Today is Tuesday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2002. There are 49 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2002. There are 49 days left in the year. On this date in 1942, the WWII naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins. (The Americans end up winning a major victory over the Japanese.)
In 1815, American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton is born in Johnstown, N.Y. In 1920, baseball gets its first "czar" as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected commissioner of the American and National Leagues. In 1921, representatives of nine nations gather for the start of the Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments. In 1927, Josef Stalin becomes the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party. In 1929, Grace Kelly -- the future movie star and Princess of Monaco -- is born in Philadelphia. In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other WWII Japanese leaders are sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal. In 1954, Ellis Island closes after processing more than 20 million immigrants since opening in New York Harbor in 1892. In 1977, the city of New Orleans elects its first black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial. In 1982, Yuri V. Andropov is elected to succeed the late Leonid I. Brezhnev as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee. In 1990, Japanese Emperor Akihito formally assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne.
November 12, 1977: A surge of robberies -- 31 in the first 11 days of November -- prompts Youngstown police to implore residents to take better protective measures. Capt. Richard Kennedy says the upcoming holidays, recent warm weather and the Sheet & amp; Tube layoffs have combined to bring an increase in aggravated robberies.
The reputation of John Davis of North Lima as a collector of valuable coins may have cost him and his wife, Mary, their lives, say detectives investigating the robbery of the Davis home and the murder of the couple.
Freedom from want and freedom of speech are cited by the Rev. David Malone, pastor of First United Presbyterian Church of Niles, as two of the many things America's veterans have preserved for the rest of the nation. He spoke at a Veterans Day ceremony in Niles City Cemetery.
Up to 8 inches of snow falls in parts of the Youngstown district, touching off a succession of accidents and overwhelming snow-removal crews. In Trumbull county, the westbound lanes of state Route 82 near 46 are blocked for an hour at mid-morning by a four-car pile-up.
November 12, 1962: Small crowds watch Sunday afternoon Veterans Day parades in Warren and Girard. Fewer than 1,000 spectators watched 25 units parade through downtown Warren.
A safecracker who either knew the combination or got lucky opens an old safe in the Southern Tavern, 1508 Glenwood Ave., escaping with $150.
Cleveland Browns players complain bitterly, but not for attribution, about the officiating of a game won by the Washington Redskins, 17-9. Penalties set up both Washington touchdowns and called back one by the Browns. Coach Paul Brown had "no comment" since the NFL frowns on public criticism of officials.
November 12, 1952: Thousands of Youngstown district steelworkers pause in their work for one minute to pay tribute to the memory of Philip Murray, CIO and steelworkers union president.
More than 15,000 persons line both sides of Federal Street for an hour-long parade climaxing Youngstown's observance of Armistice Day. About 1,000 veterans and their auxiliaries pass the reviewing stand in Central Square.
The Mahoning County Board of Elections orders its offices closed to all, including cleaning women, except for day office hours until the result of the Mahoning County commissioner race is decided. The unofficial count shows only 151 votes separating Fred A. Wagner, Democrat, and Edwin John Anderson, Republican.
November 12, 1927: Since none of the candidates in Tuesday's mayoral election obtained a majority vote, a movement has been launched to amend Youngstown's home rule charter to provide for a run-off election.
Toledo motorists are paying 15 cents a gallon for gasoline after Roxana Petroleum and Paragon Refining announce four-cent reductions in their prices.
Winter arrives in Youngstown overnight as the mercury drops 22 degrees in five hours, from 66 degrees at 3 a.m. to 44 at 8 a.m.
Cleveland detectives arrest a farmer from Twin Lakes, about two miles north of Kent, after intercepting a shipment of machine gun parts. Detectives believe the parts were to be used to build machine guns for Cleveland's bootleg war.