Lunar lift-off film for Apollo 17 shot on Dec. 14, 1972. Ed Fendell in Houston anticipates exactly the timing of ignition, lift-off, and the rate of climb, and the camera tilts to follows the ascent. It was the last human presence on the moon, as mankind has not returned since.

On Dec. 14, 1972, Apollo 17 made the last manned landing on the moon, marking the end of NASA's lunar program.

President George W. Bush, on his last visit to Iraq while in office on Dec. 14, 2008, had to dodge two shoes tossed at him by a purported Iraqi Journalist.