On This Day - December 12, A Shot of History

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2003 – Keiko the Orca made famous by the "Free Willy" movies, dies in the Norwegian fjord that had become his home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko_%28orca%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYyU3USJ-8E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIbBBxs_UHQ

1925 – The first motel, the Motel Inn, opens, in San Luis Obispo, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel#/media/File:4_Seasons_Motel.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel#/media/File:Howard_Johnson%27s_Motor_Lodge_-_Penns_Grove,_New_Jersey.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE5ZYK2RvaU

1963 – Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYhZSx9TKvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDaiTMA0TKo

1949 – Bill Nighy is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nighy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-aMV2xXdps

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet