Bob Hope timeline

  • Bob Hope is Born

    Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG (born Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on... Read more

  • 12th Academy Awards

    The twelfth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, February 29, 1940 at the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel. Though the winners were... Read more

  • 14th Academy Awards

    The 14th Academy Awards may be most infamous, in retrospect, as the year in which Citizen Kane (consistently regarded as one of the greatest films... Read more

  • 15th Academy Awards

    The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Best Picture honors went to the film Mrs. Miniver.... Read more

  • 17th Academy Awards

    The 17th Academy Awards marked the first time this awards ceremony was broadcast nationally on the ABC Radio network. Through the 1940’s, the... Read more

  • 25th Academy Awards

    The 25th Academy Awards honoring the best movies of 1952, were held on March 19, 1953, from the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California and... Read more

  • 27th Academy Awards

    The 27th Academy Awards honored the best films produced in 1954. The Best Picture winner, On the Waterfront, was produced by Sam Spiegel and... Read more

  • 30th Academy Awards

    The 30th Academy Awards was the first time the entire ceremony was broadcast live. The Oscar for Writing Based on Material From Another Medium... Read more

  • 31st Academy Awards

    The telecast of the 31st Academy Awards is among the most infamous. The show’s producer Jerry Wald started cutting numbers from the show to make... Read more

  • 32nd Academy Awards

    The 32nd Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1959 on 4 April 1960. MGM's (producer Sam Zimbalist) and director William Wyler's three and... Read more

  • 33rd Academy Awards

    The 33rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1960, were held on April 17, 1961 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica,... Read more

  • 34th Academy Awards

    The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica,... Read more

  • 37th Academy Awards

    The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup. All four acting... Read more

  • 38th Academy Awards

    The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1965, were held on April 18, 1966 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica,... Read more

  • 39th Academy Awards

    The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966, were held on April 10, 1967 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica,... Read more

  • 40th Academy Awards

    The 40th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1967. Originally scheduled for 8 April 1968, the awards were postponed to two days later, 10... Read more

  • 47th Academy Awards

    The 47th Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Sammy... Read more

  • Oprah Winfrey Wins The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award

    The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was established in 2002 by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of... Read more

  • CNN Prematurely Releases Obituaries

    Multiple premature obituaries came to light on 16 April 2003, when it was discovered that pre-written draft memorials to several world figures were... Read more

  • Bob Hope Dies

    Hope had premature obituaries on two separate occasions. In 1998 a prepared obituary by The Associated Press was inadvertently released on the... Read more