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February 21st: Edwin Land Demonstrates The First “Instant Camera”

February 21, 2023
In New York City on February 21, 1947, Edwin Land, an American scientist and inventor, demonstrated the first instant camera, the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. The camera, which he had been working on for many years, was the first to produce self-developing…

February 16th: The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945 is Signed Into Law

February 16, 2023
The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945 was a landmark piece of legislation in the history of the United States, as it was the first anti-discrimination law to be signed into law by a state or territory. The act prohibited discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis…
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