The archive, day by day
On this day in conspiracies
The dated turning points behind the case files: assassinations, crashes, leaks, votes, and the moments a theory was born, each drawn straight from a file's sourced timeline. We only place an entry on a day the record actually names.
- 1962Operation NorthwoodsGovernment & Intelligence
General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signs a memorandum titled 'Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba' and sends it to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
- 1976Gaitan assassinationGovernment & Intelligence
The criminal chamber of the Superior Court of Bogota formally rules that Juan Roa Sierra was the sole author of the assassination, attributing the act to a paranoid, schizoid mental state. The verdict is legally definitive and publicly contested from the day it lands.
- 1979Maurice Bishop executionGovernment & Intelligence
The New Jewel Movement, led by Maurice Bishop, overthrows the government of Eric Gairy in a near-bloodless coup and establishes the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG), with Bishop as prime minister and Bernard Coard as deputy.
- 200411-M was ETA (conspiracy theory)Government & Intelligence
Arrests of several men of North African origin are announced, and a videotape claiming the attack in al-Qaeda's name is found. Protesters gather outside People's Party offices accusing the government of hiding the Islamist lead for electoral reasons.
Drawn from 1,967 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.