Academy Awards Ceremonies
Each year the Academy Awards honor Hollywood’s best movies and talent. We take a look at the date on which each ceremony occurred as well as the film, actor and actress who snagged Oscar gold.
May 16, 1929 - Winners at the 1st Academy Awards included “Wings”, Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor.
April 30, 1930 -Winners at the 2nd Academy Awards included “The Broadway Melody”, Warner Baxter and Mary Pickford.
November 5, 1930 - Winners at the 3rd Academy Awards included “All's Quiet on the Western Front”, George Arliss and Norma Shearer.
November 10, 1931 - Winners at the 4th Academy Awards included “Cimarron”, Lionel Barrymore and Marie Dressler.
November 18, 1932 - Winners at the 5th Academy Awards included “Grand Hotel”, Fredric March and Helen Hayes.
March 16, 1934 - Winners at the 6th Academy Awards included “Cavalcade”, Charles Laughton and Katharine Hepburn.
February 27, 1935 - Winners at the 7th Academy Awards included “It Happened One Night”, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
March 5, 1936 - Winners at the 8th Academy Awards included “Mutiny on the Bounty”, Victor McLaglen and Bette Davis.
March 4, 1937 - Winners at the 9th Academy Awards included “The Great Ziegfeld”, Paul Muni and Luise Rainer.
March 10, 1938 - Winners at the 10th Academy Awards included “The Life of Emile Zola”, Spencer Tracy and Luise Rainer.
February 23, 1939 - Winners at the 11th Academy Awards included “You Can’t Take it With You”, Spencer Tracey and Bette Davis.
February 29, 1940 - Winners at the 12th Academy Awards included “Gone With the Wind”, Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh.
February 27, 1941 - Winners at the 13th Academy Awards included “Rebecca”, James Stewart and Ginger Rogers.
February 26, 1942 - Winners at the 14th Academy Awards included “How Green Was My Valley”, Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine.
March 4, 1943 - Winners at the 15th Academy Awards included “Mrs. Miniver”, James Cagney and Greer Garson.
March 2, 1944 - Winners at the 16th Academy Awards included “Casablanca”, Paul Lukas and Jennifer Jones.
March 15, 1945 - Winners at the 17th Academy Awards included “Going My Way”, Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.
March 7, 1946 - Winners at the 18th Academy Awards included “The Lost Weekend”, Ray Milland and Joan Crawford.
March 13, 1947 - Winners at the 19th Academy Awards included “The Best Years of Our Lives”, Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland.
March 20, 1948 - Winners at the 20th Academy Awards included “Gentlemen’s Agreement”, Ronald Coleman and Loretta Young.
March 24, 1949 - Winners at the 21st Academy Awards included “Hamlet”, Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman.
March 23, 1950 - Winners at the 22nd Academy Awards included “All the King’s Men”, Broderick Crawford and Olivia de Havilland.
March 29, 1951 - Winners at the 23rd Academy Awards included “All About Eve”, Jose Ferrer and Judy Holliday
March 20, 1952 - Winners at the 24th Academy Awards included “An American in Paris”, Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh.
March 19, 1953 - Winners at the 25th Academy Awards included “The Greatest Show on Earth”, Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth.
March 25, 1954 - Winners at the 26th Academy Awards included “From Here to Eternity”, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn.
March 30, 1955 - Winners at the 27th Academy Awards included “On the Waterfront”, Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly.
March 21, 1956 - Winners at the 28th Academy Awards included “Marty”, Ernest Borgnine and Anna Magnani.
March 27, 1957 - Winners at the 29th Academy Awards included “Around the World in 80 Days”, Yul Brynner and Ingrid Bergman.
March 26, 1958 - Winners at the 30th Academy Awards included “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, Alec Guiness and Joanne Woodward.
April 6, 1959 - Winners at the 31st Academy Awards included “Gigi”, David Niven and Susan Hayward.
April 4, 1960 - Winners at the 32nd Academy Awards included “Ben-Hur”, Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret.
April 17, 1961 - Winners at the 33rd Academy Awards included “The Apartment”, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor.
April 9, 1962 - Winners at the 34th Academy Awards included “West Side Story”, Maximilian Schell and Sophia Loren.
April 8, 1963 - Winners at the 35th Academy Awards included “Lawrence of Arabia”, Gregory Peck and Anne Bancroft.
April 13, 1964 - Winners at the 36th Academy Awards included “Tom Jones”, Sidney Poitier and Patricia Neal.
April 5, 1965 - Winners at the 37th Academy Awards included “My Fair Lady”, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews.
April 18, 1966 - Winners at the 38th Academy Awards included “The Sound of Music”, Lee Marvin and Julie Christie.
April 10, 1967 - Winners at the 39th Academy Awards included “A Man for All Seasons”, Paul Scofield and Elizabeth Taylor.
April 10, 1968 - Winners at the 40th Academy Awards included “In the Heat of the Night”, Rod Steiger and Katharine Hepburn.
April 14, 1969 - Winners at the 41st Academy Awards included “Oliver!”, Cliff Robertson, Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
April 7, 1970 - Winners at the 42nd Academy Awards included “”Midnight Cowboy”, John Wayne and Maggie Smith.
April 15, 1971 - Winners at the 43rd Academy Awards included “Patton”, George C. Scott and Glenda Jackson.
April 10, 1972 - Winners at the 44th Academy Awards included “The French Connection”, Gene Hackman and Jane Fonda.
March 27, 1973 - Winners at the 45th Academy Awards included “The Godfather”, Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli.
April 2, 1974 - Winners at the 46th Academy Awards included “The Sting”, Jack Lemmon and Glenda Jackson.
April 8, 1975 - Winners at the 47th Academy Awards included “The Godfather II”, Art Carney and Ellen Burstyn.
March 29, 1976 - Winners at the 48th Academy Awards included “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher.
March 28, 1977 - Winners at the 49th Academy Awards included “Rocky”, Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway.
April 3, 1978 - Winners at the 50th Academy Awards included “Annie Hall”, Richard Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton.
April 9, 1979 - Winners at the 51st Academy Awards included “The Deer Hunter”, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda.
April 14, 1980 - Winners at the 52nd Academy Awards included “Kramer vs. Kramer”, Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field.
March 31, 1981 - Winners at the 53rd Academy Awards included “Ordinary People”, Robert De Niro and Sissy Spacek.
March 29, 1982 - Winners at the 54th Academy Awards included “Chariots of Fire”, Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn.
April 11, 1983 - Winners at the 55th Academy Awards included “Gandhi”, Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep.
April 9, 1984 - Winners at the 56th Academy Awards included “Terms of Endearment”, Robert DuVall and Shirley MacLaine.
March 25, 1985 - Winners at the 57th Academy Awards included “Amadeus”, F. Murray Abraham and Sally Field.
March 24, 1986 - Winners at the 58th Academy Awards included “Out of Africa”, William Hurt and Geraldine Page.
March 30, 1987 - Winners at the 59th Academy Awards included “Platoon”, Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin.
April 11, 1988 - Winners at the 60th Academy Awards included “The Last Emperor”, Michael Douglas and Cher.
April 29, 1989 - Winners at the 61st Academy Awards included “Rain Man”, Dustin Hoffman and Jodie Foster.
March 26, 1990 - Winners at the 62nd Academy Awards included “Driving Miss Daisy”, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jessica Tandy.
March 25, 1991 - Winners at the 63rd Academy Awards included “Dances With Wolves”, Jeremy Irons and Kathy Bates.
March 30, 1992 - Winners at the 64th Academy Awards included “The Silence of the Lambs”, Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
March 29, 1993 - Winners at the 65th Academy Awards included “Unforgiven”, Al Pacino and Emma Thompson.
March 21, 1994 - Winners at the 66th Academy Awards included “Schindler’s List”, Tom Hanks and Holly Hunter.
March 27, 1995 - Winners at the 67th Academy Awards included “Forrest Gump”, Tom Hanks and Jessica Lange.
March 25, 1996 - Winners at the 68th Academy Awards included “Braveheart”, Nicolas Cage and Susan Sarandon.
March 24, 1997 - Winners at the 69th Academy Awards included “The English Patient”, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand.
March 23, 1998 - Winners at the 70th Academy Awards included “Titanic”, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt.
March 21, 1999 - Winners at the 71st Academy Awards included “Shakespeare in Love”, Roberto Benigni and Gwyneth Paltrow.
March 26, 2000 - Winners at the 72nd Academy Awards included “American Beauty”, Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank.
March 25, 2001 - Winners at the 73rd Academy Awards included “Gladiator”, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts.
March 24, 2002 - Winners at the 74th Academy Awards included “A Beautiful Mind”, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.
March 23, 2003 - Winners at the 75th Academy Awards included “Chicago”, Adrien Brody and Nicole Kidman.
February 29, 2004 - Winners at the 76th Academy Awards included “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”, Sean Penn and Charlize Theron.
February 27, 2005 - Winners at the 77th Academy Awards included “Million Dollar Baby”, Jamie Foxx and Hilary Swank.
March 5, 2006 - Winners at the 78th Academy Awards included “Crash”, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Reese Witherspoon.
February 25, 2007 - Winners at the 79th Academy Awards included “The Departed”, Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren.
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May 16, 1929 - Winners at the 1st Academy Awards included “Wings”, Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor.
April 30, 1930 -Winners at the 2nd Academy Awards included “The Broadway Melody”, Warner Baxter and Mary Pickford.
November 5, 1930 - Winners at the 3rd Academy Awards included “All's Quiet on the Western Front”, George Arliss and Norma Shearer.
November 10, 1931 - Winners at the 4th Academy Awards included “Cimarron”, Lionel Barrymore and Marie Dressler.
November 18, 1932 - Winners at the 5th Academy Awards included “Grand Hotel”, Fredric March and Helen Hayes.
March 16, 1934 - Winners at the 6th Academy Awards included “Cavalcade”, Charles Laughton and Katharine Hepburn.
February 27, 1935 - Winners at the 7th Academy Awards included “It Happened One Night”, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
March 5, 1936 - Winners at the 8th Academy Awards included “Mutiny on the Bounty”, Victor McLaglen and Bette Davis.
March 4, 1937 - Winners at the 9th Academy Awards included “The Great Ziegfeld”, Paul Muni and Luise Rainer.
March 10, 1938 - Winners at the 10th Academy Awards included “The Life of Emile Zola”, Spencer Tracy and Luise Rainer.
February 23, 1939 - Winners at the 11th Academy Awards included “You Can’t Take it With You”, Spencer Tracey and Bette Davis.
February 29, 1940 - Winners at the 12th Academy Awards included “Gone With the Wind”, Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh.
February 27, 1941 - Winners at the 13th Academy Awards included “Rebecca”, James Stewart and Ginger Rogers.
February 26, 1942 - Winners at the 14th Academy Awards included “How Green Was My Valley”, Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine.
March 4, 1943 - Winners at the 15th Academy Awards included “Mrs. Miniver”, James Cagney and Greer Garson.
March 2, 1944 - Winners at the 16th Academy Awards included “Casablanca”, Paul Lukas and Jennifer Jones.
March 15, 1945 - Winners at the 17th Academy Awards included “Going My Way”, Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.
March 7, 1946 - Winners at the 18th Academy Awards included “The Lost Weekend”, Ray Milland and Joan Crawford.
March 13, 1947 - Winners at the 19th Academy Awards included “The Best Years of Our Lives”, Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland.
March 20, 1948 - Winners at the 20th Academy Awards included “Gentlemen’s Agreement”, Ronald Coleman and Loretta Young.
March 24, 1949 - Winners at the 21st Academy Awards included “Hamlet”, Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman.
March 23, 1950 - Winners at the 22nd Academy Awards included “All the King’s Men”, Broderick Crawford and Olivia de Havilland.
March 29, 1951 - Winners at the 23rd Academy Awards included “All About Eve”, Jose Ferrer and Judy Holliday
March 20, 1952 - Winners at the 24th Academy Awards included “An American in Paris”, Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh.
March 19, 1953 - Winners at the 25th Academy Awards included “The Greatest Show on Earth”, Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth.
March 25, 1954 - Winners at the 26th Academy Awards included “From Here to Eternity”, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn.
March 30, 1955 - Winners at the 27th Academy Awards included “On the Waterfront”, Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly.
March 21, 1956 - Winners at the 28th Academy Awards included “Marty”, Ernest Borgnine and Anna Magnani.
March 27, 1957 - Winners at the 29th Academy Awards included “Around the World in 80 Days”, Yul Brynner and Ingrid Bergman.
March 26, 1958 - Winners at the 30th Academy Awards included “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, Alec Guiness and Joanne Woodward.
April 6, 1959 - Winners at the 31st Academy Awards included “Gigi”, David Niven and Susan Hayward.
April 4, 1960 - Winners at the 32nd Academy Awards included “Ben-Hur”, Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret.
April 17, 1961 - Winners at the 33rd Academy Awards included “The Apartment”, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor.
April 9, 1962 - Winners at the 34th Academy Awards included “West Side Story”, Maximilian Schell and Sophia Loren.
April 8, 1963 - Winners at the 35th Academy Awards included “Lawrence of Arabia”, Gregory Peck and Anne Bancroft.
April 13, 1964 - Winners at the 36th Academy Awards included “Tom Jones”, Sidney Poitier and Patricia Neal.
April 5, 1965 - Winners at the 37th Academy Awards included “My Fair Lady”, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews.
April 18, 1966 - Winners at the 38th Academy Awards included “The Sound of Music”, Lee Marvin and Julie Christie.
April 10, 1967 - Winners at the 39th Academy Awards included “A Man for All Seasons”, Paul Scofield and Elizabeth Taylor.
April 10, 1968 - Winners at the 40th Academy Awards included “In the Heat of the Night”, Rod Steiger and Katharine Hepburn.
April 14, 1969 - Winners at the 41st Academy Awards included “Oliver!”, Cliff Robertson, Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
April 7, 1970 - Winners at the 42nd Academy Awards included “”Midnight Cowboy”, John Wayne and Maggie Smith.
April 15, 1971 - Winners at the 43rd Academy Awards included “Patton”, George C. Scott and Glenda Jackson.
April 10, 1972 - Winners at the 44th Academy Awards included “The French Connection”, Gene Hackman and Jane Fonda.
March 27, 1973 - Winners at the 45th Academy Awards included “The Godfather”, Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli.
April 2, 1974 - Winners at the 46th Academy Awards included “The Sting”, Jack Lemmon and Glenda Jackson.
April 8, 1975 - Winners at the 47th Academy Awards included “The Godfather II”, Art Carney and Ellen Burstyn.
March 29, 1976 - Winners at the 48th Academy Awards included “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher.
March 28, 1977 - Winners at the 49th Academy Awards included “Rocky”, Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway.
April 3, 1978 - Winners at the 50th Academy Awards included “Annie Hall”, Richard Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton.
April 9, 1979 - Winners at the 51st Academy Awards included “The Deer Hunter”, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda.
April 14, 1980 - Winners at the 52nd Academy Awards included “Kramer vs. Kramer”, Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field.
March 31, 1981 - Winners at the 53rd Academy Awards included “Ordinary People”, Robert De Niro and Sissy Spacek.
March 29, 1982 - Winners at the 54th Academy Awards included “Chariots of Fire”, Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn.
April 11, 1983 - Winners at the 55th Academy Awards included “Gandhi”, Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep.
April 9, 1984 - Winners at the 56th Academy Awards included “Terms of Endearment”, Robert DuVall and Shirley MacLaine.
March 25, 1985 - Winners at the 57th Academy Awards included “Amadeus”, F. Murray Abraham and Sally Field.
March 24, 1986 - Winners at the 58th Academy Awards included “Out of Africa”, William Hurt and Geraldine Page.
March 30, 1987 - Winners at the 59th Academy Awards included “Platoon”, Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin.
April 11, 1988 - Winners at the 60th Academy Awards included “The Last Emperor”, Michael Douglas and Cher.
April 29, 1989 - Winners at the 61st Academy Awards included “Rain Man”, Dustin Hoffman and Jodie Foster.
March 26, 1990 - Winners at the 62nd Academy Awards included “Driving Miss Daisy”, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jessica Tandy.
March 25, 1991 - Winners at the 63rd Academy Awards included “Dances With Wolves”, Jeremy Irons and Kathy Bates.
March 30, 1992 - Winners at the 64th Academy Awards included “The Silence of the Lambs”, Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
March 29, 1993 - Winners at the 65th Academy Awards included “Unforgiven”, Al Pacino and Emma Thompson.
March 21, 1994 - Winners at the 66th Academy Awards included “Schindler’s List”, Tom Hanks and Holly Hunter.
March 27, 1995 - Winners at the 67th Academy Awards included “Forrest Gump”, Tom Hanks and Jessica Lange.
March 25, 1996 - Winners at the 68th Academy Awards included “Braveheart”, Nicolas Cage and Susan Sarandon.
March 24, 1997 - Winners at the 69th Academy Awards included “The English Patient”, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand.
March 23, 1998 - Winners at the 70th Academy Awards included “Titanic”, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt.
March 21, 1999 - Winners at the 71st Academy Awards included “Shakespeare in Love”, Roberto Benigni and Gwyneth Paltrow.
March 26, 2000 - Winners at the 72nd Academy Awards included “American Beauty”, Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank.
March 25, 2001 - Winners at the 73rd Academy Awards included “Gladiator”, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts.
March 24, 2002 - Winners at the 74th Academy Awards included “A Beautiful Mind”, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.
March 23, 2003 - Winners at the 75th Academy Awards included “Chicago”, Adrien Brody and Nicole Kidman.
February 29, 2004 - Winners at the 76th Academy Awards included “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”, Sean Penn and Charlize Theron.
February 27, 2005 - Winners at the 77th Academy Awards included “Million Dollar Baby”, Jamie Foxx and Hilary Swank.
March 5, 2006 - Winners at the 78th Academy Awards included “Crash”, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Reese Witherspoon.
February 25, 2007 - Winners at the 79th Academy Awards included “The Departed”, Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren.
Don’t forget about the Today In History Newsletter!
Be sure to read my article Best Picture Nominees Who Lost Out at my site!
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