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AL PACINO IS 72 TODAY

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Scent of a Woman (1992)

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Scent of a Woman won Al Pacino the Academy Award for Best
Actor
in 1993

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SUPPORTING ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1915

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Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca
(April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001)

Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and
writer. He starred in many critically acclaimed films, including Zorba the
Greek
(1964), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and The Guns of Navarone
(1961).
Quinn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice;
for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956.

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A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER ~1994

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WILLIAM HOLDEN WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1918

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      William Holden
(April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981)
 

Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1954 and the Emmy
Award
for Best Actor in 1974. He is one of the most popular and well
known movie stars of all time, Holden was one of the biggest box office
draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the
Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American
Film Institute
‘s 100 Years…100 Stars list as number 25. He starred
in some of the most popular and critically acclaimed films of all time,
including such blockbusters as The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957),
The Wild Bunch
(1969), The Towering Inferno (1974), and Network
(1976).
 

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FIRST MISSION FAILURE ON THIS DAY IN 1970

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Apollo 13 crew from left: Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, Command Module 
Pilot Jack Swigert, and Commander James Lovell.

 

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The Medal of Freedom

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The Apollo 13 astronauts receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Richard Nixon

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