On this day in conspiracies

With the army's loyalty crumbling under the psychological pressure and the threat of wider US action, Arbenz resigns and records a farewell address. Power passes to a short-lived military junta.

Itavia Flight 870, a DC-9 registered I-TIGI, breaks apart at cruise altitude over the Tyrrhenian Sea between Ponza and Ustica at about 20:59 local time. All 81 people aboard are killed. The wreckage falls into deep water, complicating recovery from the outset.

In Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, the cult releases sarin from a converted truck near the homes of judges hearing a case against it. Eight people are killed and hundreds harmed. A local resident, Yoshiyuki Kono, is wrongly suspected by police and media for months; the cult's role is only established after the later subway attack.

The Justice Department agrees to pay Hatfill roughly $5.8 million to settle his lawsuit alleging that officials leaked information about him in violation of the Privacy Act. The government later formally exonerates him of any involvement in the attacks.

Barclays becomes the first bank to settle, agreeing to pay roughly $450 million to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice and Britain's Financial Services Authority. The CFTC order describes attempted manipulation and false reporting 'on numerous occasions and sometimes on a daily basis' over about six years. Chief executive Bob Diamond resigns within days.

FIFA publishes the full 430-page Garcia Report a day after it leaks to the German newspaper Bild. It describes conduct that created the appearance of impropriety around the Qatar bid's Aspire academy and notes that Russia made only limited documents available, while stopping short of proof that would overturn the awards.

The DOJ Office of the Inspector General releases its report on the death, documenting extensive negligence and falsified guard records and finding no evidence of foul play. It treats the death as a fact throughout.

The DOJ Office of the Inspector General releases its detailed report on the death, documenting extensive negligence, misconduct, and falsified records, and finding no evidence of foul play or of anyone entering Epstein's cell.

In Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., a 5–4 Supreme Court holds that the bankruptcy code does not authorize a plan to release claims against the Sacklers, who were not themselves in bankruptcy, without the consent of the victims suing them. The ruling voids the deal's liability shield and sends the parties back to negotiate.