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December 25:

 * 1831 - The HMS Beagle was intended to embark on its second voyage after previous delays by foul weather, but its crew was too drunk from celebrating Christmas.
 * 1893 - Isabel Clifton Cookson was born in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
 * 1906 - Martin Glaessner was born in Aussig, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
 * 1934 - Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski was born in Granit, Bulgaria.