1950-04-29 Actor Sidney Poitier (23) weds model Juanita Hardy
1976-01-23 Actor Sidney Poitier (48) weds actress Joanna Shimkus
Events in the Life of Sidney Poitier
1964-03-11 21st Golden Globes: The Cardinal, Sidney Poitier, & Leslie Caron win
1964-04-13 36th Academy Awards: "Tom Jones", Best Film, Patricia Neal and Sidney Poitier win Best Actor/Actress, Poitier first black actor to win
1967-08-02 "In the Heat of the Night" directed by Norman Jewison, based on John Ball's novel of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1968)
1967-12-11 "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn, premieres in NYC (Hepburn - Academy Award for Best Actress 1968)
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