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Events on Friday 15 December 1939 1
1939Gone with the Wind premieresSelznick's Civil War epic opens in AtlantaThe film of Margaret Mitchell's novel premiered in Atlanta and starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. Adjusted for inflation, it became the highest-grossing film ever made. It won eight competitive Academy Awards, and Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar.