1520: Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566)

1846: Anesthetic ether is used for the 1st time, by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth

1862: Minister-President of Prussia Otto von Bismarck delivers his famous “Blood and Iron” speech on the unification of German territories

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: Twenty-two 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

1980: Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation

Source: Onthisday.com