The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, returned to Earth.
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The US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton, forwarding the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial.
The Williamsburg suspension bridge opened.
The Supreme Court of Colorado ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible to run again for President.
The first Negro Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, was ordained in the US.
The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.