September 29, 1938
British, French, German and Italian leaders sign the Munich Agreement, which is aimed at appeasing Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, inhabited by a German-speaking minority.

September 30, 2005
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten publishes cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Death threats against the artists soon follow with protest strikes in Kashmir, condemnation from Muslim leaders...