May 18
\n1642
\nThe city of Montreal was founded by the French.<\/p>\n
1804
\nNapoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.<\/p>\n
1896
\nThe Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as “separate but equal.”<\/p>\n
1920
\nPope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.<\/p>\n
1953
\nJacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.<\/p>\n
1974
\nIndia became the 6th country to become a nuclear power.<\/p>\n
1980
\nMount St. Helens, in Washington state, erupted after being dormant for 123 years.<\/p>\n
1994
\nIsraeli troops withdrew from the Gaza strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over.<\/p>\n
2000
\nA bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.<\/p>\n
2003
\nPresident Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.<\/p>\n
2004
\nSonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, by refusing to accept the prime ministership of India.<\/p>\n
Today’s Birthdays<\/p>\n
Omar Khayyam
\npoet and mathematician (1048)<\/p>\n
Bertrand Russell
\nphilospher (1872)<\/p>\n
Walter Gropius
\narchitect (1883)<\/p>\n
Ezio Pinza
\nsinger (1892)<\/p>\n
Margot Fonteyn
\nballerina (1919)<\/p>\n
John Paul II
\nPope (1978\u20132005), a Pole named Karol Jozef Wojtyla (1920)<\/p>\n
Reggie Jackson
\nbaseball player (1946)<\/p>\n
Chow Yun-Fat
\nactor (1955)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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