On this day in the year 1839 of the common era (CE) Louis Daguerre demonstrates his daguerreotype photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences; one hundred and forty years later, after losing a court battle with Polaroid over its patents, Kodak is ordered to give up its instant camera business.
On this day in 2007 CE, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.
Thirty years earlier, in 1977, the Oakland Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI. It is the Viking’s fourth straight Super Bowl loss and their last trip to the championship game.
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