Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicates 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1936)

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Video: '11th December 1936: Abdication of King Edward VIII'

(Friday, December 11, 1936, 1:52 p.m. GMT) — Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne today so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI.

Video: 'King Edward VIII's Abdication Speech'

2014: Barack Obama-Joe Biden
2004: +George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1994: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1984: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1974: #Gerald Ford-(@Nelson Rockefeller)
1964: >Lyndon B. Johnson-(vacant)
1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace
1934: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1924: >Calvin Coolidge-(vacant)
1914: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1904: >Theodore Roosevelt-(vacant)
1894: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1884: >Chester A. Arthur-(vacant)
1874: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1864: Abraham Lincoln-Hannibal Hamlin
1854: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1844: >*John Tyler-(vacant)
1834: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1824: *James Monroe-Daniel D. Tompkins
1814: *James Madison-Elbridge Gerry
1804: *Thomas Jefferson-Aaron Burr
1794: *George Washington-John Adams

+ Took office after stolen election
^ Elected without winning popular vote
> Ascended to presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor and in Ford’s case #, after being appointed VP under 25th Amendment
@ nominated VP under the 25th Amendment but not yet confirmed
* Owned slaves while in office

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Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicates 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1936)

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