Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House impeached Clinton on December 19, 1998 — only the second president to face that fate.
When Apollo 17 hit the Pacific on December 19, 1972, the era of humans walking on the Moon quietly came to a close.
Dickens wrote his ghost story in six weeks and rushed it into shops on December 19, 1843, days before the holiday.
