On This Day in History | | | | 1804 General Napoleon Bonaparte is 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. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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. | | Welcome to our new daily email newsletter sent by Beehiiv. | Rising costs and falling revenue from ads we didn’t like much (sorry!) has forced us to move away from Mailchimp to keep the newsletter free. If you would like to sponsorthis newsletter or know someone who would please let us know. | Also let us know by replying to this email if you have any issues or ideas to improve our daily email. | We would also appreciate you adding this address to your contacts and moving the email to your inbox. This helps ensure you won’t miss a day. | Kind regards,
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