December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

1990:
A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.

1970:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

1804:
At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned as the first Emperor of France in a thousand years.

1755:
The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.