The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, returned to Earth.
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Dozens of people died after drinking bath lotion in Siberia.
A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens was published.
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 three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
