History for November 12

History for November 12 - On-This-Day.com:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815, Auguste Rodin 1840, Grace Kelly 1929


Charles Manson 1934, Wallace Shawn 1943, Tonya Harding 1970



1927 - Joseph Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union. Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party leading to Stalin coming to power.


1942 - During World War II, naval battle of Guadalcanal began between Japanese and American forces. The Americans won a major victory.


1944 - During World War II, the German battleship "Tirpitz" was sunk off the coast of Norway.


1946 - The first drive-up banking facility opened at the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, IL.


1948 - The war crimes tribunal sentenced Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese leaders to death.


1985 - In Norfolk, VA, Arthur James Walker was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a spy ring run by his brother, John A. Walker Jr.


1997 - Ramzi Yousef was found guilty of masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.


1998 - Daimler-Benz completed a merger with Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler AG.