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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born


1887: Herman Rossse (78 at death)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design
     Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design


1887: Joseph T. Rucker (70 at death)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Cinematography
     Oscar Win: Cinematography


1891: Charles Bickford (76 at death)

  {3 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor


1891: Boris Morros (72 at death)

  {3 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Scoring


1896: Thomas T. Moulton (71 at death)

  {20 Noms, 7 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects
     Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate)


1908: John Bright (81 at death)

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


1912: Albert Nozaki (91 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color)


1914: Henry Berman (65 at death)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Editing
     Oscar Win: Editing


1925: Valentina Cortese (94 at death)

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


1928: Ernest Tidyman (56 at death)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay
     Oscar Win: Adapted Screenplay


1930: Frederick Wiseman (94)

  {0 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Win: Special/Honorary


1932: Lewis John Carlino (88 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay


1936: Robert Getchell (81 at death)

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


1938: Frank Langella (86)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Actor


1938: Masaharu Ueda (86)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Cinematography


1943: Allan Starski (81)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design
     Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design


1964: Andrew Niccol (60)

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


1966: Pete Czernin (58)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture


1969: Sophie Okonedo (55)

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


1972: Alexandra Milchan (52)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Picture


Died


1960: Margaret Sullavan (50)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Actress


1971: Joseph J. Jilley (57)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Musical Score


1972: Maurice Chevalier (83)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Actor
     Oscar Win: Special/Honorary


1980: Adolph Deutsch (82)

  {5 Noms, 3 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Musical Score
     Oscar Wins: Musical Score


1981: Beulah Bondi (92)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress


1982: Victor Buono (43)

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


1985: Raoul Pene Du Bois (70)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color)


1986: Emmet Lavery (83)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay


1988: Michael Mills (68)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film


1996: Gennady Myasnikov (76)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design


2002: Julia Phillips (57)

  {2 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture
     Oscar Win: Picture


2014: Juanita Moore (99)

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


2016: Vilmos Zsigmond (85)

  {4 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Cinematography
     Oscar Win: Cinematography


Released


1944: Higher and Higher (80)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1944 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Original Song (“I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night”), Score of a Musical


1989: What Happened to Santiago (35)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1989 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nomination: Foreign Language Film


1993: Farewell My Concubine (31)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1993 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Foreign Language Film