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  • 1940: Hattie McDaniel becomes first Black actor to win Best Supporting Actress at Oscars.
  • 1963: Sidney Poitier becomes first Black actor to win Best Actor at Oscars.
  • 1967: Alfred Hitchcock delivers shortest acceptance speech in Oscars history
  • 1972: Charlie Chaplin receives the longest standing ovation in Oscar history