"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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1957: Hall of Fame basketball player Kevin McHale, who won three NBA championships in a career with the Boston Celtics that ran from 1980 to 1993, is born in Hibbing, Minn.