On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs Unveiled Apple’s 1st iPhone

On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs took the stage at the Macworld Convention in San Francisco to unveil the original iPhone, a moment widely regarded as one of the most iconic product debuts in tech history.

Jobs teased the audience by announcing three separate revolutionary products:

• A widescreen iPod with touch controls
• A revolutionary mobile phone
• A breakthrough internet communications device

He then revealed: “These are not three separate devices, this is one device, and we are calling it iPhone.”

Jobs famously mocked existing smartphones of the era (like the BlackBerry and Palm Treo) for using physical keyboards and plastic styluses. Apple introduced multi-touch technology, allowing users to navigate entirely with their fingers: “Who wants a stylus? You have to get ’em, put ’em away, you lose ’em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus. So let’s not use a stylus.”

The original iPhone featured a 3.5-inch display (320×480 resolution), a 2-megapixel camera, up to 8GB or 16GB of storage, and ran on AT&T's 2G EDGE network. The device went on sale in the United States on June 29, 2007, starting at $490, and fundamentally redefined consumer electronics, mobile computing, and app-driven ecosystems.

30 Stunning Portraits of a Very Young and Beautiful Bessie Love in 1910s

Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton; September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986) was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound film. Known for her diminutive stature, expressive eyes, and naturalistic style, her career took off almost immediately upon entering the industry in 1915.

Seeking work to help support her family, she visited the studio lot of legendary director D. W. Griffith. Griffith signed her, renamed her Bessie Love, and immediately recognized her potential, nicknaming her “Our Mary” after Mary Pickford due to her innocent and emotive screen presence.

Griffith cast her in small parts in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and as the Bride of Cana in his monumental spectacle Intolerance (1916). Under Griffith’s Triangle Fine Arts company, she co-starred with top silent icons of the era, including Douglas Fairbanks and William S. Hart . By late 1916 and 1917, she was headlining feature melodramas such as A Sister of Six (1916) and Nina, the Flower Girl (1917).

As the studio system evolved in the late 1910s, Love sought creative independence and better compensation. She was enticed away from Triangle by Pathé with a lucrative contract. Demonstrating an early eye for production detail, her contract gave her the rare authority to select her own cinematographer; she chose Clyde De Vinna, who later became an Academy Award-winning cinematographer.

Later in 1918, she signed a multi-film deal with Vitagraph Studios. During this era, she expanded into screenwriting, authoring the scenario for her 1919 feature A Yankee Princess.

Throughout the 1910s, Love was typically cast as the delicate heroine, the dutiful daughter, or the wholesome young girl in peril. Despite being typecast in sweet roles, film critics frequently singled out her performances for their “unaffected” and earnest quality, laying the groundwork for her eventual shift to flapper roles in the 1920s and her Oscar-nominated performance in The Broadway Melody (1929).

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20 Photographs Taken From a Camera Showing Flight 175 Approaching the South Tower on September 11, 2001

On the morning of September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 175 was a domestic passenger flight hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists. The Boeing 767 departed from Boston's Logan International Airport bound for Los Angeles.

At approximately 9:03 a.m. EDT, 17 minutes after American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower, Flight 175 was deliberately flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact occurred between the 77th and 85th floors.

The event was broadcast live by numerous media outlets that were already covering the attack on the North Tower. The collision caused a massive explosion and fire, killing all 65 people on board and hundreds more inside the building.

The impact of the plane, combined with the intense fire from the jet fuel, severely damaged the South Tower’s structural integrity, and it collapsed 56 minutes later at 9:59 a.m.

Most imagery of Flight 175 is from video footage, since dozens of news crews and amateur videographers in New York were already filming after Flight 11 struck the North Tower. Still photographs of Flight 175 in the air are very rare. A few professional and amateur photographers with still cameras captured it by chance.

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Hazel Court: Glamorous Scream Queen of Classic Horror

Hazel Court (1926–2008) was a British actress best known for her memorable roles in 1950s and 1960s horror films. With her striking red hair and elegant presence, she became a popular leading lady in British cinema before achieving cult status in the genre.

Court starred in Hammer Films’ The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and later appeared in several of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, including The Premature Burial (1962), The Raven (1963), and The Masque of the Red Death (1964).

Often celebrated as a classic “scream queen,” Court combined beauty, poise, and dramatic intensity, leaving a lasting mark on mid-century horror cinema. These vintage photos capture the beauty, elegance, and memorable screen presence of Hazel Court, a true icon of classic horror films.

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One of the Last Photos of the Passengers Boarding American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001

This photograph captures passengers walking down the jetway/gate area at Washington Dulles International Airport to board American Airlines Flight 77 on the morning of September 11, 2001.

Flight 77 was a scheduled transcontinental flight from Dulles to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) using a Boeing 757-223. Among the 58 passengers on board were three D.C. public school students, two teachers, and three National Geographic Society escorts departing on an educational trip to the Channel Islands in California.

Shortly after takeoff at 8:20 AM, five hijackers took control of the aircraft. At 9:37 AM, the plane was intentionally flown into the western side of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, killing all 64 people on board (58 passengers and 6 crew members) as well as 125 people inside the building.

The image remains one of the few surviving candid photographs taken in the terminal prior to departure.

Vintage Portraits of Ava Gardner on the Set of “Ride, Vaquero!” (1953)

These vintage portraits capture Ava Gardner at the height of her beauty during the filming of the 1953 Western Ride, Vaquero!. Shot on set and in promotional sessions, the photographs highlight her striking features, effortless glamour, and magnetic screen presence.

Whether in character or more relaxed moments between takes, Gardner radiates the sophisticated allure that made her one of Hollywood’s most celebrated stars of the era. These images offer a captivating glimpse into her work and style during one of the memorable chapters of her film career.

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Photographs Taken by NYPD Officer Walter Taylor Before the Collapse of the South Tower on September 11, 2001

On September 11, 2001, at 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, striking floors 77 through 85. This occurred about 17 minutes after the first plane, American Airlines Flight 11, had hit the North Tower.

After the first plane hit the North Tower, many people in the South Tower began to evacuate on their own, despite an initial announcement on the public address system advising them to stay in their offices.

The impact of Flight 175 caused catastrophic structural damage and ignited a massive fire. The plane’s high speed and off-center impact left the building unbalanced and weakened the steel columns and trusses that supported the floors.

The crash and subsequent fire trapped hundreds of people on the floors above the impact zone. While one of the three stairwells in the South Tower remained partially intact, allowing some people to escape from above the impact zone, many others were unable to get out.

The fires, fueled by the jet fuel, weakened the building’s steel structure. As the steel began to heat up, the floor trusses started to sag, pulling away from the outer columns. This process, known as “creep,” eventually led to the failure of the core columns. The weakening of the steel structure caused the floors above the impact zone to drop onto the floors below, initiating a chain reaction of progressive collapse that led to the entire tower’s fall.

These rarely seen photographs taken by NYPD officer Walter Taylor before the South Tower’s collapse at 9:59 a.m. (56 minutes after impact) on September 11, 2001:

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