December 20 in diaries

1521: Antonio Pigafetta, chronicler of the Magellan expedition.

1898: James Loughrey, soldier with California Volunteers, John E.T. Milsaps, Salvation Army missionary.

1899: Karl White, soldier with the Iowa Volunteers, Alfred Burton Welch, soldier with Washington Volunteers, William Herman Wilhelm, Captain, U.S. Army.

1935: Francis Burton Harrison, former governor-general, adviser to Pres. Quezon.

1941: Filipino civilians: Teodoro M. Locsin, journalist; American civilians: Herman Beaber, Lucy Hardee Olsen, Denny Williams, Elizabeth Vaughan (Negros); American military personnel: Gen. Lewis Beebe, USAFFE chief of staff, John P. Burns, pilot, John P. Horan IV, USAFFE commander, Baguio.

1944: Filipino and Spanish civilians: Fr. Juan Labrador, O.P, rector of Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Louise Fillmore Blancaflor, American married to Filipino in Negros; American civilian detainees: Albert Holland (UST); American P.O.W.s: Warren Wilson, Arthur Shreve.

2014: Fr. Amado Picardal.

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