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Pusan Perimeter breakout
The Pusan Perimeter breakout was the US Eighth Army offensive launched on 16 September 1950 from its Pusan defensive line, which collapsed the North Korean army within days.
Putin khuylo!
Putin khuylo! (Путін — хуйло) is an obscene Ukrainian anti-Putin chant with a la-la-la refrain, first documented at a Kharkiv Metalist–Shakhtar ultras march on 30 March 2014, derived from a 'Surkis khuylo' football chant, spread by viral video, and revived as a hashtag after 2022.
Putumayo genocide
The Putumayo genocide was the enslavement and mass killing of Indigenous peoples of the Putumayo River region by Julio César Arana's rubber company during the Amazon rubber boom.
Qin's wars of unification
Qin's wars of unification (230–221 BCE, 秦滅六國) were the Qin state's campaigns under King Zheng conquering Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi, culminating in 221 BCE in the first unified Chinese empire divided into 36 commanderies.
Qing conquest of the Chahar Mongols
The Qing conquest of the Chahar Mongols (1620s–1635) ended the last khanate ruled by a descendant of the Yuan emperors, bringing southern Mongolia under Manchu rule.
Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
The Qing reconquest of Xinjiang (清军收复新疆之战), also called Zuo Zongtang's recovery of Xinjiang, was the 1876 to 1878 campaign that destroyed Yaqub Beg's state and restored Qing control.
Quantrill's Raiders
Quantrill's Raiders were William Clarke Quantrill's Confederate guerrilla band on the Kansas-Missouri border, organized December 1861, infamous for the August 21, 1863 Lawrence Massacre and Baxter Springs killings.
Quebec City mosque shooting
Quebec City mosque shooting: 29 January 2017 attack on the Centre culturel islamique de Québec by Alexandre Bissonnette, who killed six worshippers; guilty pleas, 25-year parole ineligibility after appeals, National Day of Remembrance.
Quechan Revolt
The Quechan Revolt, or Yuma Revolt, was a 1781 Quechan uprising at the Yuma Crossing that destroyed two Spanish settlements and ended Spanish settlement on the lower Colorado.
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal: Canadian commemorative medal (2012) marking the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Canada; 60,000 awarded, 11,000 to Canadian Forces; administered by the Chancellery of Honours, Rideau Hall.
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal: Canadian provincial commemorative medal (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, PEI, Saskatchewan, Alberta) marking the 70th anniversary of the 1952 accession; 32 mm silver design, authorized for wear by P.C. 2022-1192; distinct from the UK medal.
Quentin Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt (1897–1918), youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, Harvard student and Army Air Service pursuit pilot with the 95th Aero Squadron; shot down over Chamery, France, July 14, 1918; the only child of a US President to die in combat.
Quiriguá's capture of Copán
Quiriguá's capture of Copán was the seizure and ritual beheading of Copán's thirteenth ruler, Waxaklajuun Ubaah K'awiil, by Quiriguá's king in AD 738, ending three centuries of Copán's dominance.
Quito alcabala revolt
The Quito alcabala revolt, called in Spanish the Revolución de las Alcabalas, was an uprising against a 2 percent royal sales tax that lasted from 1592 to 1593.
Race to the Sea
Race to the Sea: September–October 1914 flanking maneuvers after the Marne, as French, British, German, and Belgian armies moved north, ending at Ypres and the Yser and fixing the trench lines of the Western Front.
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans: faction of the 1850s–1877 Republican Party led by Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner, demanding abolition, Black civil rights, and harsh Reconstruction terms for the former Confederacy.
Radisson Blu Bamako attack
The Radisson Blu Bamako attack: 20 November 2015 jihadist assault on Bamako's Radisson Blu hotel by two al-Mourabitoun gunmen with AK-47s and grenades, killing about 20 and holding 170 hostages before Malian, French, and US forces ended the nine-hour siege.
Rafah offensive
The Rafah offensive was an Israeli military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, launched in May 2024 during the Gaza war, displacing roughly one million people.
Rafah paramedic massacre
Rafah paramedic massacre: Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinian medics and rescue workers (8 PRCS, 6 Civil Defense, 1 UNRWA) in Rafah on 23 March 2025 and buried them in a mass grave; a phone video contradicted initial IDF claims.
Rafi ibn Layth's revolt
Rafi ibn Layth's revolt was an uprising in Central Asia against Abbasid rule, begun in Samarkand in 805-6, that prompted Caliph Harun al-Rashid to march east himself.
Raid at Cabanatuan
The Raid at Cabanatuan (Great Raid), January 30, 1945: 6th Ranger Battalion under Lt. Col. Henry Mucci, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas freed over 500 Allied POWs from the Japanese Pangatian camp on Luzon.
Raid on Maungapōhatu
The raid on Maungapōhatu was a 1916 armed police operation to arrest the Tūhoe prophet Rua Kēnana in New Zealand, in which two Māori men were killed.
Raid on the Medway
The Raid on the Medway (Tocht naar Chatham), 10-14 June 1667, was a Dutch naval attack under Michiel de Ruyter during the Second Anglo-Dutch War that broke the Gillingham chain, burned English warships, captured the Royal Charles, and forced the Peace of Breda.
Rais massacre
The Rais (Raïs) massacre of 28–29 August 1997 killed villagers near Sidi Moussa, 20 km south of Algiers, during the Algerian civil war; official toll 98 dead, unofficial figures 200–500, attributed to the GIA but contested.
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag (Знамя Победы над Рейхстагом)
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag (Знамя Победы над Рейхстагом) is Yevgeny Khaldei's staged May 2, 1945 photograph of Soviet soldiers hoisting a red flag over Berlin's Reichstag, paired with the actual Victory Banner raised by Berest, Yegorov, and Kantaria.
Rakhine offensive (2023–present)
The Rakhine offensive is a campaign launched by the Arakan Army against Myanmar's military junta in November 2023, capturing 14 of Rakhine State's 17 townships.
Rákóczi's War of Independence
Rákóczi's War of Independence (Hungarian: Rákóczi-szabadságharc) was an armed uprising led by Prince Ferenc Rákóczi II against Habsburg rule in Hungary, fought from 1703 to 1711 and ended by the Peace of Szatmár.
Ramzi bin al-Shibh
Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni-born Hamburg cell member and key coordinator of the 9/11 plot, failed to get a U.S. visa, was captured in Karachi, and was ruled unfit for trial at Guantanamo in 2023 after CIA-custody abuse left him psychotic.
Ramzi Yousef
Ramzi Yousef, also known as Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, is a convicted terrorist who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, killing six, and is serving life plus 240 years.
Rand Rebellion
The Rand Rebellion, also called the Rand Revolt, was a 1922 armed uprising by white gold mineworkers on the Witwatersrand, crushed by Jan Smuts's government.