December 21 in history: • 1124 – Lamberto Scannabecchi was elected pope, taking the name Honorius II. → go there • 1872 – HMS Challenger departed Portsmouth on a scientific expedition that laid the foundations of oceanography. → go there • 1919 – After serving two years in prison for encouraging people to resist military conscription, anarchist Emma Goldman was deported from the United States to Russia. → go there • 1934 – Lieutenant Kijé, the first film composition by Sergei Prokofiev (pictured), premiered. → go there • 1995 – In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of control to the Palestinian National Authority. → go there Born 1820: William H. Osborn Wiki link Born 1920: Adele Goldstine Wiki link Died 1955: Milan Marjanović Wiki link Died 2020: K. T. Oslin Wiki link Pictured: Sergei Prokofiev.