When was the first direct image of an exoplanet around a normal star taken?

A landmark direct image of an extrasolar planet was announced in 2004. The object was 2M1207 b, seen orbiting the brown dwarf 2M1207. Because the host is a brown dwarf rather than a normal Sun-like star, the result is often treated separately from the first direct image of a planet around a regular star. Still, it was a major breakthrough showing that planets could be imaged rather than inferred only from indirect methods.