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21 December
1620
- The Mayflower, a ship harbouring early English settlers, lands in native Wampanoag territory in today's Massachusetts.
1878
- Though born on 18 December, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's birthday was celebrated on the 21st.
1919
- Statesian anarchist Emma Goldman enters the RSFSR.
1949
- Burkinabé Marxist-Leninist and political leader Thomas Sankara is born in Yako, Upper Volta, now known as Burkina Faso.
1995
- Palestinian freedom fighters take the city of Bethlehem from Israeli control.