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Today in History highlights and key events
On December 12 throughout history notable events include Modane rail disaster in 1917 with French troops, Boys Town founding near Omaha, and Kenya’s 1963 independence. Other items cover Roosevelt appointing Oscar Straus in 1906, the Katzenjammer Kids debut in 1897, the first Motel Inn in 1925, and Panay sinking in 1937.
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Modane
France
Father Edward Flanagan
Omaha
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
U.S
Rudolph Dirks
New York Journal
Theodore Roosevelt
Oscar Straus
Commerce and Labor
Straus
San Luis Obispo
California
Panay
China
Yangtze River
Japan
United Nations Committee
Manhattan
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
U.n’s
United Mine Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
Kenya
Britain
Paramount Pictures
John Travolta
New York
Arrow Air
Gander
Newfoundland
Lich Ramirez Sanchez
Carlos the Jackal
Paris
Ramirez
George W. Bush
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
Johnston
Iowa
Ike Turner
Tina Turner
San Marcos