Sandy Kozel

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  The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of
  Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films
  of 1927 and 1928 and took place on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner
  held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

  AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks hosted the show. Tickets cost
  five dollars, 270 people attended the event and the presentation
  ceremony lasted fifteen minutes.

  The awards were created by Louis B. Mayer, founder of Louis B.
  Mayer Pictures Corporation (at present merged into Metro-
  Goldwyn-Mayer).
  
  

"Theme From A Summer Place" by Percy Faith began its nine
week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. It remains the
longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of
the chart and brought Faith a Grammy Award for Record of
the Year in 1961.

Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976)

Carlota Bradley

Sir Sidney Poitier is 88 years old today.

Poitier spent time working as a dishwasher while his friends
assisted him in learning how to read the newspaper and speak
without a Bahamian accent.

He became the first African American to win an Oscar after his
performance in Lilies of the Field (1963). The American Film
Institute called him one of the 25 Greatest Male Stars of All
Time in 1999.

1967

John Belmont

John Joseph Travolta is 61 years old today.