  The LHCb experiment is in operation since 2009 and has provided measurements
of the KM matrix with unprecedented precision. 50 years after the original
paper we are in the position of pinning down the parameters of the theory, or
possibly to show its limitations. In these proceedings the status of LHCb is
shown in a historical perspective, along with some anecdotes.

High Energy Physics - Experiment;High Energy Physics - Phenomenology