December 21 in diaries

1521: Antonio Pigafetta, chronicler of the Magellan expedition.

1898: John Henry Asendorf, soldier with the Pennsylvania Voluneers, Alfred Burton Welch, soldier with the Washington Volunteers, John E.T. Milsaps, Salvation Army missionary.

1899: Simeon Villa, Santiago Barcelona, both with the staff of Pres. Aguinaldo, Karl White, soldier with the Iowa Volunteers.

1931: Marcial Lichauco, member of OsRox Mission.

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

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

1942: Louise Fillmore Blancaflor, American married to a Filipino in Negros.

1944: Felipe Buencamino III, former USAFFE officer, Louise Fillmore Blancaflor, American married to a Filipino in Negros; American civilian detainees: Albert Holland, Carl E. Rice (UST); American P.O.W.s: Warren Wilson.

2014: Fr. Amado Picardal.

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