Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born

1905: Jack Patrick (90 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story

1916: Stanley Roberts (65 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Screenplay

1921: Bob Merrill (76 at death) [Pictured]

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Original Song

1926: Stan Jolley (86) [Pictured]

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Art Direction

1927: Jean-Louis Richard (85) [Pictured]

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay

1935: Dennis Potter (59 at death) [Pictured]

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay

1936: Dennis Hopper (76) [Pictured]

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay

1940: Marcel Lozinski (72) [Pictured]

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short

1950: Howard Ashman (40 at death) [Pictured]

  {7 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Winner: Original Song
     Oscar Nominee: Original Song

1955: Elizabeth McBride (42 at death) [Pictured]

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Costume Design

1961: Enya (51) [Pictured]

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Original Song

1965: Trent Reznor (47) [Pictured]

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Winner: Original Score
     Oscar Nominee: Original Score

Died

1968: Carroll Clark (74)

  {7 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Winner: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Plaque)
     Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color)

1981: Hugo Friedhofer (80)

  {9 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Winner: Drama/Comedy Score
     Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Scoring

1988: Guy Glover (77)

  {3 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Animated Short Film

2006: Cy Feuer (95)

  {6 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominee: Picture, Scoring, Drama Score, Musical Score