The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, returned to Earth.
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The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
William Pitt the Younger became the youngest British Prime Minister ever at age 24.
The first Negro Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, was ordained in the US.
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was presumed dead after being swept out to sea by a riptide.
The US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton, forwarding the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial.
