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Bernard Madoff was arrested
Popularly known as Bernie Madoff, the founder and chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested and subsequently convicted of fraud in 2008. The Ponzi scheme he was involved in was the biggest such fraud in the history of the United States.
Kyoto Protocol was adopted
The Protocol is a part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, an international treaty that calls for the restriction of greenhouse gasses by the signatories. The United States signed the treaty but did not ratify it. It was adopted in 1997.
UNICEF was established
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, a U.N. affiliate organization that works for the welfare of children around the world, was founded on this day in 1946.
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U.S. declared war on Germany and Italy
The U.S. responded to Italy and Germany’s declaration of war, by declaring war on the two countries on this day in 1941.
King Edward VIII abdicated from the British throne
King Edward VIII abdicated from the British throne to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson in 1936.
