Kremlin officials have just announced that Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first post-Communist leader, has died today at the age of 76.

And if you’re a little shaky on the details of his political career (he was elected as the first president of the new republic of Russia in 1991) or unable to remember quite what he looked like (it was Gorbachev, not Yeltsin, who had “that thing on his head”) you’re not alone.

Thankfully, Fox News has already done the exhaustive internet research (read: a Wikipedia and/or Google News search) so you don’t have to! Below, are excerpts from the highlights/lowlights of this controversial political figure.

Feb. 1, 1931 ??? Born to peasant parents in the Ural Mountains. Baptized in Russian Orthodox Church.

April 1985 ??? Brought to Moscow by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who put him in charge of construction for the entire Soviet Union.

September 1989 ??? Newspapers reported that Yeltsin drank heavily during first visit to United States; aides blamed jet-lag and sleeping pills for his unsteadiness.

September 2005 ??? Underwent successful hip surgery after falling while vacationing in Italy.

Rest in peace, Yeltsin. You may be gone, but—thanks to Fox News—that time you got drunk and then blamed it on sleeping pills will never be forgotten.