Monday, November 12, 2007

On This Day...

1927 - Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party

1929 - Grace Kelly was born

1954 - Ellis Island closes after processing more than 20 million immigrants since opening in New York Harbor in 1892

1987 - The American Medical Association issued a policy statement saying it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person has AIDS or is HIV-positive

1966 - David Schwimmer was born

2001 - An American Airlines flight crashed near New York's Kennedy airport, killing 265 people

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