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2004 76th Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King sweeps all eleven nominations, including Best Picture, Sean Penn and Charlize Theron win lead acting awards

2003 75th Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Chicago wins Best Picture, Adrian Brody and Nicole Kidman win lead acting awards

2002 74th Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, A Beautiful Mind wins Best Picture, Denzell Washington and Hallie Berry win lead acting awards

2001 73rd Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Gladiator wins Best Picture, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts win lead acting awards

2000 72nd Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, American Beauty wins Best Picture, Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank win lead acting awards

1999 71st Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, Shakespeare in Love wins Best Picture, Roberto Benigni and Gwyneth Paltrow win lead acting awards

1998 70th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, Titanic wins eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt win lead acting awards

1997 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards

1995 Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting (London), dies at 64

1993 Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA

1993 Adm Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA

1991 Richard J. Kerr, ends term as acting director of CIA

1991 Richard J Kerr, serves as acting director of CIA

1989 Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82

1987 Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor

1986 Mr Gates, serves as acting director of CIA

1982 Lee Strasberg, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All), dies at 81

1977 John F. Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA

1977 Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche

1977 Mr. Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA

1973 General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA

1973 General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA

1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal

1961 General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general

1961 U.N. unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general of the U.N.

1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"

1953 General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA

1948 Ralph J. Bunche confirmed as acting United Nations mediator in Palestine

1945 Paul Robeson wins Spingarn Medal for singing and acting achievements

1934 Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner

1934 Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia

1930 Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting, London

1922 Rose Moffard, acting Gov-AZ

1919 Uta Hagen, born in Germany, actress, Boys From Brazil, /teaches acting

1904 Philip H Burton, Welsh director/acting teacher, Richard Burton

1902 Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, And Justice for All

1901 Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, Somewhere in the Night

1884 Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher, Maria Stuart

1883 Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist, Acting Peace



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