On this day

1839 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.

1951 - The United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.

1986 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak exits the instant camera business.

Deaths :

1995 - Peter Cook, British actor and Comedian (b.1937)

1939 - Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor(b.1866)

1873 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (b.1808)

Births :

1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d.1986)

1978 - Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer

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