1970s
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.
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.