On This Day in History December 2, 2022

Historical Events 1804  General Napoleon Bonaparte is /www.onthisday.com/people/napoleon-bonaparte">Napoleon-bonaparte">crowned Emperor of the French at the Notre Dame de Paris in a ceremony officiated by Pope Pius VII 1823  US President James Monroe declares the "Monroe Doctrine" opposing European colonialism in the Americas, arguing any European political intervention in the New World would be a hostile act against the United States 1845  US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West, a widely held belief termed "manifest destiny" by newspaper editor John O'Sullivan 1929  First skull of Peking man found in the caves of Zhoukoudian, 50 km outside of Peking, China. Later dated roughly 750,000 years old. 1976  Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Britney Spears 41st Birthday Gianni Versace 1946 - 1997 Monica Seles 49th Birthday Peter Carl Goldmark 1906 - 1977 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Marquis de Sade 1740 - 1814 Pablo Escobar 1949 - 1993 More Famous Deaths December 2: Goodbye Scratchy 78s, Hello Vinyl Peter Goldmark will most be remembered for creating the long-playing vinyl record. But his many inventions earned him America’s National Medal of Science. Read the Article