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.
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1915: Singer and actress Édith Piaf, who would become widely regarded as France's national popular singer, is born in Belleville, Paris, France. Among her best-known songs are "La Vie en rose," "Non, je ne regrette rien," "Hymne à l'amour," "Milord" and "La Foule."
