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1969 Academy Awards
The 1969 Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureAnne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis, producer (Universal)Butch Cassidy and…Minority Oscar Winners in Major Acting Categories: Louis Gossett, Jr.
Jennie Wood 1. Hattie McDaniel 2. José Ferrer 3. Anthony Quinn 4. Rita Moreno 5. Sidney Poitier 6. Sacheen Littlefeather 7. Louis Gossett, Jr. 8. Whoopi Goldberg 9. Mercedes Ruehl 10. Cuba…5,000-Meter Run
1912 Hannes Kolehmainen, Finland 14:36.60 1920 Joseph Guillemot, France 14:55.60 1924…1952 Olympic Individual Leading Medal Winners
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No Sport G-S-B 6 Viktor Chukarin, USSR Gymnastics 4-2-0 4 Edoardo…1964 Olympic Boxing Medalists
Weight Class Champion Flyweight (1121/2 lbs) Fernando Atzori, ITA Artur Olech, POL Stanislav Sorokin, USSR / Robert Carmody, USA Bantamweight (119) Takao Sakurai, JPN…Brewer's: Distaff
A woman. Properly the staff from which the flax was drawn in spinning. The allusion is to the ancient custom of women, who spun from morning to night. (See Spinster.) “The crown of France…1927–1928 Academy Awards
The 1927–1928 Academy Awards were presented May 16, 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, Calif.Outstanding PictureThe Racket (Caddo; Paramount Famous Lasky)7th Heaven (Fox)Wings…Summer 1900 Olympics Leading Medal Winners
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No Sport G-S-B 5 Irving Baxter, USA Track/Field 2-3-0 5 John W.…Brewer's: Gipsy
(g soft). Said to be a corruption of Egyptian, and so called because in 1418 a band of them appeared in Europe, commanded by a leader named Duke Michael of “Little Egypt.” Other…Trending
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