Important Events From This day in History – 11th December

Today in History

• 2008 Bernard Madoff arrested

  The founder and chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, popularly known as Bernie Madoff, was arrested and convicted of fraud. The Ponzi scheme in which he was involved was the largest such fraud in US history.

• 1997 Kyoto Protocol adopted

  The Protocol is a component of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, an international treaty that requires signatories to limit greenhouse gas emissions. The United States signed but did not ratify the treaty.

• 1946 UNICEF established

  On this day, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund was established, a U.N. affiliate organization that works for the welfare of children worldwide.

• 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.