Alan Menken wins his third and fourth Oscars, for Beauty and the Beast's score and title song (1992)
David Bell records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “In the Pale Moonlight” (1998)
Dennis McCarthy and Kevin Kiner record their score for the two-part Star Trek: Enterprise episode “In a Mirror, Darkly” (2005)
Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Battle Lines” (1993)
Dimitri Tiomkin wins his third Oscar, for The High and the Mighty score (1955)
Ennio Morricone, inexplicably, doesn't win the Best Score Oscar for The Mission, which was pretty much the only score album anyone in Hollywood listened to during the late '80s; Herbie Hancock wins Oscar for Round Midnight score instead (1987)
Eric Clapton born (1945)
Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Rapture (1965)
John Williams begins recording his score for Jurassic Park (1993)