2014 Event At the 71st Golden Globe Awards, Best Motion Picture is awarded to '12 Years a Slave'; 'American Hustle is receives the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award, with actress Amy Adams honored as Best Actress 2013 Event Research In Motion, the Canadian manufacturer of wireless devices, releases the Blackberry 10, its newest operating system for Blackberrys; the company also announces two smartphones, the Z10 and Q10 2013 Event In Sri Lanka, an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is passed by the Parliament 2011 Event The Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou receives a no-confidence motion against him after failing to hold a referendum on a eurozone bailout 1998 Death Persis Khambatta, actress, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, dies at 47 1990 Event Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating 1968 Event 1st U.S. case of space motion sickness 1968 Event Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X) 1968 Event Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system 1968 Death Leopold Infeld, Pol nuclear physcist (Motion and Relativity), dies at 69 1966 Event Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer 1966 Death Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet and writer (Motion), dies at 75 1961 Event 1st case of motion sickness in space reported 1957 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV 1952 Birthday Andrew Motion, English Poet 1938 Birthday Johnny Tillotson, born in Jacksonville, Florida, singer, Gidget, Poetry in Motion 1937 Death Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 1936 Event Pope Pius XI encyclical to U.S. bishops "On motion pictures" 1931 Event Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia" 1929 Event 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona" 1928 Death Wilhelm Wien, Germany physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64 1928 Event George Eastman shows 1st color motion pictures 1928 Event 1st all-talking motion picture shown in New York (Lights of New York) 1927 Event Louis B. Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1927 Event Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forms 1922 Death Hugo Verriest, Flemish writer/poet (Flemish Motion), dies 1921 Birthday Jack Valenti, born in Houston, Texas, Motion Picture Association of America President, created MPAA film rating system 1914 Event Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed 1913 Event Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures 1910 Event Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights 1908 Death Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 1906 Birthday Carol Reed, motion picture director, 3rd Man 1906 Event 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii 1902 Event 1st motion picture theater opens in Los Angeles 1896 Event Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, New York City) 1894 Event Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing 1891 Event Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera 1891 Event 1st motion picture shown to National Federation of Women's Clubs 1889 Event Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture 1885 Event Eastman Film Co. manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film 1878 Event 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 Birthday Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion, Nobel 1926 1870 Event 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia 1865 Birthday Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian, Motion 1864 Birthday Louis Lumiere, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895 1841 Event John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus 1830 Birthday Eadweard Muybridge, born in England, pioneered study of motion, photography 1744 Event James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)
