This Day In History

On November 12
1840
Sculptor, Auguste Rodin, was born in Paris. His most widely known works are "The Kiss" and "The Thinker."
1915
Theodore W. Richards, of Harvard University, became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
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.
1944
During World War II, the German battleship "Tirpitz" was sunk off the coast of Norway.
1954
Ellis Island, the immigration station in New York Harbor, closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since 1892.
1987
The American Medical Association issued a policy statement that said it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person had AIDS or was HIV-positive.
1995
The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
1997
Four Americans and their Pakistani driver were shot to death in Karachi, Pakistan. The Americans were oil company employees.
1997
The UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on Iraq for constraints being placed on UN arms inspectors.
1997
Ramzi Yousef was found guilty of masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
2001
American Airlines flight 587 crashed just minutes after take off from Kennedy Airport in New York. The Airbus A300 crashed into the Rockaway Beach section of Queens. All 260 people aboard were killed.