January[]
- 7 January
- Stephanie Roth Haberle is born.
- 23 January
- Gail O'Grady is born.
- 31 January
- Réal Andrews is born.
March[]
- 8 March
- Robert Stanton is born.
April[]
- 9 April
- Joe Scarborough is born.
- 15 April
- Michael R. Perry is born.
- 26 April
- Olivia Birkelund is born.
- 27 April
- Tracy Sallows is born.
May[]
- 12 May
- Vanessa Williams is born.
June[]
- 2 June
- Norm Lewis is born.
July[]
- 8 July
- Rocky Carroll is born.
- 20 July
- Frank Whaley is born.
- 22 July
- Rob Estes is born.
- Joanna Going is born.
August[]
- 3 August
- Isaiah Washington is born.
- 7 August
- Harold Perrineau is born.
- 14 August
- David Aaron Baker is born.
September[]
- 5 September
- Gwen Stewart is born.
- 12 September
- Norberto Barba is born.
- 17 September
- James Urbaniak is born.
- 25 September
- Tate Donovan is born.
November[]
- 5 November
- Scott Sowers is born.
- 10 November
- Tom Verri is born.
- 17 November
- Dylan Walsh is born.
- 20 November
- Ming-Na Wen is born.
- 22 November
- President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
- 24 November
- Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered by Jack Ruby, two days after he killed Kennedy.
- 27 November
- Fisher Stevens is born.
December[]
- 5 December
- Ilana Levine is born.
- 13 December
- Brooke Alexander is born.
- 15 December
- Helen Slater is born.
- 16 December
- Benjamin Bratt is born.
- 19 December
- Jennifer Beals is born.
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