On This Day, Nov. 12: Tribunal sentences Japanese ex-PM Hideki Tojo to death

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On November 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo, pictured in 1941, and six other World War II Japanese leaders to death by hanging. Tojo survived a suicide attempt three years earlier days after Japan had surrendered. File Photo courtesy Wikimedia
On November 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo, pictured in 1941, and six other World War II Japanese leaders to death by hanging. Tojo survived a suicide attempt three years earlier days after Japan had surrendered. File Photo courtesy Wikimedia

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- On this date in history:

In 1892, the first professional football game was played in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny Athletic Association defeated the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0. Touchdowns at the time were worth 4 points.

In 1893, the Durand Line which marks the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan was agreed to by Sir Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat in British India, and the Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman Khan.

In 1927, Joseph Stalin consolidated power in the Soviet Union following the expulsion of Leon Trotsky from the Soviet Communist Party.

In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt pressed the Presidential Gold Key to officially open the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Police investigate a section of the American Airlines Flight 587 airplane that crashed into a house, setting it on fire before the plane hit ground a few blocks away in the Rockaway section of Queens in New York City on November 12, 2001. File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI
Police investigate a section of the American Airlines Flight 587 airplane that crashed into a house, setting it on fire before the plane hit ground a few blocks away in the Rockaway section of Queens in New York City on November 12, 2001. File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI
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File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI

In 1941, the German army's drive to take Moscow was halted on the city's outskirts in World War II.

Japanese Emperor Akihito officially declares the opening of the Extraordinary Diet session in Tokyo on September 28, 2006. On November 12, 1990, Akihito was installed as the 125th emperor of Japan. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI
Japanese Emperor Akihito officially declares the opening of the Extraordinary Diet session in Tokyo on September 28, 2006. On November 12, 1990, Akihito was installed as the 125th emperor of Japan. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI

In 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese leaders to death by hanging. Tojo survived a suicide attempt three years earlier, days after Japan had surrendered.

In 1954, after processing more than 12 million immigrants, the immigration station at Ellis Island closed its doors for the last time.

On November 12, 1954, after processing more than 12 million immigrants, the immigration station at Ellis Island closed its doors for the last time. UPI File Photo
On November 12, 1954, after processing more than 12 million immigrants, the immigration station at Ellis Island closed its doors for the last time. UPI File Photo

In 1980, the Voyager 1 spacecraft passed Saturn and sent back stunning pictures.

In 1982, former KGB chief Yuri Andropov succeeded the late Leonid Brezhnev as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.

On November 12, 1927, Joseph Stalin consolidated power in the Soviet Union following the expulsion of Leon Trotsky from the Soviet Communist Party. File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI
On November 12, 1927, Joseph Stalin consolidated power in the Soviet Union following the expulsion of Leon Trotsky from the Soviet Communist Party. File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI

In 1990, Akihito was installed as the 125th emperor of Japan.

In 1997, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef and Eyad Ismoil were convicted of involvement in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. They were sentenced to life in prison. Four others had been convicted in 1994 and also received life sentences.

In 2001, an American Airlines Airbus A300 crashed shortly after takeoff from JFK Airport in New York, killing 265 people, including five on the ground.

File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI
File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI

In 2011, Silvio Berlusconi, longest serving Italian prime minister since Benito Mussolini, announced his resignation after the lower house of Parliament passed economic policies demanded by the European Union.

In 2017, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border left more than 600 people dead.

In 2022, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican Adam Laxalt in the Nevada Senate race, allowing Democrats to retain control of the chamber.

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File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI