Born

• 1885: Jerome Kern (60 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Song; Oscar Nominee: Song, Musical Score – 8 Noms, 2 Wins}
• 1894: Irvin Talbot (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1895: Buddy de Sylva (55 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1895: Harry Ruby (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1899: George K. Arthur (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Two-Reel Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1907: Ross Bellah (97 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1908: Richard Sokolove (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1909: Lester Novros (91 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1920: John Box (85 at death) [Pictured] [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Art Direction,
  Art Direction (Color) – 6 Noms, 4 Wins}
• 1921: Donna Reed (64 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress – 1 Nom, 1 Win}
• 1921: Bob Godfrey (90) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Animated Short Film – 4 Noms, 1 Win}
• 1928: Michael Craig (83) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1931: Mordecai Richler (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1940: James Cromwell (71) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1949: Zbigniew Rybczynski (62) {Oscar Winner: Animated Short Film – 1 Nom, 1 Win}
• 1971: Alexander Jovy (40) {Oscar Nominee: Live Action Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}

Died

• 1942: Stacy Woodard (40) {Oscar Winner: Novelty Short Film – 1 Nom, 1 Win}
• 1964: Stuart N. Lake (74) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1975: Bill Walsh (61) {Oscar Nominee: Picture, Adapted Screenplay – 2 Noms, 0 Wins}
• 1978: Oscar Homolka (79) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
• 1979: Les Bowie (65) {Oscar Winner: Visual Effects – 0 Noms, 1 Win}
• 1987: Norman McLaren (72) {Oscar Winner: Documentary Short;
  Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short, One-Reel Short Film, Live Action Short Film – 3 Noms, 1 Win}
• 1997: Cecil Lewis (98) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 1 Win}
• 2007: Walker Stuart (86) {Oscar Nominee: Live Action Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}

Released

• 1933: She Done Him Wrong (Premiere) {Best Picture Nominee, 1932/33}
• 1989: Mississippi Burning (Wide Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1988}

Ceremonies

• 2004: The 76th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 2003}