1620 Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore at in Plymouth Bay, traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [NS, Dec 21] 1792 France's King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state 1913 "Mona Lisa" recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum 1931 Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada) 1936 Edward VIII announces in a radio broadcast that he is abdicating the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson 1946 UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965) 1997 Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a UN climate conference in Kyoto, Japan, reach agreement to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases | 
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