Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Today is Dec. 10. In one of the 20th century's great love stories, Britain's King Edward VIII gave it all up for the woman he loved. The king abdicated on this date in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. The British government had given Edward a choice: the lady or the land, hoping he'd choose the former (Edward had shown Nazi sympathies, something London was not thrilled about). His brother, Albert, succeeded to the throne as King George VI. Edward and his bride were granted the newly created titles of duke and duchess of Windsor and they settled near Paris, returning to England only for rare visits and to be buried. Advertisement The Spanish-American War officially ended on this date in 1898 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The terms of the deal gave Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States and called for Spain to withdraw from Cuba. The U.S. Senate later would argue that the U.S. acquisition of the Philippines marked a move toward imperialism, but passed the treaty in February 1899 by a one-vote margin. Advertisement It was on this date in 1869 that the Territory of Wyoming granted women the right to vote. (Wyoming had not yet achieved statehood.) It wasn't until early in the 20th century that the entire United States decided that letting women vote would be a good idea. The National Science Foundation reported on this date in 1984 the discovery of the first planet outside our solar system. It wouldn't be a place we'd be visiting anytime soon: the planet orbited a star 21 million light years from Earth. We now return you to the present, already in progress.
