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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born


1886: Victor McLaglen (72 at death)

  {2 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor
     Oscar Win: Actor


1893: Lew Brown (64 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Original Song


1903: Una Merkel (82 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress


1906: Harold Adamson (73 at death)

  {5 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Original Song


1909: Hermes Pan (80 at death)

  {3 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Dance Direction
     Oscar Win: Dance Direction


1919: Alexander Courage (88 at death)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Adaptation or Treatment Score


1920: Reginald Rose (81 at death)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Adapted Screenplay


1923: Jorge Semprun (87 at death)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay


1928: Alex Grasshoff (79 at death)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature


1933: Mako (72 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor


1936: Howard Smith (77 at death)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature
     Oscar Win: Documentary Feature


1948: Richard Francis-Bruce (76)

  {3 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Editing


1957: Michael Clarke Duncan (54 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor


1960: Kenneth Branagh (64)

  {9 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing, Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Live Action Short Film
     Oscar Win: Original Screenplay


1964: Donald Mowat (60)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Makeup & Hairstyling


Died


1969: Leigh Harline (62)

  {8 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score
     Oscar Wins: Original Song, Original Score


1982: Roy Webb (94)

  {7 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score


1987: Denis Sanders (58)

  {2 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short, Two-Reel Short Film
     Oscar Wins: Documentary Short, Two-Reel Short Film


1988: Richard Castellano (55)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor


2005: Richard Pryor (65)

  {0 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Academy Awards Host: 49th-Co, 55th-Co | 2 times


2017: Bruce Brown (80)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature


Released


1964: Father Goose (60)

  {3 Noms, 1 Win @ 1964 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Original Story and Screenplay, Editing, Sound
     Oscar Win: Original Story and Screenplay


1965: A Patch of Blue (59)

  {5 Noms, 1 Win @ 1965 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Actress (Elizabeth Hartman), Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters), Substantially Original Score, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White)
     Oscar Win: Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters)


1968: Oliver! (56)

  {11 Noms, 6 Wins @ 1968 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Carol Reed), Actor (Ron Moody), Supporting Actor (Jack Wild), Adapted Screenplay, Original or Adaptation Score, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction/Production Design, Costume Design, Sound
     Oscar Wins: Picture, Directing (Carol Reed), Original or Adaptation Score, Art Direction/Production Design, Sound, Special/Honorary Award


1969: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (55)

  {9 Noms, 1 Win @ 1969 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Directing (Sydney Pollack), Actress (Jane Fonda), Supporting Actor (Gig Young), Supporting Actress (Susannah York), Adapted Screenplay, Score of a Musical, Editing, Art Direction/Production Design, Costume Design
     Oscar Win: Supporting Actor (Gig Young)


1972: Sleuth (52)

  {4 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1972 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Directing (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), Actor (Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier), Original Dramatic Score


1974: The Towering Inferno (50)

  {8 Noms, 3 Wins @ 1974 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Supporting Actor (Fred Astaire), Original Song (“We May Never Love Like This Again”), Original Score, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction/Production Design, Sound
     Oscar Wins: Original Song (“We May Never Love Like This Again”), Editing, Cinematography


1984: The Cotton Club (40)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1984 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Editing, Art Direction/Production Design


1985: Out of Africa (39)

  {11 Noms, 7 Wins @ 1985 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Sydney Pollack), Actress (Meryl Streep), Supporting Actor (Klaus Maria Brandauer), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction/Production Design, Costume Design, Sound
     Oscar Wins: Picture, Directing (Sydney Pollack), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction/Production Design, Sound


1991: Bugsy (33)

  {10 Noms, 2 Wins @ 1991 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Barry Levinson), Actor (Warren Beatty), Supporting Actor (Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction/Production Design, Costume Design
     Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design, Costume Design


1992: Daens (32)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1992 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nomination: Foreign Language Film


1993: Geronimo: An American Legend (31)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1993 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nomination: Sound


1997: Amistad (27)

  {4 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1997 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Original Dramatic Score, Cinematography, Costume Design


1999: The Cider House Rules (25)

  {7 Noms, 2 Wins @ 1999 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Lasse Hallstrom), Supporting Actor (Michael Caine), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Editing, Art Direction/Production Design
     Oscar Wins: Supporting Actor (Michael Caine), Adapted Screenplay


1999: The Green Mile (25)

  {4 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1999 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Supporting Actor (Michael Clarke Duncan), Adapted Screenplay, Sound


2002: Chicago (22)

  {13 Noms, 6 Wins @ 2002 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Rob Marshall), Actress (Rene Zellweger), Supporting Actor (John C. Reilly), Supporting Actress (Queen Latifah, Catherine Zeta-Jones), Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“I Move On”), Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction/Production Design, Costume Design, Sound
     Oscar Wins: Picture, Supporting Actress (Catherine Zeta-Jones), Editing, Art Direction/Production Design, Costume Design, Sound


2003: Big Fish (21)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2003 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nomination: Original Score


2007: There Will Be Blood (17)

  {8 Noms, 2 Wins @ 2007 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Paul Thomas Anderson), Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction/Production Design, Sound Effects/Editing
     Oscar Wins: Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Cinematography


2008: The Reader (16)

  {5 Noms, 1 Win @ 2008 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Stephen Daldry), Actress (Kate Winslet), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography
     Oscar Win: Actress (Kate Winslet)


2010: The Fighter (14)

  {7 Noms, 2 Wins @ 2010 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (David O. Russell), Supporting Actor (Christian Bale), Supporting Actress (Amy Adams, Melissa Leo), Original Screenplay, Editing
     Oscar Wins: Supporting Actor (Christian Bale), Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo)


2010: The Tempest (14)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2010 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nomination: Costume Design


2014: Timbuktu (10)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2014 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nomination: Foreign Language Film


2021: Being the Ricardos (3)

  {3 Noms, 0 Wins @ 2021 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Actor (Javier Bardem), Actress (Nicole Kidman), Supporting Actor (J.K. Simmons)


2021: Don’t Look Up (3)

  {4 Noms, 0 Wins @ 2021 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Original Screenplay, Original Score, Editing


2021: West Side Story (3)

  {7 Noms, 1 Win @ 2021 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Steven Spielberg), Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose), Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound
     Oscar Win: Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose)