On This Day in History September 30, 2018

Historical Events 1520  Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566) 1846  Anesthetic ether 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 Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain, forces Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany 1946  22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Buddy Rich (1917 - 1987) Maddie Ziegler 16th Birthday Martina Hingis 37th Birthday Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Edith Roosevelt (1861 - 1948) James Dean (1931 - 1955) More Famous Deaths September 30th: Pirates Put BBC Broadcasting to the Sword Deprived of their music over the airwaves, British pop fans of the early 60s were happy to turn to "seawaves" and tune in to pirate radio stations.