Jody Victor : Another day to find out what happened in the past.
1642 - The city of Montreal was founded by the French.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
1896 - The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as "separate but equal."
1920 - Pope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.
1953 - Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
1974 - India became the 6th country to become a nuclear power.
1980 - Mount St. Helens, in Washington state, erupted after being dormant for 123 years.
1994 - Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over.
2000 - A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.
2003 - President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.
2004 - Randy Johnson, age 40, became the oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game.
2004 - Sonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, by refusing to accept the prime ministership of India.