On this day: November 2

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2019 • neutral • 5 views

College Football Coach Fired After Disguising Himself to Scout Opponents

A college football practice field with coaches and players in non-identifiable clothing; a sideline camera tripod and a fence separating the practice from a spectator area.

A college football coach was dismissed after admitting he disguised himself to attend an opposing team's practice and film the session on November 2, 2019. The incident prompted an internal investigation and sanctions by the school's athletic department.

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1804 • neutral • 5 views

Napoleon Bonaparte Crowned Emperor of the French

Crowded interior view of Notre-Dame de Paris prepared for a coronation ceremony in early 19th-century dress, with clergy, dignitaries, and ornate imperial regalia visible on the altar area.

On 2 November 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of the French in a ceremony at Notre-Dame de Paris that marked the formal transformation of the French Consulate into a hereditary empire and a new chapter in post-revolutionary France.

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