December 11: General Interest
1936: Edward VIII abdicates
After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson... read more
American Revolution
1777 : British delay Washington's march to Valley Forge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-delay-washingtons-march-to-valley-forge
Automotive
1962 : NYC authorities jettison plans for expressway across Lower Manhattan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nyc-authorities-jettison-plans-for-expressway-across-lower-manhattan
Civil War
1862 : The Federals occupy Fredericksburg
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/federals-occupy-fredericksburg
Cold War
1969 : Soviets declare nudity a sign of "western decadence"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-declare-nudity-a-sign-of-western-decadence
Crime
2008 : Billionaire conman Bernard Madoff arrested
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/billionaire-conman-bernard-madoff-arrested
Disaster
1944 : Toronto endures record snowstorm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/toronto-endures-record-snowstorm
General Interest
1946 : UNICEF founded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/unicef-founded
1994 : Yeltsin orders Russian forces into Chechnya
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yeltsin-orders-russian-forces-into-chechnya
Hollywood
1944 : Tootsie actress Teri Garr born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tootsie-actress-teri-garr-born
Literary
1918 : Alexander Solzhenitsyn is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alexander-solzhenitsyn-is-born
Music
1964 : Sam Cooke dies under suspicious circumstances in LA
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sam-cooke-dies-under-suspicious-circumstances-in-la
Old West
1872 : Buffalo Bill Cody makes his first stage appearance
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/buffalo-bill-cody-makes-his-first-stage-appearance
Presidential
1815 : Madison presents trade agreement to Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/madison-presents-trade-agreement-to-congress
Sports
1981 : Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/muhammad-ali-vs-trevor-berbick
Vietnam War
1961 : First U.S. helicopters arrive in South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-us-helicopters-arrive-in-south-vietnam
1969 : Paratroopers depart South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paratroopers-depart-south-vietnam
World War I
1915 : Yuan Shih-kai accepts Chinese throne
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yuan-shih-kai-accepts-chinese-throne
World War II
1941 : Germany declares war on the United States
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-declares-war-on-the-united-states
1936: Edward VIII abdicates
After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson... read more
American Revolution
1777 : British delay Washington's march to Valley Forge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-delay-washingtons-march-to-valley-forge
Automotive
1962 : NYC authorities jettison plans for expressway across Lower Manhattan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nyc-authorities-jettison-plans-for-expressway-across-lower-manhattan
Civil War
1862 : The Federals occupy Fredericksburg
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/federals-occupy-fredericksburg
Cold War
1969 : Soviets declare nudity a sign of "western decadence"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-declare-nudity-a-sign-of-western-decadence
Crime
2008 : Billionaire conman Bernard Madoff arrested
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/billionaire-conman-bernard-madoff-arrested
Disaster
1944 : Toronto endures record snowstorm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/toronto-endures-record-snowstorm
General Interest
1946 : UNICEF founded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/unicef-founded
1994 : Yeltsin orders Russian forces into Chechnya
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yeltsin-orders-russian-forces-into-chechnya
Hollywood
1944 : Tootsie actress Teri Garr born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tootsie-actress-teri-garr-born
Literary
1918 : Alexander Solzhenitsyn is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alexander-solzhenitsyn-is-born
Music
1964 : Sam Cooke dies under suspicious circumstances in LA
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sam-cooke-dies-under-suspicious-circumstances-in-la
Old West
1872 : Buffalo Bill Cody makes his first stage appearance
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/buffalo-bill-cody-makes-his-first-stage-appearance
Presidential
1815 : Madison presents trade agreement to Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/madison-presents-trade-agreement-to-congress
Sports
1981 : Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/muhammad-ali-vs-trevor-berbick
Vietnam War
1961 : First U.S. helicopters arrive in South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-us-helicopters-arrive-in-south-vietnam
1969 : Paratroopers depart South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paratroopers-depart-south-vietnam
World War I
1915 : Yuan Shih-kai accepts Chinese throne
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yuan-shih-kai-accepts-chinese-throne
World War II
1941 : Germany declares war on the United States
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-declares-war-on-the-united-states
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