Tag: May 16

• This Day in Pop Culture for May 16

  

  1929: And the Winner Is… Back on this day in 1929, the very first Academy Awards presentation was held during a private dinner for 270 guests at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Unlike the award ceremonies today, 15 statuettes were awarded in about 15 minutes. Believe it or not, the media were given the list of…

  Jeffrey Totey

  May 16, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  Annie Get Your Gun, Mary Wells, May 16, Motown, Oscars, The Academy Awards, Top Gun