This Day, That Year – February 5

The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience in Philadelphia on this day in 1870.

Did you know that:

• The Kinematoscope was patented by Coleman Sellers on this day in 1861
• Samuel Goodale patented the first moving picture show machine on this day in 1861
• Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer born on this day in 1985