** Gene, a unit of heredity in the genome of an organism

** Gene Siskel, American film critic ( b. 1946 )

** Gene Rayburn, American television personality ( b. 1917 )

** The United States Army suspends Gene C. McKinney, Sergeant Major of the Army, its top-ranking enlisted soldier, after hearing allegations of sexual misconduct.

** MGM's Technicolor musical film, An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, premieres in New York.

** Gene Simmons, American rock musician ( Kiss )

** Gene Summers, American rock ' n roll singer ( member of Rockabilly Hall of Fame )

** Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager

** Larry Gene Bell, American convicted felon ( b. 1949 )

** Gene Evans, American actor ( b. 1920 )

** Gene Raymond, American actor ( b. 1908 )

** Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and sports team owner ( b. 1907 )

** Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and businessman ( d. 1998 )

** Gene Sarazen, American golfer ( d. 1999 )

** Apollo 17 ( Gene Cernan, Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt ), the last manned Moon mission to date, is launched.

** Gene Alley, American baseball player

** Gene Vincent, American singer ( b. 1935 )

** Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist ( d. 1974 )

** Gene Wood, American game show announcer ( d. 2004 )

** Gene Hackman, American actor

** Gene Savoy, American author, explorer, scholar and cleric ( d. 2009 )

** The Candidate-Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa

** Young Frankenstein-Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa

** Close Encounters of the Third Kind-Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene Cantamessa