On this day:
1804: Napoleon Bonaparte is appointed Emperor of the French
1918: Dutch Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia
1974: India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb
1980: Mount St. Helens erupts
Born on this day:
1933: Deve Gowda, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (1996-97), born in Haradanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore