1980 in the United States

1980 in the United States
Events from the year 1980 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia)
Vice President: Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota)
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts)
Senate Majority Leader: Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
Congress: 96th
Events
January
January 1 – The comic strip The Far Side debuts in newspapers.
January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
January 7 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
January 16th- Paul McCartney was arrested in Tokyo, Japan for bringing 7.7 ounces of marijuana into the country
January 20 – Super Bowl XIV: The Pittsburgh Steelers become the first NFL franchise to win four Super Bowls, defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31–19 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The game was shown to the Americans held hostage in Iran.
January 24
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad is ordered liquidated due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors.
The 5.8 Livermore earthquake shakes the East Bay area of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). This first event in a doublet earthquake is followed two days later by a 5.4 shock. Total financial losses from the events is $11.5 million.
January 27 – Canadian Caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran as they board a flight to Zürich, Switzerland.
January 28 - The 180' coast guard buoy tender USCGC BLACKTHORN collided with the 600' tanker SS CAPRICORN in the Tampa Bay shipping channel. The coast guard vessel capsized and sank after becoming entangled in CAPRICORN'S anchor chain. 23 of BLACKTHORN'S 50 crew members perished in the accident.
February
February 2–3 – The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured.
February 2 – Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation.
February 13 – The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York.
February 15 – David Sanborn releases his fourth solo studio album, Hideaway, in the United States.
February 22 – The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the medal round of the Winter Olympics, in the Miracle on Ice.
March
March 1 – The Voyager 1 probe confirms the existence of Janus, a moon of Saturn.
March 5 – Channel Islands National Park is established.
March 21
Mafioso Angelo Bruno is assassinated in Philadelphia.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
March 22 – The Georgia Guidestones are erected in Elbert County, Georgia.
March 27 – Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
March 31 – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train.
April
April 1
The 1980 United States Census begins. There are 226,545,805 United States residents on this day.
New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days.
April 7 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions, following the taking of American hostages on November 4, 1979.
April 14 – The 52nd Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Johnny Carson, is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Robert Benton's Kramer vs. Kramer wins five awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film is tied with Bob Fosse's All That Jazz in receiving nine nominations. 8-year-old Justin Henry, nominated for Best Supporting Actor, notably becomes the youngest Oscar nominee in any category.
April 15 – A mass exodus of Cubans to the United States known as the Mariel boatlift begins. It ends on October 31 by agreement between the two countries.
April 21 – Rosie Ruiz wins the Boston Marathon, but is later exposed as a fraud and stripped of her award.
April 24–25 – Operation Eagle Claw, a commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters. Eight United States troops are killed in a mid-air collision during the failed operation.
April 24 – Pennsylvania Lottery Scandal: the Pennsylvania Lottery is rigged by six men including the host of the live TV drawing, Nick Perry.
May
May 3 – Cari Lightner, a 13-year-old girl, is killed by a drunk driver in Fair Oaks, California. Her mother, Candy, forms the organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
May 4 – The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare splits into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services.
May 7 – Paul Geidel, convicted of second-degree murder in 1911, is released from prison in Beacon, New York, after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate).
May 9
James Alexander George Smith "Jags" McCartney, the Turks and Caicos Islands' first Chief Minister, is killed in a plane crash over New Jersey.
In Florida, the Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, sending 35 people (most of whom were in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses.
In Norco, California, 5 men robbed a bank, leading to a shootout and pursuit that left 2 of the robbers dead, 1 sheriff deputy killed, 33 police vehicles destroyed, and 11 people, consisting of 8 officers, a civilian, and 2 other perpetrators wounded.
May 11 – Mobster Henry Hill is arrested for drug possession.
May 16
Rookie Magic Johnson scores 42 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 123–107 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers to clinch the National Basketball Association championship for the Lakers, who prevail despite the absence of future Basketball Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The Department of Education begins operations.
May 17 – A Miami, Florida court acquits four white police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, provoking three days of race riots.
May 18 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing US$3 billion in damage.
May 21 – The Empire Strikes Back is released.
May 22 – Pac-Man, the best-selling arcade game of all time, is released.
May 23 – Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining, based on the 1977 novel of the same name, is released.
May 24
The New York Islanders win their first Stanley Cup, from a goal by Bobby Nystrom in overtime of game six of the Stanley Cup playoffs' final round.
The International Court of Justice calls for the release of U.S. Embassy hostages in Tehran.
May 25 – Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins for a third time in car owner Jim Hall's revolutionary ground effect Chaparral car; the victory is Hall's second as an owner.
May 29 – Vernon Jordan is shot and critically injured in an assassination attempt in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Joseph Paul Franklin (the first major news story for CNN).
June
June – The 1980 recession ends.
June 1 – The Cable News Network (CNN) is officially launched.
June 3
U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy wins several primaries, including California, on 'Super Tuesday', but not enough to overtake President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic Party nomination.
A series of deadly tornadoes strikes Grand Island, Nebraska, causing over US$300 million in damage, killing five people and injuring over 250.
June 9 – In Los Angeles, comedian Richard Pryor is badly burned trying to freebase cocaine.
June 10 – A Unabomber bomb injures United Airlines president Percy Wood in Lake Forest, Illinois.
June 20 – Augusta AVA becomes the first federally recognized American Viticultural Area.
June 23–September 6 – The 1980 United States heat wave claims 1,700 lives.
June 27 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs Proclamation 4771, requiring 19 and 20-year-old males to register for a peacetime military draft, in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
July
July – The unemployment rate peaks at 7.8%, the highest in four years.
July 15 – A severe and destructive thunderstorm strikes four counties in western Wisconsin, including the city of Eau Claire. It causes over US$250 million in damage, and one person is killed.
July 16 – Former California Governor and actor Ronald Reagan is nominated for U.S. President, at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan. Influenced by the Religious Right, the convention also drops its long standing support for the Equal Rights Amendment, dismaying moderate Republicans.
August
August 10 – Hurricane Allen, after becoming a Category 5 storm and the strongest hurricane of the season, hits southeastern Texas as a Category 3.
August 14
U.S. President Jimmy Carter defeats Senator Ted Kennedy to win renomination at the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City.
Actress Dorothy Stratten is murdered in Los Angeles (southern California), apparently raped and shot by her estranged husband Paul Snider before he kills himself.
August 26–27 – Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing in Stateline, Nevada, part of an extortion plot.
September
September 18–19 – 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion: Liquid fuel in an LGM-25C Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile explodes at a missile launch facility north of Damascus, Arkansas.
September 19 – The Robert Redford-directed film Ordinary People, based on the novel by Judith Guest, premieres. Redford's directorial debut later wins him his first Oscar, and wins three other Academy Awards, and five Golden Globe awards.
September 21 – Ronald Reagan and independent candidate John B. Anderson participate in the first debate of the 1980 presidential election.
September 29 – The Washington Post publishes Janet Cooke's story of Jimmy, an 8-year-old heroin addict (later proven to be fabricated).
September 30 – Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet, which is the first implementation outside of Xerox, and the first to support 10 Mbit/s speeds.
October
October 14 – The Staggers Rail Act is enacted, deregulating American railroads.
October 15 – James Hoskins murdered his girlfriend earlier that morning and forced his way into WCPO's television studio in Cincinnati, holding nine employees hostage for several hours before releasing them and taking his own life.
October 21 – World Series: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals, 4 games to 2, to win their first World Series Title.
October 28 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Reagan's genial, witty performance causes him to overtake Carter in the polls.
November
November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter, exactly one year after the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis.
November 8 – The 7.3 Eureka earthquake shook the North Coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), causing six injuries and $2–2.75 million in losses.
November 10 – November 12 – Voyager program: The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn, when it flies within of the planet's cloud-tops and sends the first high resolution images of the world back to scientists on Earth.
November 20 – A Texaco oil rig breaks through to a mine under Lake Peigneur.
November 21
Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J. R.?" event is a national obsession.
MGM Grand fire: A fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip kills 85 people.
December
December 8
John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
Berkeley Breathed's comic strip Bloom County debuts in newspapers.
December 11 – CERCLA is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
December 14 – Four people are murdered and four others are injured by two armed robbers at Bob's Big Boy on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles.
December 26 – Richard Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento," kills himself by overdose at San Quentin State Prison.
Recent or Ongoing events
Cold War (1947–1991)
1970s energy crisis (1973–1980)
Iran hostage crisis (1979–1981)
Births
January
January 1
Maggie Behle, Paralympic alpine skier
Chris Brunt, soccer player
January 2
Mac Danzig, mixed martial artist
Robert Rivas, politician
Brent Sass, dog musher
January 3
Rob Arnold, lead guitarist for Chimaira (1999-2013) and rhythm guitarist for Six Feet Under (2011-2012)
Eli Crane, Navy SEAL and politician
Telly Leung, actor and singer/songwriter
Mary Wineberg, Olympic sprinter
January 4
Erin Cahill, actress
D'Arcy Carden, actress and comedian
Greg Cipes, voice, film, and television actor
January 5
Garette Ratliff Henson, actor
Bennie Joppru, football player
Jill Krowinski, politician
January 6 – Pascual Romero, musician
January 7
Tonya Cooley, television personality
Ivan Moody, singer/songwriter and frontman for Five Finger Death Punch
January 8
Shelly Boshart Davis, politician
Rachel Nichols, actress
January 9 – Clark Barwick, mathematician and college professor
January 10 – Sarah Shahi, actress
January 11
James Adkisson, football player
Lovieanne Jung, softball player
January 12 – Amerie, singer
January 13 – LaKisha Jones, singer
January 14
Amber Brock, author
Cory Gibbs, soccer player
January 15
Tommy Adams, basketball player
Scott Amron, conceptual artist and electrical engineer
Tom Baehr-Jones, physicist
Jason Capel, basketball coach
January 16
Mike Ayers, ice hockey player
Lin-Manuel Miranda, playwright and composer
January 17
T. J. Bohn, baseball player
Zooey Deschanel, actress and musician
Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-born dance champion, choreographer and instructor
January 18
Illogic, hip hop artist
Julius Peppers, football player
Jason Segel, actor and comedian
January 19 – Blake Burdette, rugby player and coach
January 20
Karl Anderson, wrestler
Philippe Cousteau Jr., American-born, French oceanographer
January 21
Abbie Betinis, composer
Darnell Boone, boxer
Troy Dumais, Olympic diver
January 22
Jake Grove, football player
Christopher Masterson, actor and disc jockey
January 23 – Marcus Arroyo, football player and coach
January 24
Rocky Boiman, football player and sportscaster
Andrew Bolton, rower
January 25
Ty Carter, Afghan War veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient
Michelle McCool, wrestler
January 26
Jarrod Bernstein, political consultant
Albert Breer, football journalist
Phil Dalhausser, Swiss-born Olympic volleyball player
Danny Dietz, U.S. Navy SEAL (died 2005)
January 28
Jordan Black, football player
Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys member, musician, actor, and author
Jesse James Hollywood, drug dealer and convicted murderer
January 29 – Jason James Richter, actor
January 30
Lena Hall, actress and singer
Josh Kelley, singer/songwriter
Wilmer Valderrama, actor
Lee Zeldin, politician
January 31
James Adomian, stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist
Stephen Baby, ice hockey player
Joel Brown, hurdler
April Lee Hernández, actress
Tiffany Limos, actress
Clarissa Ward, British-born television journalist
February
February 1 – Kevin Cooke, politician
February 3
Felicia Ragland, basketball player
Skip Schumaker, baseball player
February 4
David Bulow, soccer player and coach (d. 2021)
Brian Burg, basketball coach
Malik Evans, politician, mayor of Rochester, New York
February 5 – Paul DelVecchio, reality show personality
February 6
Thomas Boatwright, comic book artist and writer
Joel Bomgar, businessman and politician, founder of Bomgar Corporation
Chanel Branch, politician
Ryan Parmeter, wrestler
Luke Ravenstahl, politician, Mayor of Pittsburgh
February 7
Kevin J. Boyle, politician
Richie Castellano, musician
Chris Moss, basketball player
February 8 – William Jackson Harper, actor
February 9
Margarita Levieva, Russian-born actress
Shelly Martinez, wrestler and model
Lauren McFall, actress
Manu Raju, journalist
February 11
Tony Bua, football player
Matthew Lawrence, actor
February 12
Robin Bain, actress, writer, and director
Big Pooh, rapper
Enver Gjokaj, actor
Gucci Mane, rapper
Christina Ricci, actress
February 14 – Santonio Beard, football player (d. 2022)
February 15 – Conor Oberst, singer/songwriter
February 16
Ashley Lelie, football player
Longineu W. Parsons III, drummer for Yellowcard (1997-2014)
February 17 – Jason Ritter, actor and producer
February 18
Salman Bhojani, Pakistani-born lawyer and politician
Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer/songwriter
February 19 – Mike Miller, basketball player
February 20 – Matt Behncke, soccer player and attorney
February 21
Nat Baldwin, bassist, improvisor, and songwriter
Justin Roiland, animator, writer and voice actor
February 22
Arnaz Battle, football player
Shamari Fears, singer-songwriter and actress
February 25
Antonio Burks, basketball player
Chris & Christy Knowings, twin actors
February 26
Brett Ballard, basketball coach
Steve Blake, basketball player
February 27
Brandon Beemer, actor and model
Bobby V, R&B singer
Cyrus Bolooki, drummer for New Found Glory
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
February 28
Darian Barnes, football player
Tayshaun Prince, basketball player
February 29
Peter Scanavino, actor
Taylor Twellman, soccer player and sportscaster
March
March 1 – Carlos Curbelo, politician
March 2 – Edmund McMillen, video game designer
March 3
Kevin Aldridge, football player
Kevin Burns, mixed martial artist
Mason Unck, Professional football player
Scott Voyles, conductor
Katherine Waterston, British-born actress
March 4
Jack Hannahan, baseball player
J. D. Scholten, politician
Peter Hollens, singer/songwriter, producer and entrepreneur
March 5
Yan Bartelemí, Cuban-born boxer
Shay Carl, vlogger and YouTube personality
William Owens, Navy SEAL (d. 2017)
March 6
Daniel Arnold, photographer
Awon, hip hop artist
Blake Gottesman, politician
March 7
Jeff Babcock, stock car racing driver
Laura Prepon, actress, director, and author
March 9
Matt Barnes, basketball player
Matthew Gray Gubler, actor and filmmaker
Gina Keatley, nutritionist
March 10
Mike Andrade, politician
Jen Atkin, influential hairstylist, entrepreneur, and columnist
Chingy, rapper, singer and actor
Jesse Dee, singer
Ahmaad Galloway, football player and coach (d. 2023)
March 11
Brent Barton, politician
Neal Brown, football player and coach
Chris Burke, baseball player
March 12
Christopher Bolduc, opera baritone singer
March 13
Caron Butler, basketball player
Ahmad D. Brooks, football player
Molly Stanton, actress
March 14 – Willie Hurst, football player
March 15
Beth Bauer, golfer
DJ Buddha, DJ, record producer, radio personality, music publisher, and record executive
Freddie Bynum, baseball player
Erica Grow, meteorologist
Josh Levin, writer and executive editor
March 16 – Todd Heap, football player
March 17
Danny Califf, soccer player
Katie Morgan, porn actress and radio host
March 19 – Theo Von, television personality and comedian
March 20
Ricco Barrino, R&B singer/songwriter
Jamal Crawford, basketball player
Mikey Day, actor, comedian and writer
March 21 – Jo Baker, English-born make-up artist
March 22
Shannon Bex, singer
Bobby Blizzard, football player and coach
March 24
Black Pegasus, rapper and CEO of Brass Knuckle Entertainment
Dina Rizzo, field hockey player
March 25 – Neal Cotts, baseball player
March 26
John Bradford, soccer player
Margaret Brennan, journalist
Rosendo Rodriguez, serial killer (died 2018)
Son Ho-young, singer in g.o.d
March 27 – Greg Puciato, heavy metal musician and frontman for The Dillinger Escape Plan
March 28
Rod Ferrell, convicted murderer
Rosie Mercado, plus-size model
Nick Mondo, wrestler
Luke Walton, basketball coach
March 29
Reuben 'Bonyx' Armstrong, producer and R&B artist
China P. Arnold, convicted murderer
Molly Brodak, poet, writer, and baker (d. 2020)
March 30 – Bryan Anderson, football player
March 31
Kate Micucci, actress and voice artist
Trenyce, singer
April
April 1
Bryan Buffington, actor
Bijou Phillips, actress
Randy Orton, wrestler and actor
April 2
Bobby Bones, radio personality
Jeremy Bloom, football player and skier
Jack Evans, wrestler
Yung Joc, rapper
Ricky Hendrick, race car driver (d. 2004)
April 3
Trevor Moore, actor and comedian (d. 2021)
Brandan Schieppati, singer, bodybuilder, personal trainer, and frontman for Bleeding Through and Eighteen Visions (1997-2002)
April 5
Erik Audé, actor, stuntman, restaurateur, and poker player
Matt Bonner, basketball player
Mary Katharine Ham, journalist
April 7
Michael Bellisario, actor
David Otunga, wrestler
April 8
Eric Aiken, boxer
Carrie Savage, actress
April 9
Yoanna House, model and television personality
Rachel Specter, actress
April 10
Josh Burkman, mixed martial artist
Kasey Kahne, racing driver
April 11 – Mark Teixeira, baseball player
April 12 – Elliot Ackerman, author and former Marine Corps Special Operations Team Leader
April 13
Colleen Clinkenbeard, voice actress
Kelli Giddish, actress
April 14
Win Butler, American-born Canadian singer/songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist
Claire Coffee, actress
Tom Franco, actor
Sarah McCoy, novelist
April 15 – Aida Mollencamp, cook, food writer, and television personality
April 16
Jake Andrews, blues rock guitarist and singer/songwriter
Paul London, wrestler
April 17
Nicholas D'Agosto, actor
Brenda Villa, water polo player
April 18
Justin Amash, politician
Scott Belsky, entrepreneur, author, early-stage investor, and co-creator of Behance
April 19 – Jeremy Bridges, football player
April 20
Brian Allen, football player
Chris Duffy, baseball player
April 21
Steve Bellisari, football player
Tony Romo, football player
April 22
Brad Banks, football player
Malcolm Barrett, actor
April 23
Jacob Bossman, politician
Griffon Ramsey, artist
April 24
Katherine Bailess, actress, singer, and dancer
Danielle Borgman, soccer player
Jamie Broadnax, film critic, podcaster, and writer
Danny Gokey, 3rd place finalist on American Idol (season 8)
Reagan Gomez-Preston, actress and voice actress
Gavin Hickie, Irish-born rugby player and coach
Austin Nichols, actor
April 25
Geoff Bennett, journalist
Ruben Kihuen, politician
April 26
Jordana Brewster, actress and model
Amin Joseph, actor
Channing Tatum, actor, producer, and dancer
April 28
Illmind, record producer, songwriter, and educator
Josh Howard, basketball player
April 29
Jason Anderson, football player
Nathan Burton, football coach
April 30
Jon Awe, ice hockey player
Brook Billings, volleyball player
May
May 1 – Jay Reatard, musician (died 2010)
May 2
Chris Boyles, decathlete
Ellie Kemper, actress and comedian
May 3 – Marcel Vigneron, chef
May 4 – Greg Brown, baseball coach
May 5
Sandra Beasley, poet and writer
Chad Bentz, baseball player
Lara Berman, Israeli-born on-air news correspondent, journalist, actress, entrepreneur, and Pro-Israel activist
Fasil Bizuneh, German-born long-distance runner
Hank Green, entrepreneur, musician, educator, producer and vlogger
Zach McGowan, actor
Ike Taylor, football player
May 6
Brooke Bennett, Olympic swimmer
Taebin, singer and TV host
May 7 – Saeed Abedini, Iranian-born pastor
May 9
Erik Bottcher, politician
Sarah Sokolovic, actress
May 10 – Craig Brazell, baseball player
May 11
Nick Berk, wrestler
Kulap Vilaysack, actress, comedian and Writer
May 12
Keith Bhonapha, football player and coach
Keith Bogans, basketball player
May 14
Sarah Maestas Barnes, lawyer and politician
James Bowman, lead guitarist and vocalist for Against Me!
May 15
Erica Bartolina, Olympic pole vaulter
Josh Beckett, baseball player
Cheri Blauwet, physician and Paralympic wheelchair racer
May 17 – Jerome Beasley, basketball player
May 18 – Barrett Baber, country, alternative, and rock musician
May 19
Mark Brown, football player
Drew Fuller, actor and model
May 20 – Chris Bagley, soccer player
May 22 – Sharice Davids, politician, lawyer and mixed martial artist
May 23
Nate Boulton, politician
Gary Brackett, football player
Lane Garrison, actor
May 24
Jason Babin, football player
Owen Benjamin, internet personality, stand-up comedian, and actor
May 26 – Sean Barker, baseball player
May 27
Ben Feldman, actor
Michael Steger, actor
May 28
Kadar Brock, casualist artist
Josh Brooks, university sports administrator
May 29 – Cha-seung Baek, South Korean-born baseball player
May 30 – Remy Ma, rapper
May 31 – Andy Hurley, drummer of Fall Out Boy
June
June 1
Spencer Ackerman, journalist and writer
Damien Fahey, MTV VJ, television host and drummer
June 2 – Daniel Breaker, actor and comedian
June 3 – The Blade, wrestler
June 4
Elizabeth Axtman, artist
Bukkcity, Australian-born rapper
Chris Pappas, politician
June 5
Jykine Bradley, American-born Canadian football player
Ryan Devlin, actor and television host
June 6
Lauren Anderson, model
Matt Belisle, baseball player
Peter Mosely, rock musician
June 7
Nick Bobeck, football player and coach
Ed Moses, Olympic swimmer and reality contestant
June 8 – Erin Mendenhall, politician, mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah (2020-present)
June 9 – David Oliver Cohen, writer, actor and entrepreneur
June 10
Jeff Bennett, baseball player
Jessica DiCicco, actress and voice actress
June 11
Jennifer L. Armentrout, writer
Lisa Donovan. youtuber
June 12
Brett Blizzard, basketball player
Diem Brown, reality star (d. 2014)
Larry Foote, American football player
June 15
Willie Allen, stock car racing driver
Christopher Castile, actor
Shanelle Jackson, politician
Cara Zavaleta, television personality and model
June 16
Brandon Armstrong, basketball player
Dewon Brazelton, baseball player
Jason Smith, politician
June 17
Marion Christopher Barry, construction company owner (d. 2016)
Jeph Jacques, webcomic writer
Venus Williams, tennis player
June 18
Anthony Adams, television host, actor, comedian, and football player
David Giuntoli, Actor
June 19
Neil Brown Jr., actor
Jason White, football player
June 20
Chad Anderson, entrepreneur and executive, CEO of Space Angels
Apollo Brown, hip hop musician and record producer
June 21 – Richard Jefferson, basketball player
June 22
Davy Arnaud, soccer player and coach
Brian Bowles, mixed martial artist
Blake Moore, politician
June 23
Gabriel Bello, smooth jazz saxophonist, vocalist, and keyboardist
Blair Herter, television personality
Melissa Rauch, actress and comedian
June 24
Doug Bernier, baseball player
Minka Kelly, actress
Amirah Vann, actress
June 26
Cody Bragg, soccer player
Casey DeSantis, First Lady of Florida, wife of Ron DeSantis
Jason Schwartzman, actor and musician
Michael Vick, football player
June 28 – Johntá Austin, singer/songwriter, arranger, producer, vocalist, and rapper
June 29
Jeneda Benally, bassist and vocalist for Blackfire
Martin Truex Jr., race car driver
June 30 – Gary Buchanan, basketball player
July
July 1
Alex Blagg, writer, comedian, and producer
Riley Moore, politician
July 2
Kendrell Bell, football player
Nicole Briscoe, sportscaster
Sarah Buxton, country singer
Brian Drolet, actor, producer and writer
Nyjer Morgan, baseball player
July 3
Brandon Bernard, convicted robber, kidnapper, and murderer (d. 2020)
Olivia Munn, actress and model
Trae tha Truth, hip hop artist
July 4
Misty C. Bentz, astrophysicist and college professor
Max Elliott Slade, actor
July 5
Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio, reality star
Mads Tolling, Danish-born violinist
Jason Wade, singer, guitarist, and frontman for Lifehouse
Charles Klapow, choreographer and dance instructor
July 6 – DJ Babey Drew, DJ, Grammy winning record producer, actor, radio and television personality
July 7
John Buck, baseball player
Marika Domińczyk, Polish-born actress
Deidre Downs, model and physician, Miss America 2005
Michelle Kwan, Olympic figure skater
July 9 – Jodi Arias, convicted murderer
July 10
Sally Barkow, Olympic sailor
Brian Mast, politician
Thomas Ian Nicholas, actor, singer, musician, producer, director and writer
Adam Petty, racing driver (died 2000)
James Rolfe, actor, director, and producer
Nick Schifrin, journalist
Jessica Simpson, singer
Bret Taylor, computer programmer and entrepreneur, co-creator of Google Maps
Adande Thorne, Trinidadian-American youtuber
Jeremy Ray Valdez, actor and musician
July 11
Jenny Trout, author
Justin Willman, magician, actor, entertainer, comedian, and television personality
July 12
Yimon Aye, Burmese-born chemist and molecular biologist
Kristen Connolly, actress
July 13
Corey Clark, singer
Cory Mills, politician
July 15
Reggie Abercrombie, baseball player
Candace Brown, actress and comedian
Robby Brown, football coach
July 16
Lindsey Berg, volleyball player
Chris 'CT' Tamburello, television personality
July 17
Derrick Allen, basketball player
Ryan Miller, hockey player
July 18
Kristen Bell, actress
David Blu, American–born Israeli basketball player
Rufus Brown, football player
July 19
Adam Muto, writer, director and storyboard artist
Mark Webber, actor
July 20
Ken Appledorn, actor
Seth Flynn Barkan, poet and journalist
Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian-born fashion model
July 21
Justin Griffith, football player
CC Sabathia, baseball player
July 22 – Rick Brattin, politician
July 23
Scott Buete, soccer player
Josh Bush, football player
July 24 – Joel Stroetzel, guitarist for Killswitch Engage
July 25 – Erik Bickerstaff, football player
July 26 – Jason Botts, baseball player
July 27
David Alvarez, politician
Jessi Combs, racer, television personality, and metal fabricator (died 2019)
Dolph Ziggler, wrestler
July 28
Mike Alvarado, boxer
Dante Brown, football player
Stephen Christian, singer/songwriter
Anthony Weaver, football player
July 29
Ben Koller, drummer
Rachel Miner, actress
July 30
Seth Avett, folk singer and founding member of The Avett Brothers
Roberto Benitez, boxer
August
August 1 – Nadia Bjorlin, actress, singer, and model
August 2 – Diandra Asbaty, bowler
August 3
Nadia Ali, Libyan-born singer/songwriter
Matthew Behrmann, tennis player
Peter Burr, digital and new media artist
Brandan Schieppati, singer and frontman for Bleeding Through
August 4
Asad Abdul-Khaliq, football player
Emily Best, producer, entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of Seed&Spark
August 6
Will Pan, American-born Taiwanese singer/songwriter and actor
Seneca Wallace, football player
August 8
Armenchik, Armenian-born pop singer
Shayna Baszler, wrestler and martial artist
Craig Breslow, baseball player
August 9 – Texas Battle, actor
August 10 – Aaron Staton, actor
August 11
Hakim Akbar, football player
Allison Baver, Olympic speed skater
Kurt Birkins, baseball player
August 12
Maggie Lawson, actress
Frankie Saenz, mixed martial artist
Matt Thiessen, Canadian-born singer and frontman for Relient K
August 13
Richard Angulo, football player and coach
Eric Appel, writer and director
Jonah Bayliss, baseball player
August 14
Joseph Abruzzo, politician
Michael Bauer, basketball player
Roy Williams, football player
August 15
Mel Baggs, autistic and non-binary blogger (d. 2020)
Jon Beutjer, football player
Milford Brown, football player
August 16
Atari Blitzkrieg, hip hop artist
Vanessa Carlton, singer/songwriter, and pianist
Ryan Hanigan, baseball player
August 17
Derek Armstrong, politician
Lindsey Leavitt, author
David Legwand, hockey player
August 18
Anders Blewett, politician
Ry Bradley, singer/songwriter and musician
August 19 – B. J. Askew, football player
August 21
Chesa Boudin, politician
John Brotherton, actor
Paul Menard, race car driver
August 23
Merleyn Bell, politician
Rex Grossman, football player
August 24 – Zac Alcorn, football player
August 25
Casey Atwood, stock car racing driver
T. J. Bell, stock car racing driver
August 26
Eric Basaldua, comic book artist
Jim BEANZ, singer/songwriter, actor, and vocal producer
Jimmy Blewett, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver
Macaulay Culkin, actor
Chris Pine, actor
August 27 – Derrick Strait, football player
August 28
Tully Banta-Cain, football player
T. J. Beam, baseball player
Jimmy Blacklock, attorney and judge
Debra Lafave, teacher and convicted sex offender
August 29
Matt Bell, author and writer
William Levy, Cuban-born actor
David West, basketball player
August 30
Russ Adams, baseball player
Adam Bergman, cyclist
Colin Branch, football player
August 31 – Joe Budden, media personality and rapper
September
September 1 – Bruno Agra, Brazilian-born heavy metal drummer
September 2 – Gerry Rosenthal, actor
September 3
Caleb Miller, football player
Jennie Finch, softball player
Michael Fanone, police officer
September 4
Zachary Abel, actor
DJ Bonics, hip hop disk jockey
Septerber 6
Blaze Berdahl, actress
Jillian Hall, wrestler
September 7
Raj Bhavsar, Olympic artistic gymnast
J.D. Pardo, actor
Mark Prior, baseball player
September 8
Daniel Arsham, artist
Eric Hutchinson, singer/songwriter
Neferteri Shepherd, model and actress
September 9
Denise Quiñones, Puerto Rican-born actress, Miss Universe 2001
Michelle Williams, actress
September 10
Trevor Murdoch, wrestler
Mikey Way, bassist for My Chemical Romance
September 11 – Tanisha Brito, beauty pageant titleholder
September 12
Wendell Bryant, football player
Sean Burroughs, baseball player
Joe Loeffler, bassist for Chevelle
September 13
Curtis Borchardt, basketball player
Ben Savage, actor
September 14 – Nicole Abusharif, convicted murderer
September 15
Tammie Brown, drag queen and television personality
Bump J, rapper
Ben Woolf, actor (died 2015)
September 16
Jake Anderson, fishing captain and television personality
Peter Bailey, author and journalist
Vanessa Peters, singer and songwriter
September 18 – Jonathan Biss, pianist, teacher, and writer
September 19
J. R. Bremer, American-born Bosnian basketball player
Phillip Buchanon, football player
Josh Haeder, politician
September 20 – Francis Awerkamp, politician
September 21
Aslyn, pop singer/songwriter
Brianna Keilar, journalist
Autumn Reeser, actress
September 25
Jeremiah Bitsui, actor
Chris Owen, actor
T.I., rapper, film and music producer, actor, and author
September 26 – J. P. Blecksmith, Marine Corp 2nd Lieutenant (d. 2004)
September 27 – Paul Arnold, football player
September 28
Reggie Brown, writer, actor, and comedic impersonator
Chrissy Metz, Actress
September 29
Tony Brown, football player
Zachary Levi, actor and singer
September 30
Virgil Abloh, fashion designer (died 2021)
Bryan Bullington, baseball player
Mike Donehey, Christian singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for Tenth Avenue North
Toni Trucks, actress
Emily Kokal, rock vocalist and guitarist
October
October 1
La Farrell Bunting, boxer
Sarah Drew, actress
October 2 – Shane Andrus, football player
October 3
Timothy Barr, politician
Anquan Boldin, football player
October 4
Me'Lisa Barber, sprinter
Mikele Barber, sprinter
Jackie Burns, actor and singer
Tim Kelleher, musician
Joe Kennedy III, politician
Lucian Piane, composer and music producer
Jason Samuels Smith, tap dancer
Morgan Spector, actor
October 5
Roy Anderson, football player
Craig Benzine, video producer, musician, and vlogger
Ti West, film director
October 6 – Rod Babers, football player
October 8
Jenni Branam, soccer player
Nick Cannon, comedian, rapper, and television host
The Miz, reality star, wrestler, and actor
October 9 – Justin Cronin, politician (died 2020)
October 10
Terreal Bierria, football player
Maverick Carter, marketing businessman and media personality
Mark Castillo, metalcore drummer for Bury Your Dead
Tony Gonzales, politician
October 11 – Meghann Burke, soccer player
October 13
Ashanti, singer/songwriter, record producer, model, dancer, and actress
Jon Micah Sumrall, singer and frontman for Kutless
October 14
John Edgar Browning, author, editor, and scholar
Terrence McGee, football player
October 15 – Jamie Burke, rugby player
October 16
Brad Balukjian, writer and science professor
Sue Bird, American-born Israeli basketball player
October 17
Seth Baum, researcher and executive director of GCRI
David Black, photographer and director
Nicholas Britell, composer, pianist, and film producer
Sarah Lamb, ballerina
Tarell Alvin McCraney, playwright and actor
Angel Parker, actress
Justin Shenkarow, actor
October 18
Erin Dean, actress
Josh Gracin, singer
Colby Keller, visual artist, blogger and pornographic film actor
October 19 – Barrington Bartley, Jamaican-born cricketer
October 20 – Mike Brown, producer, engineer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founder of Temperamental Recordings
October 21
Coretta Brown, basketball player
Kim Kardashian, socialite and television personality
October 22 – D. Bryant, football player
October 23 – Robert Belushi, actor
October 24
Kamia Brown, politician
Monica, singer/songwriter, actress, and businesswoman
Casey Wilson, actress and comedian
October 25
Sara Benincasa, comedian, author, and actress
Mehcad Brooks, actor and model
Torrey Butler, basketball player
October 26 – Ifeoma Ajunwa, Nigerian-born legal scholar, writer, and tenured professor of law at the University of North Carolina School Of Law
October 28
Wes Ball, film director, visual effects artist, and graphic artist
Christy Hemme, wrestler
Hunter Hillenmeyer, football player
Kevin Lincoln, politician, mayor of Stockton, California
October 29
Heidi Androl, television sports reporter
Ben Foster, actor
October 30
Chris Barth, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Steve Soboslai, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for Punchline
October 31
Jeff Albert, baseball coach
Samaire Armstrong, actress and fashion designer
Marc Berman, politician
Jason Shrout, drummer
Eddie Kaye Thomas, actor and comedian
November
November 2
Karamo Brown, television personality and culture coach
Barbara Buffaloe, politician, mayor of Columbia, Missouri
November 3 – Joey Allcorn, country singer/songwriter
November 4
Morgan Babst, author
Wes Burton, stock car racing driver
George Huff, singer
November 5 – James Burchett, politician
November 6 – Brad Baker, baseball player
November 7
Shea Arender, symphony producer, entrepreneur, Broadway producer, and CEO/owner of Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra
Shannon Bahrke, Olympic freestyle skier and entrepreneur
Miles Bonny, record producer, singer/songwriter, trumpeter, and DJ
Timothy Brindle, Christian hip hop lyricist
November 9 – Vanessa Lachey, model
November 10
Troy Bell, basketball player
Susan Bush, soccer player
Donté Stallworth, American football player
November 11
Louis Blessing, politician
Nicole Malliotakis, politician
Willie Parker, football player
November 12
Trent Acid, wrestler (d. 2010)
Meghan Allen, model and television personality
McKinley Bailey, politician
Franck Bohbot, photographer
Lance Briggs, football player
November 13
Josh Blankenship, football player and coach
Monique Coleman, actress
Sara Del Ray, wrestler
November 14
Randall Bal, swimmer
Allison Bradshaw, tennis player
Ben Harper, guitarist for Yellowcard (1997-2005), Amber Pacific (2006), and HeyMike!
November 15 – Ace Young, singer/songwriter and actor
November 16
Kayte Christensen, basketball player
Josh A. Moore, basketball player
Eric Swalwell, politician
Susan Kelechi Watson, actress
November 17
Jay Bradley, wrestler
Isaac Hanson, guitarist and singer for Hanson
November 18
Denny Hamlin, race car driver
Dustin Kensrue, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for Thrice
November 19
Courtney Anderson, football player
Jamison Brewer, basketball player
Nick Browne, football player
November 20
Richard Alston, football player
Crystal Anthony, cyclo-cross cyclist
November 21
Hank Blalock, baseball player
Alec Brownstein, creative marketer, book author, and director
Tim Lambesis, singer and frontman for As I Lay Dying
Derek Youngsma, drummer for Bleeding Through
November 22 – Tim Anderson, football player
November 23
David Britz, scientist and engineer
Jonathan Papelbon, baseball player
November 24
Brandon Hunter, basketball player (d. 2023)
Beth Phoenix, wrestler
November 25
Valerie Azlynn, actress
John-Michael Liles, hockey player
Nick Swisher, baseball player
November 26 – Jessica Bowman, actress
November 28
Bea Bielik, tennis player
Angelica Ross, actress and businesswoman
November 29
Janina Gavankar, actress and musician
Jason Griffith, actor and voice actor
November 30
Guerin Austin, television host, model, and beauty queen
Jimmy Baxter, American-born Jordanian basketball player
Shane Victorino, baseball player
December
December 1 – Angelique Bates, actress, comedian, and rapper
December 2
Jona Bechtolt, electronic musician and multimedia artist
Mario Bokara, wrestler
December 3
Anna Chlumsky, actress
Jenna Dewan, actress and dancer
Jim Sorgi, football player
December 7 – Dan Bilzerian, poker player, businessman, and social media influencer
December 8
Juliette Danielle, actress
Lisa Kelly, reality star and truck driver
Will Long, artist and musician
December 9
Simon Helberg, actor, comedian and musician
Bárbara Padilla, Mexican-born opera singer
December 10
Sarah Chang, violinist
Kate Reinders, actress and singer
December 11
Joe Blanton, baseball player
Matías Boeker, tennis player
December 12 – Donny Boaz, actor
December 13
Alan Alborn, Olympic ski jumper
Nathalia Holt, author
December 14 – Sam Aiken, football player
December 15
Bobby Bradley, baseball player
Crosby Loggins, singer/songwriter, son of Kenny Loggins
December 16
Kristen Arnett, author
Greg Brooks, football player
Holly Merrill Raschein, politician
Stuart Schuffman, travel writer
December 18
Christina Aguilera, singer/songwriter, actress and television personality
Jared Moskowitz, politician
D. J. Trahan, golfer
Baron Vaughn, actor and comedian
December 19
Derek Abney, football player
Gregory Douglass, singer/songwriter
Jake Gyllenhaal, actor
Eddie Jackson, chef and football player
Hunter Johnson, wrestler
Marla Sokoloff, actress
December 21
Nicholas William Bailey, composer and songwriter
SirValiant Brown, basketball player
J. P. Reese, mixed martial artist
Royce Ring, baseball player
December 22 – Chris Carmack, actor
December 23
Yadira Caraveo, politician
Rory O'Malley, actor and gay rights activist
Cody Ross, baseball player
December 24
Benjamin Barger, Olympic windsurfer
Dutch Boyd, poker player
Tony Dokoupil, journalist
Jason "Mayhem" Miller, mixed martial artist and television host
December 27
Bernard Berrian, football player
Elizabeth Rodriguez, actress
December 30
Chalise Baysa, American-born Filipino football player and manager
Eliza Dushku, actress and model
Tommy Giles Rogers Jr., singer, keyboardist, and frontman for Between the Buried and Me
Full date unknown
Zainab Ahmad, lawyer
Indira Allegra, artist and writer
Dmitri Alperovitch, Russian-born computer security industry executive, co-founder and former chief technology officer of CrowdStrike
César Alvarez, composer, lyricist, and playwright
Ahmed Aly, snooker player
Emilie Amundson, educator and government administrator
Joanna Angel, pornographic and mainstream actress, director, and adult film writer
Romina Arena, Italian-born popera singer/songwriter
David Armand, writer and author
Sam Ashworth, songwriter, producer, and recording artist
Imran Awan, Pakistani-born information technology worker
Erica Baker, engineer and Chief Technology Officer for the DCCC
Jimmy Baker, artist and professor
Kelly J. Baker, writer
Emily Balskus, chemical biologist, enzymologist, microbiologist, and biochemist
J. Campbell Barker, judge
Michel Barrera, wanted fugitive
Joe Bartholdi Jr., poker player
Travis Beacham, screenwriter
Ryan Berman, politician
James S. Bielo, socio-cultural anthropologist
Christophe Bisciglia, entrepreneur
Seth Bogart, artist and musician
Leydy Bonilla, bachata singer
David Tai Bornoff, writer, advertising creative director, photographer, film director, and multimedia artist
Martha Bowen, swimmer
Michele Boyd, actress, producer, and host
Thomas Bradshaw, playwright
Josh Brand, artist
Marie Brennan, fantasy author
Steve Brinster, disc golfer
Dan Bronoske, politician
Kristi Brooks, author
Adrien Broom, art photographer
Aaron Brown, Australian-born violinist, composer, and teacher
Box Brown, cartoonist
Jesse Brune, chef, personal trainer and lifestyle coach
Caleb Burhans, composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist
Gregory Burks, basketball player
Justin Busch, politician
Lilly McElroy, photographer
David McRae, politician
Sarah Sokolovic, actress
Deaths
January 1 – Frank Wykoff, relay sprinter (b. 1909)
January 8 – John Mauchly, physicist and inventor (born 1907)
January 10
Hughie Critz, baseball player and scout (b. 1900)
George Meany, plumber and trade union leader (b. 1894)
Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
January 17 – Barbara Britton, actress (born 1919)
January 19 – William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice (born 1898)
January 23 – Leonard Strong, actor (born 1908)
January 25 – David Newell, actor (born 1905)
January 29 – Jimmy Durante, actor, singer and comedian (born 1893)
January 30
Professor Longhair, musician (born 1918)
Warren Smith, singer and guitarist (born 1932)
February 1 – Jack Bailey, television host (Queen for a Day) (b. 1907)
February 2 – William Howard Stein, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
February 6 – Albert Kotin, abstract expressionist painter (born 1907)
February 8 – Isadora Bennett, publicity agent (born 1900)
February 12 – Muriel Rukeyser, poet (born 1913)
February 13
David Janssen, actor (born 1931)
Mike Monroney, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma from 1951 to 1969 (b. 1902)
February 17 – Jerry Fielding, conductor and music director (born 1922)
February 18 – Gale Robbins, singer and actress (born 1921)
February 20
Joseph Banks Rhine, parapsychologist (born 1895)
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, youngest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt (born 1884)
February 23 – Robert Hayden, poet and essayist, first African-American Poet Laureate (born 1913)
February 27 – George Tobias, actor (born 1901).
February 28 – James Goff, American football and basketball head coach (born 1912)
February 29 – Gil Elvgren, pin-up artist (born 1914)
March 3 – Roger Davis, actor (born 1884)
March 10 – Herman Tarnower, medical doctor and diet guru (born 1910; murdered)
March 11 – Maud Hart Lovelace, author (born 1892)
March 18 – Jessica Dragonette, singer (born 1900)
March 21 – Peter Stoner, mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (born 1888)
March 25
James Wright, poet (born 1927)
Milton H. Erickson, psychiatrist (born 1901)
March 28 – James Hayes, American-born Filipino Roman Catholic, Jesuit archbishop, missionary and servant of God (born 1889)
March 30 – David Sharpe, actor (born 1910)
April 2 – Stanley Forman Reed, Supreme Court Justice (born 1884)
April 4 – Red Sovine, country and folk singer-songwriter (born 1917)
April 15
Raymond Bailey, actor (born 1904)
Marshall Reed, film and television actor (born 1917)
April 18 – Antonio Caponigro, gangster (born 1912)
April 19 – Charles Seel, actor (born 1897)
April 20 – Katherine Kennicott Davis, composer (born 1892)
April 28 – Thomas G. W. Settle, record-setting balloonist and admiral (born 1895)
May 1 – Henry Levin, film director and actor (born 1909)
May 30 – Carl Radle, bassist (born 1942)
June 1 – Rube Marquard, baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
June 7
Richard Bonelli, opera baritone (born 1889)
Philip Guston, painter (born 1912)
Henry Miller, writer (born 1891)
June 12 – Milburn Stone, actor (born 1904)
June 23 – Clyfford Still, painter (born 1904)
July 7
Dore Schary, film writer, director and producer (born 1905)
Dan White, actor (born 1908)
July 15 – Ben Selvin, orchestra leader and recording artist (born 1898)
July 17 – Red Barry, actor (born 1912)
July 25 – Tony Catalano, American football player (born 1895)
July 26 – Allen Hoskins, actor (born 1920)
July 31 – Bobby Van, actor, singer, and dancer (born 1928)
August 1 – Strother Martin, actor (born 1919)
August 2 – Donald Ogden Stewart, writer (born 1894)
August 9
Ruby Hurley, civil rights activist (born 1909)
Elliott Nugent, actor (born 1896)
August 14
Paul Snider, Canadian murderer, died in Los Angeles, California (b. 1951)
Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model, actress, and murder victim, died in Los Angeles, California (b. 1960)
August 15 – William Hood Simpson, general (born 1888)
August 27 – Douglas Kenney, comedy writer and author (born 1946)
September 3
Barbara O'Neil, actress (born 1909)
Duncan Renaldo, actor (born 1904)
September 6 – Hale Woodruff, artist (born 1900)
September 30 – John McGuire, actor (born 1929)
October 10 – Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (born 1931)
October 14 – Mary O'Hara, author and screenwriter (born 1885)
October 25 – Virgil Fox, organist (born 1912)
October 27 – Red Conkright, football player and coach (b. 1914)
October 28 – Leon Janney, actor (b. 1917)
October 31 – Elizebeth Smith Friedman, cryptographer (born 1892)
November 1 – Sherri Jarvis, murder victim who was unidentified for 41 years (b. 1966)
November 7 – Steve McQueen, actor (b. 1930)
November 9
Carmel Myers, actress (born 1899)
Victor Sen Yung, actor (born 1915)
November 29 – Dorothy Day, journalist and social activist (b. 1897)
December 4 – Stanisława Walasiewicz (Stella Walsh), track and field athlete, born in Poland (b. 1911)
December 8 – John Lennon, British musician, singer, songwriter, and murder victim, died in New York City (b. 1940)
December 11 – Dorothy West, actress (born 1891)
December 14 – Elston Howard, baseball player (born 1929)
December 16 - Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (born 1890)
December 26 – Richard Chase, serial killer (born 1950)
December 28 – Sam Levene, actor (born 1905)
See also
1980 in American television
List of American films of 1980
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