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Cuban intervention in Angola
Cuban intervention in Angola: Cuba's 1975–1991 military and civil support for the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War, including Operation Carlota, the Cuito Cuanavale siege, and the 1988 New York Accords withdrawal.
Cuban intervention in the Congo
The Cuban intervention in the Congo was a secret 1965 expedition of about 400 Cuban volunteers led by Che Guevara, who trained Simba rebels until withdrawing in defeat.
Cuban Junta
The Cuban Junta was the New York-based diplomatic and fundraising body of the Cuban independence movement during the 1895 to 1898 war against Spain, led by José Martí and later Tomás Estrada Palma.
Cuban Missile Crisis (Карибский кризис)
Cuban Missile Crisis (Карибский кризис), October 16–28, 1962: thirteen-day US-Soviet confrontation over secret Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, resolved by a naval quarantine, a no-invasion pledge, and secret withdrawal of US Jupiter missiles from Turkey.
Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution (1953-1959), led by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, overthrew Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 after Sierra Maestra guerrilla war, then enacted agrarian reform, nationalization, and alignment with the Soviet Union.
Cuban Revolution of 1933
The Cuban Revolution of 1933 toppled President Gerardo Machado in August and brought Ramón Grau San Martín's radical government to power, overthrown by Fulgencio Batista in 1934.
Cuban War of Independence
Cuban War of Independence (Guerra de Independencia de Cuba), 1895–1898: third Cuban liberation war against Spain, begun at Baire, led by Martí, Gómez, and Maceo, ending via US intervention, the Treaty of Paris, and the Platt Amendment.
Cuban withdrawal from Angola
The Cuban withdrawal from Angola was the staged removal of about 50,000 Cuban troops between January 1989 and May 1991, under an Angola-Cuba agreement tied to Namibian independence.
Cudgel War
Cudgel War, a peasant uprising in Finland, cited in social-history scholarship as a revolt with a distinctive name; retained sources support only its identity and general European peasant-revolt context, not dates or casualties.
Cuffy (rebel)
Cuffy, also spelled Kofi or Coffy, was an enslaved Akan man who led the 1763 Berbice slave rebellion in Guyana and is honored as a national hero.
Cumbria shootings
Cumbria shootings, 2 June 2010 mass shooting by taxi driver Derrick Bird, 52, who killed 12 and injured 11 across west Cumbria with a legally held shotgun and .22 rifle before killing himself at Boot; worst since Dunblane 1996.
Curaçao slave revolt of 1795
The Curaçao slave revolt of 1795 was an uprising of enslaved people led by Tula that began at the Knip plantation and became the island's largest slave revolt.
Currier and Ives
Currier and Ives, New York lithographic firm (1835–1907) founded by Nathaniel Currier with partner James Merritt Ives from 1857; publisher of cheap, hand-colored popular prints, Civil War imagery, political cartoons for both parties, and the racist Darktown series.
Cursed soldiers
Cursed soldiers (żołnierze wyklęci, indomitable soldiers): Polish post-1944 anti-communist underground fighters, mostly ex-Home Army, waging guerrilla war until 1963; commemorated on 1 March since 2011.
Curtis Culwell Center attack
Curtis Culwell Center attack, also called the Garland shooting (May 3, 2015): ISIS-inspired gunmen Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi fired at police outside a Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, wounding security officer Bruce Joiner before officer Greg Stevens killed both within seconds.
Cyberwarfare during the 2026 Iran war
Cyberwarfare during the 2026 Iran war: Iranian state and proxy hacking, including Handala, Nimbus Manticore, and Screening Serpens, against US, Israeli, and European infrastructure after Operation Epic Fury began February 28, 2026, alongside CISA PLC warnings, water-utility attacks, and Iranian internet shutdowns.
Cyla Wiesenthal
Cyla Wiesenthal, née Müller (1908–2003), Holocaust survivor and wife of Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal; escaped under the false identity Irena Kowalska, survived forced labor in Solingen, reunited with her husband in Linz in 1945.
Cypress Hills Massacre
The Cypress Hills Massacre (June 1, 1873) saw American wolfers kill 15–35 Nakoda (Assiniboine) near Farwell's and Solomon's trading posts, Saskatchewan, over suspected horse theft; it hastened creation of the North-West Mounted Police.
Cyrus the Great in the Bible
Cyrus the Great in the Bible (Koresh): the Persian king named in Isaiah 44:28 and 45:1 as God's shepherd and anointed, credited in Ezra and 2 Chronicles with freeing Judean exiles and rebuilding the Jerusalem temple after conquering Babylon in 539 BCE.
Czechoslovak Legion
Czechoslovak Legion: volunteer Czech and Slovak forces (legie, legií) of WWI in Russia, France, and Italy; formed from 1914, took the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1918, evacuated via Vladivostok by 1920, and became the core of the Czechoslovak Army.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia: Central European state of Czechs and Slovaks, proclaimed 28 October 1918 after Austria-Hungary's collapse; Masaryk first president; democracy until 1938 Munich; communist from 1948; Velvet Revolution 1989; dissolved 31 December 1992 into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm
D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm: 1944 MI5 investigation after codewords Utah, Omaha, Overlord, Mulberry, and Neptune appeared in crosswords set by Leonard Dawe; cleared as coincidence.
Dachau liberation reprisals
Dachau liberation reprisals: killings of SS guards by US soldiers and freed prisoners at Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945; about 39 deaths confirmed, with disputed higher claims.
Dacian Wars
The Dacian Wars were the conflicts between Rome and the Dacian kingdom north of the Danube, culminating in Emperor Trajan's two campaigns against King Decebalus in 101–102 and 105–106 CE.
Dade Massacre
The Dade Massacre, also called the Dade Battle, was the killing of 108 of 110 US soldiers under Major Francis Dade by Seminoles in Florida in 1835.
Daegu October 1 Incident
The Daegu October 1 Incident (대구 십일사건) was a 1946 uprising against the US military government that began when police fired on demonstrators in Daegu.
Daejeon prison massacre
The Daejeon prison massacre (Daejeon Sannae Golryeonggol massacre) was the killing of 1,800 to 7,000 prison inmates and National Guidance League members by South Korean forces near Daejeon in 1950.
Dahra caves massacre
The Dahra caves massacre (French: les enfumades du Dahra) was the killing of several hundred to a thousand Algerian civilians by French troops in June 1845.
Đắk Sơn massacre
The Đắk Sơn massacre was a December 5, 1967 Viet Cong flamethrower attack on the Stieng hamlet of Đắk Sơn in Phuoc Long province, South Vietnam, killing scores of civilians.
Dakota War of 1862
The Dakota War of 1862 (U.S.-Dakota War, Sioux Uprising) was a six-week Minnesota River Valley conflict sparked by broken treaties and starvation, ending at Wood Lake and Camp Release, with 38 Dakota men hanged at Mankato on December 26, 1862, the largest mass execution in U.S. history, followed by Dakota exile from Minnesota.