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Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador (1485–1547)
For the Bolivian Olympic weightlifter, see Hernán Cortez (weightlifter).
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca[a][b] (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish explorers and conquistadors who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
Born in Medellín, Spain, to a family of lesser nobility, Cortés chose to pursue adventure and riches in the New World. He went to Hispaniola and later to Cuba, where he received an encomienda (the right to the labor of certain subjects). For a short time, he served as alcalde (magistrate) of the second Spanish town founded on the island. In 1519, he was elect
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Keith Hernandez
American baseball player and broadcaster (born 1953)
Baseball player
| Keith Hernandez | |
|---|---|
Hernandez in 2022 | |
| First baseman | |
| Born: (1953-10-20) October 20, 1953 (age 71) San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
| August 30, 1974, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| July 24, 1990, for the Cleveland Indians | |
| Batting average | .296 |
| Hits | 2,182 |
| Home runs | 162 |
| Runs batted in | 1,071 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Keith Hernandez (born October 20, 1953) is an American former Major League Baseballfirst baseman who played the majority of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. Hernandez was a five-time All-Star who shared the 1979 NL MVP award and won two World Series titles, one each with the Cardinals and Mets. Since 1998, he has been a color commentator on Mets television broadcasts.
A contact hitter with a .296 career average and a walk rate of 12.5%,[1][2] Hernan
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Produced by Jaime Stolz
Aaron Hernandez seemed to have it all. He turned a hardscrabble childhood into superstar NFL dreams. In 2012 he was on one of the all-time best teams in the NFL and was armed with a new $40 million contract extension. But then it all fell apart when he was arrested for the 2013 murder of semi-pro linebacker Odin Lloyd in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. He was convicted of murdering Lloyd in 2015 and in April 2017, Hernandez committed suicide in a Massachusetts prison where he was serving a life sentence. He was 27.
IN DEPTH: All-American Murder
"I believe this is the most fascinating, complicated and troubling crime story of our times," says best-selling author and "48 Hours" contributor James Patterson."And you don't know the half of it yet."
Patterson and "48 Hours" explore Hernandez' life, as a child growing up in Bristol, Connecticut, where football glory got him into college and then to the NFL. But, despite the on-field accolades, as Patterson r