- 1930 The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next 38 years
The Hound of Baskervilles
1939 "The Hound of Baskervilles" first of 14 films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson is released
Cinderella
1957 Rodgers & Hammerstein's live television musical "Cinderella", starring Julie Andrews, with Kaye Ballard and Alice Ghostley, premieres on CBS-TV
- 1960 Gore Vidal's play "Best Man" premieres in NYC (Melvyn Douglas - Tony for Best Actor)
- 1961 8th National Film Awards (India): "Anuradha" wins the Golden Lotus
- 1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: "Can't Stop the Music" wins
Film & TV History
1983 "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," is released in the US
Music History
1990 Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, and William S. Burroughs' avant garde opera "The Black Rider" premieres March 31, 1990 at the Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
- 1991 Former "Partridge Family" star Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix, Arizona
- 1994 Actor James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking ex-girlfriend Tina Sinatra
1996 WrestleMania XII, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, CA - Shawn Michaels beats Bret Hart for WWF Heavyweight title
- 1997 "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV
Music History
2019 Elton John joins George Clooney's call to boycott hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei after Brunei plans new anti-gay laws to make homosexual sex punishable by death
