CNN — Here is a look at the life of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director. Birth date: April 25, 1949 Birth place: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Birth…
Read more Dominique Strauss-Kahn 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 a look at North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and the history of its weapons program. North Korea signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The International…
Read more North Korea Nuclear Timeline 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 — While the fate of mifepristone, one of two drugs used for medication abortions, is in the hands of the US Supreme Court, the drug continues to…
Read more How a medication abortion, also known as an ‘abortion pill,’ works | CNNCNN — Here is a look at the life of convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols. Birth date: April 1, 1955 Birth place: Lapeer County, Michigan Birth…
Read more Terry Nichols 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’s a look at the 2008 military conflict between Russia and Georgia. The conflict centered on South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two “breakaway provinces” in Georgia. They…
Read more 2008 Georgia Russia Conflict 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 | CNNHere’s a look at the life of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Birth date: April 1, 1950 Birth place: Trenton, New Jersey Birth name: Samuel Anthony Alito…
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