1998 Persis Khambatta, actress, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, dies at 47
1990 Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating
1968 1st U.S. case of space motion sickness
1968 Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X)
1968 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
1968 Leopold Infeld, Pol nuclear physcist (Motion and Relativity), dies at 69
1966 Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer
1966 Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet and writer (Motion), dies at 75
1961 1st case of motion sickness in space reported
1957 Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV
1952 Andrew Motion, English Poet
1938 Johnny Tillotson, born in Jacksonville, Florida, singer, Gidget, Poetry in Motion
1937 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71
1936 Pope Pius XI encyclical to U.S. bishops "On motion pictures"
1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
1929 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona"
1928 Wilhelm Wien, Ger physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64
1928 George Eastman shows 1st color motion pictures (U.S.)
1928 1st all-talking motion picture shown in New York (Lights of New York)
1927 Louis B. Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
1927 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forms
1922 Hugo Verriest, Flemish writer/poet (Flemish Motion), dies
1921 Jack Valenti, President, Motion Picture Association of America
1914 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
1913 Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures
1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights
1908 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69
1906 Carol Reed, motion picture director, 3rd Man
1906 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii
1902 1st motion picture theater opens in Los Angeles
1896 Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, New York City)
1894 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing
1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
1891 1st motion picture shown to National Federation of Women's Clubs
1889 Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture
1885 Eastman Film Co. manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film
1878 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground
1870 Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion, Nobel 1926
1870 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia
1865 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian, Motion
1864 Louis Lumiere, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895
1841 John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus
1830 Eadweard Muybridge, born in England, pioneered study of motion, photography
1744 James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)
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