A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. George S. Patton
List of historical events
First female President of South Korea was elected
Park Geun-hye was South Korea’s 11th president, serving from 2013 to 2017, and Northeast Asia’s first female head of state. She assumed office in February 2013, she was elected on December 19th, 2012.
Hong Kong Treaty Signed
The Sino-British Joint Declaration (1984) was signed by Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher, transferring Hong Kong’s sovereignty to China. The treaty decided the fate of Hong Kong as a territory of China from July 1, 1997.
Apollo 17 returned to Earth
The last mission of the United States’ Apollo program spent 12 days in space and was the first human spaceflight launched at night from the United States. The three-member crew spent more time orbiting the Moon and on the surface of the Moon than during any other Moon landings. It was also the last time humans set foot on Earth’s only natural satellite.
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A Clockwork Orange debuted in New York City
The dystopian film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and was based on a novella of the same name by British author, Anthony Burgess. Based in a futuristic London, the film opened with critical acclaim, though the centrality of violence in it drew a lot of mainstream criticism. Today, the movie is considered to be one of the best movies of the 20th century.
The beginning of Sherlock Holmes’ The Adventure of Beryl Coronet
The short detective story written by Arthur Conan Doyle and featuring detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and assistant Dr. Watson began on this date with the theft of 3 precious crystals from a coronet. The story is the 11th in a series of 12 stories contained in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
