On This Day in History
Gene Cernan becomes the last person, to date, to walk on the Moon
1972At the end of Apollo 17's third moonwalk, American astronaut Gene Cernan became the last person, to date, to walk on the Moon. (Gene Cernan)
Also on this day
- 1948 A patent is filed for an early interactive electronic game — Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann were awarded a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the first interactive electronic game.
- 1918 Puccini's Gianni Schicchi premieres at the Met — Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
- 1960 Australia and the West Indies play the first tied Test — On the last day of a Test between Australia and the West Indies, Ian Meckiff was run out, producing the first tied Test in cricket history.