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May 16
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In 1763, the English lexicographer, author and wit Samuel Johnson first met his future biographer, James Boswell.
In 1770, Marie Antoinette, 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The movie
"Wings" won best production; Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress, not for any one picture.
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Author Studs Terkel (1912)
Former baseball manager Billy Martin (1928)
Singer-actress Lainie Kazan (1940)
Actress Debra Winger (1955)
Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut (1955)
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"If there's anything to learn from the history of movies, it's that corruption leads to further corruption, not to
innocence."
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Pauline Kael, American movie critic.