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1 Top grossing films

North America

1. West Side Story
2. Spartacus
3. El Cid
4. Lover Come Back
5. That Touch of Mink
6. tie King of Kings and The Music Man
7. Hatari! , starring John Wayne

2 Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia - Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia
• Best Actor: Gregory PeckGregory Peck ( April 5, 1916 June 12, 2003) was an American film actor. Born Eldred Gregory Peck in La Jolla, California, he was the son of a Missouri mother and a chemist called Gregory Peck, whose mother Catherine Ashe was an Irish immigrant from County - To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill A Mockingbird is a 1960 novel by Harper Lee, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. A coming of age story, it is told from the point of view of Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, the young daughter of Atticus Finch, an educated lawyer in Maycom
• Best ActressThe Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen: Anne BancroftSee: Ann Bancroft for the American explorer. Anne Bancroft (born September 17, 1931) is an American actress. Born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in The Bronx, New York, her film debut was in Don't Bother to Knock in 1952, and was a contract player in the earl - The Miracle WorkerThe Miracle Worker is a play by William Gibson based upon Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of my Life''. It tells the story of the relationship between the deaf, mute and blind Keller and Annie Sullivan, the teacher who brought the almost-feral gir

3 Births

• January 1January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other - Nancy Mette ,actress
• January 17January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 348 days remaining (349 in leap years) Events 1562 Huguenots were recognized under the Edict of St. 1773 Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circl - Jim CarreyJames Eugene Carrey (originally Carre) (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian/ American film actor, comedian, writer and producer who was born and grew up in the Toronto suburb of Newmarket, Ontario. He is best known for his manic, slapstick performances i, actor, comedian
• July 3 - Tom Cruise, actor
• September 11 - Elizabeth Daily, actress
• September 26 - Melissa Sue Anderson, actress
• October 1 - Esai Morales, actor
• November 11 - Demi Moore,US actress
• November 19 - Jodie Foster, actress and director