• 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
  • 1973: That time Marlon Brando sent a Native American to refuse his Oscar for Best Actor