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 […]

