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 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') 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' 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 1997 Event 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1997 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1997 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1997 Event Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time 1996 Event 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz and Kathy Baker wins 1996 Event Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time 1995 Event 47th Emmy Awards: NYPD Blue, ER, Fraiser and Candice Bergen wins 1995 Event Emmy 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time 1995 Event 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1994 Event 46th Emmy Awards: Fraiser, Picket Fences and Kelsey Grammer wins 1994 Event Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci not nominated 1994 Event 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1993 Event 45th Emmy Awards: Seinfeld, Picket Fences and Ted Danson wins 1993 Event Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time 1993 Event 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1992 Event 44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd and Dana Delane 1992 Event Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time 1992 Death Jack Arnold, actor/dir (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies at 75 1992 Death Emmy Huf, Dutch cabaret performer/writer (I Want Warm Meat), dies 1991 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1991 Event 43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig 1991 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1991 Event Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time 1991 Event 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation 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 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1990 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1990 Event 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards 1990 Event Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time 1990 Event 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1989 Event 41st Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Dana Delany and Candice Bergen win 1989 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1989 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1989 Event Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time 1989 Event Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year 1989 Event 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1988 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1988 Event 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years and Richard Kiley 1988 Event 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1988 Event Emmy 15th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 9th time 1987 Event 8th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1987 Event 39th Emmy Awards: LA Law, Bruce Willis and Sharon Gless wins 1987 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1987 Event Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time 1986 Event 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney and Lacey and Michael J Fox win 1986 Birthday Emmy Rossum, American Actress 1986 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1986 Event Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time 1985 Event 37th Emmy Awards: Cagney and Lacey, Cosby Show and Tyne Daly win 1985 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1985 Event 7th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1985 Event Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time 1984 Event 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly 1984 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1984 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1984 Event Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time 1983 Event 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1983 Event 35th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, Ed Flanders and Shelley Long 1983 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1983 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1983 Death Lynn Fontanne, Broadway's premier actress (Emmy 1965), dies at 95 1983 Event Emmy 10th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 4th time 1982 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1982 Event 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda and Carol Kane 1982 Event Emmy 9th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 3rd time 1982 Event 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1981 Event 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1981 Event 33rd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Hill St. Blue, Judd Hirsh and Isabel Sanford wins 1981 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1981 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1981 Event Emmy 8th Daytime Awards - Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time 1980 Event 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott 1980 Event 32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner and Barbara Bel Geddes 1980 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1980 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1980 Event 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation 1980 Event Emmy 7th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 1st time 1979 Event 31st Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ron Leibman and Ruth Gordon 1979 Event Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation 1979 Event 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation 1979 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1978 Event 30th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win 1978 Event Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation 1977 Event 1st Emmy Sports Award presentation 1977 Event 29th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carroll O'Conner and Bea Arthur 1977 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1977 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1977 Event Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation 1976 Event 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and M Learned 1976 Event Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1976 Event Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation 1975 Event 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh 1975 Event Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1974 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1974 Event 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda and Mary Tyler Moore win 1974 Event Emmy 1st Daytime Award presentation 1973 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1973 Event 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore 1972 Event 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton 1971 Event 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton 1970 Event 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire 1970 Death Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 1970 Birthday Tina Fey, born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, actress, writer, producer, Emmy Award winner, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', '30 Rock' television shows 1969 Event 21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams and Susan St. James 1968 Event 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain 1967 Event 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball 1967 Event Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series 1966 Event 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore 1964 Event 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore 1963 Event 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth 1962 Event 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth 1961 Event 13rd Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck 1960 Birthday Nick della Casa, British/Brazillian/Argentine cameraman, Emmy Award 1960 Event 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt 1959 Birthday Paula Poundstone, comedienne, Emmy Awards 1959 Event 11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr 1958 Event 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt 1957 Event 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young 1956 Event 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball 1955 Event 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas and Loretta Young 1954 Event 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor and Eve Arden wins 1954 Death Emmy Arbous, Dutch actress/cabaret performer (Boefje), dies at 56 1953 Event 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes wins 1952 Birthday Roseanne Barr, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, comedian, actress, television producer, won Emmy award for television series, 'Roseanne' 1952 Event 4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca wins 1951 Event 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg 1950 Event 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win 1949 Event 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale and Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win 1944 Birthday Shelley Fabares, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, singer, television debut 'Letter to Loretta', played role of Mary Stone in sitcom 'The Donna Reed Show', Primetime Emmy Award nominee for ABC sitcom 'Coach' 1930 Birthday Doris Roberts, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Angie, Maggie, Emmy 1983 1928 Birthday Donald Brooks, fashion designer, Emmy 1983 1926 Birthday Bud Yorkin, producer, All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy 1897 Birthday Emmy Arbous, Emilia J Henke, Dutch actress, Little Rascal 1893 Birthday Alfred Lunt, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Broadway actor, Emmy 1965 1891 Birthday Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author
