Local

Nov. 15, 1989: Citizens from the Soviet Union visited Lake Mills as part of the “Soviets Meet Middle America” program sponsored by the Center for U.S./U.S.S.R. Initiatives.

Nov. 11, 1979: Five Mankato State University students were released from custody after being arrested in an alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Al Quie. Four of the students were from Iran and one was from Sudan. The students were released after insufficient evidence was found to charge them.

Nov. 11, 1979: Ninety-two-year-old Anton Hamborg of Albert Lea participated in the Veterans Day ceremonies. Hamborg was in Germany Nov. 11, 1918, when the armistice ending World War I was signed.

Nov. 13, 1979: Bobby Bryant, Minnesota Vikings 13-year veteran cornerback, was the featured guest at Vikings Night at the Eagles Club in Albert Lea.

 

National

2018: Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics writer and publisher who revolutionized the comic book and developed superhero characters that made billions for Hollywood, died at the age of 95.

2014: President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a ground-breaking agreement between their countries to curb carbon emissions blamed for climate change.

2001: American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 headed to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground.

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 had AIDS or was HIV-positive.

1977: The city of New Orleans elected its first black mayor, Ernest “Dutch” Morial.

1948: Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.

1942: The World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. The Allies ended up winning a major victory over Japanese forces.

1936: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C., giving the green light to traffic.

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

1815: Pioneering American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, New York.