H-e-e-e-r-e’s Vickie and Tiny Tim with Johnny Carson

    Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (December 16, 1917- March 19, 2008)

Clarke was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for
his short stories and novels, among them “The Sentinel” (1951) which partially
inspired Stanley Kubrick’s epic film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Clarke
co-wrote the screenplay with Kubrick.

Apollo 17 crew from left: Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt,
Commander Eugene Cernan, and Command Module Pilot Ronald
Evans (seated).

Launch time was at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time

                 
                     David Warren "Dave" Brubeck

             (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012)