On this day in conspiracies

Ahead of a planned operation to serve arrest warrants on four MOVE members, police evacuate residents from the surrounding block, telling them they can return within a day.

At the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, David Stern draws seven envelopes from a clear drum on live CBS television. The Knicks, who had the third-worst record in the league, win the first pick. Knicks general manager Dave DeBusschere reacts with visible shock. Within hours, rival fans and executives are calling it too convenient.

The NBA holds its first televised draft lottery. Commissioner David Stern draws envelopes from a drum, and the New York Knicks land the first pick and center Patrick Ewing. With the league seeking a strong team in its largest market, viewers rewatching the footage seize on an envelope that appears creased or banged against the drum, and the frozen envelope legend is born: the idea that the Knicks' pouch was chilled or marked so it could be picked out by touch.

The New York Times publishes Rodchenkov's detailed account, reporting that dozens of Russian athletes at Sochi, including at least 15 medal winners, were part of a state-run program, and describing overnight urine swaps through a hole in the lab wall.

At a joint DGMO briefing, Air Marshal A K Bharti, India's Director General of Air Operations, is asked about the speculation. He replies that the air force did not hit Kirana Hills, adding pointedly that he was only now being told the site houses nuclear installations. Pakistan's military separately dismisses the account and rejects the framing of Kirana Hills as a struck nuclear site.

The US Department of Justice unseals an indictment charging the ship's operators (Synergy Marine) and a technical superintendent with offences tied to the vessel's condition and to failing to report a known hazard, along with obstruction and false statements. The charges allege negligence and concealment, not a deliberate attack, and remain unproven allegations that a court has yet to weigh.