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- 1921 - Representatives of nine nations gathered for the start of the Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments.
- 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.
- 1954 - Ellis Island, the immigration station in New York Harbor, closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since 1892.
- 1997 - Four Americans and their Pakistani driver were shot to death in Karachi, Pakistan. The Americans were oil company employees.
- 1997 - Ramzi Yousef was found guilty of masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
- 2014 - NATO commander Gen Philip Breedlove reported that Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops had been seen entering Ukraine in columns over several days.
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