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December 21:

 * 1795 - Francisco Javier Muñiz was born in San Isidro, Argentina.
 * 1824 - James Parkinson died of a stroke in Langthorne, England.
 * 1831 - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, attempted to embark on its second voyage, but was driven back by foul weather.
 * 1889 - Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps died.
 * 1935 - Rinchen Barsbold was born in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.