Here's a snapshot of what happened this week in American History:

December 17, 1903: The Wright Brothers achieved the first powered & sustained flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Orville & Wilbur Wright Flight at Kitty Hawk

 

December 19, 1972: The last manned mission of the Apollo program, Apollo 17, returned to Earth, marking the end of manned missions to the moon for the foreseeable future.

December 21, 1937: The first full-length animated feature film, Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," premiered in Los Angeles.

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