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Read more Case dismissed against teenage cousin of Uvalde school shooter for allegedly threatening school shooting | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the life of Mark David Chapman, who was convicted of murdering musician John Lennon. Birth date: May 10, 1955 Birth place: Fort…
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Read more Genocide Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s some background information about violence against US politicians and diplomats throughout history. January 30, 1835 – President Andrew Jackson is shot at by Richard Lawrence…
Read more Violence Against US Politicians and Diplomats Fast Facts | CNN PoliticsCNN — Here’s a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the…
Read more Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at the life of former NFL star O.J. Simpson. Birth date: July 9, 1947 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Orenthal…
Read more O.J. Simpson Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the life of television, film and stage actress Carol Burnett. Birth date: April 26, 1933 Birth place: San Antonio, Texas Birth name:…
Read more Carol Burnett Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq,…
Read more Kurdish People Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at Enron, an energy trading company that collapsed after a massive accounting fraud scheme was revealed. Its 2001 bankruptcy filing was the largest…
Read more Enron Fast Facts | CNNCNN — This is a list of prominent American politicians killed in plane crashes. May 1, 1928 – New York Rep. Thaddeus C. Sweet (R). Sweet is killed…
Read more US Politician Plane Fatalities Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the Boston Marathon, run from Hopkinton to Boston. The finish line is in front of the Boston Public Library on Boylston Street.…
Read more Boston Marathon Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria as president since July 2000. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from…
Read more Syrian Civil War Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The blast killed 168…
Read more Oklahoma City Bombing Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the deaths of 13 people at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. Twelve students and one…
Read more Columbine High School Shootings Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho…
Read more Virginia Tech Shootings Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at the Hillsborough Disaster, a 1989 tragedy at a British soccer stadium. Overcrowding in the stands led to the deaths of 97…
Read more Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic…
Read more Taliban Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at the life of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Birth date: March 28, 1945 Birth place: Maasin, Southern Leyte, Philippines Birth name:…
Read more Rodrigo Duterte Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is some background information about the trials and execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Hussein was charged with premeditated murder, imprisonment and the deprivation…
Read more Saddam Hussein Trial Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about missing Americans, see Robert Levinson Fast Facts or POW/MIA in…
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