Lauren Cholewinski, Olympic speed skater
November 16
Gary Boughton, soccer player
Clint Bowles, tennis player
William Coleman, basketball player
Brandon Cumpton, baseball player
November 17
Hilary Barte, tennis player
Justin Cooper, actor
November 18
Travis Baltz, football player
Elaine Breeden, Olympic swimmer
Jeffrey Jordan, basketball player
November 19 – Patrick Kane, ice hockey player
November 20
Cody Allen, baseball player
Barry Almeida, ice hockey player
Max Pacioretty, ice hockey player
Demetrius Shipp Jr., actor
November 21 – Joseph Anderson, football player
November 22
Sean Beighton, curler
Matt Bruenig, lawyer, blogger, policy analyst, and commentator
November 25
Jonathon Amaya, football player
John Corona, ice dancer
PopularMMOs, YouTuber
November 26 – Blake Harnage, songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, and guitarist for VersaEmerge
November 28 – Scarlett Pomers, actress
November 29
Dana Brooke, wrestler
Russell Wilson, football player
November 30
Terry Broadhurst, ice hockey player
James Brown, football player
Rebecca Rittenhouse, actress
Rotimi, actor and singer
December
December 1
Ashley Monique Clark, actress
Tyler Joseph, singer
Zoë Kravitz, actress, singer, and Model
December 2 – Rosie Brennan, Olympic cross-country skier
December 3 – Jeb Brovsky, soccer player
December 4
Rodney Austin, football player
Jerry Belmontes, boxer
Hilary Cruz, actor, model, and beauty queen, Miss Teen USA 2007
December 5
Ross Bagley, actor
Tina Charles, basketball player
December 7 – Nathan Adrian, Olympic swimmer
December 8 – Brittany Dawn Brannon, actress, host, model, beauty pageant titleholder, and Miss Arizona USA 2011
December 11
Erik Burgdoerfer, ice hockey player
Christina Hagan, politician
December 12
Ahmad Black, football player
Steven Bonnell II, streamer better known as Destiny
Diondre Borel, football player
December 14
Alexandra Agre, curler
David Borrero, politician
Amber Brown, mixed martial artist
Nate Ebner, football player
Vanessa Hudgens, Actress and singer
December 15 – Kimora Blac, drag queen and television personality
December 16
Christopher Caluag, American-born Philippine BMX racer
Circuit des Yeux, singer/songwriter
Nicco Montaño, mixed martial artist
December 18 – Erica Rivera, actress, singer, rapper, dancer, and artist
December 20
Omar Bolden, football player
Nick Charlton, football coach
December 21
Kevin Anderson, basketball player
Mark Blane, actor, writer, and director
Markeith Cummings, basketball player
Danny Duffy, baseball player
Teresa Ruiz, Mexican-born actress
December 23
Everitte Barbee, calligrapher
Mallory Hagan, beauty pageant titleholder
December 24
Michelle Boulos, figure skater
Kodi Burns, football player
Trey Caldwell, politician
December 25
Heather Cooke, American-born Filipino soccer player
Eric Gordon, basketball player
December 26 – Rudy Cerami, football player
December 27
Abby Finkenauer, politician
Hayley Williams, lead singer of Paramore
December 28
Katlyn Chookagian, mixed martial artist
Leslie Cichocki, Paralympic swimmer
December 29 – Eric Berry, football player
December 30
Bryce Brentz, baseball player
Danny Burawa, baseball player
Henry Hynoski, American football player
Jena Sims, actress
December 31 – Matthew Atkinson, actor and musician
Full date unknown
Niv Acosta, dancer, choreographer, and artist
Kameron Alexander, singer/songwriter and record producer
Olivia Alexander, singer, dancer, and actress
Brian Altman, poker player
Brent Anderson, country singer
Gretchen Andrew, artist
Adeem the Artist, country singer
Rodelio Astudillo, photographer
Mamoudou Athie, Mauritanian-born actor
Angad Aulakh, filmmaker
Milton Barney Jr., baseball player and coach
Jose Batista, politician
Marguerite Bennett, comic book writer
Tori Black, pornographic actress
Andrew M. Boss, composer
Matt Bouldin, basketball player
Danika Brace, football player and coach
Blair Braverman, adventurer, dogsled racer, musher, advice columnist, and nonfiction writer
Serafina Brocious, software engineer
Imani Jacqueline Brown, researcher and artist
Nakeya Brown, photographer
John Burke, pianist
Corrin Campbell, musician
Kyle Carey, folk singer
Reagan Charleston, jewelry designer, lawyer, and television personality
Thomas Chung, artist
Lenny Cooper, country rapper
Chris Cottrell, founder of The Reading Initiative
Jessa Dillow Crisp, survivor of human trafficking and co-founder and executive director of Bridge Hope Now
Crudo Means Raw, rapper and beatmaker
Jacob Cutrera, football player
Mira Murati, Albanian-born engineer, chief technology officer for OpenAI
Deaths
January 3
William Cagney, actor (born 1905)
Joie Chitwood, race car driver and stuntman (born 1912)
January 5 – Pete Maravich, basketball player (born 1947)
January 7 – Zara Cisco Brough, Nipmuc Chief (born 1919)
January 11
Pappy Boyington, pilot, United States Marine Corps fighter ace (born 1912)
Isidor Isaac Rabi, physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for invention of the atomic beam magnetic resonance method of measuring magnetic properties of atoms and molecules (born 1898 in Poland)
January 12 – Hiram Bingham IV, American diplomat (born 1903)
January 22 – Parker Fennelly, comedian and actor (born 1891)
January 25 – Colleen Moore, actress (born 1899)
February 1 – Heather O'Rourke, actress (born 1975)
February 3 – Robert Duncan, poet (born 1919)
February 14 – Frederick Loewe, composer (born 1901 in Berlin)
February 15 – Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for work on quantum electrodynamics (born 1918)
February 28 – Harvey Kuenn, baseball player and coach (born 1930)
March 1 – Joe Besser, actor and comedian (born 1907)
March 3 – Lois Wilson, actress (born 1894)
March 5 – Margaret Irving, actress (born 1898)
March 7
Edmund Berkeley, computer scientist (born 1909)
Divine, drag singer and character actor (born 1945)
Robert Livingston, screen actor (born 1904)
March 8 – Deane Janis, singer (born 1904)
March 10 – Glenn Cunningham, Olympic athlete (born 1909)
March 12 – Karen Steele, actress (born 1931)
March 13
Olive Carey, actress (born 1896)
John Holmes, pornographic actor (born 1944)
March 16 – Dorothy Adams, American character actress (born 1900)
March 18
Joan Field, violinist (born 1915)
Frank Wayne, game show producer and host (born 1917)
March 20 – Gil Evans, American jazz pianist (born 1912)
March 21 – Edd Roush, baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1893)
March 22 – Lester Rawlins, stage and screen director (born 1924)
March 25 – Robert Joffrey, dancer and choreographer (born 1930)
April 3 – Milton Caniff, cartoonist (born 1907)
April 9 – Dave Prater, rhythm and blues singer (born 1937)
April 11 – Jesse L. Lasky Jr., screenwriter (born 1910)
April 17 – Eva Novak, actress (born 1898)
April 22 – Irene Rich, actress (born 1891)
April 25
Carolyn Franklin, singer (born 1944)
Valerie Solanas, radical feminist, attempted murderer of Andy Warhol (born 1936)
April 26
James McCracken, tenor (born 1926)
Frederick D. Patterson, academic administrator (born 1901)
May 8
Robert A. Heinlein science fiction author (born 1907)
Ruby M. Rouss, WAC and first female president of the Virgin Islands Legislature (born 1921)
May 13 – Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter (born 1929)
May 15 – Andrew Duggan, actor (born 1923)
May 16 – Kay Baxter, bodybuilder (born 1945)
May 18 – Daws Butler, voice actor (born 1916)
May 20 – Laurie Dann, murderer (born 1957)
May 21 – Sammy Davis Sr., American dancer (b. 1900)
May 27 – Florida Friebus, actor (born 1909)
May 30 – Ella Raines, screen actress (born 1920)
June 8 – Eli Mintz, actor (born 1904)
June 10 – Louis L'Amour, western novelist (born 1908)
June 11 – Nathan Cook, actor (born 1950)
June 16 – Kim Milford, actor and singer (born 1951)
June 18
Wilford Leach, theater director (born 1929)
E. Hoffmann Price, writer (born 1898)
June 22
Dennis Day, singer and radio and television personality (born 1916)
Stuart Randall, actor (born 1909)
June 23 – Henry Murray, psychologist (born 1893)
July 3 – Gabriel Dell, actor (born 1919)
June 25 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (born 1962)
July 4 – Adrian Adonis, professional wrestler (born 1954)
July 8 – Ray Barbuti, athlete (born 1905)
July 12 – Joshua Logan, stage and film writer (born 1908)
July 17 – Bruiser Brody, professional wrestler (born 1946)
July 21 – Jack Clark, television personality and game show host (born 1921)
July 25 – Judith Barsi, actress and murder victim (born 1978)
July 27 – Frank Zamboni, inventor (born 1901)
July 31 – Trinidad Silva, actor (born 1950)
August 5 – Ralph Meeker, actor (born 1920)
August 8
Alan Ameche, footballer (born 1933)
Alan Napier, actor (born 1903 in the United Kingdom)
August 10 – Adela Rogers St. Johns, journalist and screenwriter (born 1893)
August 17 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1914)
August 21 – Ray Eames, architect and designer, partner of Charles Eames (born 1912)
August 24 – Leonard Frey, actor (born 1938)
August 27 – Kerry Lloyd, American role-playing game designer (born 1941)
August 28
Hazel Dawn, actress (born 1890)
Max Shulman, novelist, short-story writer and dramatist (born 1919)
September 1 – Luis Walter Alvarez, experimental physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for bubble chamber research into particle physics (born 1911)
September 6 – Harold Rosson, cinematographer (born 1895)
September 11 – John Sylvester White, actor (born 1919)
September 21
Glenn Robert Davis, politician (born 1914)
Henry Koster, German-born film director (born 1905)
September 25 – Billy Carter, farmer, businessman, brewer, and politician (born 1937)
September 28
Charles Addams, cartoonist (born 1912)
Ethel Grandin, actress (born 1894)
September 30 – Joachim Prinz, German-born American rabbi (born 1902)
October 7 – Billy Daniels, singer (born 1915)
October 10 – Kurt Marshall, model and actor (born 1965)
October 11
Morgan Farley, actor (born 1898)
Wayland Flowers, puppeteer (born 1939)
October 12 – Ken Murray, actor (born 1903)
October 31 – John Houseman, screen actor-producer (born 1902 in Romania)
November 1 – George J. Folsey, cinematographer (born 1898)
November 9 – John N. Mitchell, lawyer, 67th United States Attorney General (born 1913)
November 12 – Lyman Lemnitzer, Army General (born 1899)
November 25 – Alphaeus Philemon Cole, portrait artist, engraver and supercentenarian (born 1876)
November 27 – Angela Aames, American actress (born 1956)
November 29 – Donald Keyhoe, American ufologist (born 1897)
December 6
Timothy Patrick Murphy, actor (born 1959)
Roy Orbison, singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)
December 7
Christopher Connelly, actor (born 1941)
Dorothy Jordan, actress (born 1906)
December 14 – Stuart Symington, politician (born 1901)
December 17 – Jerry Hopper, film and television director (born 1907)
December 20 – Max Robinson, broadcast journalist, and ABC News World News Tonight co-anchor (born 1939)
December 21
Willie Kamm, baseball player (born 1900)
Bob Steele, actor (born 1907)
December 26 – Glenn McCarthy, oil tycoon and businessman (born 1907)
December 27
Hal Ashby, film director (born 1929)
Jess Oppenheimer, radio and television producer (born 1913)
December 30 – Isamu Noguchi, artist and landscape architect (born 1904)
Undated
Thomas Greenwood, Illinois labor and Indian affairs activist (b. 1908)
See also
1988 North American drought
1988 in American television
List of American films of 1988
Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)
References
External links
1980s in the United States
United States
United States
Years of the 20th century in the United States