Film Awards
1939 11th Academy Awards: "You Can’t Take It With You", Spencer Tracy & Bette Davis wins
Bette Davis
Spencer Tracy
- 1940 Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio" released
Film and TV Awards
1950 7th Golden Globes: "All the King's Men", Broderick Crawford, & Olivia de Havilland win
Broderick Crawford
Olivia de Havilland
Film and TV Awards
1956 13th Golden Globes: "East of Eden", Ernest Borgnine, & Anna Magnani win
Ernest Borgnine
Anna Magnani
TV Show Appearance
1974 Teri Garr appears on "The Bob Newhart Show" in "Confessions of an Orthodontist"
Bob Newhart
Film Release
1996 "Trainspotting" directed by Danny Boyle based on the book by Irvine Welsh, starring Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle and Jonny Lee Miller opens in cinemas in the UK and Ireland
Ewan McGregor
Robert Carlyle
Event of Interest
Janusz Kamiński
- 1999 British TV drama "Queer as Folk" written by Russell T. Davies, starring Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly and Charlie Hunnam premieres on Channel 4
- 2001 32nd NAACP Image Awards: "Remember the Titans" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
- 2003 49th National Film Awards (India): "Dweepa" wins the Golden Lotus
- 2003 56th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "The Pianist" Best Film, Roman Polanski Best Director
- 2008 28th Golden Raspberry Awards: "I Know Who Killed Me" wins
- 2013 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards: "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" wins
February in History
Buried at Sea: The Casket That Carried JFK
John F. Kennedy's aides struggling to load the casket containing the slain President aboard Air Force One is an enduring image. But what happened to the casket?
February 18, 1966
Final Deadly Performance of a Twisted Actor
From a celebrated family of actors came a young man with a twisted mind whose last performance involved the death of a president.
February 20, 1817
Wonder of Woolworths Begins its Meteoric Rise
It was a simple idea: opening a store where nothing cost more than five cents. The idea caught on so quickly that Woolworth’s became a retail phenomenon.
February 22, 1878
The Man Who Re-wrote 'Offensive' Shakespeare
Thomas Bowdler, the man who re-wrote Shakespeare to remove the "offensive" bits, died on this day and added a new word – bowdlerise – to the language.
February 24, 1825