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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

1989 Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune

1979 Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings

1979 U.S. Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings

1978 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings

1977 James M Cain, U.S. writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85

1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO

1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies

1938 Ralph Bakshi, animator, Lord of Rings, Fritz the Cat, Mighty Mouse

1931 George Jones, born in Saratoga, Texas, singer, Golden Rings, Oh Lonesome Me

1903 Niven Busch, U.S. screenwriter, Postman Always Rings Twice

1900 James E Keeler, U.S. astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42

1892 James M. Cain, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, novelist, Postman Always Rings Twice

1867 Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer, study of tree rings

1857 James E Keeler, U.S., astronomer, rings of Saturn

1756 Jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79

1677 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, rings of Saturn

1629 Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings



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