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
2002 Harold Russell, Oscar winner, The Best Years of Our Lives, dies at 88
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 Boxcar Willie, singer, Best of Boxcar Willie, dies at 67
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
1998 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
1997 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards
1996 Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24
1995 Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63
1995 World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh, Jr. and P Dharmani
1994 "Best Little Whorehouse" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 16 performances
1994 "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font New York City for 16 per
1994 New Jersey Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points
1993 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34
1992 Dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83
1992 Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
1991 Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73
1991 Mervyn Nelson, director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76
1990 Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
1990 Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best
1990 Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73
1989 George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976-89" album
1989 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster
1988 Carrie Baxter, Best Bodybuilder (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42
1988 Kay Baxter, Best Bodybuilder in the World (1983-85), dies at 42
1987 Harrison releases "Cloud 9" and McCartney releases "All the Best"
1985 New York Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
1984 Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)
1982 "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill New York City after 63 performances
1982 "Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 63 perf
1982 "Best Little Whorehouse..." closes at 46th St. New York City after 1577 performances
1979 Dick Howser (best Yank mngr win-lost pct .636) replaces Billy Martin
1978 "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St. New York City for 1577 performances
1978 Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
1976 Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Miss Universe-Russia/best costume 1996
1976 Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53
1975 Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1
1974 Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74
1974 Ahmed Best, American Actor
1973 Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs. WI Georgetown
1973 45th Academy Awards - "Godfather," Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians
1973 Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs. Pakistan at SCG
1972 Cameron Diaz, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding
1972 Travis Best, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers
1971 Danalee Bragado, born in Honolulu, WPVA volleyballer, Best of Beach-9th-1995
1969 Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
1968 Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70
1967 Melora Hardin, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Family Tree, Best Times
1965 Beatles win 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964
1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling
1964 Liz Masakayan, Quezon City Phil, WPVA volley, Best of Beach-3rd-1994
1964 Kristi Atkinson, born in Van Nuys, California, WP volleyballer, Best of Beach-6th-1994
1964 Greg Best, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Equestrian athlete, Olympic-silver-88, 92
1964 Dee C Lee, [Diane Sealey], rocker, Style Council-You're Best Thing
1962 Drummer Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best of the Beatles
1962 Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr
1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer
1962 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums
1962 Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC)
1962 Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45
1962 Cammy Ciarelli, Iowa City, WPVA volleyballer, Best of Beach-2nd-1995
1961 Mariel Hemingway, Ketchum Id, actress, Personal Best, Civil Wars
1961 Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
1960 Carlyle Best, cricketer, WI batsman late 80's
1960 Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in New York City
1958 Mick Talbot, rock keyboardist, Style Council-You're the Best Thing
1958 Gary Sobers 365* vs. Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara
1958 Anita Baker, born in Toledo, Ohio, singer, Giving You the Best That I Got
1956 Laura Thorne, chef, named one of 10 best American chefs
1955 RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss
1955 Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever
1954 "Father Knows Best" premieres
1953 1st insulin isolated by F Banting and C Best in Toronto
1952 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
1948 Bille August, director, Best Intentions, Twist and Shout
1947 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win
1946 Ron Silver, born in New York City, actor, Gary-Rhoda, Entity, Silkwood, Best Friends
1946 George Best, Irish Athlete
1945 Kay Baxter, Woodsfield Ohio, Best Bodybuilder in World, 1983-85
1945 Derek Underwood, cricketer, "Deadly" Maybe the best post-war SLA
1945 Lauren Chapin, actress, Kathy-Father Knows Best
1944 Coluche, [Michel Colucci] France, comedian, My Best Friend's Girl
1944 Robert Cole, U.S. Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Best
1942 Tracey Walter, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Best of the West
1942 Scott Glenn, Pittsburgh, actor, Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft
1941 Pete Best, drummer, Beatles
1941 H Martin/R Blanes musical "Best Foot Forward," premieres in New York City
1938 Leonard Frey, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Best of West, Mr. Smith
1938 Yvonne Lime, born in Glendale, California, actress, Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis
1938 Colin Bland, cricketer, South African bat Maybe the best cover field
1938 Billy Gray, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Bud-Father Knows Best
1937 Elinor Donahue, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Father Knows Best, Get a Life
1934 Millicent Martin, Romford Eng, actress, Alfie, Nothing but the Best
1932 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March
1932 Michael Colgrass, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Best Wishes
1927 "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens
1926 James Best, born in Corydon, Indiana, actor, Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder
1922 Banting, MacLeod and Best discover insulin
1921 Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolates insulin at University of Toronto
1921 Toronto's Dr. Banting and Dr. Best announce discovery of insulin
1919 Keith Miller, cricketer, one of Australia's best ever all-rounders
1919 World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal)
1917 Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher, New York Giants, 8th best won-lost pct
1915 Barnard Hughes, Bedford Hills, New York, Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends
1914 Harold Russell, actor, Best Years of Our Life
1913 Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1
1912 Jane Wyatt, Campgaw, New Jersey, actress, Father Knows Best, Star Trek
1908 Paul Hardy, Belgian writer, Best of Painted Furniture
1907 Robert Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD
1901 Carmelita Geraghty, born in Rushville, Indiana, actress, My Best Girl, Texas Ranger
1900 Edna Best, born in Hove, England, actress starred in Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo
1899 Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer, Insulin
1897 John McNally's musical "Good Mr. Best," premieres in New York City
1897 William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70
1895 England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2
1889 Franklin Pangborn, Newark, actor, My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living
1826 William Thomas Best, composer
837 Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years
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