Confirmed
USA PATRIOT Act signed
Post-9/11 authority expanded for intelligence collection.
Mass Digital Surveillance and Smart Devices →October 26
On This Day in Conspiracy History
Real events from our timeline archive that occurred on October 26 in past years. These are sourced, verifiable historical events — not speculation.
- Under Investigation
Trump 2017 file release
Large release of previously-classified JFK files.
The JFK Assassination Conspiracy → - Unsubstantiated
First major NARA declassification of JFK documents
The National Archives releases thousands of previously classified JFK assassination documents under the JFK Records Collection Act. Subsequent releases continue through 2023. No document establishes a second shooter at the grassy knoll or names a grassy knoll gunman.
JFK Assassination: Second Shooter from the Grassy Knoll → - Confirmed
Jury acquits the three named 'Cartel' chatroom traders
A Manhattan federal jury acquits Christopher Ashton, Richard Usher and Rohan Ramchandani of Sherman Act price-fixing conspiracy charges after about five hours of deliberation following a three-week trial.
FX currency-rate fixing cartel (2007-13, revealed 2013) → - Debunked
Boatwright, Newsome, Allen convicted of first-degree murder; life sentences
After a jury trial, Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome, and Robert Allen are convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The robbery-murder account is legally established.
XXXTentacion 2018: rival-label hit vs street robbery → - Confirmed
Israel strikes Iranian missile production sites
Israel conducts a counter-strike targeting Iranian military infrastructure associated with missile production and air-defence systems. The strike is Israel's most significant direct hit on Iranian territory during the exchange cycle. Iran acknowledges limited damage.
Iran-Israel direct strikes (2024) →