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May 22
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1924key event
Bobby Franks's body discovered in drainage culvert
Leopold and Loeb Murder of Bobby Franks1924
Bobby Franks identified as victim
Leopold and Loeb Murder of Bobby Franks1924
Horn-rimmed glasses found near victim's body
Leopold and Loeb Murder of Bobby Franks1962
Thomas G. Doty dies in Continental Airlines Flight 11 crash
Continental Airlines Flight 111962
One survivor of Continental Airlines Flight 11 dies at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital
Continental Airlines Flight 111962
Continental Airlines Flight 11 bombing identified as first confirmed U.S. commercial aviation suicide bombing
Continental Airlines Flight 111962
Continental Airlines Flight 11 bombing reshapes U.S. commercial aviation security protocols for insurance verification and passenger screening
Continental Airlines Flight 111962key event
offense
Continental Airlines Flight 111962key event
Thomas G. Doty detonates dynamite aboard Continental Airlines Flight 11
Continental Airlines Flight 111962key event
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes near Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri
Continental Airlines Flight 111962
Captain Fred R. Gray dies in Continental Airlines Flight 11 crash
Continental Airlines Flight 112026key event
Continental Airlines Flight 11
Continental Airlines Flight 11