Today in History - December 2

Today in History - December 2

Sunday, Dec 2 2012 by kjfitz:

1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.

Notre Dame de Paris
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By: kjfitz
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2000 - The central part of the Loire Valley was added to the World Heritage Sites list of UNESCO.

Source of the river Loire, the geographic source
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By: Dania
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