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Space Accidents Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The first space-related fatalities occur when a rocket explodes at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, killing 165 people,

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Hank Aaron Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Baseball Hall of Fame player Hank Aaron. Personal Birth date: February 5, 1934 Death date: January 22, 2021 Birth place: Mobile, Alabama Birth name: Henry Louis Aaron Father: Herbert Aaron Mother: Estella (Pritchett) Aaron Marriages: Billye Williams (1973-January 22, 2021, his death);

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) pictured speaking with Finland's President Alexander Stubb.

Trump’s posturing over Greenland has changed the transatlantic alliance forever, European officials say

By Issy Ronald, Nick Paton Walsh, Clare Sebastian, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s posturing over Greenland has irrevocably changed the transatlantic relationship, even after he backed away Wednesday from his threats of a US takeover of the Danish autonomous territory, European officials told CNN. One European diplomat, speaking anonymously, described the last

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