THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:

Sept 27, 1822 French scholar Jean-François Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone

Sept 27, 1908 Henry Ford's first Ford Model T automobile leaves the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan

Sept 29, 1954 NY Giants' Willie Mays makes a famous over-the-shoulder catch of Cleveland Indians' Vic Wertz's 460-foot drive during Game One of the World Series at the Polo Grounds in NYC

Sept 30, 1520 Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father, Selim I, as Ottoman Sultan and rules until 1566

Sept 30, 1846 Anesthetic ether is used for the first time by American dentist Dr. William Morton to extract a tooth

Sept 30, 1862 Minister-President of Prussia Otto von Bismarck delivers his famous "Blood and Iron" speech on the unification of German territories

Sept 30, 1938 The Treaty of Munich is signed by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier, and Neville Chamberlain, forcing Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany. Chamberlain infamously declares "Peace for our time" upon his return to London.

Oct 1, 1918 World War I: A combined Arab and British force, led by Lawrence of Arabia, captures Damascus from the Ottoman Empire

Oct 2, 1789 George Washington transmits the proposed constitutional amendments, known as the United States Bill of Rights, to the states for ratification

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