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December 28, 1895
The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
Auguste and Louis Lumière
The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière and Louis Jean Lumière, were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which places them among the earliest filmmakers.