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