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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.
- 1984Henry Liu assassinationGovernment & Intelligence
Shortly after 9 a.m., two United Bamboo gunmen, Wu Tun and Tung Kuei-sen, shoot Liu dead in the garage of his Daly City home as he is about to leave. His wife, Helen Liu, hears the shots. The killing has the marks of a professional, targeted hit.
- 1987Thomas Sankara assassinationGovernment & Intelligence
Gunmen storm a meeting of the National Council of the Revolution in Ouagadougou and shoot Sankara dead along with twelve aides and guards. He is 37. Compaoré, his second-in-command, takes control of the state that same evening.
Drawn from 1,911 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.