Events from the year 1974 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

( R-

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

) (until August 9), Gerald Ford ( R-

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

) (starting August 9) *

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

: ** until August 9: Gerald Ford ( R-

) ** August 9–December 19: ''vacant'' ** starting December 19: Nelson Rockefeller ( R- New York) * Chief Justice:

Warren E. Burger Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 – June 25, 1995) was an American attorney and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Burger graduated from the St. Paul Colleg ...

(

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

) * Speaker of the House of Representatives:

Carl Albert Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a ...

( D- Oklahoma) *

Senate Majority Leader The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...

Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Sen ...

( D-

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

) *

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

: 93rd

Events

January

* January 4 **Citing

executive privilege Executive privilege is the right of the president of the United States and other members of the executive branch to maintain confidential communications under certain circumstances within the executive branch and to resist some subpoenas and othe ...

, President

refuses to surrender 500 tapes and documents which have been

subpoena A subpoena (; also subpœna, supenna or subpena) or witness summons is a writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure. There are two common types of ...

ed by the Senate Watergate Committee. **Joni Lenz is attacked in her bedroom by serial killer

Ted Bundy Theodore Robert Bundy (Name change, born Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. After more th ...

in Washington; she survives. * January 6 – In response to the

energy crisis An energy crisis or energy shortage is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In literature, it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particular, those that supply n ...

Daylight Saving Time Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...

commences nearly four months early in the United States. * January 13 – The

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team p ...

repeat as

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

champions, routing the

Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansi ...

24-7 in

Super Bowl VIII Super Bowl VIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for ...

. * January 15 – ''

Happy Days ''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one of the most su ...

'', a sitcom about life in the 1950s, debuts on ABC. * January 19 – In

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offerin ...

(men's)

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

, Notre Dame defeats

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

71–70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak. * January 30 – In his

State of the Union Address The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of each calendar year on the current conditi ...

, President Nixon declares, "One year of Watergate is enough."

February

* February 4 – Newspaper heiress

Patricia Hearst Patricia is a female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word '' patrician'', meaning "noble"; it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United S ...

is kidnapped from her

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and E ...

apartment by members of the

Symbionese Liberation Army The United Federated Forces of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) was a small, American far-left organization active between 1973 and 1975; it claimed to be a vanguard movement. The FBI and American law enforcement considered the SLA to be the ...

. * February 8 – After a record 84 days in

orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as ...

, the crew of ''

Skylab 4 Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station. The mission began on November 16, 1973, with the launch of Gerald P. Carr, Edward Gibson, and Wil ...

'' returns to

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...

. * February 12 – U.S. District Court Judge Geoerge Boldt rules that Native American tribes in

Washington state Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ...

are entitled to half of the legal

salmon Salmon () is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae, which are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ''Salmo'') and North Pacific (genus '' Oncorhy ...

and

steelhead Steelhead, or occasionally steelhead trout, is the common name of the anadromous form of the coastal rainbow trout or redband trout (O. m. gairdneri). Steelhead are native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific basin in Northeast Asia and ...

catches, based on treaties signed by the tribes and the U.S. government. * February 22 –

Samuel Byck Samuel Joseph Byck (January 30, 1930 – February 22, 1974) was an American hijacker and attempted assassin. On February 22, 1974, he attempted to hijack a plane flying out of Baltimore/Washington International Airport, intending to crash into t ...

attempts to hijack an airplane with the intent to crash it into the

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in ...

and assassinate President Nixon. He commits suicide when police storm the plane. * February 28 –

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

and the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

re-establish normal diplomatic relations.

March

* March 1 –

Watergate scandal The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's contin ...

: Seven former

officials are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. * March 4 – ''

People A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of prope ...

'' magazine's first issue is published in the U.S., with

Mia Farrow Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow ( ; born February 9, 1945) is an American actress. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the television soap opera '' Peyton Place'' and gained further recognition for her subsequent ...

on the cover. * March 18 ** Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a 5-month

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...

embargo against the United States,

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

and Japan. ** After 23 consecutive years on television,

Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedienne and producer. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golde ...

appears in the finale of '' Here's Lucy''. * March 19 – First recorded crime, a ransacking in

Visalia, California Visalia ( ) is a city in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley of California. The population was 141,384 as per the 2020 census. Visalia is the fifth-largest city in the San Joaquin Valley, the 42nd most populous in California, and 192nd in ...

, definitely attributable to

Joseph James DeAngelo Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. (born November 8, 1945) is an American serial killer, sex offender, burglar, and former police officer who committed at least 13 murders, 51 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 an ...

, at this time a police officer, who will commit at least 13 murders, 51 rapes and 120 burglaries up to 1986; he will not be arrested until 2018. * March 29 – '' Mariner 10'' approaches Mercury. * March 30 –

North Carolina State North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The unive ...

defeats

in the semifinals of the

1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament The 1974 NCAA Division I basketball tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It was the first tournament to be designated as a Division I c ...

, ending the Bruins' record run of seven consecutive national championships.

April

* April 2 – The

46th Academy Awards The 46th Academy Awards were presented on Tuesday, April 2, 1974, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, John Huston, and David Niven. ''The Sting'' won 7 a ...

ceremony, hosted by Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, John Huston and

David Niven James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Major Pollock in '' Separate Tables'' (1958). Niven's other roles ...

, is held at

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center, which is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt ...

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ...

George Roy Hill George Roy Hill (December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film director. He is most noted for directing such films as ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969) and ''The Sting'' (1973), both starring Paul Newman and Robert Re ...

's ''

The Sting ''The Sting'' is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss ( Robert Shaw).'' Variety'' film review; December 12, 1973, pag ...

'' wins seven awards, including

Best Picture This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

and

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

for Hill. The film is tied with

William Friedkin William "Billy" Friedkin (born August 29, 1935)Biskind, p. 200. is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the " New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in ...

's ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty ...

'' in receiving ten nominations. * April 3 – The

1974 Super Outbreak The 1974 Super Outbreak was the second-largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period, just behind the 2011 Super Outbreak. It was also the most violent tornado outbreak ever recorded, with 30 F4/F5 tornadoes confirmed. From Apri ...

, at the time the largest series of

tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...

es in history, occurs in 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province, leaving over 300 people dead, over 5,000 people injured, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. * April 4 –

Hank Aaron Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. One of the gre ...

ties

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Su ...

for the all-time home run record with his 714th at

Riverfront Stadium Riverfront Stadium, also known as Cinergy Field from 1996 to 2002, was a multi-purpose stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States that was the home of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball from 1970 Major League Baseball season, 1970 throug ...

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

. * April 6 –

California Jam California Jam (also known as Cal Jam) was a rock music festival co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on April 6, 1974. It was produced by ABC Entertainment, Sandy Fel ...

is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in

Ontario, California Ontario is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County in the U.S. state of California, east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino, the county seat. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire metropolitan area, ...

, attracting 250,000 fans. * April 8 –

of the

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...

breaks

's home run record, by hitting his 715th career home run off of a pitch by

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

' Al Downing at

Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, often referred to as Fulton County Stadium and originally named Atlanta Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in the southeastern United States, located in Atlanta. The stadium was home of the Atlanta Braves of the ...

. * April 15 – In

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

, members of the

rob a branch of the Hibernia Bank, joined by

. * April 20 – Voters in

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

approve a new state constitution, replacing a 225,000-word document which had first been adopted in 1921. * April 22 –

Hi-Fi Murders The Hi-Fi murders were the torture and killings of three people during a robbery at the Hi-fi Shop, a home audio store in Ogden, Utah, on the evening of April 22, 1974. Several men entered the Hi-fi Shop shortly before closing time and began ta ...

: Five people are brutally tortured by a group of men during a robbery at home audio store in

Ogden, Utah Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately east of the Great Salt Lake and north of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,321 in 2020, according to the US Census Bureau, making it Utah's eighth ...

, resulting in three deaths.

May

* May 4 – The

Expo '74 Expo '74, officially known as the International Exposition on the Environment, Spokane 1974, was a world's fair held May 4, 1974, to November 3, 1974 in Spokane, Washington in the northwest United States. It was the first environmentally themed ...

World's Fair A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...

opens in

Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada ...

. * May 9 – The

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...

Judiciary Committee opens formal hearings in the

impeachment process against Richard Nixon The impeachment process against Richard Nixon began in the United States House of Representatives on October 30, 1973, following the series of high-level resignations and firings widely called the " Saturday Night Massacre" during the course ...

. * May 12 – The

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...

win their 12th

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

championship, defeating the

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

102-87 in the decisive game of the World Championship Series. * May 17 –

police raid

headquarters, killing six members, including

Camilla Hall Camilla Christine Hall (March 24, 1945 – May 17, 1974) was an American artist, college-trained former social worker, and a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). She is best known for her membership in the SLA, a very small radical gro ...

and SLA leader

Donald DeFreeze Donald David DeFreeze (November 16, 1943 – May 17, 1974), also known as Cinque Mtume and using the nom de guerre "General Field Marshal Cinque", was known as the "spokesman" of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a small, American far-left gro ...

. * May 18 – Heaven's Gate, an American millenarian New Age religious group, is founded by

Marshall Applewhite Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, among other names, was an American cult leader who founded what became known as the Heaven's Gate cult group and organized their mass suicide in 1997 ...

and Bonnie Nettles. * May 19 – The

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games in Wells ...

defeat the

Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...

, thereby becoming the first expansion team to win the

Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...

. * May 30 **

Johnny Rutherford John Sherman "Johnny" Rutherford III (born March 12, 1938), also known as "Lone Star JR", is an American former automobile racing driver. During an Indy Car career that spanned more than three decades, he scored 27 wins and 23 pole positions in 3 ...

wins the first of three

Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi ...

automobile races. **

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

ATS-6 ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite-6) was a NASA experimental satellite, built by Fairchild Space and Electronics Division It has been called the world's first educational satellite as well as world's first experimental Direct Broadca ...

satellite A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisotope ...

is launched.

June

* June 4 – The

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ...

stage an ill-advised

Ten Cent Beer Night Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium on Tuesday, June 4, 1974. The promotion was meant to improve attendance at the game by offering c ...

for a game against the Texas Rangers at

Cleveland Municipal Stadium Cleveland Stadium, commonly known as Municipal Stadium, Lakefront Stadium or Cleveland Municipal Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball an ...

. Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field. * June 26 – The

Universal Product Code The Universal Product Code (UPC or UPC code) is a barcode symbology that is widely used worldwide for tracking trade items in stores. UPC (technically refers to UPC-A) consists of 12 digits that are uniquely assigned to each trade item. Along w ...

is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in

Troy, Ohio Troy is a city in and the county seat of Miami County, Ohio, Miami County, Ohio, United States, located north of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton. The population was 26,305 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the largest city in Miami Cou ...

. * June 29 –

America Sings America Sings was an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, United States, from 1974 to 1988. It featured a cast of audio animatronics animals that entertained the audience by singing songs from various periods in America's musical his ...

attraction opens to the public for the first time at

Disneyland Disneyland is a amusement park, theme park in Anaheim, California. Opened in 1955, it was the first theme park opened by The Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. Disney in ...

Anaheim, California Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-most p ...

. * June 30 –

Alberta Williams King Alberta Christine Williams King (September 13, 1904 – June 30, 1974) was Martin Luther King Jr.'s mother, married to Martin Luther King Sr. She played a significant role in the affairs of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. She was shot and ki ...

, mother of the late

Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...

, is killed during a church service in

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

July

* July 1 –

Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located in Jackson, New Jersey. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park complex is situated between New York City and Philadelphia and includes a water park named Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Hu ...

opens for the first time. * July 8 – Two weeks after the attraction's opening, an 18-year-old employee is crushed to her death while working on

. This is the first employee fatality at a Disney Park. * July 11–17 –

Baltimore police strike The Baltimore Police Strike was a 1974 labor action conducted by officers of the Baltimore Police Department. Striking officers sought better wages and changes to BPD policy. They also expressed solidarity with Baltimore municipal workers, who wer ...

. * July 14 – In Issaquah, Washington, serial killer

abducts Janice Ott and Denise Naslund in broad daylight at Lake Sammamish State Park. * July 15 –

Christine Chubbuck Christine "Chris" Chubbuck (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974) was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She was the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcas ...

, television presenter for WXLT-TV

Sarasota, Florida Sarasota () is a city in Sarasota County on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is located in the sout ...

, draws a revolver and shoots herself in the head during a live broadcast. She dies in a hospital 14 hours later, the first person to commit

suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome), and s ...

on live television. * July 16 –

Elmer Wayne Henley Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. (born May 9, 1956) is a convicted American serial killer and painter incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system. Henley was convicted in 1974 for his role as a participant in a series of murders ...

is sentenced to

life imprisonment Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted people are to remain in prison for the rest of their natural lives or indefinitely until pardoned, paroled, or otherwise commuted to a fixed term. Crimes for ...

for assisting

Dean Corll Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and pederast who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of 28 teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. He ...

in murdering 28

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

boys from 1970 to 1973. * July 24 –

– ''

United States v. Nixon ''United States v. Nixon'', 418 U.S. 683 (1974), was a List of landmark court decisions in the United States, landmark Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a unanimous decision against President ...

'': The

Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

rules 8-0 with one abstention that President

cannot withhold subpoenaed

tapes, and orders him to surrender them to the Watergate special prosecutor. * July 27–30 – Watergate scandal: The

Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of

impeachment Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements. In ...

, charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee.

August

] * August 5 –

: The "

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" tape of June 23, 1972, is revealed, in which President

and White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman discuss using the

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to block a

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inquiry into Watergate. Nixon's support in

collapses. * August 7 **Three

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congressional leaders (

Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for presiden ...

Hugh Scott Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate, from 195 ...

and John Rhodes) visit President Nixon in the

. They inform him that he lacks the votes to escape

in the

and conviction in the

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. Goldwater urges Nixon to resign. ** French

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Philippe Petit Philippe Petit (; born 13 August 1949) is a French high-wire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized high-wire walks between the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twi ...

walks across a

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slung between the twin towers of the

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. * August 8 – Watergate scandal: President Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9). * August 9 – Richard Nixon becomes the first

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to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment and conviction in response to his role in the Watergate scandal.

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becomes the 38th President upon Nixon's resignation, taking the oath of office in the East Room of the

. * August 30 – Public Law 93-400 is enacted, establishing the

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(see

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September

* September 1 – Daredevil Bob Gill fails a world-record attempt to jump Appalachia Lake in

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. * September 8 **

: U.S. President Gerald Ford pardons former President

for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. **Stuntman

Evel Knievel Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel (; October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007) was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Over the course of his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. Knievel was inducted into the Motor ...

fails in his attempt to rocket across the

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Canyon in

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. * September 16 – In Newport, Rhode Island, America's Cup defender " Courageous", skippered by Ted Hood, wins over Australian challenger "Southern Cross".

October

* October 2 – U.S. release of film '' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'', directed by

Joseph Sargent Joseph Sargent (born Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente; July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014) was an American film director. Though he directed many television movies, his best known feature-length works were arguably the action movie '' White Ligh ...

and starring

Walter Matthau Walter Matthau (; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, comedian and film director. He is best known for his film roles in '' A Face in the Crowd'' (1957), ''King Creole'' (1958) and as a coach of a ...

, Robert Shaw,

Martin Balsam Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New ...

and

Jerry Stiller Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 2015 ...

. * October 8 –

Franklin National Bank Franklin National Bank, based in Franklin Square on Long Island, New York was once the United States' 20th largest bank. On October 8, 1974, it collapsed in obscure circumstances, involving Michele Sindona, renowned Mafia-banker and member of ...

collapses due to fraud and mismanagement (the largest bank failure at that time in the history of the United States). * October 15 – U.S. President Gerald Ford signs a federal campaign reform bill, which sets new regulations in the wake of the

. * October 17 **President Gerald Ford voluntarily appears before

to give sworn testimony—the only time a sitting president has done so—about the

pardon of Richard Nixon Proclamation 4311 was a Presidential proclamation (United States), presidential proclamation issued by president of the United States Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974, granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon, his predecessor, ...

. **The

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win their third consecutive

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championship, defeating the

in five games in the

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. * October 30 – "

The Rumble in the Jungle George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as ''The Rumble in the Jungle'', was a heavyweight championship boxing match on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of May Stadium (now the Stade Tata Raphaël) in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of t ...

" takes place in

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, where

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...

knocks out

George Foreman George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister and author. In boxing, he was nicknamed "Big George" and competed between 1967 and 1997. He is a two-time world heavyweight champio ...

in 8 rounds to regain the

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title, which had been stripped from him 7 years earlier.

November

* November 5 – Democrats make significant gains in the U.S. Congressional midterm elections, as the Republican Party suffers losses over the

. * November 8 – In

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, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer

. She goes on to testify against him at his trial. * November 13 –

Ronald DeFeo Jr. Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. (September 26, 1951 – March 12, 2021) was an American mass murderer who was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters in Amityville, Long Island, New York. Conde ...

murders his family in

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. * November 20 – The

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files its final antitrust suit against

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. This suit later leads to the breakup of

and the

Bell System The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over one hundr ...

December

* December 4 – The ''

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'' probe passes

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and captures famous images of the Great Red Spot. Nelson Rockefeller

* December 10 –

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

confirms Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President. * December 19 –

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confirms Rockefeller as

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. He is sworn that evening. * December 21 – ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' reveals illegal domestic spying by the

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. * December 23 – Former British government minister

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, who faked his drowning in Florida, is arrested in

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. * December 31 – Restrictions on holding private

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within the United States, implemented by

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in 1933, are removed.

Undated

* ''

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'' fantasy

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, designed by

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and

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, is first released, in the United States. * The 1960s

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is extensively described by

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in his book ''Obedience to Authority; An Experimental View.'' *

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Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

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(known in the US as the Rabbit) first enters production, as the replacement for well-loved but antiquated

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. VW goes on to sell more than 22 million Golfs, and the model, now in its 5th generation, is still in full-scale production . *'' Monty Python’s Flying Circus'' is first broadcast in the United States on the

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member station

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. *

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becomes the first American company to sell products in the

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Ongoing

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(1947–1991) *

Space Race The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the tw ...

(1957–1975) *

Détente Détente (, French: "relaxation") is the relaxation of strained relations, especially political ones, through verbal communication. The term, in diplomacy, originates from around 1912, when France and Germany tried unsuccessfully to reduce ...

(c. 1969–1979) *

(1972–1974) *

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suspended by ''

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'' (1972–1976) *

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(1973–1974) *

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(1973–1980) *

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photography project (1972–1977)

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January

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* January 1 **

Kevin Beirne Kevin Patrick Beirne (born January 1, 1974) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He is the son of Jim Beirne, who played with the Houston Oilers and San Diego Chargers of the NFL from 1968 to 1976. Career Beirne was a star outfielder an ...

, baseball player **

Derek Kilmer Derek Christian Kilmer (born January 1, 1974) is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Washington's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the Washington House ...

, politician **

Jonah Peretti Jonah H. Peretti (born January 1, 1974) is an Internet entrepreneur, a co-founder and the CEO of BuzzFeed, co-founder of ''The Huffington Post'', and developer of reblogging under the project "Reblog". Education and early career Peretti was b ...

, entrepreneur and publisher * January 3 –

Katie Porter Katherine Moore Porter (born January 3, 1974) is an American politician, law professor, and lawyer who is the U.S. representative from California's 45th congressional district since 2019. She is the first Democrat to be elected to represent the ...

, politician * January 6 **

Marlon Anderson Marlon Ordell Anderson (born January 6, 1974) is an American former professional baseball second baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for six teams, over 12 seasons. He was widely known for his clutch hits, and writers ...

, baseball player ** Paul Grant, basketball player and coach * January 7 ** Valeyta Althouse, Olympic shot putter ** John Rich, country singer/songwriter, one half of

Big & Rich Big & Rich is an American country music duo composed of Big Kenny and John Rich, both of whom are songwriters, vocalists, and guitarists. Before the duo's foundation, Rich was bass guitarist in the country band Lonestar, while Kenny was a solo ...

, and bassist for

Lonestar Lonestar (formerly known as Texassee) is an American country music group from Nashville, Tennessee. The group consists of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (keyboards, acousti ...

(1992–1998) * January 9 –

Tom Bissell Tom Bissell (born January 9, 1974) is an American journalist, critic, and fiction writer. In 2021, he co-developed the television series ''The Mosquito Coast (TV series), The Mosquito Coast'' based on the novel of the same name. He is also known ...

, journalist, critic, and writer * January 10 – Mariusz Adamski, Polish-born photographer * January 11 –

Max von Essen Max von Essen (born January 11, 1974) is an American stage and screen actor, and vocalist. Life and career Raised on Long Island, von Essen is a graduate of South Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York. He attended the University o ...

, actor and vocalist * January 12 – Jeremy 'The Beast' Bates, boxer * January 13 **

Ravinder Bhalla Ravinder Singh Bhalla (born January 13, 1974), often simply called Ravi Bhalla, is an American civil rights lawyer, politician, the 39th and current mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. Prior to becoming mayor, he served in the city council of Hoboken, N ...

, politician, mayor of

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, actress * January 14 ** Rick Baird, bobsledder **

Kevin Durand Kevin Serge Durand (born January 14, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Vasiliy Fet in ''The Strain'', Joshua in '' Dark Angel'', Martin Keamy in ''Lost'', Fred J. Dukes / The Blob in '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', Barry ...

, Canadian-born actor and singer * January 15 – Ray King, baseball player * January 16 –

Paul Buentello Paul Anthony Buentello (born January 16, 1974) is an American former mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 1997, Buentello competed in the UFC, Bellator, Strikeforce, Affliction, King of the Cage, Shark Fights, ACB, Legacy ...

, mixed martial artist * January 17 ** Heather Bagnall, politician **

Derrick Mason Derrick James Mason (born January 17, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for fifteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tennessee Oilers in the fourth round of the ...

, football player ** Keith Robinson, actor and R&B singer * January 18 ** Mike Blabac, Paralympic sledge hockey player ** John Brannen, basketball player and coach ** Shane Burton, football player **

Darren Bush Darren James Bush (born January 18, 1974) is an American professional baseball former player and current coach. He is the bench coach for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) Bush has two kids, Wyatt and Maggie. Career Bush atte ...

, baseball player and coach **

Maulik Pancholy Maulik Navin Pancholy (, born January 18, 1974) is an American actor and author who is best known for his roles as Jonathan on '' 30 Rock'', Baljeet Tjinder in ''Phineas and Ferb'', Neal in the first season of ''Whitney'', and as a character nam ...

, actor * January 19 ** Gentry Bradley, sprinter **

Marquita Bradshaw Marquita Bradshaw (born January 19, 1974) is an American environmentalist, activist, and former political candidate. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee, the first African American woman to win a ...

, environmentalist, activist, and political candidate **

Kareem Burke Kareem "Biggs" Burke (born January 19, 1974) is an American entrepreneur, record executive, and producer. He is best known as the co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records along with Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Damon "Dame" Dash. Early life Kareem Bur ...

, entrepreneur, record executive, and producer **

Frank Caliendo Frank Caliendo Jr. (born January 19, 1974) is an American comedian, actor and impressionist, best known for his impersonations on the Fox Network television series ''MADtv'', and as the in-house prognosticator for '' Fox NFL Sunday''. In 2007 ...

, actor, comedian, and impressionist * January 20 ** Thomas Beatie, public speaker, author, and advocate of transgender and sexuality issues **

Rae Carruth Rae Theotis Carruth (born Rae Lamar Wiggins; January 20, 1974) is a former American football wide receiver, and convicted murderer. After playing college football at Colorado, Carruth was drafted in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft by the ...

, football player * January 21 **

Maxwell Atoms Adam Maxwell Burton, known professionally as Maxwell Atoms, is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is the creator of the Cartoon Network series ''Grim & Evil'' and its subsequent spin-offs, ''The Grim Advent ...

, animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor **

Remy Auberjonois Rémy-Luc Julian Michel Auberjonois (born January 21, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Mr. Albin in the television series '' Weeds'' and as Dr. Emerson on the television series ''Mad Men''. Career Auberjonois ...

, actor * January 23 **

Jackie Billet Jacqueline Billet (born January 23, 1974) is an American former soccer player who played as a midfielder, making one appearance for the United States women's national team. Career In high school, Billet played for the Oakville Tigers, where sh ...

, soccer player **

Chris Bowers Chris Bowers (born January 23, 1974) is a blogger for DailyKos and a manager of their email list. He was a blogger and co-founder of OpenLeft, and was until July 2007 a front-page blogger for MyDD. His focus is on polling and data-driven analy ...

, blogger **

Tiffani Thiessen Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) is an American actress who starred as Kelly Kapowski on NBC's ''Saved by the Bell'' (1989–1993), as Valerie Malone on Fox's ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1994–98), and as Lori on Netflix's ''Alexa & ...

, actress * January 24 ** Tim Biakabutuka, football player **

Ed Helms Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom ''The Offic ...

, actor and comedian * January 28 **

Benjamin Anderson Benjamin McAlester Anderson Jr. (May 1, 1886 – January 19, 1949) was an American economist of the Austrian School. Early life and education Benjamin Anderson was born in Columbia, Missouri to Benjamin McLean Anderson, a businessman and a pol ...

, musician and songwriter **

Zack Bronson Robet Zack Bronson (born January 28, 1974) is a cornerbacks coach at McNeese State and a former professional American football safety in the National Football League. He played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers his entire NFL career fro ...

, football player and coach * January 29 ** Alonzo Baldonado, politician **

Dorian Boose Dorian Alexander Boose (January 29, 1974 – November 22, 2016) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the New York Jets and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Washington State University ...

, football player (d. 2016) * January 30 ** Scott Anderson, Olympic runner ** Jim Arellanes, football player **

Carl Broemel Carl Broemel (born January 30, 1974) is an American Rock music, rock musician. He currently plays guitar, pedal steel guitar, saxophone and sings back-up vocals for the Louisville, Kentucky band My Morning Jacket. He played guitar in the pop/rock ...

, guitarist for

My Morning Jacket My Morning Jacket is an American rock band formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster. The ba ...

* January 31 **

Afu-Ra Aaron Phillip (born January 31, 1974), better known by his stage name Afu-Ra, is an American underground rapper. A member of the Gang Starr Foundation, he has worked closely with its members, including Gang Starr, Jeru the Damaja, Big Shug an ...

, rapper ** Bob Ballinger, politician **

Michael Waltz Michael George Glen Waltz (born January 31, 1974) is an American politician and United States Army officer serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 6th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 20 ...

, politician

February

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* February 1 –

Kurt Ballou Kurt Ballou (born February 1, 1974) is an American musician and producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for hardcore punk band Converge and for his prolific recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio. Early an ...

, guitarist for

Converge Converge may refer to: * Converge (band), American hardcore punk band * Converge (Baptist denomination), American national evangelical Baptist body * Limit (mathematics) * Converge ICT, internet service provider in the Philippines *CONVERGE CFD s ...

* February 2 **

Derick Brownell Derick Brownell is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the USISL and World Indoor Soccer League. Youth Born in New York, Brownell grew up in Arizona, graduating from Brophy College Preparatory. After participating as ...

, soccer player **

Oz Perkins Osgood Robert "Oz" Perkins II (born February 2, 1974) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Early life Perkins was born in Manhattan, New York, the elder son of actor Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) and photog ...

, actor, screenwriter, and director * February 3 ** Kenny Bailey, football player ** Pauly Burke, cyclist **

Casey Elliott Casey Elliott (February 13, 1974 – January 14, 1996) was an American stock car racing driver. The nephew of 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup champion Bill Elliott and the cousin of 2020 Cup Series champion Chase Elliott. He raced in the NASCAR Slim Ji ...

, stock car racing driver (d. 1996) **

Ayanna Pressley Ayanna Soyini Pressley (born February 3, 1974) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. This district includes the northern three quarters of Boston, most of C ...

, politician * February 4 – Scott Burnett, darts player * February 7 ** Adrian Brown, baseball player **

J Dilla J, or j, is the tenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual name in English is ''jay'' (pronounced ), with a now-uncommon varia ...

, record producer and rapper (d.

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

) * February 8 **

Maggie Bandur Maggie Bandur is an American television writer and TV series producer. Biography In 1992, as a student at El Camino Real High School in Los Angeles, Bandur took part in the United States Academic Decathlon. El Camino Real's team finished fo ...

, writer and producer ** Seth Green, actor, comedian, voice actor, television producer, and screenwriter ** Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born boxer and mixed martial artist (d.

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

) * February 9 –

Orlando Bobo Orlando Bobo (February 9, 1974 – May 14, 2007) was an American football player who played the position of guard for three National Football League teams from 1997 to 2001 and in the Canadian Football League for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2004 ...

, football player (d. 2007) * February 10 **

Elizabeth Banks Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell; February 10, 1974) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in ''The Hunger Games'' film series (2012–2015) and Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the ''Pitch Perfe ...

, actress and director ** R. J. Bowers, football player **

David Datuna David Datuna ( ka, დეივიდ დათუნა; February 10, 1974 – May 23, 2022) was a Georgian-born American artist who lived in New York City. His ''Viewpoint of Millions'' series explores the sources and meaning of cultural iden ...

, Georgian-born artist (d.

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) * February 11 **

Trey Beamon Clifford "Trey" Beamon (born February 11, 1974) is an American former professional baseball player. He spent three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left fielder and right fielder. Beamon bats from the left side, throws with his right ...

, baseball player **

Alex Jones Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right and alt-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts ''The Alex Jones Show'' from Austin, Texas, which the Genesis Communications Network broadcas ...

, radio show host and conspiracy theorist * February 12 **

Jerry Bohlander Jerry Bohlander (born February 12, 1974) is an American former mixed martial artist. He is most notable for his UFC appearances and was a former UFC champion, winning the first lightweight (under 200 lb) tournament at '' UFC 12''. He was a memb ...

, mixed martial artist ** Justin T. Bowler, actor, writer, and producer **

Lisa Brenner Lisa Dawn Brenner ( Goldstein; born February 12, 1974) is an American actress. Brenner played Maggie Cory on '' Another World''. She was also in '' All My Children'' as Allison Sloan. She played Anne in the 2000 film '' The Patriot''. Biograp ...

, actress **

Ari Shaffir Ari David Shaffir (born February 12, 1974) is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and producer. He produces and hosts the ''Skeptic Tank'' podcast. He also co-hosts the podcast ''Punch Drunk Sports'' with Jayson Thibault and Sam Tri ...

, comedian and actor * February 13 **

Fonzworth Bentley Derek Watkins (born February 13, 1974), known professionally as Fonzworth Bentley, is an American rapper, actor, television presenter, and author. He is perhaps best known for being Sean Combs' former personal valet and assistant, as first see ...

, rapper, actor, television presenter, and author **

Sabina Matos Sabina Matos (born February 13, 1974) is a Dominican-American politician serving as the 70th lieutenant governor of Rhode Island since April 2021. Sabina Matos is the first Afro-Latina lieutenant governor and the first Dominican-American to hold ...

, politician, 70th

Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island The current lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is Sabina Matos, who was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after Daniel McKee succeeded to the office of governor. The first lieutenant governor was George Brown. In Rhode Island, the lieutenant gover ...

* February 14 – Lara Bazelon, journalist, academic, and law professor * February 15 **

Miranda July Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger; February 15, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, singer, actress and author. Her body of work includes film, fiction, monologue, digital presentations and live performance art. She w ...

, author, director, actor, musician, and spoken-word artist **

Gina Lynn Tanya Mercado (born February 15, 1974), known professionally as Gina Lynn, is an American former pornographic actress, model, and stripper. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2010 and is the '' Penthouse'' magazine Penthouse Pet for Ap ...

, porn actress * February 16 –

Mahershala Ali Mahershala Ali (; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore, February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. ''Time'' magazine named him one of th ...

, actor and rapper * February 17 **

Tavian Banks Tavian Remond Banks (born February 17, 1974) is a former running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1998 and 1999. College and high school careers Tavian Banks was a high school standout in both ...

, football player **

Jerry O'Connell Jerry O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American actor and television host. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series ''Sliders'', Andrew Clements in ''My Secret Identity'', Vern Tessio in the film '' Stand by M ...

, actor **

Bryan White Bryan Shelton White (born February 17, 1974) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Asylum Records in 1994 at age 20, White released his self-titled debut album that year. Both it and its follow-up, 1996's '' Between Now ...

, singer/songwriter and guitarist * February 18 ** Carrie Ann Baade, painter and academic **

Jamey Carroll Jamey Blake Carroll (born February 18, 1974) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mi ...

, baseball player **

Jillian Michaels Jillian Michaels (born February 18, 1974) is an American personal trainer, businesswoman, author, and television personality from Los Angeles, California. Michaels is best known for her appearances on NBC, particularly ''The Biggest Loser (Ameri ...

, personal trainer, businesswoman, author and TV personality * February 19 –

Lezley Zen Lezley Zen (born February 19, 1974) is an American pornographic actress. Early life Zen was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and is of Cherokee and Irish descent. She attended college for three years and was in a pre-law program. She was the ...

, pornographic actress * February 22 – Ana, Cuban-born singer * February 23 –

Kimberly Yee Kimberly Yee (born February 23, 1974) is an American politician serving as the 36th Arizona state treasurer. She is the first Asian-American woman elected to the Arizona State Legislature. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected to the ...

, politician * February 24 **

Wuv Bernardo Noah "Wuv" Bernardo Jr. (born February 24, 1974) is an American musician, most notably the guitarist and drummer for Christian nu metal band P.O.D.. According to a FAQ, Bernardo is Filipino, Italian, German, and Chamorro. He is the first co ...

, drummer for

P.O.D. P.O.D., an initialism for Payable on Death, is an American Christian metal band formed in 1992 and based in San Diego, California. The band's line-up consists of drummer and rhythm guitarist Wuv Bernardo, vocalist Sonny Sandoval, bassist Traa ...

Chad Hugo Charles Edward Hugo (born February 24, 1974) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. With close friend Pharrell Williams, he formed the production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has prod ...

, keyboard player, songwriter, and producer **

Mike Lowell Michael Averett Lowell (born February 24, 1974) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. During a 13-year career, Lowell played for the New York Yankees (1998), Florida Marlins (1999–2005), and the Boston Red Sox (2006&ndas ...

, baseball player and sportscaster **

Bonnie Somerville Bonnie Somerville (born February 24, 1974) is an American actress and singer. She has had roles in a number of movies and television series, most notably as Mona in ''Friends'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Grosse Pointe'', '' The O.C.'', ''Cashmere Mafia ...

, actress * February 27 ** Ronnie Anderson, football player **

Carte Goodwin Carte Patrick Goodwin (born February 27, 1974) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed by Governor Joe Manchin on July 16, 2010 t ...

, politician * February 28 – Kevin Abrams, football player

March

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* March 1 ** Brandi Alexander, wrestler ** Stephen Davis, football player and coach **

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (; born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles, most notably as Zack Morris in ''Saved by the Bell''. In 1991, he won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Pri ...

, actor * March 3 – David Faustino, actor * March 4 **

April Berg April Berg (née Nowak, born March 4, 1974) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. In 2020, she was elected to the Washington House of Representatives The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington ...

, politician **

Jeff Bhasker Jeff Bhasker (born March 4, 1974) is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. He was awarded the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year in 2016 and nominated in 2013. An accomplished producer, he ...

, record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist * March 5 –

Eva Mendes Eva de la Caridad Méndez (, ; born March 5, 1974), known professionally as Eva Mendes, is an American actress, model and fashion designer. Her acting career began in the late 1990s, with a series of roles in films such as '' Children of the Cor ...

, actress and model * March 6 –

Beanie Sigel Dwight Equan Grant (born March 6, 1974), better known by his stage name Beanie Sigel, is an American rapper from South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He first became known for his association with Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records, releasing his debut ...

, rapper and actor * March 7 **

Larry Bagby Larry Bagby (born March 7, 1974) is an American actor and musician, who is best known as Ernie 'Ice' in '' Hocus Pocus'', Larry Blaisdell in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', Pvt. Shirley "Hickey" Kendrick in '' Saints and Soldiers'', Marshall Grant ...

, actor and musician ** Andreas Borgeas, politician **

Jenna Fischer Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom ''The Office'' (2005–2013), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Suppor ...

, actress * March 8 –

Danny Corkill Daniel Bryon Corkill (born March 8, 1974) is an American former child actor who saw early success in such films as ''Without a Trace'' and '' D.A.R.Y.L.''. He appeared in a number of commercials and had a small part in the TV series '' Ryan's H ...

, child actor * March 10 –

Biz Stone Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone (born March 10, 1974) is an American entrepreneur who is a co-founder of Twitter, among other technology companies. Stone was the creative director at Xanga from 1999 to 2001. Stone co-founded Jelly, with Ben Finkel ...

, entrepreneur and co-founder of

Twitter Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...

and Jelly * March 11 –

Chris Blackshear Chris Blackshear (born March 11, 1974) is an American politician who has served in the Alabama House of Representatives from the 80th district since his victory in a special election in 2016. He was elected to a full term in 2018. He is a membe ...

, politician * March 12 –

Jama Williamson Jama Williamson (born March 12, 1974) is an American actress. She was active in New York City theater throughout the early 2000s, during which she appeared in such shows as Avery Crozier's ''Eat the Runt'', Hunt Holman's ''Spanish Girl'', A. R ...

, actress * March 13 –

Dan Ackerman Dan Ackerman (born March 13, 1974) is a former radio DJ turned technology and video game journalist. Ackerman resides in New York City and has written about video games and gadgets for publications including ''SPIN'', ''Blender'', ''WWE Magazine ...

, video game journalist * March 14 ** Della Au Belatti, politician ** Grace Park, actress * March 15 **

Imad Baba Imad Baba (born March 15, 1974) is a former American association football, soccer midfielder. He spent seven years in Major League Soccer (MLS) with the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids. He was also a member of the American squads at th ...

, soccer player ** SuAnne Big Crow, basketball player (d. 1992) * March 16 **

Contessa Brewer Contessa Brewer (born March 16, 1974) is an American television journalist for CNBC Business News. As a correspondent, she covers casinos and gaming. She is also a substitute anchor. She formerly hosted the MSNBC weekend program ''Caught on Cam ...

, journalist **

Lamont Burns Lamont Antonio Burns (born March 16, 1974) is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. Burns attended Walter Hines Page Senior High School in Greensboro, North Carolina ...

, football player * March 18 – Evan and Jaron Lowenstein, music duo and identical twins * March 21 **

Laura Allen Laura Allen (born March 21, 1974) is an American actress. She starred as Lily Tyler during the first two seasons of the USA Network television series ''The 4400''. Personal life Allen was born in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Julie and Da ...

, actress ** Bryan Berg, cardstacker **

Sean McDermott Sean Michael McDermott (born March 21, 1974) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He began his NFL coaching career as an assistant for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2001, ...

, football coach * March 22 **

Rob Bredow Robert D. Bredow (born March 22, 1974) is an American visual effects artist. He was born in California, where he grew up in La Habra. He was nominated for an Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for ar ...

, visual effects artist **

Marcus Camby Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: * Marcus (name), a masculine given name * Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name Places * Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl ...

, basketball player **

Kidada Jones Kidada Ann Jones ( ; born March 22, 1974) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. Jones works as a designer for The Walt Disney Company, where she has a line known as Kidada for Disney Couture. Jones is the daughter of record produc ...

, actress * March 23 –

Randall Park Randall may refer to the following: Places United States *Randall, California, former name of White Hall, California, an unincorporated community * Randall, Indiana, a former town *Randall, Iowa, a city *Randall, Kansas, a city * Randall, Minneso ...

, actor, comedian and writer * March 24 ** Jamie Arnold, baseball player **

Alyson Hannigan Alyson Lee Hannigan (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress. After starting her career at age four with appearances in commercials, she moved to Hollywood at age 11 and soon got an agent. Hannigan began her film career with supporting r ...

, actress * March 25 ** Mike Adams, football player **

Laz Alonso Laz or LAZ may refer to: People * Laz people of the Black Sea area **Laz language First name * Laz Alonso (born 1975), American actor * Laz Barrera (1924–1991), Cuban-born American racehorse trainer * Laz-D (born 1982), American rapper *Laz Dí ...

, actor ** Nick Buda, drummer and record producer **

Lark Voorhies Lark Voorhies (born Lark Holloway; March 25, 1974) is an American actress, singer, spokeswoman and model. Voorhies rose to fame playing Lisa Marie Turtle on the NBC sitcom ''Saved by the Bell'' (1989–1993). Voorhies was nominated for the Youn ...

, actress and singer * March 27 **

Luis Alejo Luis Angel Alejo (born March 27, 1974) is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly representing the California's 30th State Assembly district, 30th Assembly District, encompassing the Pajaro Valley, Pajaro and Salinas Val ...

, politician **

Quincy Tyler Bernstine Quincy Tyler Bernstine is an American actress and audiobook narrator. In 2019, she won the Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theatre artists and ...

, actress and narrator * March 28 ** Hamisi Amani-Dove, soccer player ** Eric Beverly, football player **

Kai Kahele Kaialiʻi Kahele (born March 28, 1974) is an American politician, educator, and commercial pilot serving as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. From 2016 to 2020, he served in the Hawaii Senate from the 1st district. ...

, politician * March 29 **

Kara Brock Kara or KARA may refer to: Geography Localities * Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture * Kára, Hungary, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township * Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province * Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in D ...

, actress **

Kristoffer Cusick Kristoffer Cusick (born March 29, 1974) is an American actor of stage, television and film. He has performed in such musicals as ''Saturday Night Fever'', ''Rent'' and ''Wicked''. Career Cusick originated the role of Kenny as well as swing for t ...

, actor * March 30 – Ronnie Kerr, actor * March 31 – James Burgess, football player

April

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Marcus Brown Marcus James Brown (born April 3, 1974) is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'3" (1.91 m) tall, he played as a shooting guard. A three time All-EuroLeague selection, Brown has been mentioned as being one of the top U.S. play ...

, basketball player * April 4 –

Scott H. Biram Scott H. Biram aka The Dirty Old One Man Band (born April 4, 1974) is an American blues, punk blues, punk, country, heavy metal musician, record producer, and ordained minister. He is primarily known as one of the prominent musicians of the o ...

, musician * April 6 – Marlin Barnes, football player (d. 1996) * April 7 **

Nathan Baesel Nathan Baesel (born April 7, 1974, in La Palma, California) is an American actor. Biography Baesel attended Buena Park High School. After high school he went to Fullerton College, before graduating from Juilliard School in 2002. He has appeare ...

, actor ** Cimarron Bell, serial killer **

Antonia Bennett Antonia Bennett (born April 7, 1974) is an American singer of adult alternative music, standards, and jazz. She is the daughter of singer Tony Bennett and actress Sandra Grant. Biography Bennett trained as an actor at the Lee Strasberg Theatre ...

, singer * April 8 **

Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, lite ...

, writer, director, and producer ** Antoine Brockington, basketball player **

Chris Kyle Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat. He has over 150 c ...

, Navy SEAL and author (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

) * April 9 ** Katrina Berger, cyclist **

Mike Bobo Robert Michael Bobo (born April 9, 1974) is an American college football coach who is currently the Offensive Analyst for the Georgia Bulldogs. He was recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Auburn Tigers. He was the he ...

, football player and coach ** Ben Bordelon, football player ** Andrew C. Brock, politician **

Jenna Jameson Jenna Marie Massoli (born April 9, 1974), known professionally as Jenna Jameson (), is an American model, former pornographic film actress, businesswoman, and television personality. She has been named the world's most famous adult entertainme ...

, pornographic actress * April 10 **

Scott Bentley Scott L. Bentley (born April 10, 1974) is a former American football placekicker. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for parts of four seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, the Denver Broncos, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Washingto ...

, football player ** Jake Brennan, podcast host, author, and musician **

Eric Greitens Eric Robert Greitens (; born April 10, 1974) is a former American politician who was the 56th governor of Missouri from January 2017 until his resignation in June 2018 amid allegations of sexual assault and campaign finance impropriety. Born a ...

, politician, Navy SEAL, and 56th Governor of

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

* April 11 **

David Banner Lavell William Crump (born April 11, 1974), better known by his stage name David Banner, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Banner's family moved to Jackson, Mississippi, where he was raised. Ban ...

, rapper and actor ** Robert Barnes, attorney * April 12 **

Mikey Burnett Michael Wayne Burnett (born April 12, 1974) is a former American mixed martial artist who was a member of the fight team the Lion's Den. Burnett lost a controversial decision to Pat Miletich in a UFC title fight for the UFC Welterweight Champio ...

, mixed martial artist **

Marley Shelton Marley Eve Shelton (born April 12, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Wendy Peffercorn in David Mickey Evans's coming-of-age comedy '' The Sandlot'' (1993), the Customer in Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's neo-noi ...

, actress * April 13 – Mick Betancourt, screenwriter, producer, comedian, actor, and director * April 14 –

Da Brat Shawntae Harris-Dupart (born April 14, 1974), better known by her stage name Da Brat, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she began her career in 1992, the year she signed with So So Def Records. Her debut album ''Funkda ...

, rapper * April 15 **

Danny Pino Daniel Gonzalo Pino (born April 15, 1974) is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series ''Cold Case'' from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC legal drama '' Law & Order: Specia ...

, Cuban-born actor ** Tim Thomas, ice hockey player * April 16 –

Valarie Rae Miller Valarie Rae Miller (born April 16, 1974) is an American actress. Early life Born in Lafayette, Louisiana and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Miller became interested in acting when she was quite young. She attended a high school for the performing ...

, actress * April 18 **

Josh Byrnes Josh Byrnes (born June 23, 1970) is an American baseball executive who is senior vice president of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Byrnes began his career in 1994 as an intern with the Cleveland I ...

, politician **

Mark Tremonti Mark Thomas Tremonti (born April 18, 1974) is an American guitarist and singer, best known for his tenures with the rock bands Creed and Alter Bridge. He is a founding member of both bands, and has also collaborated with many other artists over ...

, singer/songwriter, guitarist for

Creed A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) in a form which is structured by subjects which summarize its core tenets. The ea ...

and

Alter Bridge Alter Bridge is an American rock band from Orlando, Florida. The band was formed in 2004 by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, lead guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips. After their former band Cr ...

, and frontman for Tremonti * April 19 – Hlynur Atlason, Icelandic-born industrial designer * April 20 – Paul Bradford, football player * April 21 –

Cliff Brumbaugh Clifford Michael Brumbaugh (born April 21, 1974) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Texas Rangers and Colorado Rockies in 2001. Amateur career A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Brumbaugh attended William ...

, baseball player * April 22 **

Modupe Akinola Modupe Nyikoale Akinola (born April 22, 1974) is an American organizational scholar and social psychologist who examines the science of stress, creativity, and how to maximize human potential in diverse organizations. She is currently the Barbar ...

, organizational scholar and social psychologist **

Eric Axley Eric Allen Axley (born April 22, 1974) is an American professional golfer. Career Axley was born in Athens, Tennessee. He turned professional in 1997. He is one of the few natural left-handers to win on the Web.com Tour and PGA Tour. In 2006, ...

, golfer ** Aaron Buerge, banker, businessman, and television personality * April 23 – Barry Watson, actor * April 25 **

Grant Achatz Grant Achatz ( ) (born April 25, 1974) is an American chef and restaurateur often recognized for his contributions to molecular gastronomy or progressive cuisine. His Chicago restaurant Alinea has won numerous accolades and Achatz himself has w ...

, chef and restaurateur **

Jeff Austin Jeff Austin (April 25, 1974 – June 24, 2019) was an American mandolinist and singer best known for being a founding member of the Yonder Mountain String Band. Biography Although Austin was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United S ...

, mandolinist and singer (d. 2019) * April 26 – Tim Brauch, skateboarder (d. 1999) * April 28 – DeAuntae Brown, football player * April 29 –

Alana Blahoski Alana Olga Blahoski (born April 29, 1974) is an American ice hockey player from Saint Paul, Minnesota. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She graduated from Johnson High School in Saint Paul and played ice hockey at Providence Col ...

, Olympic ice hockey player * April 30 ** Aimee Belgard, politician **

Deanna Brooks Deanna Brooks (born Deanna Wilson on April 30, 1974, in Boulder City, Nevada) is an American glamour model and actress who was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in May, 1998. She was a 1992 graduate of Bellbrook (OH) High School and w ...

, model and actress

May

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* May 4 –

Josh Bonner Josh Bonner (born May 4, 1974) is an American politician who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. sta ...

, politician * May 7 **

Ben Bostrom Benjamin Bostrom (born May 7, 1974) is an American former professional motorcycle racer. From 1995 to 2011 he competed in the AMA Superbike Championship, the World Superbike Championship and the MotoGP world championship.. Motorcycle racing car ...

, motorcycle racer ** Lawrence Johnson, Olympic pole vaulter **

Breckin Meyer Breckin Erin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor, musician, writer and producer, known for his roles in films such as ''Clueless'' (1995), ''Road Trip'' (2000), ''Rat Race'' (2001), and '' Garfield: The Movie'' (2004), he's also known f ...

, actor, drummer, producer, and writer * May 8 **

Agallah Angel Aguilar (born May 8, 1974), better known by his stage names Agallah, 8-Off, Brad Piff, Swagallah and Agallah Don Bishop, is an American rapper and producer. He was a member of The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City and he is the CEO ...

, rapper and producer **

Calvin Branch Calvin Stanley Branch (born May 8, 1974) is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL Draft The 1997 NFL Draft was the procedure by which Nationa ...

, football player **

Korey Stringer Korey Damont Stringer (May 8, 1974 – August 1, 2001) was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. He played college football at the Ohio State University and wa ...

, football player (d.

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

) * May 9 ** Brian Deegan, Motocross racer **

Dylan Lauren Dylan Lauren (born May 9, 1974) is an American businesswoman. She is the daughter of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, and the owner of New York City's Dylan's Candy Bar, which claims to be the "largest candy store in the world". Early lif ...

, businesswoman, founder of

Dylan's Candy Bar Dylan's Candy Bar is a chain of boutique candy shops and candy supplier currently located in New York City; East Hampton, New York; Los Angeles, Chicago, Honolulu and The Bahamas, as well as several US airports and in wholesale venues around the ...

* May 11 – Adam Kaufman, actor * May 13 – Louisa Bojesen, Danish-born financial journalist * May 14 **

Kevin Barnett Kevin Rees Barnett (born May 14, 1974) is an American former volleyball player. He played for the United States national team at the 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United ...

, volleyball player **

Mary Biddinger Mary Biddinger (born May 14, 1974, in Fremont, California) is an American poet, editor, and academic. Biography Mary Biddinger received an Honors B.A. in English with a Creative Writing Subconcentration from the University of Michigan. She a ...

, poet, editor, and academic * May 15 –

Russell Hornsby Russell Hornsby (born May 15, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Edward "Eddie" Sutton on ABC Family's '' Lincoln Heights'', as Luke on the HBO drama ''In Treatment'', as Detective Hank Griffin on the NBC series ''Grimm'', a ...

, actor * May 16 **

Adam Richman Adam Montgomery Richman is an American actor and television host. He has hosted various dining and eating-challenge programs on the Travel Channel and History Channel. Early life and education Richman, an only child, was born into a Jewish fa ...

, actor and television personality **

Sonny Sandoval Paul Joshua "Sonny" Sandoval (born May 16, 1974) is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter. He is best known as co-founder and the lead vocalist of metal band P.O.D. Biography Sandoval was born in San Diego, California. to a Chamorro-Hawa ...

, singer and frontman for

* May 20 – Allison Amend, novelist * May 21 **

Fairuza Balk Fairuza Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American actress, musician, and visual artist. Influential in popular culture, Balk is known for her portrayals of distinctive " goth-girl" characters, often with a dark edge. She has appeared in numerous in ...

, actress and musician **

Havoc High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) is a set of crewed NASA mission concepts to the planet Venus. All human portions of the missions would be conducted from lighter-than-air craft or from orbit. Background Venus is a planet with a r ...

, born Kejuan Muchita, rapper * May 22 **

John Bale John Bale (21 November 1495 – November 1563) was an English churchman, historian and controversialist, and Bishop of Ossory in Ireland. He wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English (on the subject of King John), and developed ...

, baseball player ** Jason Brown, baseball coach **

Sean Gunn Sean Gunn (born May 22, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Kirk Gleason on The WB series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and Kraglin Obfonteri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this role, he has been in the films ''Gu ...

, actor **

A. J. Langer Allison Joy Courtenay (née Langer, born May 22, 1974) commonly known as A. J. Langer, is a retired American actress andsince 2015the Countess of Devon. She is most known for playing Caroline Larkin in season 2 of Baywatch and as Rayanne Graff o ...

, actress * May 23 **

4th Disciple Selwyn Bougard, now known as El-Divine Amir Bey (born May 23, 1974), better known by his stage name 4th Disciple, is a record producer and audio engineer who was one of the founding members of Killarmy and one of the best-known Wu-Tang-affiliat ...

, record producer and audio engineer ** Jewel, singer * May 25 –

Kevin Hartman Kevin Eugene Hartman (born May 25, 1974) is an American former soccer player who played 17 seasons in Major League Soccer, being on the field for a record 37,260 minutes. Nicknamed ''El Gato'' (Spanish for "the cat") because of his agility, re ...

, soccer player * May 27 ** Vanessa Blue, pornographic actress **

Marjorie Taylor Greene Marjorie Taylor Greene (born May 27, 1974), also known by her initials MTG, is an American politician, businesswoman, and far-right conspiracy theorist Sources describing Greene as "far-right" include: * * * * * * * * * who has served as th ...

, politician * May 28 – Robert Ballecer, Catholic Jesuit priest and podcaster * May 29 **

Kenny Bynum Kenneth Bernard Bynum (born May 29, 1974) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the San Diego Chargers (1997–2000). The 5'11", 191 pound running back went to South Carolina State University f ...

, football player **

Steve Cardenas Stephen Antonio Cardenas (born May 29, 1974) is an American martial artist, musician, and actor. Cardenas is best known for playing the character Rocky DeSantos, which was the second Red Power Ranger in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and eventu ...

, martial artist and actor * May 30 ** Nicholas Anthony Ascioti, composer ** David L. Bahnsen, portfolio manager, author, and television commentator **

Big L Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974February 15, 1999), known professionally as Big L, was an American rapper and record executive. Emerging from Harlem in New York City in 1992, Coleman became known among underground hip-hop fans for his freestyling ...

, rapper (d. 1999)

June

* June 1 –

Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with tw ...

, Canadian-born singer * June 2 –

Gata Kamsky Gata Kamsky ( tt-Cyrl, Гата Камский, italics=no; russian: Гата Камский; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion. Kamsky reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Cha ...

, chess player * June 5 ** Chad Allen, actor and psychologist **

Russ Ortiz Russell Reid Ortiz (born June 5, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Ortiz during his career played for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodger ...

, baseball player **

Tate Reeves Jonathan Tate Reeves (born June 5, 1974) is an American politician serving as the 65th governor of Mississippi since 2020. A member of the Republican Party, Reeves served as the 32nd lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020 and as ...

, politician, 65th Governor of

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

* June 6 ** 2 Tuff Tony, wrestler **

Uncle Kracker Matthew Shafer (born June 6, 1974), also known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer and musician. He was previously a turntablist for Kid Rock's backing group Twisted Brown Trucker and since 1999 has recorded as a solo artist. ...

, singer/songwriter and guitarist * June 7 – Sunshine Anderson, singer/songwriter * June 8 –

Joshua Bloom Joshua Simon Bloom (born June 8, 1974 in Washington, D.C.) is an American astrophysicist, chair and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and was the CTO and co-founder of the machine-learning companwise.io(acquired b ...

, astrophysicist and professor * June 10 **

Dustin Lance Black Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist. He is known for writing the film ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenpl ...

, screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist ** Bo Butner, drag racer * June 11 – Curtis Alexander, football player * June 12 **

Joseph Blair Joseph Blair (born June 12, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player, and current assistant coach for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was formerly the Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach. ...

, basketball player and coach **

Ronald Brisé Ronald A. Brisé (born June 12, 1974) is a Democratic politician from Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives representing the 108th district, and as a Commissioner for the Florida Public Service Commission. He is Haitian-A ...

, politician **

, screenwriter, producer, and director **

Brandon Webb Brandon Tyler Webb (born May 9, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Webb pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2003 through 2009, and, after multiple shoulder surgeries, signed with but ...

, author and

Navy SEAL The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main functions are conducting sma ...

* June 13 **

Biggie Biggs Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, was an American rapper. Rooted in East Coast hip hop and particularly gangsta ...

, wrestler **

Valeri Bure Valeri Vladimirovich "Val" Bure (; rus, Валерий Владимирович Буре, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj bʊˈrɛ; born June 13, 1974) is a Russian-American former ice hockey right winger. He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League ( ...

, Russian-born Olympic ice hockey player ** Steve-O, actor, stunt performer, and television personality * June 14 ** Rodney Artmore, football player ** Mike Burke, strongman competitor * June 15 **

Anthony Atamanuik Anthony Atamanuik (; born June 15, 1974) is an American writer, actor, and comedian. He impersonated former U.S. President Donald Trump during the campaign and his presidency, first on the '' Trump vs. Bernie'' debate tour and then on ''The Pres ...

, writer, actor, and comedian ** Scott Bomar, musician * June 17 ** François Audouy, French-born movie production designer ** Andre Dickens, politician, mayor of

* June 18 – Les Adams (politician), Les Adams, politician * June 19 – Bumper Robinson, actor and voice actor * June 21 ** Michael Brick, journalist and songwriter ** Pat Downey (American football), Pat Downey, football player ** Maggie Siff, actress * June 22 ** Boom Bip, record producer and musician ** Donald Faison, actor ** Amber O'Neal, wrestler * June 25 – Jeff Cohen (actor), Jeff Cohen, attorney and actor * June 26 ** Bisila Bokoko, Spanish-born businesswoman, entrepreneur, speaker and philanthropist ** Chris Butterfield, football player ** Jason Craig, artist ** Derek Jeter, baseball player ** Matt Striker, wrestler and commentator * June 27 ** Juran Bolden, football player ** Christopher O'Neill, British-born businessman and Swedish royal * June 28 ** Mika Arisaka, Japanese-born singer ** Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder * June 30 – Tony Rock, actor

July

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* July 1 – Jonathan Roumie, actor * July 2 ** Kevin Bankston, attorney and Privacy Policy Director for Facebook ** Rocky Gray, musician * July 3 ** Alli Abrew, football player ** Chris Brown (American football coach), Chris Brown, football player and coach ** Corey Reynolds, actor * July 4 ** Steve Bush, football player ** Mick Wingert, voice actor and voice-over coach * July 6 ** Clarence Adams (boxer), Clarence Adams, boxer ** Grant Bond, comic book artist and writer * July 7 – Dialleo Burks, football player and coach * July 8 – Danny Ardoin, baseball player * July 10 – Jim Annunziato, recording engineer * July 11 ** Neal Acree, composer ** Blueprint (rapper), Blueprint, rapper ** Lil' Kim, rapper and television personality * July 12 ** Keith Allen (American football), Keith Allen, football player ** Sam Garnes, football player, coach, and radio personality ** Gregory Helms, wrestler ** Ryan Lizza, journalist * July 13 – Shaun Baker (actor), Shaun Baker, actor and martial artist * July 14 – Mark Butterfield, football player * July 15 – Mitty Arnold, tennis player * July 16 ** Jeremy Enigk, singer/songwriter ** Ryan McCombs, singer-songwriter and guitarist * July 18 – Michael Dante DiMartino, animator * July 19 ** Jeremy Borash, wrestling commentator, announcer, interviewer, and producer ** Dorian Brew, football player * July 20 – Simon Rex, actor, comedian, and rapper * July 21 – Steve Byrne, comedian and actor * July 22 ** Nathaniel Moran, judge and politician ** Johnny Strong, actor * July 23 ** Larry Barnes, baseball player ** Maurice Greene (sprinter), Maurice Greene, Olympic sprinter ** Kathryn Hahn, actress ** Stephanie March, actress * July 24 ** Eva Aridjis, Dutch-born Mexican-American director and screenwriter ** Boogie2988, YouTuber * July 25 – Lauren Faust, animator * July 26 – Christophe Brown, American-born Swiss ice hockey player * July 27 ** Benjamin P. Ablao Jr., actor and filmmaker ** Myron Butler, gospel singer/songwriter * July 28 ** Afroman, rapper, singer/songwriter, comedian, and musician ** Derek Anderson (basketball), Derek Anderson, basketball player ** Elizabeth Berkley, actress ** Irene Ng, Malaysian-born actress and teacher * July 29 ** Aisha N. Braveboy, politician ** Josh Radnor, actor * July 30 – Hilary Swank, actress

August

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* August 1 ** Justin Baughman, baseball player ** Matt Braunger, actor, writer, and comedian * August 2 ** Angel Boris, model and actress ** Zach Brock, jazz violinist and composer * August 3 ** Brad Baker (racing driver), Brad Baker, stock car racing driver ** Jenny Beck, actress ** Aimee Bruder, Paralympic swimmer * August 4 – Mike Bajakian, football coach * August 6 ** Ever Carradine, actress ** Max Kellerman, sports television personality, host, and boxing commentator * August 7 ** Chico Benymon, actor ** Jeff Buckey, football player ** Michael Shannon, actor * August 8 ** Jeff Belanger, author ** Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-born mathematician ** Mike Budnik, mixed martial artist and in-line skater * August 9 ** Seth Appert, ice hockey player and coach ** Dan Cox, politician ** Derek Fisher, basketball player * August 10 ** Bonzai Kid, wrestler ** Mario J. Bruno, Spanish-born business executive and chief executive officer for the American Red Cross * August 11 ** London Breed, politician, mayor of San Francisco, California ** Chris Messina, actor and film director * August 12 – Arj Barker, comedian and actor * August 13 ** Orlando Anderson, gangster and suspected murderer (d. 1998) ** Karine Jean-Pierre, French-born White House Press Secretary * August 14 ** Chucky Atkins, basketball player ** Christopher Gorham, actor * August 16 ** Edwin E. Aguilar, Salvadoran-born animator and storyboard artist (d. 2021) ** Charli Baltimore, rapper, actress, and television personality * August 17 – Dmitry Alimov, Russian-born entrepreneur and investor * August 19 – David Patten, footballer (died 2021 in the United States, 2021) * August 20 ** Amy Adams, actress ** Big Moe, rapper (d. 2007) ** Misha Collins, actor * August 21 – Umar Johnson, psychologist * August 22 ** Cory Gardner, politician ** Jenna Leigh Green, actress and singer ** Bo Koster, keyboardist for

** Iris Kyle, bodybuilder * August 23 ** Derek Almstead, musician and engineer ** Mark Bellhorn, baseball player ** Christian Beranek, writer, actress, musician, and producer ** Shifty Shellshock, singer * August 24 ** Archie Amerson, American-born Canadian football player ** Jennifer Lien, actress * August 25 – Darren Benson, football player * August 27 ** James Arciero, politician ** George Blades (boxer), George Blades, boxer * August 28 – Duncan Arsenault, drummer * August 30 – Anjali Bhimani, actress

September

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* September 1 ** Rich Burlew, author, game designer, and graphic designer ** Burn Gorman, American-born British actor and musician ** Jhonen Vasquez, comic book writer and cartoonist * September 3 ** Vaughn Bean, boxer ** Julie Berry, author ** Jen Royle, sports reporter and chef * September 4 ** Carmit Bachar, singer, dancer, and member of Pussycat Dolls ** Deidre Henderson, politician, 9th Lieutenant Governor of Utah * September 5 – Andy Barkett, baseball player * September 9 ** John Allred (American football), John Allred, football player ** Jon Bokenkamp, writer and producer ** John R. Bradford III, politician * September 10 ** Roosevelt Blackmon, football player ** Kerry Harvick, singer ** Ryan Phillippe, actor ** Ben Wallace (basketball), Ben Wallace, basketball player * September 11 ** Ben Best, actor, writer, musician, and producer (d. 2021) ** Dremiel Byers, wrestler * September 12 – Jennifer Nettles, musician * September 13 – Randall Bailey, boxer * September 14 ** Chad Bradford, baseball player ** Carl DeMaio, politician * September 16 ** Joaquin Castro, politician ** Julian Castro, politician, mayor of San Antonio, Texas (2009-2014), and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2014-2017) * September 17 ** Apani B, emcee ** Austin St. John, actor and martial artist ** DJ Babu, DJ, producer, and member of Dilated Peoples ** Rasheed Wallace, basketball player * September 18 ** Fred Beasley, football player ** Xzibit, rapper * September 19 – Jimmy Fallon, comedian, actor, television host, singer, writer, and producer * September 20 – Omar Amr, Olympic water polo player * September 21 ** Crystal Aikin, gospel singer/songwriter ** Derek Brown (mixologist), Derek Brown, entrepreneur, writer, and mixologist ** Stanley Huang, singer and actor * September 22 ** Jerome Adams, Surgeon General ** S. Bear Bergman, American-born Canadian author, poet, playwright, and theater artist ** Jenn Colella, actress and singer ** Wayne Grayson, voice actor and director * September 23 – Matt Hardy, wrestler * September 24 ** Danya Abrams, basketball player ** Karyn Bosnak, author * September 25 – Daniel Kessler (guitarist), Daniel Kessler, guitarist for Interpol (band), Interpol * September 26 ** Josh Arieh, poker player ** Gary Hall Jr., Olympic swimmer ** Larry Izzo, football player and coach * September 27 ** Carrie Brownstein, musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian ** Brandy Burre, actress * September 28 – Reggie Brown (linebacker), Reggie Brown, football player * September 29 ** Brian Ash, producer and screenwriter ** Alexander Brandon, video game musician ** Doug Brown (gridiron football), Doug Brown, Canadian-born football player * September 30 ** Melanie Bromley, British-born journalist and broadcaster ** Jeremy Giambi, baseball player (d. 2022 in the United States, 2022) ** Daniel Wu, actor, director, and producer

October

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* October 1 – Corey Brown (politician), Corey Brown, politician * October 2 ** Ricky Bell (cornerback), Ricky Bell, football player (d. 2011) ** Courtney Hansen, television personality, model, and host * October 4 – Tom Askey, ice hockey player * October 5 ** Jon Brunt, curler ** Rich Franklin, mixed martial artist and actor ** Colin Meloy, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for The Decemberists * October 6 ** Evan R. Bernstein, Jewish community activist ** Jim Bundren, football player * October 7 ** Shannon MacMillan, soccer player and coach ** Allison Munn, actress ** Alexander Polinsky, actor, voice actor, and singer * October 8 ** Kevyn Adams, ice hockey player ** Shelly Blake-Plock, entrepreneur and musician * October 9 – Keith Booth, basketball player and coach * October 10 ** Cara Butler, stepdancer and choreographer ** Dale Earnhardt Jr., race car driver * October 11 ** Kimberly Clarice Aiken, Miss America 1994 ** Baba Ali, Iranian-born comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor ** Greg Poehler, actor * October 12 ** Nur Ali, Pakistani-born race car driver ** Shane McAnally, country singer/songwriter and record producer * October 13 – Terron Brooks, singer/songwriter and actor * October 14 ** Sheila Bleck, bodybuilder ** Stacy Boyle, rugby player ** Jessica Drake, porn actress ** Dana Glover, singer and songwriter ** Shaggy 2 Dope, rapper, record producer, DJ, podcast host, wrestler, and member of Insane Clown Posse * October 16 ** Katherine Jane Bryant, costume designer ** André Carson, politician * October 18 – Jeremy Scahill, journalist * October 20 ** Tyrone Bell, football player ** Bashar Rahal, actor * October 21 – Nakia Burrise, actress * October 24 – Will Brice, football player * October 25 – Shonn Bell, football player * October 27 – Pooja Batra, Indian-born actress and model * October 28 ** Matthew Bell (Indiana politician), Matthew Bell, politician ** Michael Dougherty, director, screenwriter, producer, and animator ** Joaquin Phoenix, actor * October 29 – Eric Gales, blues rock guitarist * October 30 ** MC Paul Barman, rapper ** Dylan Berry, musician, record producer, radio host, and composer

November

* November 2 ** Nelly, rapper ** Prodigy (rapper), Prodigy, born Albert Johnson, rapper (d. 2017 in the United States, 2017) * November 4 ** Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer and frontman for The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In ** Carl Steven, child actor (d. 2011 in the United States, 2011) * November 5 ** Ryan Adams, singer/songwriter ** Ricardo Lara, politician ** Jerry Stackhouse, basketball player ** Chris Sununu, politician, 82nd Governor of New Hampshire * November 7 ** Amanda Adkins (politician), Amanda Adkins, politician ** Kris Benson, baseball player * November 8 ** Ada Brown (judge), Ada Brown, judge ** Gregory W. Brown, composer * November 9 ** Richard H. Bernstein, judge ** Joe C., rapper (d. 2000) * November 10 ** Julie H. Becker, judge ** Micah Bowie, baseball player * November 11 ** Leonardo DiCaprio, actor ** Jon B., singer/songwriter ** Monica De La Cruz, politician * November 12 ** Lourdes Benedicto, actress ** Aaron Brink, mixed martial artist and pornographic actor * November 14 ** Benjamín Benítez, actor ** Chip Gaines, television personality, host, and carpenter ** Joe Principe, bassist for Rise Against ** Adam Walsh (murder victim), Adam Walsh, murder victim and son of John Walsh (television host), John Walsh (d. 1981 in the United States, 1981) * November 15 – Fred Brock, football player * November 16 – Isaac Byrd, football player * November 17 – Leslie Bibb, actress and model * November 18 ** Rob Balachandran, rugby player ** Tricia Byrnes, Olympic snowboarder ** Chloë Sevigny, actress, director, model, and fashion designer * November 19 ** Aimee Brooks, actess ** Buckshot (rapper), Buckshot, rapper * November 20 – Cameron Bender, actor * November 24 – Dave Aizer, television host, writer, and producer * November 25 ** Thad Busby, football player ** Jimmy Gomez, politician * November 26 – Michael Blair, football player * November 28 ** apl.de.ap, Philippine-born rapper ** Pascal Bedrossian, French-born soccer player ** James C. Mathis III, actor ** Styles P, rapper * November 29 – Chris Brymer, football player * November 30 – Luther Broughton, football player

December

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* December 2 – Brian Alfred, artist * December 3 – Trina Braxton, singer and television personality * December 4 ** Elliot Bendoly, University professor ** Dan Bongino, political commentator, radio show host, police officer, secret service agent, author, and political candidate * December 5 ** Charlie Batch, football player and sportscaster ** Brian Lewis (athlete), Brian Lewis, Olympic sprinter ** Lisa Sheridan, actress (d. 2019 in the United States, 2019) * December 7 ** Mike Bell (third baseman), Mike Bell, baseball player and coach (d. 2021) ** Daniel Boman, politician * December 9 ** David Akers, football player ** Julie Buck, filmmaker * December 10 – Meg White, drummer for The White Stripes * December 11 ** Joshua Becker, author, writer, and philanthropist ** Rey Mysterio, wrestler and luchador ** Lisa Ortiz, voice actress * December 12 – Tawny Banh, Vietnamese-born table tennis player * December 13 – Ben Hoffman, comedian, actor, writer, and musician * December 14 – Amplitude Problem, Swedish-born musician and producer * December 15 ** Cory Branan, singer/songwriter ** P. J. Byrne, actor * December 17 ** Paul Briggs (animator), Paul Briggs, animator and voice actor ** Sarah Paulson, actress ** Giovanni Ribisi, actor * December 18 ** Peter Boulware, football player ** Kari Byron, artist and television personality * December 20 ** Gran Akuma, wrestler ** Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann, Samantha Buck, filmmaker * December 21 – Ray Austin (American football), Ray Austin, football player * December 24 – Ryan Seacrest, television personality * December 25 ** Kerlin Blaise, football player ** Patrick Brennan (actor), Patrick Brennan, actor * December 26 ** Teron Beal, singer/songwriter ** Zach Blair, guitarist for Rise Against ** Tony Brackens, football player ** Tiffany Brissette, actress ** Derrick Bryant, basketball player * December 27 – Nate Bland, baseball player * December 28 ** Jared Anderson (heavy metal musician), Jared Anderson, bassist for Morbid Angel (2001-2002) and Hate Eternal (1998-2003) (d. 2006) ** Jocelyn Enriquez, singer * December 29 ** Asheru, rapper and educator ** Graciela Beltrán, singer ** Emil Brown, baseball player ** Mekhi Phifer, actor * December 30 – Chris Bordano, football player

Full Date Unknown

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* Joe Abraham, comic book illustrator and actor * Nancy Abudu, judge * Craig Ackerman, NBA announcer * Rana X. Adhikari, experimental physicist * Gaelle Adisson, singer/songwriter and producer * Waris Ahluwalia, Indian-born actor and designer * Jaafar Aksikas, Moroccan-born academic, activist, media personality, and cultural critic * Suzanne Alaywan, poet and painter * Daniel P. Aldrich, academic and professor * Anida Yoeu Ali, Cambodian-born artist * William Allegrezza, poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic * Tremayne Allen, football player * Marla Alupoaicei, Christian author and speaker * Afruz Amighi, Iranian-born sculptor and installation artist * David Amodio, scientist * Anarquia, wrestler * Eric C. Anderson, entrepreneur and aerospace engineer * Keisha Anderson, basketball player * John D. Arnold, philanthropist * Tre Arrow, eco-terrorist * James Arthur (poet), James Arthur, American-born Canadian poet * Sigal Avin, American-born Israeli writer and director * Mya Baker, filmmaker, poet, writer, director, and researcher * Sarah Baker (actress), Sarah Baker, actress * Liz Bangerter, politician * Boaz Barak, Israeli-born computer science professor * LaShonda Katrice Barnett, author, playwright, and radio host * Erek Barron, politician * Sophie Barthes, French-born director and screenwriter * Gina Beavers, Greek-born artist * Aaron Becker, writer and illustrator * Christopher Bell (scholar), Christopher Bell, disability studies scholar (d. 2009) * Jennifer Bendery, journalist * Juan Manuel Benítez, Spanish-born journalist * Jenica Bergere, actress * Andrea Berloff, screenwriter, actress, director, and producer * LaKiesha Berri, R&B singer * Sharif Bey, artist * Michael Biber, technologist and industrialist * Cass Bird, artist, photographer, and director * Constantin Bisanz, Austrian-born entrepreneur, investor, and extreme sports enthusiast * Janel Bishop, beauty queen, Miss Teen USA 1991 * Scott Blader, politician * Macon Blair, actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer * Chris Blattman, Canadian-born political scientist * Yaba Blay, Ghanaian-born professor, scholar-activist, public speaker, cultural worker, and consultant * BluRum13, rapper, emcee, actor, and producer * Deborah Boardman, judge * Cornelius Boots, composer and multi-instrumentalist * Daniel Borzutzky, poet and translator * David Boulware, professor and physician * Jason Boyarski, entertainment attorney * Adam Bradley (literary critic), Adam Bradley, literary critic, professor, and writer * Paige Bradley, sculptor * Andrea Brady, poet and lecturer * M.C. Brains, rapper * Bridget Breiner, American-born German ballerina * Bridget M. Brennan, judge * Judson A. Brewer, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author * Cary Brothers, singer/songwriter * Melissa Brown (artist), Melissa Brown, artist * Tracy Brown, author * Ashley Buchanan, business executive for The Michaels Companies

Deaths

* January 1 – Jimmy Smith (baseball, born 1895), Jimmy Smith,

player (born 1895 in the United States, 1895) * January 2 – Tex Ritter, actor and country musician (born 1905 in the United States, 1905) * January 3 – Red Snapp, baseball player (born 1888 in the United States, 1888) * January 6 – Dewey Mayhew, American football coach (born 1898 in the United States, 1898) * January 10 – Charles G. Bond, U.S. House of Representatives from New York (born 1877 in the United States, 1877) * January 12 – Jack Jacobs, American-born

and Canadian Football League player (born 1919 in the United States, 1919) * January 15 – Harold D. Cooley, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (born 1897 in the United States, 1897) * January 17 – Clara Edwards (composer), Clara Edwards, singer, pianist and composer (born 1880 in the United States, 1880) * January 18 – Bill Finger, comic strip and book writer (born 1914 in the United States, 1914) * January 20 – Leonard Freeman, television writer and producer (born 1920 in the United States, 1920) * February 22 –

, attempted to hijack an airplane to assassinate President

(born 1930 in the United States, 1930) * March 28 – Dorothy Fields, librettist (born 1904 in the United States, 1904) * May 24 – Duke Ellington, jazz pianist and bandleader (born 1899 in the United States, 1899) * June 20 – Charles Wisner Barrell, writer (born 1885 in the United States, 1885) * June 26 – Ernest Gruening, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1959 to 1969 (born 1887 in the United States, 1887) * July 9 – Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (born 1891 in the United States, 1891) * July 27 – Lightnin' Slim, blues musician (born 1913 in the United States, 1913) * July 28 – Truman Bradley (actor), Truman Bradley, radio actor (born 1905 in the United States, 1905) * July 29 – Cass Elliot, vocalist (born 1941 in the United States, 1941) * August 26 – Charles Lindbergh, aviator (born 1902 in the United States, [1902) * September 11 – Lois Lenski, author and illustrator (born 1893 in the United States, 1893) * September 21 ** Walter Brennan, film actor; 3-time Best Supporting Academy Award-winning actor (1936, 1938 and 1940) (born 1894 in the United States, 1894) ** Jacqueline Susann, novelist and actress (born 1918 in the United States, 1918) * October 13 – Ed Sullivan, entertainment writer and television host (born 1901 in the United States, 1901) * December 18 – Harry Hooper, baseball player (Boston Red Sox) (born 1887 in the United States, 1887) * December 21 – Richard Long (actor), Richard Long, television actor (born 1927 in the United States, 1927) * December 26 ** Jack Benny, comic performer (born 1894 in the United States, 1894) ** Frank Hussey, Olympic sprinter (born 1905 in the United States, 1905) * December 27 – Bob Custer, film actor (born 1898 in the United States, 1898) * December 29 – Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892), Robert Ellis, film actor (born 1892 in the United States, 1892)

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