When was the first image of a black hole taken?

The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released the first direct image of a black hole on 10 April 2019. The image showed the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, located about 55 million light-years from Earth. The bright ring of glowing material around the dark center provided the first visual evidence of a black hole's shadow. The result came from a global network of radio telescopes working together as one Earth-sized observatory. The breakthrough confirmed predictions from Einstein's general relativity in a dramatic new way.