This Day, That Year – March 26

Charles Jenkins patented a motion-picture projector machine called the ‘Phantoscope’ this day in 1895.

Did you know that:

• Nathaniel Bowditch, founder of modern maritime navigation, was born on this day in 1773
• Robert Frost was an American poet born on this day in 1874
• Keira Knightley is an English actress born on this day in 1985