At about the age of eighteen, he went to Athens to continue his education at Plato's Academy.

* 1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.

At the age of 25, he was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences, France's most elite scientific society, for an essay on street lighting and in recognition of his earlier research.

* 1969 – At the U. S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.

At the 1st Academy Awards, Chaplin was given a special award " For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.

At that time, a friend " Swede " Hazlet was applying to the Naval Academy and urged Dwight to apply to the school, since no tuition was required.

At each failure he became increasingly frustrated with the Academy for denying him the prize, and this dissatisfaction sowed the seeds of a long-standing grudge against the institution.

At the 1993 British Academy Awards ( BAFTA ) the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film was introduced.

* 1996 – At the Academy Awards ceremony, director Quincy Jones organised a tribute to the just-deceased Kelly, in which Savion Glover performed the dance to " Singin ' in the Rain ".

At the request of Azam, Paul Broca, and others, the French Academy of Science, who had examined Mesmerism in 1784, examined Braid's writings shortly after his demise.

* 1802 – At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.

At the beginning of July 1863, Booth finished the acting season at Cleveland's Academy of Music, as the Battle of Gettysburg raged in Pennsylvania.

At the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony, Brando refused to accept the Oscar for his performance in The Godfather.

At the Academy, he was moved by the Neo-classical art of the Renaissance and paid close attention to the works of Michelangelo and Raphael.

At the 82nd Academy Awards Sheedy, Hall, Ringwald and Nelson all appeared in a tribute to John Hughes, along with other actors who had worked with Hughes, including Jon Cryer from Pretty in Pink, Matthew Broderick from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Macaulay Culkin from Home Alone.

At the 33rd Academy Awards, the score was nominated for Best Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, losing to Ernest Gold's score for Exodus.

At the age of 17, with the help of his father, Grant was nominated by Congressman Thomas L. Hamer for a position at the United States Military Academy ( USMA ) at West Point, New York.

At first Hertz thought the electrical disturbances would be too turbulent and irregular to be of any further use, but when he had discovered the existence of a neutral point in the middle of a side-conductor, and therefore of a clear and orderly phenomenon, he felt convinced that the problem of the Berlin Academy was now capable of solution.

** At the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, Ben-Hur wins a record number of Oscars, including Best Picture.

* April 5 – At the 37th Academy Awards, My Fair Lady wins 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

* July 4 – At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.

At the age of 19, soon after his graduation for college, Gibbs was inducted into the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, a scholarly institution composed primarily of members of the Yale faculty.

At the 2007 British Soap Awards, it won Best Storyline, and Kate Ford was voted Best Actress for her portrayal.

At the 1996 British Comedy Awards the show won Top Channel 4 Sitcom Award, McLynn took the Top TV Comedy Actress award.

At the 29th Golden Globe Awards, Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon received a nomination for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy film, respectively.

At the 1998 Golden Globe Awards, he was nominated for " Best Actor in a Made for TV Movie " for his role in Twelve Angry Men losing to Ving Rhames.

* 1949 – At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.

At the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, the creative music video for " Virtual Insanity " won four awards ; Best Video, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, and Breakthrough Video, and the band performed the song at the ceremony.

At the 2012 Golden Globe Awards Kelsey Grammer won the award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama for his role on Boss.

At the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007 the production won both the Best Actor award for Stewart, and the Best Director award for Goold.

At the 2005 NME Awards, New Order and Joy Division received the award for " Godlike Geniuses " ( for lifetime achievement ).

At the 33rd Grammy Awards, Abdul won her first Grammy for Best Music Video for " Opposites Attract ", She was also nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her song " Straight Up " but it lost to Bonnie Raitt's " Nick of Time ".

At the March 1969 Grammy Awards, " Mrs. Robinson " was named Record of the Year, while Simon was also honored with the Grammy for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special.

At the Grammy Awards of 1976, the Judy Collins performance of the song was named " Song of the Year ".

At the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards, Kavner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for voicing Marge in the season three episode " I Married Marge ".

At a gala in Monaco, organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF ), she was declared the " Female Athlete of the Century ".

At the party, Triplette tries to persuade Haven to perform at the Walker gala by telling him that if Walker is elected, Walker would back Haven for state governor.

At the gala opening evening on July 28, a live auction will be held and among the items to be auctioned will be the large white sawhorse which was left in Morris's place when he was kidnapped, and a one of a kind glass bead " Morris ", designed and created by Tryon Master Bead Artist Julie McIntyre.

At a December 5, 2010 gala in Washington, D. C. he was honored with musical performances by Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Jamey Johnson, Kid Rock, Miranda Lambert and Brad Paisley.

At that gala, was proclaimed winner singer Rosa Lopez, who also won the third edition of ¡ Mira quién baila !.

At the 16th SOCAN gala, his song " Je Ferai Tout ," was listed among the top ten most played francophone songs on the radio.

At the inaugural Autosport Awards gala, Mouton won the International Rally Driver of the Year award.

" At a NYGASP gala at Symphony Space in 1987, Reed proposed on stage to noted sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

For the 2007 premiere of the third installment of the trilogy, the Rivers of America was once again home to the gala for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

At the 1926 gala opening of the Miami Biltmore Country Club, Dr. Frank Crane predicted that " many people will come and go, but this structure will remain a thing of lasting beauty.

At a gala for Sony executives, Starr gave a copy of Carey's demo tape to Tommy Mottola, CEO of Columbia Records.

At the same time, however, it notes that “ rugby league is, generally, missing a recreational game that keeps people playing the sport when they drop out of the so-called elite stream .” To combat this, the ARL is investing programs, modified rules and gala days to increase senior participation such as the ARL Masters Carnival.