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2009 Hugh Leonard, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon', dies at age 82
2006 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53 1998 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls and Babyface win 1997 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB) 1997 Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award 1997 Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award 1997 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1997 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1997 Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time 1997 Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award 1997 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds 1997 24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win 1996 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (quarterback) 1996 Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award 1996 Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award 1996 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win 1996 Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time 1996 10th American Comedy Award 1996 23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins 1995 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB) 1995 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win 1995 Colin Gray, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, dies at 80 1995 Emmy 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time 1995 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1995 9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield 1995 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win 1994 60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (RB) 1994 Charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81 1994 28th Country Music Association Award 1994 Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci not nominated 1994 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1994 Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating 1994 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins 1994 21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins 1993 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (quarterback) 1993 27th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill wins 1993 Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time 1993 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1993 7th American Comedy Award: Seinfeld wins 1993 20th American Music Award: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win 1992 Stephen Albert, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto', killed in an automobile accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts 1992 58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, Miami, Florida (quarterback) 1992 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins 1992 Harold Wilson's academy award is auctioned for $60,500 1992 Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time 1992 Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously 1992 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal 1992 19th American Music Award: C and C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win 1991 57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR) 1991 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award 1991 Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award 1991 25th Country Music Association Award: 1991 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1991 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1991 Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time 1991 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1991 John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award 1991 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg 1991 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer and Janet Jackson 1990 56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (quarterback) 1990 Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award 1990 Oakland's Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award 1990 24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins 1990 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1990 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1990 Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time 1990 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1990 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally 1990 17th American Music Award: Milli Vanilli 1989 55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston (quarterback) 1989 Bret Saberhagen wins AL Cy Young Award 1989 Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award 1989 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins 1989 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1989 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1989 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners 1989 Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets 1989 Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time 1989 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone 1989 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award) 1989 16th American Music Award: Randy Travis and George Michael wins 1988 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB) 1988 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award 1988 Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award 1988 Chris Sabo, wins NL Rookie of Year award 1988 Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister 1988 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win 1988 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1988 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1988 Emmy 15th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 9th time 1988 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams and Tracey Ullman 1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E. Sullivan Award 1988 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston 1987 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR) 1987 Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award 1987 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William, Jr. wins 1987 8th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1987 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1987 Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson 1987 Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time 1987 1st American Comedy Award 1987 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama 1986 52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Florida (quarterback) 1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously 1986 Houston's Astro Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young Award 1986 20th Country Music Association Award: 1986 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1986 Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time 1986 Ray Milland, actor (Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945), dies at 81 1986 13th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and C Gayle 1985 Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84 1985 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB) 1985 Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award 1985 19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins 1985 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1985 7th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1985 Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time 1985 12th American Music Award 1984 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (quarterback) 1984 Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award 1984 Willie Hernandez wins AL MVP Award 1984 Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez wins AL Cy Young Award 1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins 1984 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1984 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1984 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time 1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family 1983 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB) 1983 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins 1983 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1983 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1983 Emmy 10th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 4th time 1983 Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 1983 10th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers 1982 Roy Webb, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar', dies at 94 1982 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB) 1982 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1982 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson and Ricky Skagg 1982 Emmy 9th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 3rd time 1982 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1982 9th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers win 1981 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1981 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern California (RB) 1981 New York Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award 1981 Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award 1981 Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award 1981 Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award 1981 15th Country Music Association Award: 1981 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story 1981 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1981 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins 1980 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB) 1980 Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award 1980 14th Country Music Association Award 1980 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1980 Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff) 1980 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation 1980 Emmy 7th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 1st time 1979 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB) 1979 Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL 1979 Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award 1979 Mike Flanagan, wins AL Cy Young Award 1979 Ben Weber, U.S. composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62 1979 Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation 1979 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation 1979 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1979 6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win 1978 44th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Sims, Oklahoma (RB) 1978 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award 1978 New York Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award 1978 12th Country Music Association Award 1978 Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation 1978 Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin and $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award) 1978 5th American Music Award: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac and C Twitty 1977 43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB) 1977 Rod Carew wins AL MVP award 1977 1st Emmy Sports Award presentation 1977 Phillies' Steve Carlton wins 2nd Cy Young Award 1977 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins 1977 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1977 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation 1977 Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive Life Achievement Award 1976 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB) 1976 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award 1976 Baltimore Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award 1976 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins 1976 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation 1975 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) 1975 New York Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award 1975 Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award 1975 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins 1975 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1974 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) 1974 Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award 1974 Catfish Hunter is named AL Cy Young Award 1974 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich 1974 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1974 Emmy 1st Daytime Award presentation 1973 39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB) 1973 Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award 1973 Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award 1973 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins 1973 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1972 Jude Law, born in Lewisham, England, actor, producer, director, Academy Award nominee for movie 'Cold Mountain' 1972 38th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL) 1972 Phillies' Steve Carlton wins unanimous NL Cy Young Award 1972 Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award 1971 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (quarterback) 1971 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins 1971 Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums 1971 Jose Solano, born in Inglewood, California, actor, played Manny Gutierrez on Baywatch, listed as '50 Most Beautiful People in the World' by YM Magazine, nominated for the ALMA Award 1971 Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide 1970 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (quarterback) 1970 Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award 1970 Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award 1970 4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins 1970 Mike Kelly, born in Los Angeles, California, Michael Raymond Kelly, baseball player, outfielder, attended Arizona State University, played outfield for Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, won Golden Spikes Award, 1991 1969 35th Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Owens, Oklahoma (RB) 1969 1st Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Baltimore and Denny McLain, Detroit) 1969 Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award 1968 34th Heisman Trophy Award: O J Simpson, Southern California (RB) 1968 Detroit Tiger Denny McLain unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award 1967 33rd Heisman Trophy Award: Gary Beban, UCLA (quarterback) 1967 SF's Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award 1966 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (quarterback) 1966 Sandy Koufax becomes 1st 3-time Cy Young Award winner 1965 Gong Li, born in Shenyang, China, actress, appeared in director Zhang Yimou's film, Ju Dhou, Red Sorghum, received Golden Rooster award 1965 31st Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Garrett, Southern California (RB) 1965 Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously 1965 Marlee Matlin, Illinois, deaf actress, Children of Lesser God-Academy Award 1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1963 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (quarterback) 1963 Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award 1963 Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award 1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (quarterback) 1962 Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award 1961 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB) 1961 Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn 1961 Gary Cooper, 2 time Academy award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 1961 Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show 1960 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB) 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award 1960 Nick della Casa, British/Brazillian/Argentine cameraman, Emmy Award 1959 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB) 1958 24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB) 1958 Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award 1958 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award 1958 Ice-T, born in Newark, New Jersey, Tracy Marrow, musician, pioneer of gangsta rap, songwriter, actor, Grammy Award winner, author 1957 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB) 1957 Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award 1957 Frances McDormand, actress, Fargo, Academy Award 1956 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1956 Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award 1956 Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honor to outstanding pitcher 1955 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB) 1955 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award 1955 Cassandra Wilson, born in Jackson, Mississippi, jazz singer, guitar player, jazz and blues genres, album 'New Moon Daughter' won Grammy Award 1955 Willie Hernandez, pitcher, Cy Young Award 1954 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB) 1954 Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1953 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB) 1952 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB) 1952 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines 1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese, rocker, Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra 1951 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB) 1950 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB) 1950 Eugene Fodor, born in Turkey Creek, Colorado, violinist, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award 1949 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E) 1948 14th Heisman Trophy Award: Doak Walker, SMU (HB) 1948 Kathy Bates, born in Memphis, Tennessee, academy award winning actress, Misery 1948 Sandra Post, born in Oakville, Ontario, professional golfer, won LPGA Championship 1968, LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year Award 1968 1947 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1947 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower 1947 Ann Beattie, born in Washington, D.C., short story writer, novelist, compared to John Updike, J.D Salinger, professor at Harvard, University of Virginia, Rea Award for the Short Story recipient 1947 Walter Willison, born in Monterrey Park, California, actor, McDuff the Talking Dog, Two By Two [Tony Award nomination, Theatre World Award] 1946 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB) 1946 Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records 1946 Paul Dean, born in Vancouver, Canada, guitarist, founded band, Streetheart and Loverboy, won Composer of the Year Juno Award for 'Turn Me Loose', Loverboy's 1980 debut album 1945 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB) 1944 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (quarterback) 1944 Shelley Fabares, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, singer, television debut 'Letter to Loretta', played role of Mary Stone in sitcom 'The Donna Reed Show', Primetime Emmy Award nominee for ABC sitcom 'Coach' 1943 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1943 Bert Jansch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, folk artist, acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of the band Pentangle, winner, BBC Folk Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award 1943 Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist, 1980 Avery Fisher Award 1943 Mike Marshall, MLB pitcher, 1974 Cy Young Award 1942 Paul Horowitz, New York City, physicist, META project, Sloan Award 1971-3 1942 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB) 1942 Betsy Johnson, fashion designer, 1971 Winnie Award 1941 7th Heisman Trophy Award: Bruce Smith, Minnesota (HB) 1941 Dale Chihuly, born in Tacoma, Washington, artist in glass, Louis Tiffany Award 1967 1941 John Williams, born in Melbourne, Australia, guitarist, Academy Award 1941 Stephen Albert, born in New York City, New York, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto' 1940 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB) 1939 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB) 1938 4th Heisman Trophy Award: Davey O'Brien, Texas Christian (quarterback) 1937 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB) 1937 George Carlin, born in New York, American comedian, actor, author, Grammy Award winner 1937 Seymour Hersh, award winning investigative reporter, New York Times 1936 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E) 1936 Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize 1936 Jim Perry, pitcher, Cy Young Award 1970 1934 Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky) 1932 "Flowers and Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon 1932 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March 1932 Theoni Vachliotis aldredge, award winning costume designer 1932 Purple Heart award reinstituted 1931 Ike Turner, born in Mississippi, American musician, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, Grammy Award winner 1930 Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award 1930 Liz Anderson, born in Roseau, Minnesota, country music singer, songwriter, Grammy Award nominee, wrote hits for Merle Haggard 1929 Jean Shepherd, humorist, Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969 1929 AL announces it will discontinue MVP award 1929 Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman, 1970 Peabody Award 1928 Gary Graffman, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award 1927 Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States 1926 Hugh Leonard, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon' 1925 Oscar Peterson, born in Montreal, Canada, jazz pianist, composer, Grammy Award winner 1924 Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer, Dr. Zhivago-Academy Award 1966 1924 Mark Bucci, New York City, composer, 1959 Arts and Letters Award 1923 Richard Avedon, U.S., photographer, 1957 ASMP award 1923 Joseph Heller, born in Brooklyn, New York, novelist, Catch-22, 1963 Arts and Letters Award 1922 Richard Stankiewicz, U.S. sculptor, 1974 Akston Award, 1966 Brandeis 1921 Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984 1921 Rosalyn Yalow, famed award winning medical physicist 1921 Cary Middlecoff, golfer, 1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award 1920 John Addison, born in Surrey, England, composer, Tom Jones-Academy Award 1918 Ingmar Bergman, born in Sweden, director, writer, producer for stage, film and television, Academy Award winner 1916 Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright, living legacy award 1995 1915 Howard Cooke, Jamaica, 1991 Mico Gold Medal Award 1914 Colin Gray, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, fought Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Channel Front 1913 Muriel Rukeyser, U.S., poet, 1977 Shelley Memorial Award 1912 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer 1910 Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation 1908 John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award 1907 Alec Wilder, born in Rochester, New York, composer, 1973 ASCAP award 1906 Clifford Odets, U.S., dramatist, 1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy 1906 George Sanders, Russia, actor, All About Eve-Academy Award 1950 1905 Jule Styne, England, songwriter/composer, 1954 Academy Award, 1968 Tony 1905 Lionel Trilling, author, 1969 Poses Award, Liberal Imagination 1905 Ray Milland, born in Neath, Wales, actor, Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945 1903 John von Neumann, mathematician and astronomer, Bocher Award 1938 1903 Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award 1902 Ansel Adams, photographer, 1966 ASMP Award 1900 Jean Negulesco, born in Craiova, Dolj, Romania, film director, screenwriter, directed The Mask of Dimitrios, Three Strangers, Academy award nominee for Johnny Belinda 1899 Noel Coward, England, playwright, In Which We Serve-1942 Academy Award 1895 Hattie McDaniel, actress, Gone With the Wind-academy award 1895 Paul Muni, actor, Academy Award 1936-Angel on My Shoulder, Juarez 1894 Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer, Academy Award 1954-High and Mighty 1893 Dorothy Parker, New Jersey, short story writer, 1958 Marjorie Peabody Award 1892 Thomas Mitchell, born in New Jersey, academy award winning actor, Outlaw, Adventures 1892 David Dubinsky, labor leader, Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom 1891 Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Academy Award actor, Tale of 2 Cities 1889 Enid Bagnold, novelist, Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit 1889 Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer, 1968 Academy of Country Music Award 1888 Roy Webb, born in New York City, New York, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar' 1888 Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress, Bouwmeester Award 1887 Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author, Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award 1886 Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award 1886 Josephine Hull, Newtonville, Massachusetts, Academy award actress, Harvey 1883 Imogen Cunningham, photographer, 1965 ASMP award 1878 Christian Gauss, educator/writer, Phi Beta Kappa award namesake 1860 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer, Nipkow Award 1852 Edwin Markham, U.S., poet, 1st winner of American Academy of Poets Award 1937 1700 Daniel Bernoulli, born in Basel, Switzerland, mathematician, 10 time French award |
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