- 1936 10 Dec Edward VIII signs his abdication, freeing him to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
- 1941 10 Dec HMS 'Prince of Wales' and HMS 'Repulse' are sunk off Malaya by Japanese aircraft, killing 840 men.
- 1948 10 Dec The United Nations General Assembly adopts the 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights' in Paris.
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