1929. And the winner is... the first Academy Awards; the Oscars are presented during a banquet at Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel. The movie “Wings” wins for best production. Emil Jannings wins for Best Actor. Janet Gaynor wins for Best Actress. 1905. “Wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I will be there.” Actor Henry Fonda is born in Grand Island, Nebraska, among his movie roles: “The Grapes of Wrath”, “Twelve Angry Men” and “On Golden Pond”.

And 1990. “The Candy Man can because he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good.” Sammy Davis, Junior, Singer, dancer, actor and member of Las Vegas Rat Pack dies of cancer in Los Angeles at age 64.

Also that same year, In New York, Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, from Kermit the Frog to Sesame Street, dies of pneumonia at age 54.

Today in history, May 16th. Mike Gracia. the Associated Press