On this day: December 19

POSTED: 03:58 PM PST Dec 18, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 18, 2012 

"A Christmas Carol" is first published, the NHL plays its first games, Apollo 17 splashes down, and the U.S. House impeaches President Bill Clinton, all on this day.

OTD December 19 - Nelson Rockefeller
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Rockefeller Archive Center

1974: Former New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller is sworn in as the 41st U.S. vice president, replacing Gerald R. Ford, who had become president in August after Richard M. Nixon's resignation.

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