Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.












Born
1899: Victor Young (57 at death) [Pictured]
{22 Noms, 1 Win}
Oscar Winner: Drama/Comedy Score
Oscar Nominee: Song, Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score
1899: Owen Marks (61 at death)
{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Editing
1900: Robert Siodmak (72 at death) [Pictured]
{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Directing
1910: Sylvia Sidney (88 at death) [Pictured]
{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress
1911: Norman Rockett (84 at death)
{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Color)
1915: Ian McLellan Hunter (75 at death) [Pictured]
{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Screenplay
1917: Malvin Wald (90 at death) [Pictured]
{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story
1919: Dino De Laurentiis (92) [Pictured]
{1 Nom, 2 Wins}
Oscar Winner: Foreign Film, Irving G. Thalberg Award
Oscar Nominee: Foreign Film
1928: Stanley Mann (83)
{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay
1937: Dustin Hoffman (74) [Pictured]
{7 Noms, 2 Wins}
Oscar Winner: Lead Actor
Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor
1944: Peter Biziou (67) [Pictured]
{1 Nom, 1 Win}
Oscar Winner: Cinematography
Oscar Nominee: Cinematography
1949: Keith Carradine (62) [Pictured]
{1 Nom, 1 Win}
Oscar Winner: Song
Oscar Nominee: Song
1951: Martin Brest (60) [Pictured]
{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Picture, Directing
1961: Edge (50) [Pictured]
{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Song
1967: Lee Unkrich (44) [Pictured]
{2 Noms, 1 Win}
Oscar Winner: Animated Feature
Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay, Animated Feature
Died
1997: Orville H. Hampton (80)
{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay
2000: John F. Warren (91)
{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White)
2005: Barbara Bel Geddes (82)
{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress
2007: Melville Shavelson (90)
{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Story and Screenplay
2010: Patricia Neal (84)
{2 Noms, 1 Win}
Oscar Winner: Lead Actress
Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress













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