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c. June 1815 The Waterloo bond legend unproven 0 cit. Legend says Nathan Rothschild learned of Wellington's victory a day early and cornered the London bond market for a huge profit. This dramatic version is largely a myth first spread by a hostile 1846 pamphlet, and it remains unproven; records suggest his gains came from a sustained bet on British bonds after the war rather than a single day of trading. economy / war ●●●●
15 February 1898 USS Maine Explosion unproven 1 cit. The battleship USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor, killing 266 sailors, and American newspapers immediately blamed a Spanish mine, helping push the United States into the Spanish-American War. Later technical investigations, including a 1976 U.S. Navy study, concluded the explosion most likely resulted from an internal coal-bunker fire igniting the ship's magazines, not external sabotage. Claims that the U.S. government itself staged the explosion as a pretext for war are a persistent but unproven conspiracy theory, not supported by the physical evidence. diplomacy / war ●●
13 January 1963 Togo's president Sylvanus Olympio is assassinated unproven 0 cit. Sylvanus Olympio, the first president of Togo, is shot dead in a coup led by soldiers including Gnassingbe Eyadema, who later admitted firing. Olympio had resisted French influence and pushed to leave the CFA franc. France's exact role in the killing is alleged by critics but has never been proven and remains disputed. politics / war ●●
9 September 1999 The Russian apartment bombings unproven 0 cit. In September 1999 a series of bombings destroyed apartment blocks in Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk, killing around 300 people and spreading fear across Russia. The official investigation blamed militants linked to the war in the North Caucasus, and several people were later convicted. The bombings helped rally public support for a new war in Chechnya and for Putin, then prime minister. Critics and some former officials have alleged FSB involvement in staging the attacks; these allegations are disputed, denied by the Russian authorities, and have never been proven. politics / society / war ●●●
September 2000 The 'new Pearl Harbor' passage and its later readings unproven 0 cit. Rebuilding America's Defenses states that the process of military transformation "is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event, like a new Pearl Harbor." In context the line describes how hard reform is to drive without a galvanizing shock. Whether PNAC wanted or foresaw such an event is disputed and unproven. What the record does show is that after September 11 the group moved within days to use the attacks to press the regime-change agenda it had urged since 1998. The 9/11 Truth movement reads the line as proof of foreknowledge; most historians read it as an observation, not a call for one. politics / war ●●●
15 July 2016 The 28 pages on the 9/11 attacks are declassified unproven 0 cit. The US government released a long classified section of the 2002 congressional inquiry into the September 11 attacks, known as the 28 pages. The material described contacts between some hijackers and individuals connected to Saudi Arabia, raising questions about possible foreign support. Officials stressed the passages held unverified leads rather than proven findings, and the Saudi government denied any involvement. politics / war ●●●