On May 18, 1642, the Canadian city of Montreal was founded by French colonists.

In 1896, the Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed "separate but equal" racial segregation.

In 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, Calif.; she reappeared more than a month later, claiming to have been kidnapped.

In 1933, President Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

In 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a North American F-86 Canadair over Rogers Dry Lake, Calif.

In 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing.

In 1991, Helen Sharman became the first British citizen in space as she flew aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft with two cosmonauts on an eight-day mission.

Actor Pernell Roberts is 80.

Actor Robert Morse is 77.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson is 62.

Actress Candice Azzara is 61.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Butch Tavares (Tavares) is 55.

Actor Chow Yun-Fat (inset) is 53.

Rock singer-musician Page Hamilton is 48.

Contemporary Christian musician Barry Graul (MercyMe) is 47.

Comedian-writer Tina Fey is 38.

Rapper Special Ed is 34.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Darryl Allen (Mista) is 28.

Christian-rock musician Kevin Huguley (Rush of Fools) is 26.

Actor Spencer Breslin is 16.