On this day in history - Today, December, 19

Today in History

• 2012 Election of First female President of South Korea

  Park Geun-hye is the eleventh President of South Korea and also holds the distinction of being the f

• 1984 Hong Kong Treaty Signed

  Formally known as the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

• 1972 Apollo 17 returns to Earth

  The last mission of the United States' Apollo program spent 12 days in space and was the first human

• 1971 A Clockwork Orange released

  The dystopian film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and was based on a novella of the same name by Br

• 1886 Sherlock Holmes' The Adventure of Beryl Coronet begins on this date

  The short detective story written by Arthur Conan Doyle and featuring detective Sherlock Holmes and