This week in history

December 14, 1911 – Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole, becoming the first men in the recorded history to set foot on the most southern point on Earth.


December 15, 1939 – Premier of the movie Gone with the Wind

The award winning film was adapted from the Pulitzer winner Margaret Mitchell's book by the same name.


December 16, 2010 – Last episode of Larry King Live aired

After 25 years of being on TV, the last episode of Larry King Live, one of CNN's most watched TV program was aired. While the official end date for the talk show was December 16, a special episode on cancer was aired two days later.


December 17, 1989 – First episode of The Simpsons aired

The popular American animated series directed by Matt Groening set in the fictional town of Springfield and followed the life of the Simpson family.


December 18, 1958 – World's first communication satellite launched

A product of a highly secretive project, SCORE (Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment) was launched aboard the Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Once in orbit, it relayed the first message sent to Earth from space.


December 19, 1886 – Sherlock Holmes; The Adventure of Beryl Coronet began on this date

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.


December 20, 2007 – Queen Elizabeth becomes the longest-living British monarch

The previous longest living monarch - Queen Victoria died on Jan 22, 1901, when she was 81 years, 7 months, and 29 days old. Queen Elizabeth, who was born on 21 April 1926, turned 81 years, 7 months and 30 days on this day.

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