This Day in Oscar History: May 10 (2017)

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born

Died

Born

1888: Max Steiner (83 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {26 Noms, 3 Wins}
     Oscar Winner: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score
     Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score

1890: Clarence Brown (97 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{5 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Directing

1894: Dimitri Tiomkin (85 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {23 Noms, 4 Wins}
     Oscar Winner: Original Song, Drama/Comedy Score
     Oscar Nominee: Original Song, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score, Substantially Original Score, Original Song or Adaptation Score

1899: Fred Astaire (88 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary
     Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor
     Academy Awards Host: 23rd | 1 time

1902: Anatole Litvak (72 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Picture, Directing

1902: David O. Selznick (63 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award
     Oscar Nominee: Irving G. Thalberg Award

1945: Christina Smith (72) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Makeup

1960: Bono (57) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Original Song

1963: Rich Moore (54) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {2 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Winner: Animated Feature
     Oscar Nominee: Animated Feature

1981: Fred Berger (36) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Picture

Died

1974: Hal Mohr (79) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {2 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Winner: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color)
     Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)