历史上的今天:11月12日-凯发k8官网

today's highlight in history:
on november 12th, 1942, the world war two ¹ battle of guadalcanal began. (the americans ended up winning a major victory over the japanese.)

on this date:
in 1920, baseball got its first "czar（沙皇，独裁者）" as judge kenesaw mountain landis was elected ² of the american and national leagues.

in 1921, representatives of nine nations gathered for the start of the washington conference for limitation of armaments.

in 1927, josef stalin became the undisputed ruler of the ³ union as leon trotsky was expelled（驱逐，开除） from the communist party.

in 1929, grace kelly -- the future movie star and princess of monaco -- was born in philadelphia.

in 1948, former japanese ⁴（总理，首相） hideki tojo and several other world war two japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal（法院，法庭）.

in 1954, ellis island closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since opening in new york harbor in 1892.

in 1975, ⁵ court justice william o. douglas ⁶ because of failing health, ending a record 36-and-a-half-year term.

in 1980, the us space probe "voyager one" came within 77-thousand miles of ⁷.

in 1982, yuri v. andropov was elected to succeed the late leonid i. brezhnev as general secretary of the soviet communist party's central committee.

in 1993, former nixon white house chief of staff h.r. haldeman died in santa barbara, california, at age 67.

ten years ago: japanese emperor akihito formally assumed the ⁸ throne. actress eve arden died in beverly hills, california, at age 82.

five years ago: israel's ruling ⁹ party unanimously approved shimon peres as its new leader, replacing ¹⁰ prime minister yitzhak rabin. the space shuttle "atlantis" blasted off on a mission to dock（停靠） with the russian space station "mir."

one year ago: president clinton signed a ¹¹ measure knocking down depression-era barriers and allowing banks, investment firms and insurance companies to sell each other's products. an earthquake struck western turkey, ¹² at least 834 people.