1520 Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566)
1846 Anesthetic used for 1st time by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth
1862 Prussia Minister President Otto von Bismarck’s delivers his “Blood & Iron” speech
1938 Treaty of Munich signed by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain, forces Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany. Chamberlain infamously declares “Peace for our time” on his return to London.
1946 22 Nazi leaders, including Joachim von Ribbentrop and Hermann Goering, are found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death or prison at the Nuremberg war trials
Today in Film & TV
1950 Radio’s “Grand Ole Opry” is broadcast on TV for 1st time
Today in Music
1791 Mozart’s opera “Magic Flute” premieres in Vienna
Today in Sport
1934 Babe Ruth’s final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3
Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US), on this day in 1659
Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe?
“The Flintstones” the first animated sitcom created by Hanna-Barbera premieres on ABC in the US, on this day in 1960
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