历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-11
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December 11, 1936Britain’s King Edward the VIII becomes the first and only monarch1 to voluntarily give up his country’s throne . Edward abdicates2 in order to marry an American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson and he takes the title of the Duke of Windsor.
“I have found it impossible to carry out the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.” Edward’s brother becomes King George VI. George’s daughter becomes Queen Elizabeth II more than 15 years later and
remains3 on the throne to this day.
1941World War II widens even further as
Nazi4 Germany and
Fascist5 Italy declare war on the United States. America in turn declares war on Japan’s
Axis6 partners just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1946Birth of UNICEF, the UN agency
devoted7 to
helping8 the world’s children, especially in developing countries.
And 1980Magnum, P.I., starring Tom Selleck as a private eye in Hawaii premieres on TV on CBS.
Today in History, December 11, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
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