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2006
2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy
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
1992
ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals
1991
Formal opening ceremony of International One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
1985
Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens
1979
Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation in Boston
1976
Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt., New York
1975
Philip Kapleau conducts 1st jukai ceremony in Poland
1972
Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America
1968
U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony
1967
Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
1956
Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
1948
Ground breaking ceremony for United Nations world headquarters
1940
Robert Walker, Jr., New York City, actor, Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver
1933
Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field
1921
Richard Wilbur, 2nd U.S. Poet Laureate, Ceremony, Walking to Sleep
1914
Mitsu Suzuki, teacher of tea ceremony at San Francisco Zen Center
1896
Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63
1893
New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before
1722
Christopher Smart, English poet and journalist, Ceremony of Carols
1636
University of Utrecht opening ceremony
1491
Opening ceremony of Daitokuji's Shinju at subtemple
1487
Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin
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