Under the law of war, a state may incorporate a paramilitary organization or armed agency (such as a national police or a private volunteer militia) into its combatant armed forces.
In 1969, the Academy Awards ceremony became the first major event staged at the new Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of Los Angeles County. The ceremonies returned to the Shrine Auditorium in 1988 for the first time in 40 years.
The Very First Oscar Winner. The very first person to receive an Academy Award didn't attend the first Academy Awards ceremony. Emil Jannings, the winner for Best Actor in the 1927-28 Academy Awards, had decided to go back to his home in Germany before the ceremony. Before he left for his trip, Jannings was handed the very first Academy Award.