Barbra Streisand caused some measure or notoriety when she accepted her Oscar wearing a black chiffon pantsuit that didn't leave much to the imagination.
The was the first Oscar presentation to be held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in the Los Angeles Music Center. This would be home to the Oscars for the next two decades.
Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand's Best Actress tie would be the second tie, to date, The (2009), in a major Oscar category. The only other occurred in 1932, between Wallace Beery for The Champ (1931) and Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931).
The Best Picture winner that year, "Oliver!," was the last (as of 2010) G-rated Best Picture, and the last musical to win the title for 35 years, until 2003's "Chicago."