2015 Event At the 67th Annual Emmy Awards, Viola Davis is the first black woman to win outstanding lead drama actress; Jon Hamm wins outstanding lead drama actor, Peter Dinklage wins best supporting actor, and 'Game of Thrones' wins for outstanding drama 2015 Event 'Game of Thrones' leads Emmy Award drama nominations with 24, giving network HBO the lead with 124 nominations overall; ABC ranks second with 42 total nominations for this year's awards, to be held in September 2015 Event Helen Mirren wins best leading actress for her role in 'The Audience,' and Alex Sharp wins best leading actor for 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' at the 69th annual Tony Awards 2015 Event Taylor Swift receives eight awards at the Billboard Music Awards; Pharrell Williams, Meghan Trainor, One Direction, and Sam Smith were also multiple winners at the ceremony 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' 2015 Event Beck wins Album of the Year and Sam Smith wins both Song and Record of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, while 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' wins five awards and 'Boyhood' wins best film at the 68th BAFTA Awards 2014 Event Mike Nichols, director of a long list of successful productions in TV, film and theater, dies at age 83 of a heart attack; Nichols was one of very few directors to earn all four major industry awards: the Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony 2014 Event Seth Meyers hosts the 66th Annual Emmy Awards; winning series include 'Modern Family' for best comedy and 'Breaking Bad' for best drama; winning actors include Julianna Margulies ('The Good Wife') and Bryan Cranston ('Breaking Bad') 2014 Event President Obama awards 24 Medals of Honor to veterans originally overlooked due to ethnic or racial bias 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 The 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are held in Los Angeles; 'American Hustle' takes top awards, actor Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win Outstanding Performance awards 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 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 2013 Event Canada awards Pakistani educational activist Malala Yousafzai honorary citizenship 2013 Event The Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles hosts the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards; award-winning television shows include 'Breaking Bad' and 'Modern Family' 2013 Event At The Tony Awards, held in New York City, Best Musical and other awards are given to the musical 'Kinky Boots', which has lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and is based on a book by Harvey Fierstein 2013 Event At the annual Billboard Music Awards, Taylor Swift wins top album, top artist, and 6 other awards 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 The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences award is established by Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook, Sergey Brin of Google and venture capitalize Yuri Milner; the prize rewards excellence in life sciences, with 11 awards and $3 million in prizes 2013 Event London hosts the 66th British Academy Film Awards, with 'Argo' winning best film, Emmanuelle Riva winning best actress and Daniel Day-Lewis winning best actor 2013 Event At the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, winners include Fun for the song 'We Are Young', Gotye featuring Kimbra for the record for 'Somebody That I Used To Know", and Mumford & Sons for the album 'Babel' 2013 Event At the 70th Golden Globe Awards, the Time Warner Inc. film 'Argo' wins for best drama and best director 2012 Event New Delhi hosts the 59th National Film Awards; 'Deool' and 'Byari' win the Award for Best Feature Film 2012 Event Eli Young Band wins song of the year for 'Crazy Girl' and Taylor Swift wins 'Entertainer of the Year' at the 2012 Academy of Country Music awards 2012 Event The film 'The Artist', wins four awards at the Spirit Awards which honors independent films 2012 Event Adele, One Direction, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran are among the winners at the 2012 BRIT Awards for British popular music 2012 Event Los Angeles, California's Staples Center hosts the 54th Grammy Awards 2012 Event At the Grammy Awards, Adele, a British singer, wins awards for the Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Album of the Year 2012 Event The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards takes place in Los Angeles, California 2011 Event The 63rd Emmy Awards for U.S television programs is held in Los Angeles, California: Mad Men wins for the outstanding drama series 2011 Event Musician Katy Perry wins the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards for Video for the Year award for her song 'Firework' 2011 Event The Academy of Country Music Awards 2010 selects Taylor Swift winner of the 2010 Entertainer of the Year award 2011 Event In Hollywood, California, the 83rd Academy Awards are held at the Kodak Theater, celebrating the best films of 2010 2011 Event At the 53rd Grammy Awards, Lady Antebellum wins the Song of the Year and Record of the Year award for the song, 'Need You Now' 2011 Event Google awards its outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt $100 million 2010 Event The 2010 Country Music Awards are held in Nashville, Tennessee; American singer Brad Paisley wins Entertainer of the Year 2010 Event The European Parliament awards Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2009 Event The International Olympic Committee awards the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro 2007 Event 79th Academy Awards hosted by Ellen DeGeneres in Hollywood 2007 Event 'The Departed' wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards 2005 Death William Proxmire, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards, died of Alzheimer's disease 2004 Event Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major 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 2004 Event 46th Grammy Awards, Coldplay, Outkast, Richard Marx, Luther Vandross, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake win major awards 2003 Event Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards 2003 Event 75th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Chicago wins Best Picture, Adrian Brody and Nicole Kidman win lead acting awards 2003 Event 45th Grammy Awards, Norah Jones and John Mayer win major awards 2002 Event Tony Awards, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Private Lives revival, and Into the Woods revival won major 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 2002 Event 44th Grammy Awards, U2, Alicia Keyes, Nelly Furtado and James Taylor win major awards 2001 Event Tony Awards, The Producers, Proof, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest revival and 42nd Street revival won major awards 2001 Event 73rd Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Gladiator wins Best Picture, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts win lead acting awards 2001 Event 43rd Grammy Awards, U2, Steely Dan, Macy Gray and Sting win major awards 2000 Event Tony Awards, Copenhagen, Contact, The Real Thing revival, and Kiss Me Kate revival won major 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 Event 42nd Grammy Awards, Santana, Sarah McLachlan and Sting win major awards 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 1999 Event 41st Grammy Awards, Celine Dion, Lauryn Hill and Eric Clapton win major awards 1998 Event 32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards 1998 Event Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards 1998 Event Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards 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 1998 Event 18th Golden Raspberry Awards 1998 Event 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1998 Event 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1998 Event 40th Grammy Awards, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, and Elton John win major awards 1998 Event 6th annual ESPY Awards 1998 Event 55th Golden Globes Awards 1998 Event 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win 1997 Event 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win 1997 Event 19th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards 1997 Event New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988 1997 Event 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1997 Event 14th MTV Awards 1997 Event 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes 1997 Event MTV Movie Awards 1997 Event 51st Tony Awards: Titanic and Last Night of Ballyhoo win 1997 Event 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines and Brooks and Dunn 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 1997 Event 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins 1997 Event 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 Event 11th Soul Train Music Awards 1997 Event 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV 1997 Event 39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck and LeAnn Rimes wins 1997 Event 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1997 Event 5th annual ESPY Awards presented 1997 Event 23rd People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 1996 Event 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1996 Event 7th Billboard Music Awards 1996 Event 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards 1996 Event 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz and Kathy Baker wins 1996 Event MTV Video Music Awards 1996 Event 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett and Smashing Pumpkins wins 1996 Event 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson 1996 Event 50th Tony Awards: Master Class and Rent win 1996 Event MTV Movie Awards 1996 Event 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain 1996 Event 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men 1996 Event 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart," Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win 1996 Event 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins 1996 Event 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins 1996 Event 2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1996 Event 38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins 1995 Event 6th Billboard Music Awards 1995 Event 17th ACE Cable Awards 1995 Event 47th Emmy Awards: NYPD Blue, ER, Fraiser and Candice Bergen wins 1995 Event 12th MTV Awards 1995 Event 1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1995 Event 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire 1995 Event 49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! and Sunset Boulevard win 1995 Event 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins 1995 Event 67th Academy Awards - "Forest Gump," Jessica Lange and Tom Hanks win 1995 Event 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins 1995 Event 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win 1995 Event Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1995 Event 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins 1995 Event 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelphia, Sheryl Crow 1995 Event 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1995 Event 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards 1994 Event 5th Billboard Music Awards 1994 Event 46th Emmy Awards: Fraiser, Picket Fences and Kelsey Grammer wins 1994 Event MTV awards feature newlyweds Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley 1994 Event 11th MTV Awards: Aerosmith, Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson win 1994 Event 48th Tony Awards: Angels in America: Perestroika and Passion win 1994 Event 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens 1994 Event 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins 1994 Event 66th Academy Awards - "Schindler's List," Tom Hanks and Holly Hunter win 1994 Event 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins 1994 Event 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win 1994 Event 20th People's Choice Awards 1994 Event 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins 1994 Event 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1994 Death Oliver Smith, U.S. set designer (Guys and Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75 1994 Event 15th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10 1993 Event 4th Billboard Music Awards 1993 Event 45th Emmy Awards: Seinfeld, Picket Fences and Ted Danson wins 1993 Event 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins 1993 Event 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill 1993 Event 47th Tony Awards: Angels in America and Kiss of the Spider Woman win 1993 Event 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins 1993 Event 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win 1993 Event 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins 1993 Event 19th People's Choice Awards 1993 Event 7th Soul Train Music Awards 1993 Event 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1993 Event 35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins 1993 Event 14th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards 1992 Event NHL awards franchises to Mimai and Anaheim (for 1994-95) 1992 Event 3rd Billboard Music Awards 1992 Event 9th MTV Awards: Howard Stern appears as Fartman 1992 Event 44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd and Dana Delane 1992 Event 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks 1992 Event 46th Tony Awards: Dancing at Lughnasa and Crazy For You win 1992 Event 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks 1992 Event 64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb," A Hopkins and Jodie Foster win 1992 Event 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins 1992 Event 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire 1992 Event 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and 'Color Me Badd' win 1992 Event 34th Grammy Awards: Unforgetable, Marc Cohn wins 1992 Event 13th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 27 awards 1992 Event 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1991 Event 2nd Billboard Music Awards 1991 Event 8th MTV Awards: REM 1991 Event 43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig 1991 Event 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton 1991 Event 45th Tony Awards: Lost in Yonkers and Will Rogers Follies win 1991 Event 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks 1991 Death David Lean, director (28 academy awards), dies of pneumonia at 83 1991 Event 63rd Academy Awards - "Dance with Wolves," Kathy Bates and J Irons win 1991 Event 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane and Ghosts Can't Do It wins 1991 Event Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1991 Event 5th Soul Train Music Awards 1991 Event 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman 1991 Event 33rd Grammy Awards: Another Day in Paradise, Mariah Carey 1991 Event 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1991 Event 12th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 25 awards 1990 Event 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins 1990 Event 42nd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk and Patricia Wettig 1990 Event 42nd Emmy Awards - LA Law and Murphy Brown win 1990 Event 7th MTV Awards: Sinead O'Connor wins 1990 Event 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards 1990 Event 2nd International Rock Awards 1990 Event 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless 1990 Event 44th Tony Awards: Grapes of Wrath and City of Angels win 1990 Event 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black and Kathy Mattea win 1990 Event President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal 1990 Event 62nd Academy Awards - "Driving Miss Daisy," D Day-Lewis, J Tandy win 1990 Event 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins 1990 Event 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson 1990 Event 16th People's Choice Awards 1990 Event 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins 1990 Event 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin 1990 Event 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins 1990 Event 11th ACE Cable Awards 1989 Event 41st Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Dana Delany and Candice Bergen win 1989 Event 6th MTV Awards: Living Colour wins 1989 Event 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis 1989 Event 43rd Tony Awards: Heidi Chronicles and Jerome Robbin's Broadway win 1989 Event 1st International Rock Awards 1989 Event 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards 1989 Event 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker 1989 Event 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams, Jr., Alabama 1989 Event 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman and Jodie Foster win 1989 Event 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins 1989 Event 15th People's Choice Awards 1989 Event 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman 1989 Event 10th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 35 awards 1988 Event Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series 1988 Event 5th MTV Awards 1988 Event 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years and Richard Kiley 1988 Event 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers 1988 Event 42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly and Phantom of the Opera win 1988 Event 1st TNN Viewers choice awards - Randy Travis wins in 5 categories 1988 Event 8th Golden Raspberry Awards: Leonard Part 6 wins 1988 Event 2nd Soul Train Music Awards 1988 Event 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams, Jr. 1988 Event 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win 1988 Event 30th Grammy Awards: Graceland, Joshua Tree, Jody Watley 1988 Event 9th ACE Cable Awards 1988 Event 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1987 Event 39th Emmy Awards: LA Law, Bruce Willis and Sharon Gless wins 1987 Event 4th MTV Awards: Peter Gabriel wins 1987 Event 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis 1987 Event 41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win 1987 Event 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr 1987 Event 59th Academy Awards - "Platoon," Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win 1987 Birthday 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins 1987 Event 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross 1987 Event 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby 1987 Event 29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins 1987 Event 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1986 Event 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young and Restless wins 1986 Event 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney and Lacey and Michael J Fox win 1986 Event 3rd MTV Awards: Whitney Houston wins 1986 Event MTV Music Awards - Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" wins 1986 Event NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms 1986 Event New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages 1986 Event 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1986 Event 40th Tony Awards: I'm Not Rappaport and Mystery of Edwin Drood win 1986 Event 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire 1986 Event 58th Academy Awards - "Out of Africa," William Hurt and G Page win 1986 Event 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo: First Blood Part II wins 1986 Event 12th People's Choice Awards 1986 Event 28th Grammy Awards: We Are the World, Sade, Phil Collins wins 1985 Event 37th Emmy Awards: Cagney and Lacey, Cosby Show and Tyne Daly win 1985 Event 2nd MTV Awards: Bruce Springsteen 1985 Event 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell 1985 Event 39th Tony Awards: Biloxi Blues and Big River win 1985 Event 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win 1985 Event 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win 1985 Event 5th Golden Raspberry Awards: Bolero wins 1985 Event Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins) 1985 Event 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards 1985 Event 27th Grammy Awards: Whats Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins 1984 Event 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly 1984 Event 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers 1984 Event 38th Tony Awards: Real Thing and La Cage Aux Folles win 1984 Event 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama 1984 Event 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall and S Maclaine win 1984 Event 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins 1984 Event 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields 1984 Event 26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8 1984 Event 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards 1983 Event 35th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, Ed Flanders and Shelley Long 1983 Event Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1983 Event 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff 1983 Event 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy and Cats win 1983 Event 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson 1983 Event 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins 1983 Event 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win 1983 Event 9th People's Choice Awards 1983 Event 25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins 1982 Event Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards 1982 Event 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda and Carol Kane 1982 Event 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell 1982 Event 36th Tony Awards: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and Nine win 1982 Event 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell 1982 Event 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins 1982 Event 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda and K Hepburn win 1982 Event 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins 1981 Event 33rd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Hill St. Blue, Judd Hirsh and Isabel Sanford wins 1981 Birthday Beyonce Knowles, born in Houston, Texas, singer, actress, dancer, song, 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)', earned six Grammy Awards, worth over $87 million dollars 1981 Event 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters 1981 Event 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus and 42nd Street win 1981 Event 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell and George Jones 1981 Event 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins 1981 Event 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win 1981 Event Emmy 8th Daytime Awards - Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time 1981 Event 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins 1981 Birthday Alicia Keys, born in New York City, New York, born Alicia Augello Cook, singer, recording artist, actress, debut album, 'Songs in A Minor', won five Grammy Awards 1980 Event Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards 1980 Event 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott 1980 Event 32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner and Barbara Bel Geddes 1980 Event 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1980 Event 34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God and Evita win 1980 Event 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins 1980 Event 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer," D Hoffman and Sally Field win 1980 Event 22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet 1979 Event 31st Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ron Leibman and Ruth Gordon 1979 Event 33rd Tony Awards: Elephant Man and Sweeny Todd win 1979 Event 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell 1979 Event 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win 1979 Birthday Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide 1979 Event 5th People's Choice Awards 1979 Event 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins 1979 Event 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey 1979 Event Entertainer of the Year Awards 1978 Birthday Usher Raymond, born in Dallas, Texas, stage name, 'Usher', recording artist, actor, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards, films include, 'In the Mix' 1978 Event 30th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win 1978 Event 32nd Tony Awards: Da and Ain't Misbehavin' win 1978 Event 50th Academy Awards - "Annie Hall," Rich Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton win 1978 Event 20th Grammy Awards: Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone wins 1978 Event 4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett and Bob Hope 1977 Event Billboard Awards 1977 Event 29th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carroll O'Conner and Bea Arthur 1977 Birthday Tom Brady, born in San Mateo, California, professional football player, quarterback, played for New England Patriots, won two Super Bowl MVP awards 1977 Event 31st Tony Awards: Shadow Box and Annie win 1977 Event 49th Academy Awards - "Rocky," Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win 1977 Event 19th Grammy Awards: This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band 1976 Event 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and M Learned 1976 Event 30th Tony Awards: Travesties and Chorus Line win 1976 Event 18th Grammy Awards: 'Love Will Keep Us Together' Record of the Year, Natalie Cole wins as best New Artist 1975 Event 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh 1975 Event 29th Tony Awards: Equus and Wiz win 1975 Event 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win 1975 Event 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win 1975 Event 2nd American Music Awards 1975 Event 1st Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King 1974 Event 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda and Mary Tyler Moore win 1974 Event 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win 1974 Event 46th Academy Awards - "Stng," Glenda Jackson and Jack Lemmon win 1974 Event 16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly, Bette Midler wins 1973 Event NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle and Vancouver franchises 1973 Event 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore 1973 Event 45th Academy Awards - "Godfather," Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians 1973 Event 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win 1973 Event 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America 1972 Event 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton 1972 Event 26th Tony Awards: Sticks and Bones and 2 Gentlemen of Verona win 1972 Event 44th Academy Awards - "French Connection," G Hackman and Jane Fonda win 1971 Event 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton 1971 Event 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton," George C Scott and Glenda Jackson win 1971 Event 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win 1971 Event 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win 1970 Event North American Soccer League awards New York and Toronto franchises 1970 Event Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million 1970 Event 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire 1970 Event 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy and Applause win 1970 Event 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne and Maggie Smith win 1970 Event 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win 1969 Event 21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams and Susan St. James 1969 Event 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win 1969 Event 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver," C Robertson and K Hepburn/Striesand win 1969 Event 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins 1968 Event NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises 1968 Event 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain 1968 Event 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win 1968 Event 40th Academy Awards - "Heat of the Night," Rod Steiger and K Hepburn win 1968 Event 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 Event 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up and Away, Sgt. Pepper's wins 4 1967 Event 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball 1967 Event 39th Academy Awards - "Man For All Seasons," E Taylor and P Scofield win 1967 Event 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming and Cabaret win 1967 Event 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards 1967 Event 9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night, Michele wins 1966 Event NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season 1966 Event NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day) 1966 Event 20th Tony Awards: Marat/Sade and Man of La Mancha win 1966 Event 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore 1966 Event 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie and L Marvin win 1966 Event 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Striesand 1965 Event AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins) 1965 Event 19th Tony Awards: Subject Was Roses and Fiddler on the Roof win 1965 Event 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win 1964 Event 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore 1964 Event 18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win 1964 Event 36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones," Sidney Poitier and Patricia Neal win 1964 Event 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2 1963 Event 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth 1963 Event 17th Tony Awards: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win 1963 Event 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft and G Peck win 1962 Event 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth 1962 Event 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons and How to Succeed win 1962 Event 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win 1961 Birthday Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1961 Event 13rd Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck 1961 Event 33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment," Burt Lancaster and Liz Taylor win 1961 Event 15th Tony Awards: Becket and Bye Bye Birdie win 1961 Event 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4 1960 Event 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt 1960 Event 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker and Fiorello! win 1960 Event 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win 1959 Birthday Paula Poundstone, comedienne, Emmy Awards 1959 Event Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Ft. Worth 1959 Birthday Al Yankovic, born in Downey, California, singer, songwriter, satirist, won three Grammy Awards, four gold records, six platinum records, sold over 12 million albums 1959 Event 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win 1959 Event 13th Tony Awards: J B and Redhead win 1959 Event 31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven win 1959 Event 11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr 1958 Event 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt 1958 Event 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win 1957 Event AAU awards Bobby Morrow, James Sullivan Memorial Trophy 1957 Event 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win 1957 Event 29th Academy Awards - "Around World in 80 Days," Bergman, Brynner win 1957 Event 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young 1956 Event 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank and Damn Yankees win 1956 Event 28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani and Ernest Borgnine win 1956 Event 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball 1955 Event 27th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront," Brando and Grace Kelly win 1955 Event 9th Tony Awards: Desperate Hours and Pajama Game win 1955 Event 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas and Loretta Young 1954 Event 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win 1954 Event 26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity," Holden and A Hepburn win 1954 Event 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor and Eve Arden wins 1953 Event 7th Tony Awards: Crucible and Wonderful Town win 1953 Event 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised) 1953 Event 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes wins 1952 Event 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win 1952 Event 24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart and Vivian Leigh win 1952 Event 4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca wins 1951 Event New York Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards 1951 Event 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday and J Ferrer win 1951 Event 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win 1951 Event 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg 1950 Event 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win 1950 Event 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford and De Havilland win 1950 Event 1st annual National Book Awards 1950 Event 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win 1949 Event 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman and Kiss Me Kate win 1949 Event U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1949 Event 21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet," Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman win 1949 Event 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale and Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win 1948 Birthday Bruce Vilanch, born in New York City, New York, comedy writer, appeared regularly with Whoopi Goldberg on Hollywood Squares, appeared in Bosom Buddies, Law & Order, wrote for show Billy Crystal, Academy Awards host 1948 Birthday Barbara Dickson, born in Dunfermline, Scotland, singer, actress, won two, Olivier Awards, musical hits include song 'I Know Him So Well' 1948 Event 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win 1948 Event 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC 1947 Event 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win 1947 Event 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win 1945 Event 17th Academy Awards - "Going my Way," Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win 1945 Birthday Thomas Brasch, born in Germany, writer, author, poet, film director, Best Director, 1981 Bavarian Film Awards 1944 Event 16th Academy Awards - "Casablanca," Jennifer Jones and Paul Lukas win 1943 Birthday Bert Jansch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, folk artist, acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of the band Pentangle, winner, BBC Folk Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award 1942 Event King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta 1942 Event George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta 1942 Event 14th Academy Awards - "How Green was My Valley," Cooper and Fontaine win 1940 Event 12th Academy Awards 'Gone with the Wind', Robert Donat and Vovoem Leigh win 1938 Event Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy 1931 Birthday Gregg Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, directed The Gregg Smith Singers, a mixed chorus of 16 singers who toured the U.S. 40 times, recorded over 100 albums, received three Grammy Awards 1929 Event 1st Academy Awards - "Wings," Emil Jennings and Janet Gaynor wins 1927 Birthday Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer, 8 Coty Awards 1927 Event Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards 1925 Birthday John Bury, born in England, theatre designer of sets, costumes, and lighting, made Amadeus with Peter Hall, nominated for multiple Tony awards 1925 Event French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings 1915 Birthday William Proxmire, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards 1914 Event French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross 1897 Birthday Frederic March, Wisconsin, actor, Dr. Jeckyll-Academy Awards 1932/1946
