WEDNESDAY, Sept.30

1520 - Suleiman the Magnificent ascends to the throne of the Ottoman Empire, following the death of his father Selim I. He holds the position until his death in 1566.

1846 - American dentist Dr. William Morton makes history by employing anesthetic ether for the first time during a tooth extraction procedure.

1862 - Prussian Minister-President Otto von Bismarck captivates his audience with the "Blood and Iron" speech, emphasizing the need for military strength and industrial power to unify German territories.

1938 - Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier, and Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Agreement, compelling Czechoslovakia to cede portions of its territory to Nazi Germany.

1946 - Twenty-two high-ranking Nazi officials, including Joachim von Ribbentrop and Hermann Goering, are convicted of war crimes and face either execution or imprisonment during the Nuremberg trials.

1980 - Xerox, in collaboration with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation, releases the specifications for the Ethernet networking technology.

1990 - The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights monument in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, symbolizing the nation's commitment to upholding human rights.

1999 - Japan experiences its most severe nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility located in Tokai-mura, northeast of Tokyo.