Today is Sunday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2006. There are 49 days left in the year. On this date in 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins. (The Allies end up winning a major

Today is Sunday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2006. There are 49 days left in the year. On this date in 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins. (The Allies end up winning a major victory over the Japanese.)
In 1920, Major League Baseball gets its first "czar" as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected commissioner. In 1927, Josef Stalin becomes the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party. In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders are sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal. In 1977, the city of New Orleans elects its first black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial. In 2004, a jury in Redwood City, Calif., convicts Scott Peterson of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and dumping her body in San Francisco Bay.
November 12, 1981:Mahoning County reserve deputies complain that the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police is using the death of Deputy John "Sonny" Litch as a political tool by implying that Litch, a reserve deputy, was not qualified to be transporting prisoners, which he was doing when murdered during a jail break.
On a chilly night, a small crowd turns out for Downtown Youngstown's Veterans Day parade.
November 12, 1966: A crowd estimated at 5,000 lines the streets of Downtown Youngstown for the annual Veterans Day parade.
Mrs. Bernard Kistler, 26, of Meadville, Pa., is told an hour after giving birth to a son that her husband, Lt. Bernard Kistler, was killed in Vietnam. Her first husband, Lt. William T. Reach, was also killed in Vietnam. They, too, had a son.
A 150-pound St. Bernard dog named & quot;Ox, & quot; the mascot of Theta Chi fraternity at 742 Bryson Street, is reported dognaped. Fraternity President Ivan Milekovic said the pedigreed dog was valued at 200.
November 12, 1956: Youngstowners respond generously to a special tag day, giving 1,500 to the fund for American Relief of Hungarian Refugees.
Two Chicago surgeons announce a historic new surgical technique for scraping clean clogged arteries that cause heart attacks. A thin hollow instrument is pushed through the arteries, cutting away fatty deposits.
Ohio Gov.-elect C. William O'Neill makes one of his first speeches after being elected at the dedication of Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church in Campbell. O'Neill complimented the congregation for its dedication in retiring the 240,000 mortgage on the new building in just a year.
November 12, 1931: Laura Thompson Ellis, 25, is named Austintown's justice of the peace, the first woman in Mahoning County and second in Ohio to be a squire.
Five thousand women and men crowd into the Rayen-Wood Auditorium for the first day of The Vindicator's Cooking School. Mock Turtle Beef, a dainty pumpkin salad and pineapple meringue cake are on instructor Claire Andree's menu for the second day.
Youngstown City Council passes a resolution suggesting that city employees work five days a week rather than six to allow more hiring of the city's unemployed. Fire Chief Harry Callan says the plan will not work in his department, where men work 24 hour shifts, with one day on and the next day off.