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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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