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-- 2026-05-14T1234 · [[Operation Gladio]]
-- 2026-05-14T1234 · [[Project MKUltra]]
-- 2026-05-14T1234 · [[CHAOS Program]]
-- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[Great Skill Program]]
-- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[PROMIS]]
-- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[PROMIS Software Scandal]]
-- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[The Nautilus (Telepathy Project)]]
-- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[STARGATE PROJECT]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[SCANATE]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Project Deep Quest]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Controlled Offensive Behavior - USSR]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Unit 8200]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Tower Commission]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Systems Exploitation Detachment]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Yewtree]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Othello]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Orchid]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Midland]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Framework]]
-- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Fernbridge]]
-- 2026-05-14T1229 · [[Operation Big Spender]]
-- 2026-05-14T1229 · [[Operation Arundel]]
-- 2026-05-14T1229 · [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]]
-- 2026-05-14T1229 · [[Project Pandora]]
+- 2026-05-14T1246 · [[Oakland County Child Killer]]
+- 2026-05-14T1245 · [[Pan Am Flight 103]]
+- 2026-05-14T1245 · [[Munich Olympic Massacre]]
+- 2026-05-14T1245 · [[Entebbe hijacking]]
+- 2026-05-14T1245 · [[Achille Lauro]]
+- 2026-05-14T1245 · [[Tic Tac]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[New Orleans Truck Attack]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[GoFast]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[GIMBAL]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[FBI Seizes Largest Ever Explosive Cache]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Cybertruck Trump Hotel Bombing]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Yom Kippur War]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[USS Liberty Incident]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Suez Crisis]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Six-Day War]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Sabra and Shatila massacres]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Osirak bombing]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Korean War]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Iranian Revolution]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Dienbienphu]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[U-2 Incident]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[October Surprise]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Moscow Signal]]
+- 2026-05-14T1244 · [[Lockheed bribe scandal]]

40 - EVENTS/CONTRA_WAR/Bay of Pigs.md

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   - contra-war
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed 1961 CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro whose veterans became key operatives in Contra operations and drug trafficking networks during the 1980s.
+date: 1961-04-17
+location: "Cuba"
 ---
 The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed 1961 [[Central Intelligence Agency]] operation to overthrow [[Fidel Castro]] in [[Cuba]] whose veterans became key operatives in Contra operations and drug trafficking networks during the 1980s. When the CIA needed a secret base to prepare for the invasion, Nicaraguan dictator [[Anastasio Somoza]] provided it. "The U.S. called me, and I agreed to have the bombers leave here and knock the hell out of the installations in Cuba, like a Pearl Harbor deal," Somoza said.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/CONTRA_WAR/Dark Alliance.md

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   - journalism
   - dark-alliance
 summary: Dark Alliance was a three-part investigative series published by the San Jose Mercury News in August 1996, exposing links between CIA-backed Contra forces and the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles.
+date: 1996-08-18
+location: "San Jose, California"
 ---
 "Dark Alliance" was a three-part investigative series published by the [[San Jose Mercury News]] on August 18, 1996, written by [[Gary Webb]]. The series documented how a Bay Area drug ring sold tons of [[cocaine]] to the Crips and Bloods street gangs of [[Los Angeles]] and funneled millions in drug profits to the [[Contras|Contra]] army run by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/CONTRA_WAR/Frogman Case.md

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ tags:
   - 1980s
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: Largest cocaine bust in West Coast history at the time (January 1983), which exposed direct links between Contra drug traffickers in San Francisco and the CIA, connections suppressed through direct CIA intervention.
+date: 1983-01-17
+location: "San Francisco, California"
 ---
 The Frogman Case was the largest cocaine bust in the history of the [[United States]] West Coast at the time of its occurrence in January 1983. The case exposed direct links between cocaine traffickers in [[San Francisco]] and the [[Contras|Contra]] movement in [[Central America]], connections that were suppressed through [[Central Intelligence Agency]] intervention.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/CRIME_INVESTIGATIONS/Dean Corll Murders.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - 1970s
 category: "Crime Investigation"
 summary: "Mass murder of 28 young men in Houston, Texas (1970-1973) that uncovered connections to organized child trafficking and pornography networks with apparent institutional protection."
+start: 1970
+end: 1973
+location: "Houston, Texas"
 ---
 
 ### Overview

40 - EVENTS/CRIME_INVESTIGATIONS/HIK Investigation.md

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   - Government_Corruption
 category: "Crime Investigation"
 summary: "Dutch police investigation launched in 1994 into child trafficking networks centered on Lothar Glandorf's boy brothels in Rotterdam, revealing connections to senior Dutch government officials."
+start: 1994
+end: 1995
+location: "Rotterdam, Netherlands"
 ---
 
 ### Overview

40 - EVENTS/CRIME_INVESTIGATIONS/HIK Report.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - cover-up
 category: "Crime Investigation"
 summary: "Official report from the Dutch HIK investigation into the Manuel Schadwald disappearance and the Rotterdam child trafficking network, revealing a government cover-up."
+start: 1994
+end: 1995
+location: "Rotterdam, Netherlands"
 ---
 
 ### Origins of the Investigation

40 - EVENTS/CRIME_INVESTIGATIONS/Oakland County Child Killer.md

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ tags:
   - michigan
   - child-killer
   - 1970
-}
 category: "Crime Investigation"
 summary: "Unsolved murders of four children in Oakland County, Michigan (1976-1977) that investigators steered away from leads pointing to organized pedophile rings."
+start: 1976
+end: 1977
+location: "Oakland County, Michigan"
 ---
 
 ### Overview

40 - EVENTS/CRIME_INVESTIGATIONS/Phillip Paske & The Delta Project.md

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   - 1970s
 category: "Crime Investigation"
 summary: "Investigation into John David Norman's Delta Project, a boy trafficking scheme operated from inside Cook County Jail using jail printing facilities to distribute materials."
+start: 1976
+end: 1978
+location: "Chicago, Illinois"
 ---
 
 From inside Cook County jail, [[John David Norman]] was inexplicably granted access to the publishing, printing, and mailing facilities required to produce and distribute literature for his [[Odyssey Network]] under its new name The Delta Project. This was nothing but a fresh coat of paint given to the same boy trafficking scheme he had deployed through the mail for years. As reported by the Chicago Tribune in a retrospective article from 1977, the Cook County state's attorney's office and Chicago police stated that Norman's Delta Project was born in Cook County Jail while he was awaiting trial, and unknown to jail officials Norman used jail printing facilities to send out three newsletters about the project to homosexual clients throughout the country and to those who answered his advertisements in pornographic publications.

40 - EVENTS/CRIME_INVESTIGATIONS/Rolodex Investigation.md

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ tags:
   - Joris_Demmink
 category: "Crime Investigation"
 summary: "Dutch police inquiry (1997-1998) into a callboy service catering to Dutch justice officials, exposing connections between child trafficking networks and senior government figures."
+start: 1997
+end: 1998
+location: "Amsterdam, Netherlands"
 ---
 
 ### Overview

40 - EVENTS/CRIME_INVESTIGATIONS/White Marches.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ tags:
   - Cover-up
 category: "Crime Investigation"
 summary: "Mass demonstrations in Belgium (October 1996) sparked by the politically motivated removal of investigating magistrate Jean-Marc Connerotte from the Dutroux case."
+date: 1996
+location: "Belgium"
 ---
 
 The White Marches were a series of mass demonstrations held in Belgium during October 1996, sparked by the removal of investigating magistrate [[Jean-Marc Connerotte]] from the [[Marc Dutroux]] case. Connerotte had been replaced after attending a public function in support of Dutroux's victims, where he ate a plate of spaghetti, an act his superiors used as a pretext to remove him on the grounds that he had compromised his impartiality by socializing with victims' families. The transparently political nature of this decision ignited public fury, leading to the largest protests Belgium had seen in decades.

40 - EVENTS/CRIME_INVESTIGATIONS/X-Dossier.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ tags:
   - Cover-up
 category: "Crime Investigation"
 summary: "Classified dossier compiled under Judge Connerotte containing testimonies from witnesses X1-X8 alleging elite child abuse networks in Belgium linked to Operation Gladio."
+date: 1996
+location: "Belgium"
 ---
 The X-Dossier was a classified investigative dossier compiled by a team led by Prosecutor [[Michel Bourlet]] under Judge [[Jean-Marc Connerotte]] in September 1996, containing testimonies from eight witnesses designated X1 through X8 alleging elite abuse networks in Belgium. The witnesses described systematic sexual violence against children committed by politicians, magistrates, barons, and royalty, many linked to Europe's neo-fascist movement and [[Operation Gladio]]. When the classified X-Dossier was leaked to Flemish journalists in 1997, its contents were published in a 1999 book entitled "The X-Files: What Belgium Was Not Supposed to Know About the Dutroux Affair."[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/DIPLOMACY/Bandung Conference.md

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   - Diplomacy
 category: Diplomacy
 summary: 1955 meeting of Asian and African states in Indonesia that established the Non-Aligned Movement, attended by Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser and shaping Cold War diplomacy.
+start: 1955-04-18
+end: 1955-04-24
+location: "Bandung, Indonesia"
 ---
 The Bandung Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, held in Bandung, Indonesia, in April 1955. Egyptian leader [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] attended this conference and received a promise from [[Chou En-lai]], the Chinese premier, for as many arms as [[Egypt]] could afford. This marked a significant step in Nasser's efforts to secure military aid from the Communist world.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/DIPLOMACY/Camp David summit.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Diplomacy
 category: Diplomacy
 summary: 1978 meetings between Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin, facilitated by Jimmy Carter, leading to the Egypt-Israel peace treaty.
+start: 1978-09-05
+end: 1978-09-17
+location: "Camp David, Maryland"
 ---
 Camp David summit was a series of meetings between Egyptian President [[Anwar Sadat]] and Israeli Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]], facilitated by U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]], in September 1978. The summit led to the [[Camp David Accords]], which were seen as a significant step towards peace in the [[Middle East]]. Some American intelligence officials suspected that Carter's decision to provide [[Israel]] with KH-11 satellite photographs was a reward for Begin's success at this summit.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/DIPLOMACY/Geneva Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Diplomacy
 category: "Diplomacy"
 summary: "1955 international scientific conference in Geneva with 1,500 delegates from 70 nations, marking the first major open exchange of nuclear knowledge."
+date: 1955
+location: "Geneva, Switzerland"
 ---
 The Geneva Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy was a major international scientific conference held in [[Geneva]] in 1955. More than fifteen hundred delegates from seventy nations, including [[Israel]], whose delegation was led by [[Ernst David Bergmann]], took part. [[Lewis L. Strauss]] publicly joined the Israeli delegation in prayer during this conference, despite his private feelings about Zionism.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/DIPLOMACY/Paris Summit Meeting.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ tags:
   - Diplomacy
 category: Diplomacy
 summary: 1960 summit between Eisenhower and Khrushchev that collapsed after the U-2 Incident, derailing a potential US-Soviet detente.
+date: 1960
+location: "Paris, France"
 ---
 The Paris Summit Meeting was scheduled for a few weeks after the [[U-2 Incident]] in May 1960, but was ruined by [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s rage at the incident, which caught the White House in a series of lies. This event led [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] to order an end to all reconnaissance flights over [[Russia]].[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/HISTORICAL_PHENOMENA/Business Plot.md

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   - DuPont
 category: "Historical Phenomenon"
 summary: "1933 alleged conspiracy by Wall Street financiers including the DuPont family to overthrow President Roosevelt and install a fascist dictatorship."
+start: 1933
+end: 1934
+location: "United States"
 ---
 
 In 1933 members of the DuPont family became involved in what has since been euphemistically termed the Business Plot, a conspiracy to replace the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt with a fascist dictatorship. The scheme represented an overt attempt by segments of American industrial and financial elites to impose an authoritarian regime upon the United States, drawing on the same reactionary currents then ascendant across Europe. [[Francis Shelden|Shelden]] and his [[North Fox Island]] operation intersected with this same nexus of old money and impunity.

40 - EVENTS/HISTORICAL_PHENOMENA/Colares Incidents.md

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 ---
 category: "Historical Phenomenon"
 summary: "Wave of UAP encounters in 1977 on the island of Colares, Brazil, where residents reported being attacked by beams of radiation from unknown craft."
+date: 1977
+location: "Colares, Pará, Brazil"
 ---
 The [[Colares Incidents]] refer to a wave of [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena|UAP]] encounters that occurred in 1977 on the island of Colares, in the state of Pará, Brazil. These events are notable for their prolonged duration, the wide variety of craft observed, and the direct, harmful physical effects on the local population.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/HISTORICAL_PHENOMENA/Extraordinary Powers Craze.md

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 description: The Extraordinary Powers Craze was a period of intense interest in paranormal phenomena in China during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
 category: "Historical Phenomenon"
 summary: "Period of intense interest in paranormal phenomena in China during the late 1970s and early 1980s, sparked by reports of children with psychic abilities."
+start: 1979
+location: "China"
 ---
 
 The [[Extraordinary Powers Craze]] was a period of intense interest in paranormal phenomena in [[China]] during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was sparked by a 1979 newspaper article about a twelve-year-old boy named Tang Yu who could allegedly read with his ears.[^1]

40 - EVENTS/HISTORICAL_PHENOMENA/Queen's Accident.md

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 ---
 category: "Historical Phenomenon"
 summary: "1983 head-on collision in Yosemite National Park foothills involving a Secret Service vehicle scouting Queen Elizabeth II's motorcade route, killing three agents and revealing allegations of cover-up and corruption."
+date: 1983-03-05
+location: "Mariposa County, California"
 ---
 The [[Queen's Accident]] refers to a head-on collision that occurred on March 5, 1983, in the Yosemite National Park foothills, involving a Mariposa County Sheriff's vehicle and a Secret Service car. The accident took place while scouting Queen Elizabeth II's motorcade route, approximately 25 minutes ahead of her motorcade. Three Secret Service agents, [[George P. LaBarge]], [[Donald Robinson]], and [[Donald A. Bejcek]], were killed in the collision. Mariposa County Sheriff's Sergeant [[Roderick Sinclair]], who was driving, sustained broken ribs and a fractured knee, while his partner, Deputy [[Rod McKean]], was also present.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/HISTORICAL_PHENOMENA/Roswell Incident.md

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 ---
 category: "Historical Phenomenon"
 summary: "Alleged crash of a UAP in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947, considered the foundational event of modern UFO lore and government secrecy."
+date: 1947
+location: "Roswell, New Mexico"
 ---
 The [[Roswell Incident]] is the alleged crash of a [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena|UAP]] in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. The event is considered by many to be the foundational incident of the modern UAP era and the beginning of the U.S. government's long-standing policy of secrecy and denial on the subject.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/INTELLIGENCE_SCANDALS/Golpe Borghese.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ tags:
   - CIA
 category: "Intelligence Scandal"
 summary: "Fascist coup attempt in Italy in 1970 orchestrated by Junio Valerio Borghese with links to Operation Gladio and intelligence services."
+date: 1970
+location: "Italy"
 ---
 The Golpe Borghese was a fascist coup attempt orchestrated in Italy in 1970 by [[Junio Valerio Borghese]], an aristocrat known as the Black Prince of the Borghese family. The plot represented a direct effort to overthrow the Italian Republic and install an authoritarian regime, carried out by a figure whose postwar career had been carefully nurtured by American intelligence. Its failure did not prevent the ideological and organizational currents behind it from resurfacing throughout the following decades, culminating in the exposure of the P2 Masonic lodge and infiltrating the networks of elite criminality later documented across Europe.
 

40 - EVENTS/INTELLIGENCE_SCANDALS/Iran-Contra Affair.md

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ category: "Intelligence Scandal"
 created: 2024-04-25
 updated: 2026-05-01
 summary: "Political scandal involving the secret sale of arms to Iran to fund the Nicaraguan Contras in violation of the Boland Amendment, leading to indictments of multiple CIA and NSC officials."
+start: 1985
+end: 1987
+location: ["United States", "Iran", "Nicaragua"]
 ---
 The [[Iran-Contra Affair]] was a political scandal in the [[United States]] that came to light between 1985 and 1987, involving the secret sale of arms to [[Iran]] by the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] administration in exchange for American hostages held in [[Lebanon]], with the profits illegally diverted to fund the [[Contras]] in [[Nicaragua]] in violation of congressional prohibitions. The scandal exposed the agency's direct management of the Contra war and the National Security Council's transformation into an operational intelligence agency based inside the White House.[^1][^2]
 

40 - EVENTS/INTELLIGENCE_SCANDALS/Lavon Affair.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ tags:
   - Scandal
 category: "Intelligence Scandal"
 summary: "Covert 1954 Israeli operation in Egypt involving bombings of American, British, and Egyptian targets designed to damage Western-Egyptian relations."
+date: 1954
+location: "Egypt"
 ---
 The Lavon Affair was a covert Israeli operation in [[Egypt]] in mid-1954, involving an Israeli spy ring that bombed and sabotaged American, British, and Egyptian targets. The goal of these bombings was to derail pending British and American negotiations and possible rapprochement with the [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser]] government, aiming to keep [[Egypt]] isolated from Western powers.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/INTELLIGENCE_SCANDALS/Lockheed bribe scandal.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ tags:
   - USA
 category: "Intelligence Scandal"
 summary: "1976 scandal involving bribes paid by Lockheed Aircraft Company to Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres and other international figures."
+date: 1976
+location: "Israel"
 ---
 The [[Lockheed bribe scandal]] refers to a series of bribery incidents involving the [[Lockheed Aircraft Company]]. In [[Israel]], a specific instance of this scandal came to light in 1976 through an intercepted telegram.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/INTELLIGENCE_SCANDALS/Moscow Signal.md

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 description: The Moscow Signal was a microwave beam directed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow by the Soviet Union, suspected of being an electromagnetic weapon.
 category: "Intelligence Scandal"
 summary: "Microwave beam directed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow by the Soviet Union (1956-1976), suspected of being an electromagnetic weapon that spurred U.S. research into psychotronics."
+start: 1956
+end: 1976
+location: "Moscow, Soviet Union"
 ---
 
 The [[Moscow Signal]] refers to a microwave beam directed at the [[U.S. Embassy in Moscow]] by the [[Soviet Union]] from 1956 to 1976. Discovered in 1962 by American military engineers, the signal was aimed primarily at the upper floors of the embassy, where the ambassador and top intelligence officials had their offices.[^1]

40 - EVENTS/INTELLIGENCE_SCANDALS/October Surprise.md

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ tags:
   - PROMIS
   - INSLAW
 summary: "The October Surprise allegation holds that William J. Casey and other figures in Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign secretly negotiated with Iranian representatives to delay the release of 52 American hostages past Election Day in exchange for promises of arms and release of frozen Iranian assets, with the hostages released minutes after Reagan was sworn in on January 20, 1981."
+start: 1980
+end: 1981
+location: ["Madrid, Spain", "Paris, France"]
 ---
 The **October Surprise** refers to the allegation that senior figures in [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 presidential campaign secretly negotiated with representatives of the Iranian government to delay the release of 52 American hostages held since November 4, 1979, until after Election Day, November 4, 1980. The goal was to deny President [[Jimmy Carter]] a diplomatic triumph -- the freeing of the hostages -- that could have swung the election in Carter's favor. In exchange, the Reagan camp allegedly promised [[Iran]] the release of its frozen assets (approximately $8 billion frozen by Carter) and arms sales via [[Israel]] once Reagan took office. The hostages were released January 20, 1981, minutes after Reagan was sworn in.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/INTELLIGENCE_SCANDALS/U-2 Incident.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Espionage
 category: "Intelligence Scandal"
 summary: "1960 shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union, causing a major diplomatic crisis and collapse of the Paris Summit."
+date: 1960-05-01
+location: "Soviet Union"
 ---
 The [[U-2 Spy Plane|U-2]] Incident refers to the shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over the [[Soviet Union]] on May 1, 1960. The incident, involving pilot [[Gary Francis Powers]], caused a major international crisis and led to the ruin of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]]'s Paris summit meeting scheduled for a few weeks later. It also prompted Eisenhower to order an end to all reconnaissance flights over [[Russia]].[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949).md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Middle East
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "Conflict following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and declaration of the State of Israel, resulting in Israeli victory and the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem."
+start: 1948
+end: 1949
+location: "Middle East"
 ---
 The Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949) refers to the conflict that began after the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the declaration of the State of [[Israel]] in May 1948. This war resulted in [[Israel]]'s victory and the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem in the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]]. The [[United Nations]] approved Resolution 194 after the war, directing that the refugees had to be given the option of returning to [[Israel]] if they wished to do so.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/Dienbienphu.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - France
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "Decisive 1954 battle in the First Indochina War where the Viet Minh defeated French colonial forces, ending French rule in Indochina."
+start: 1954-03-13
+end: 1954-05-07
+location: "Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam"
 ---
 Dienbienphu was a decisive battle in the First Indochina War, fought between the French Union's colonial forces and the Viet Minh (led by [[Ho Chi Minh]]) in 1954. The disastrous defeat of [[France]] at Dienbienphu contributed to a change in attitude among many French military men who had been skeptical of an independent nuclear deterrent. This defeat, coupled with the subsequent collapse of French colonialism in North Africa, made it clear that [[France]] could not depend on its [[NATO]] allies to protect purely French interests.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/Iranian Revolution.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Politics
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "1979 popular uprising that overthrew Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, establishing an Islamic republic and fundamentally reshaping Middle Eastern geopolitics."
+date: 1979
+location: "Iran"
 ---
 Iranian Revolution refers to the popular uprising in [[Iran]] that led to the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in February 1979. The [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] had provided upbeat predictions that the Shah would manage to cling to power, despite a trenchant analysis from [[Uri Lubrani]], a former Israeli ambassador to Iran, in 1978, which stated that the Shah would not survive. The CIA's embarrassingly inept reporting on Iran forced the American leadership to turn once again to Israeli help in trying to anticipate world events.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/Korean War.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Cold War
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "1950-1953 conflict between North and South Korea that involved U.S. intelligence programs and connections to later covert operations in Southeast Asia."
+start: 1950
+end: 1953
+location: "Korean Peninsula"
 ---
 The Korean War was a conflict that began in 1950, involving North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (supported by the United Nations, primarily the United States). During this period, the [[United States]] was preoccupied with the war, as well as economic and social conditions in Europe, and the political battle with the [[Soviet Union]].[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/Osirak bombing.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ tags:
   - Iraq
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "1981 Israeli air strike on the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak near Baghdad, carried out with U.S.-supplied F-16s and condemned internationally."
+date: 1981-06-07
+location: "Osirak, Iraq"
 ---
 Osirak bombing refers to the Israeli air strike on the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak, twelve miles southeast of Baghdad, on June 7, 1981. The raid was carried out by Israeli F-16s, which had been authorized for purchase by [[Israel]] in 1975 for "defensive purposes only."[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/Sabra and Shatila massacres.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "September 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees in Beirut by Lebanese Christian Phalangists, facilitated by Israeli forces under Defense Minister Ariel Sharon."
+start: 1982-09-16
+end: 1982-09-17
+location: "Beirut, Lebanon"
 ---
 The [[Sabra and Shatila massacres]] occurred on September 16 and 17, 1982, in the [[Sabra and Shatila refugee camps]] in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. The massacres were carried out by [[Lebanese Christian militias]] (Phalangists) while the camps were surrounded by [[Israel|Israeli]] troops.
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/Six-Day War.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Middle East
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "1967 conflict in which Israel launched a preemptive strike against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, capturing the Sinai, Gaza, West Bank, and Golan Heights."
+start: 1967-06-05
+end: 1967-06-10
+location: "Middle East"
 ---
 The Six-Day War was a conflict fought between [[Israel]] and a coalition of Arab states (primarily [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], and [[Jordan]]) from June 5 to June 10, 1967. [[Israel]] launched a preemptive strike against the increasing Arab buildup in the [[Sinai]] and achieved a stunning victory, humiliating the Soviet-supplied Arabs and seizing [[Egypt]]'s [[Sinai Peninsula]], the [[Gaza Strip]], [[Jordan]]'s [[West Bank]], and [[Syria]]'s [[Golan Heights]]. The war also resulted in the Old City of [[Jerusalem]] coming under Jewish control.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/Suez Crisis.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Middle East
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "1956 invasion of Egypt by Israel, France, and Britain to regain control of the Suez Canal, ended by Soviet nuclear ultimatum and U.S. pressure."
+start: 1956-10-29
+end: 1956-11-07
+location: "Egypt"
 ---
 The Suez Crisis, also known as the Second Arab–Israeli War or the Sinai War, was an invasion of [[Egypt]] in late 1956 by [[Israel]], followed by [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. The invasion aimed to regain Western control of the [[Suez Canal]] and remove Egyptian President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] from power, who had nationalized the canal in July 1956.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/USS Liberty Incident.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ tags:
   - Israel
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "1967 attack on the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War, killing 34 crew members and sparking enduring controversy."
+date: 1967-06-08
+location: "Eastern Mediterranean Sea"
 ---
 The USS Liberty Incident refers to the attack on the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty by Israeli forces on June 8, 1967, the third day of the [[Six-Day War]]. The Liberty, flying the American flag, had been monitoring [[Middle East]] communications traffic in international waters off the coast of [[Israel]] and had been identified as an American ship before the attack. The incident resulted in the deaths of thirty-four American servicemen and wounded 171 others.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MAJOR_CONFLICTS/Yom Kippur War.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Middle East
 category: "Major Conflict"
 summary: "1973 Arab-Israeli War that began with coordinated Egyptian and Syrian attacks, leading to a nuclear alert and reshaping regional power dynamics."
+start: 1973-10-06
+end: 1973-10-25
+location: ["Sinai Peninsula", "Golan Heights"]
 ---
 The Yom Kippur War, also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, began on Saturday, October 6, 1973, when [[Egypt]] attacked across the [[Sinai]] and [[Syria]] invaded the [[Golan Heights]]. The initial days of the war were a stunning rout for [[Israel]], with significant losses in tanks and aircraft. Egyptian forces breached the Bar-Lev defense line in the [[Sinai]], and Syrian forces advanced to the edge of [[Galilee]].[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MODERN_INCIDENTS/Cybertruck Trump Hotel Bombing.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ tags:
 description: A U.S. Army Special Ops soldier detonated a Tesla Cybertruck filled with explosives near the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, injuring seven. The suspect left a manifesto alleging government cover-ups and war crimes, claiming the act was a 'wake-up call.' The FBI is investigating it as a potential terrorist act.
 category: "Modern Incident"
 summary: "January 1, 2025 explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas by active duty Army Special Ops soldier Matthew Livelsberger."
+date: 2025-01-01
+location: "Las Vegas, Nevada"
 ---
 On January 1, 2025, active duty [[U.S. Army]] [[Special Operations Group|Special Ops Soldier]] [[Matthew Livelsberger]] parked a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada. The truck was filled with firework mortars and gas canisters and was detonated at approximately 8:39am injuring seven bystanders.[^1] Livelsberger allegedly shot himself in the head seconds before the explosion. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] is still deciding whether to classify this as an [[act of terrorism]].
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40 - EVENTS/MODERN_INCIDENTS/FBI Seizes Largest Ever Explosive Cache.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ tags:
 description: The FBI seized the largest explosives cache in its history from Brad Kenneth Spafford's Virginia farm, including 150+ pipe bombs, a rifle, and unstable chemicals. A confidential source revealed Spafford's extremist views and plans for violence, leading to his arrest after a year-long investigation.
 category: "Modern Incident"
 summary: "January 1, 2025 FBI announcement of the largest explosives cache seizure in bureau history."
+date: 2025-01-01
+location: "Isle of Wight County, Virginia"
 ---
 On January 1, 2025, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] announced they seized the "largest explosives cache in FBI history."
 

40 - EVENTS/MODERN_INCIDENTS/GIMBAL.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 category: "Modern Incident"
 summary: "Declassified UAP video captured by an F/A-18 Super Hornet crew showing an object rotating against the wind, released by the Pentagon in 2017."
+date: 2015-01-21
+location: "Atlantic Ocean, off East Coast of the United States"
 ---
 The [[GIMBAL]] is one of the three declassified [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena|UAP]] videos released by the [[Pentagon]] in 2017. The video, which was captured by the crew of an F/A-18 Super Hornet from the [[USS Roosevelt]] Carrier Strike Group in 2015, shows a UAP exhibiting flight characteristics that are not possible with any known aircraft.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MODERN_INCIDENTS/GoFast.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 category: "Modern Incident"
 summary: "Declassified UAP video captured by an F/A-18 Super Hornet crew showing an object moving at extreme speed low over the ocean, released by the Pentagon in 2017."
+date: 2015-01-21
+location: "Atlantic Ocean, off East Coast of the United States"
 ---
 The [[GoFast]] is one of the three declassified [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena|UAP]] videos released by the [[Pentagon]] in 2017. The video, which was captured by the crew of an F/A-18 Super Hornet from the [[USS Roosevelt]] Carrier Strike Group in 2015, shows a small, fast-moving object that appears to be traveling at an incredible speed just above the surface of the water.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/MODERN_INCIDENTS/New Orleans Truck Attack.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ tags:
 description: On January 1, 2025, Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street, New Orleans, firing an AR-style rifle. He killed 15 people, injured 35, and was later killed by police. The FBI declared it an act of terrorism. Pipe bombs and ISIS ties were also discovered.
 category: "Modern Incident"
 summary: "January 1, 2025 terrorist attack in which Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck into crowds on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing multiple people."
+date: 2025-01-01
+location: "New Orleans, Louisiana"
 ---
 On January 1, 2025 at approximately 3:15 am, [[Shamsud-Din Jabbar]] bypassed police barriers with a rented Ford F-150 Lightning (electric vehicle). He proceeded to drive for three blocks into dozens of people along Bourbon Street in New Orleans while firing with an AR style rifle. He eventually crashed into a boom lift and engaged law enforcement with fire striking two officers before being killed in return fire. 15 people, including Jabbar, were killed and ~35 others were injured (primarily via the truck, one person died from a gunshot wound).
 

40 - EVENTS/MODERN_INCIDENTS/Tic Tac.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 category: "Modern Incident"
 summary: "UAP encountered by the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in November 2004, captured on video and designated 'Tic Tac' for its shape, released by the Pentagon in 2017."
+date: 2004-11-14
+location: "Pacific Ocean, off San Diego, California"
 ---
 The [[Tic Tac]] refers to a specific [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena|UAP]] encountered by the [[USS Nimitz]] Carrier Strike Group in November 2004. The object was designated the "Tic Tac" by the pilots and crew due to its resemblance to the white, oblong candy. The series of encounters is considered a cornerstone case in modern UAP investigation due to the high-fidelity data collected by multiple military sensor platforms and the corroborating testimony from numerous highly credible and trained observers.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/TERRORISM/Achille Lauro.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Italy
 category: "Terrorism"
 summary: "1985 cruise ship attack described as an Israeli black propaganda operation designed to portray Palestinians as terrorists."
+date: 1985-10-07
+location: "Mediterranean Sea"
 ---
 The [[Achille Lauro]] was a cruise ship that was attacked in 1985. This event is described as an [[Israel|Israeli]] "black" propaganda operation designed to portray Palestinians as deadly and cutthroat.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/TERRORISM/Entebbe hijacking.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ tags:
   - Israel
 category: "Terrorism"
 summary: "1976 hijacking of an Air France jet by the Baader-Meinhof Group, ended by a daring Israeli commando rescue raid at Entebbe Airport in Uganda."
+date: 1976-06-27
+location: "Entebbe Airport, Uganda"
 ---
 The [[Entebbe hijacking]] occurred on June 27, 1976, when an [[Air France]] jet flying from [[Tel Aviv]] to [[Paris]] was hijacked by members of the [[Baader-Meinhof Group]]. The plane was diverted to [[Athens]] and then landed at [[Entebbe Airport]] in [[Uganda]]. Non-[[Israel|Israeli]] passengers were released, but [[Israel|Israeli]] and other passengers remained captive.[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/TERRORISM/Munich Olympic Massacre.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
 category: "Terrorism"
 summary: "1972 attack on Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich by Black September, leading to retaliatory assassinations by Israeli intelligence."
+start: 1972-09-05
+end: 1972-09-06
+location: "Munich, West Germany"
 ---
 The [[Munich Olympic Massacre]] refers to the attack that took place during the 1972 Summer Olympics in [[Munich]], [[West Germany]], where 11 [[Israel|Israeli]] Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian terrorist group [[Black September]].[^1]
 

40 - EVENTS/TERRORISM/Pan Am Flight 103.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 category: "Terrorism"
 summary: "1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, connecting international terrorism to drug trafficking and intelligence operations."
+date: 1988-12-21
+location: "Lockerbie, Scotland"
 ---
 Pan Am Flight 103 was a passenger flight that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. The incident became a focal point for investigations into international terrorism, drug trafficking, and intelligence operations.[^1]