On this day in history - Today, December, 11

Today in History

• 2008 Bernard Madoff arrested

  Popularly known as Bernie Madoff, the founder and chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securitie

• 1997 Kyoto Protocol adopted

  The Protocol is a part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, an internationa

• 1946 UNICEF established

  The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, a U.N. affiliate organization that works

• 1941 U.S. declares war on Germany and Italy

  The U.S. responded to Italy and Germany's declaration of war, by declaring war on the two countries.

• 1936 King Edward VIII abdicates from the British throne

  King Edward VIII abdicated from the British throne to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson.