​Add these to the This Week in History section of your composition book:

• Dec. 10, 1948 – The General Assembly of the United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Dec. 11, 1936 – The abdication of Edward VIII, who failed to win acceptance for his desire to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson and voluntarily gave up the British crown, is approved

• Dec. 11, 1941 – Adolf Hitler declares that Germany is at war with the United States

• Dec. 11, 1946 – UNICEF—a United Nations program devoted to improving the health, nutrition, education, and general welfare of children—is established

• Dec. 12, 2015 – A landmark climate change agreement is reached at a UN conference in Paris as 195 countries agree to limit greenhouse gas emissions