Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
Robinson José Canó (Spanish pronunciation: [ka'no]; born October 22, 1982) is a Dominican-American professional baseball second baseman for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB).
A native of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, Canó signed with the New York Yankees organization as an amateur free agent in 2001. He played for the Yankees from 2005 to 2013, winning a World Series championship in 2009. In December 2013, Canó signed a 10-year, $240 million USD deal with the Seattle Mariners. He played for the Mariners from 2014 to 2018, when he was traded to the Mets. Cano recorded 1,695 hits in the 2010s; this figure is the highest number of hits recorded by any major league player during that decade. He is an eight-time MLB All-Star, a five-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and a two-time Gold Glove Award winner. Cano is also the 2017 All-Star Game MVP and the 2011 Home Run Derby winner.
Canó has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs on multiple occasions. In 2018, Canó was suspended from Major League Baseball for 80 games for violating MLB's joint drug agreement by using furosemide. On November 18, 2020, Canó was suspended for the entire 2021 season after testing positive for stanozolol.
Canó has represented the Dominican Republic in international play. In the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournament, he won both a gold medal and a Most Valuable Player Award (MVP). Along with WBC teammates Octavio Dotel and Santiago Casilla, Canó became one of four players to have won both a World Series and a WBC.
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HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War. - 6Jun
Operation Peace for the Galilee
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1982 Invasion of Lebanon
The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces. - 14Oct
War on Drugs
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.