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Notable events on November 12 across history
On this date in 1920 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected baseball commissioner. In 1921 nations began the Washington Conference for Armaments. 1927 saw Stalin consolidate power in the USSR. 1929 Grace Kelly was born. 1942 Guadalcanal began with an American victory. 1954 Ellis Island closed after processing over 20 million immigrants. 1975 Justice William O. Douglas retired after a 36 year term. Voyager One approached Saturn in 1980.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Communist Party
Grace Kelly
Philadelphia
Guadalcanal
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Supreme Court
William Douglas