1940: Hattie McDaniel is the first black Oscar winner. 1964: Sidney Poitier becomes the first black man to win the Best Actor Oscar. 1969: Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn split Best Actress win. 1972: Charlie Chaplin receives an honorary Oscar, and receives the longest standing ovation in Oscar history. 2002: Halle Berry wins an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama Monster's Ball, which made her the only black woman to win a Best Actress Academy Award to date. 2007: Martin Scorsese finally wins an Oscar for best director. 2009: Heath Ledger wins a posthumous Oscar for best supporting actor. 2013: Jennifer Lawrence takes a tumble. 2014: Ellen DeGeneres takes the greatest selfie of all times! 2016: After five nominations—including one for The Aviator—and 27 years in Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar for his performance in The Revenant.