Historical Events
Film Awards
12th Academy Awards: "Gone with the Wind" wins eight Oscars, Robert Donat & Vivien Leigh also win
Vivien Leigh
Robert Donat
- Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations
- Frederic from G & S "Pirates of Penzance" finally released by pirate
Event of Interest
Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st African American woman to win an Oscar for "Gone with the Wind"
Hattie McDaniel
Famous Birthdays
- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
- Gretchen Christopher, British(?) pop singer
Famous Deaths
- Edward Frederic Benson, English novelist, dies at 72