U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for May 16

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for May 16

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16: FIRST ACADEMY AWARDS

Profile America -- Wednesday, May 16th. The first motion picture Academy Awards were given out on this date in 1929. Unlike the big hoopla surrounding the awards now, about 270 people attended that first ceremony. The silent movie "Wings" was chosen as best picture. Many of the movie stars honored with Oscars through the years were born in May, among them Katherine Hepburn and John Wayne, along with Gary Cooper, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart. When the first Oscars were awarded in 1929, Americans spent $720 million that year going to the movies. Now, motion picture theaters generate more than $13 billion in revenue annually. Profile America is produced by the U.S. Census Bureau: Measuring America--People, Places, and Our Economy.

Sources: Chase's Calendar of Events 2012, p. 268
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970, p. 400
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012, t. 1129

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).

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