Academy Award
Winner of the Oscar for best actress, "Annie Hall"
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Academy Award
Walken wins an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 1978 film The Deer Hunter
Anti-Castro Inquiry
Investigates possible anti-Castro Cuban links to the assassination.
Anti-Castro Network Interviews
The committee conducted interviews and depositions concerning anti-Castro Cuban networks that had operated in New Orleans, Miami, and elsewhere.
Anti-Castro Network Review
The HSCA examined Sturgis within its broader inquiry into anti-Castro Cuban networks while distinguishing documented activity from assassination allegations.
Backyard Photographs
Reviews the authenticity and evidentiary value of Oswald backyard photographs.
Badge Man
To the tight of the "Badge Man" some researchers claim there is also a second person, self-proclaimed witness Gordon Arnold, who claimed in 1978 that he was filming the motorcade and heard a shot fired from his left
Badlands
Releases Badlands, a defining anthem from Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Binary Pulsar Orbital Decay
Taylor and Joel Weisberg report that the orbit of PSR B1913+16 is shrinking at the rate expected when the binary loses energy through gravitational radiation.
Castro Involvement Question
During its Cuba investigation, the committee directly raised with Fidel Castro the question of Cuban government involvement in Kennedy's assassination.
Charon
Harrington calculates the expected positions of Pluto's suspected satellite, supporting the conclusion that the observed bulge is an orbiting moon.
CIA Cooperation
Examines CIA handling of information connected to Oswald and Mexico City.
Clinton Witness Review
The HSCA found the Clinton witnesses credible and was inclined to believe that Oswald had been in Clinton, Louisiana, with Ferrie in late summer 1963.
Coma
Writes & directs, "Coma"
Coup
Publication of "The Coup"
Cuban Government Inquiry
Investigates whether the Cuban government was involved.
Cuban Witness Cooperation
The committee reported that Cuban authorities supplied written material and made citizens available for interviews during the assassination inquiry.
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Releases "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
De Lorean Car Co
The UK Labour Government invest 55 million pounds for 2,500 jobs
Deer Hunter
Directs The Deer Hunter, the picture becomes a massive critical and commercial success, and won a number of Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture
Drama
Writes and directs the gloomy drama "Interiors", in the style of the late Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, one of Allens major influences
Economy of USA
Calls for voluntary wage restraint & reduction of private borrowing
Election
First elected Governor of Arkansas, the youngest to be elected Governor since 1938
Emmy Award Lou Grant Actor
Ed Asner won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for playing newspaper editor Lou Grant.
Every Which Way But Loose
Stars in Every Which Way But Loose, one of his biggest commercial successes.
Every Which Way But Loose
Stars in Every Which Way But Loose
Family Exposure to Underworld Contacts
The HSCA described Murret as a surrogate father figure during much of Oswald's New Orleans life, making the underworld-associated uncle an important family connection.
FBI Performance
Reviews FBI investigative performance after the assassination.
Former Cuban Consuls Testimony
Former Cuban consuls Eusebio Azcue and Alfredo Mirabal were permitted to testify publicly about the Mexico City consulate and Oswald's visa effort.
Frank Sturgis Records Review
House investigators reviewed federal records on Frank Sturgis, his aliases, Cuban revolutionary service, and later anti-Castro activities.
Genesis
Joins Genesis as touring guitarist and bassist, becoming a long-term stage collaborator.
HSCA Association Assessment
The HSCA stated that the nature of the possible association between Oswald and Ferrie remained largely unexplained despite the evidence it reviewed.
HSCA Biographical File Review
The HSCA assembled and reviewed biographical material on Sturgis, including his Cuban revolutionary service and later anti-Castro activities.
HSCA CIA Counterintelligence Review
House investigators examined CIA counterintelligence handling of Oswald and Cuba-related material as part of their assessment of agency performance.
HSCA FBI Relationship Testimony
DeBruey told House investigators that Oswald had not been his informant and denied ever knowingly meeting him before the assassination investigation.
HSCA Ferrie Review
The HSCA reported that it had developed credible evidence and testimony indicating a possible association between Lee Harvey Oswald and David Ferrie.
HSCA Hosty Informant Testimony
Hosty told congressional investigators that Oswald had never been an FBI informant and that he would have known of any such Dallas relationship.
HSCA Lorenz Allegation Review
House investigators reviewed Lorenz's accounts concerning anti-Castro Cuban figures and alleged pre-assassination contacts while testing those claims against other evidence.
HSCA Marita Lorenz Evaluation
The HSCA evaluated Lorenz's statements concerning Sturgis and other anti-Castro activists rather than accepting her assassination allegations without corroboration.
HSCA No Identified Sturgis Conspiracy Role
The HSCA's final investigative work did not identify Sturgis as a proven participant in the assassination conspiracy it considered probable.
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