The American movie industry adopted a film ratings system for the first time on October 7, 1968.
The ratings used were G for General Audiences, M for Mature, R for no one under 16 without adult supervision, and X for no one under 16. Until that point, films were unrated.
On the same day, in 1982, the musical Cats made its debut. Based on the poet T S Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, with music by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, it eventually became Broadway's longest-running musical.
It ran for 18 years, with 7,485 performances bringing in over $400 million! By the time curtains fell on the last show, on September 10, 2000, more than 10 million people had seen it.
So much for dog-lovers outnumbering lovers of cats.
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