On November 4, 1990, Dances with Wolves, a film about an
American Civil War–era soldier and a group of Sioux Native
Americans that stars Kevin Costner and also marked his
directorial debut, premiered in Los Angeles. The film, which
opened across the United States on November 21, 1990,
was a surprise box-office success and earned 12 Academy
Award nominations, including Best Actor for Costner.

Julia Roberts is known for her leading roles in films encompassing
a variety of genres, she has received multiple accolades, including
an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three
Golden Globe Awards.

Roberts also received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for
the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014).

1990

WASHINGTON (TND) — Rock star and philanthropist Jon Bon
Jovi (61) has been named the 2024 "MusiCares" Person of the
Year for his efforts to establish a successful nonprofit that helps
people in need.

Bon Jovi, who is the lead singer of the band with the same name,
said a former member of The Beatles, Paul McCartney, told him
about the honor.

Paul McCartney (81)

                  (November 7, 1946 – October 22, 1965)

In action on this day near Phu Cuong, about 35 miles northwest
of Saigon, PFC Milton Lee Olive III of Company B, 2nd Battalion,
503rd Infantry, threw himself on an enemy grenade and saved
four soldiers, including his platoon leader, 1st Lt. James Sanford.

For his actions on that day, he was posthumously awarded the
Medal of Honor.

At a ceremony on the steps of the White House, on
April 21, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson (center)
presented Olive’s Medal of Honor to his father and
stepmother (left).

Stone as a G.I. in Vietnam / 1968.

For his service, he received military honors such as the Bronze
Star with "V" Device for valor, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf
Cluster, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service
Medal with one Silver Service Star.

Film director, producer, and screenwriter William Oliver Stone is
77 years old today.

1991