On this day: December 19

POSTED: 04:58 PM MST Dec 18, 2012    UPDATED: 12:00 AM MST Dec 19, 2012 
first edition of A Christmas Carol, 1843

"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.