1960s - 1970s - 1980s

1970

January 17 - Genndy Tartakovsky is born.

February 3 - Warwick Davis is born.

February 14 - Simon Pegg is born.

August 2 - Kevin Smith is born.

August 3 - Masahiro Sakurai is born.

August 4 - Michael DeLuise is born.

August 6 - M. Night Shyamalan is born.

August 18 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner is born.

October 8 - Tetsuya Nomura is born.

December 15 - Michael Shanks is born.


1971

February 4 - Rob Corddry is born.

February 25 - Sean Astin is born.

March 11 - Philo T. Farnsworth dies.

March 31 - Ewan McGregor is born.

April 18 - David Tennant is born.

June 3 - John Hodgman is born.

July 16 - Corey Feldman is born.

July 30 - Tom Green is born.

August 12 - Michael Ian Black is born.

September 21 - Alfonso Ribeiro is born.

November 5 - Corin Nemec is born.

December 23 - Corey Haim is born.


1972

January 12 - Jason Sklar is born.

January 12 - Randy Sklar is born.

January 21 - Yasunori Mitsuda is born.

March 27 - M.C. Escher dies.

March 28 - Nick Frost is born.

June 2 - Wayne Brady is born.

July 29 - Wil Wheaton is born.

October 11 - Claudia Black is born.

November 29 - The first PONG arcade machine is released.


1973

March 15 - George McFly is killed. (alternate timeline)

June 15 - Neil Patrick Harris is born.

September 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien dies.

October 26 - Seth MacFarlane is born.

November 14 - Dana Snyder is born.


1974

February 8 - Seth Green is born.

February 17 - Jerry O'Connell is born.

March 1 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar is born.

April 18 - Edgar Wright is born.

July 20 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Gisaburo Sugii releases in Japan.

August 9 - Philip J. Fry is born.

August 24 - Jennifer Lien is born.

October 28 - Joaquin Phoenix is born.


1975

June 27 - Tobey Maguire is born.

June 28 - Rod Serling dies.


1976

February 3 - Tim Heidecker is born.

February 13 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Gisaburo Sugii releases in the US.

July 9 - Fred Savage is born.

July 31 - The Face on Mars photo is released by NASA.

August 2 - Fritz Lang dies.

August 9 - Audrey Tautou is born.

November 27 - Jaleel White is born.


1977

January 7 - Dustin Diamond is born.

May 25 - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is released into theaters.

August 16 - Elvis Presley dies.


1978

August 7 - Cirroc Lofton is born.

December 10 - Ed Wood dies.


1979

August 1 - Jason Momoa is born.

August 31 - Mike Webb is born.

September 19 - Hermione Granger is born.

October 10 - Pac-Man is released into Japanese arcades.

October 25 - Shaun Crocker is born.


1960s - 1970s - 1980s