November 12
1918 Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic
1927 Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party, catapulting Josef Stalin to the top
1933 Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany
1936 In California, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
1938 Hermann Gring announces Nazi Germany plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that actually was first considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
1941 World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 C and the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
1946 A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows
1954 Ellis Island, the U.S. immigration processing center located in New York Harbor, closes today. Since it opened in 1892, it had processed more than 20 million immigrants.
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