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On this day in conspiracies
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- 1925Percy FawcettUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
From a spot he calls Dead Horse Camp, Fawcett sends out a last letter to his wife Nina, carried back by native guides. He reports the party is pressing east across the Upper Xingu and signs off, 'You need have no fear of any failure.' Nothing more is ever confirmed heard from any of the three.
- 2003Dr David Kelly's deathUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan reports on Radio 4's Today programme that the government had "sexed up" its September 2002 dossier on Iraqi weapons, including the claim that some weapons could be deployed within 45 minutes. The report, attributed to a senior anonymous source, triggers a furious dispute between the BBC and Downing Street.
Drawn from 1,911 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.