And This Day

It's March 31st On this day in 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened. In 1930 – The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S. Although the Code was adopted in 1930, oversight was poor and it did not become effectively enforced until July 1, 1934. List of pre-Code films In 1970 – Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit. In 1976 Led Zeppelin releases "Presence" In 1998 – Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license. In 2005 – The dwarf planet Makemake (named after the Rapa Nui deity ) is discovered. Birthdays: Ewan McGregor as Bob Wilton in "The Men Who Stare at Goats" Angus Young Dennis Kamakahi Rhea Perlman in "Swap Meet" Kristian Blak Mick Ralphs Pascal Danel Christopher Walken in his first starring role as Pvt. James H. Reese in "The Happiness Cage" aka ...

It's March 30th On this day in 1842 – Ether anesthesia is used for the first time. In 1900 – Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover the first clay tablet with hieroglyphic writing in a script later called Linear B. In 1970 - Miles Davis releases "Bitches Brew" . In 1972 - Deep Purple releases "Machine Head" . In 1992 - PJ Harvey releases "Dry" . Birthdays: NF Tobias Hill "Midnight in the City of Clocks" DJ AM DJ AM Mixtape MC Hammer Tracy Chapman Paul Reiser as Modell in "Diner" Randy VanWarmer Robbie Coltrane as Rhun in "Krull" Dana Gillespie Jim "Dandy" Mangrum Terje Venaas Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin In February 1969, Ervin hijacked a plane to Cuba to evade prosecution for allegedly trying to kill a Ku Klux Klan leader. Eric Clapton Jay Traynor Kenneth Welsh Graeme Edge Warren Beatty as Joseph Frady in "The Parallax View" Karl Berger Joe Ruby Jean-Claude Brialy as Marc De...