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29th February

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1940: Gone with the Wind sweeps Oscars


Regarded as the most popular movie of all time, Gone with the Wind is honored with eight Oscars by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on this day. An epic romance set during the hard times faced by the South after the American Civil War, the movie swept the prestigious Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Direction, Film Editing, and Actress categories.

 

However, the most momentous award that night undoubtedly went to Hattie McDaniel for her portrayal of Mammy, a former slave. McDaniel, who won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award, was the first African-American actress or actor ever to be honored with an Oscar.



1960

American entrepreneur Hugh Heffner opens his first 'Playboy Club' in Chicago.

1956

Pakistan becomes an Islamic Republic.

1880

Completion of the 9 mile long St Gotthard Railway Tunnel linking Switzerland and Italy.

1868

Benjamin Disraeli becomes British Prime Minister.

1940

American Formula One driver Mario Andretti.

1928

British actor Joss Ackland.

1900

Greek poet, critic and diplomat George Seferis - pseudonym of Giorgos Seferiadis. 1963 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

1840

John Phillip Holland, submarine pioneer, born in Ireland.

1792

Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini.