2014 Event The 86th Academy Awards is hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. 'Gravity,' '12 Years a Slave,' and 'Dallas Buyers Club' win the most awards. The broadcast received the highest views of any Oscars ceremony since the year 2000 2014 Event '12 Years a Slave' and 'Gravity' dominate wins at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards ceremony; Chiwetel Ejiofor ('12 Years') and Cate Blanchett ('Blue Jasmine') receive leading actor and actress awards, respectively 2014 Event Award nominations are announced ahead of the 67th British Academy Film Awards; heading the list is Sandra Bullock for best actress in 'Gravity' by director Alfonso Cuaron 2012 Event NASA's second Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft is in orbit around the moon 2003 Death Hal Clement, science fiction writer/educator, Mission of Gravity, dies at 81 1959 Event Luna 1, Mechta, becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity 1887 Birthday Felix A. Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist, gravity 1868 Birthday Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity
