December 14, 1972 (Thursday)
- Eugene Cernan climbed into the lunar module Challenger, following after Harrison Schmitt, to become the last person to have set foot on the moon, shortly after midnight EST (the scheduled end of the moonwalk had been 0433 GMT). At 2255 GMT (5:55 pm EST), the cabin of the Challenger lunar module lifted off from the surface of the Moon with, to return to lunar orbit.
- Willy Brandt was re-elected as Chancellor of West Germany, needing 247 votes in the 493 member Bundestag, and receiving 269.
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Famous quotes containing the word december:
“Work—work—work,
In the dull December light,
And work—work—work,
When the weather is warm and bright—
While underneath the eaves
The brooding swallows cling
As if to show me their sunny backs
And twit me with the spring.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)