This Day, That Year – December 29

Charles Macintosh, the inventor of waterproof fabric, was born on this day in 1776.

Did you know that:

• Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime “Harlequin and Mother Goose” opened at the Covent Garden Theatre, London on this day in 1806
• The steam-powered threshing machine was patented by John Avery and Hiram Abial Pitts on this day in 1837
• Jude Law is an English actor born on this day in 1972