The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, returned to Earth.
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The crew of the Union Star lost their lives along with all eight lifeboat volunteers who tried to save them.
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was presumed dead after being swept out to sea by a riptide.
A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens was published.
The US Office of Censorship was created to control info relating to World War II.
The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
