2015 Event At the 87th Academy Awards, 'Birdman' is awarded Best Picture, Eddie Redmayne wins Best Actor for his role as Stephen Hawking in 'A Theory of Everything,' and Julianne Moore wins Best Actress for her role in 'Still Alice' 2014 Event At the 71st Golden Globe Awards, Best Motion Picture is awarded to '12 Years a Slave'; 'American Hustle is receives the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award, with actress Amy Adams honored as Best Actress 2013 Event In Los Angeles, California, the 85th Academy Awards is held; 'Argo' wins best picture, Ang Lee wins for best director, Daniel Day-Lewis wins for best actor, and Jennifer Lawrence wins for best actress 2013 Event NASA scientists achieve a first in laser communication when they successfully beam a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a spacecraft orbiting the Moon 2012 Event A biblical picture of Samson and a Hebrew inscription is discovered in an ancient synagogue in the Galilee region of northern Israel 2012 Event Roy Lichtenstein's picture, 'Sleeping Girl', sells at auction for $44.9 million, a new record for Lichtenstein's artwork 2012 Event As a cost-saving measure during bankcruptcy, Eastman Kodak Co. reports they will no longer make digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames 2007 Event 'The Departed' wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards 2004 Event 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 Event 75th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Chicago wins Best Picture, Adrian Brody and Nicole Kidman win lead acting awards 2002 Event 74th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, A Beautiful Mind wins Best Picture, Denzell Washington and Hallie Berry win lead acting awards 2001 Event 73rd Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Gladiator wins Best Picture, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts win lead acting awards 2000 Event 72nd Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, American Beauty wins Best Picture, Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank win lead acting awards 2000 Death Charles Gray, actor, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies at 71 1999 Event 71st Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, Shakespeare in Love wins Best Picture, Roberto Benigni and Gwyneth Paltrow win lead acting awards 1998 Death Hurd Hatfield, actor, Picture of Dorian Gray, dies at 80 1998 Death Persis Khambatta, actress, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, dies at 47 1998 Event 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 Event 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards 1996 Death Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80 1994 Event "What's Wrong With this Picture?" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 12 per 1992 Event Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on SNL 1992 Event Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint 1990 Event Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating 1976 Event 1975 movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany 1975 Event Covers of both Time and Newsweek picture rock singer Bruce Springsteen 1973 Event 1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab) 1973 Event "Rocky Horror Picture Show," stage production opens in London 1968 Event Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X) 1968 Event Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system 1968 Event Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on cover 1967 Event Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's" is photographed 1965 Birthday Illeana Douglas, born in Massachusetts, actress, Picture Perfect, To Die For, Hacks 1951 Death Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54 1951 Event 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated 1950 Birthday Cybill Shepherd, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Moonlighting, Last Picture Show 1944 Birthday Helmut Berger, actor, Ash Wednesday, Damned, Picture of Dorian Gray 1941 Birthday Barbara Barendrecht, BHM Wurfbain, actress, Dirty Picture 1939 Birthday Peter Bogdanovich, born in Kingston, New York, director/producer, Last Picture Show 1936 Event 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce 1929 Event 1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (New York City) 1929 Event 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona" 1928 Event 1st all-talking motion picture shown in New York (Lights of New York) 1927 Event "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens 1927 Event Louis B. Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1927 Event Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forms 1926 Birthday Cloris Leachman, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Last Picture Show, Phyllis 1925 Event Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island 1922 Birthday Alan Scott, Haddonfield, New Jersey, TV host/songwriter, Spin the Picture 1921 Birthday Jack Valenti, born in Houston, Texas, Motion Picture Association of America President, created MPAA film rating system 1916 Birthday Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer 1914 Event Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed 1906 Birthday Carol Reed, motion picture director, 3rd Man 1902 Event 1st motion picture theater opens in Los Angeles 1895 Event Moving picture projector patented 1894 Event Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing 1893 Event 1st U.S. commemoratives and 1st U.S. stamp to picture a woman issued 1891 Event Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera 1891 Event 1st motion picture shown to National Federation of Women's Clubs 1889 Event Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture 1885 Event Eastman Film Co. manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film 1878 Event 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground 1870 Event 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia 1869 Event O. B. Brown patents moving picture projector 1869 Event Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers 1864 Birthday Louis Lumiere, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895 1861 Event 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale 1854 Birthday Oscar Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, 'Picture of Dorian Gray'
