5,963 articles
Deaths of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon
Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, Dutch students aged 21 and 22, disappeared 1 April 2014 hiking the El Pianista trail near Boquete, Panama; partial remains found June 2014, cause of death never definitively determined.
Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Historiographical debate over the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: traditionalist, revisionist (Alperovitz, atomic diplomacy), and middle-ground schools, casualty estimates, Soviet invasion's role, and memory politics.
December 2001 riots in Argentina
The December 2001 riots in Argentina were protests and looting, triggered by a bank-deposit freeze, that killed dozens and forced President Fernando de la Rúa to resign.
December murders
The December murders, or Decembermoorden, were the executions of fifteen prominent opponents of Suriname's military regime under Desi Bouterse at Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo, in December 1982.
Decembrist revolt (Восстание декабристов)
Decembrist revolt (Восстание декабристов): failed army officers' uprising on Senate Square, Saint Petersburg, 14 December 1825, seeking to end autocracy and serfdom; followed by the Chernigov Regiment rising and harsh repression.
Declarations of war during World War II
Covering 164 formal situations, Declarations of War during World War II spanned 1939 to 1945, including the start in September and the undeclared attack on Pearl Harbor.
Decommunization in Ukraine
Decommunization in Ukraine: removal of communist symbols, monuments, and place names since 1991, systematized by four laws of 9 April 2015 drafted under Volodymyr Viatrovych, extended after 2022 into derussification and a 2023 decolonization law.
Deep strike campaign
Ukraine's deep strike campaign: long-range drone and missile attacks on targets inside Russia since early 2024, also called strategic interdiction, centered on oil refineries, export nodes, airfields, and the Black Sea Fleet.
DeepStateMap.Live
DeepStateMap.Live (deepstatemap.live) is a Ukrainian volunteer OSINT project's interactive map of the Russia-Ukraine war front line, with six territory colors, near-daily updates since 2022, and over a billion views.
Defence Day
Defence Day (Youm-e-Difa), 6 September, is Pakistan's annual observance of the 1965 war, marking the Indian crossing of the international border toward Lahore and Kasur; now observed as Defence and Martyrs Day with change-of-guard and gun-salute ceremonies.
Defence of Buenos Aires
The Defence of Buenos Aires (la Defensa de Buenos Aires) was the militia's successful 1807 resistance to Britain's second invasion of the Río de la Plata.
Defence of the Polish Coast
The Defence of the Polish Coast (Obrona Wybrzeża) was the 1939 campaign in which Polish forces defended Gdańsk Pomerania against Germany at the start of World War II.
Defenestrations of Prague
Pražské defenestrace: three Bohemian episodes (1419, 1483, 1618) of throwing opponents from windows; the 1618 Prague Castle defenestration of regents Slavata and Martinic triggered the Bohemian Revolt and the Thirty Years' War.
Defense of the Brest Fortress
The Defense of the Brest Fortress (Оборона Брестской крепости) was the Red Army's month-long resistance to the German assault opening the invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941.
Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024)
Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024): December 2024 operations in eastern Syria in which the SDF seized regime-held Deir ez-Zor city and the al-Bukamal crossing, then lost the city to HTS-led forces on 10 December 2024.
Deir Yassin massacre
Deir Yassin massacre (دير ياسين): killing of Palestinian villagers on 9 April 1948 by Irgun and Lehi forces west of Jerusalem during the 1948 war; death toll disputed (101-250), the event accelerated the 1948 Palestinian exodus, the Nakba.
Dekemvriana
The Dekemvriana (Δεκεμβριανά, "the December events") were armed clashes in Athens from December 1944 to January 1945 between the communist-led EAM and Greek government forces backed by Britain.
Delta Connection Flight 4819
Delta Connection Flight 4819 (EDV4819/DL4819), an Endeavor Air CRJ-900LR from Minneapolis to Toronto, crashed landing at Toronto Pearson on 17 February 2025, overturning inverted; all 80 aboard survived, 21 injured; TSB investigation A25O0021.
Deluge (history)
The Deluge (potop szwedzki) is the Swedish invasion and occupation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1655–1660, ending with the Peace of Oliva; it caused collapse, plunder, and disputed population losses.
Dembo revolts
The Dembo revolts were armed resistance by the Kimbundu-speaking peoples of the Dembos region near Luanda, Angola, to Portuguese colonial rule, from 1631 until final defeat in 1919.
Demerara rebellion of 1823
The Demerara rebellion of 1823 was an uprising of over 10,000 enslaved people on East Coast plantations of Demerara-Essequibo, now Guyana, beginning in August 1823.
Democratic Kampuchea (កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ)
Democratic Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol Pot, ruled Cambodia from 1975 until Vietnam overthrew it in 1979, with an estimated 1.5 to 2 million deaths.
Democratic Republic of Georgia (საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა)
Democratic Republic of Georgia (საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა), First Republic, independent social-democratic state proclaimed at Tiflis May 26, 1918 under Noe Zhordania; adopted a constitution February 21, 1921 and fell to the Red Army February 25, 1921.
Denial of the Holocaust: organizations and promoters
Holocaust denial is promoted by organizations such as the Institute for Historical Review and CODOH, and by figures like David Irving and Ernst Zündel, claims courts have rejected.
Déou attack
The Déou attack was a jihadist assault on a Burkinabè military detachment at Déou, in Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso, on 12 September 2022, killing two soldiers and wounding about ten.
Deportation of Greeks, Bulgarians and Armenians from Crimea
The deportation of Greeks, Bulgarians and Armenians from Crimea was an NKVD operation in late June 1944 that sent about 41,000 people to the Urals, Siberia, and Kazakhstan.
Deportation of Jews from Bulgarian-occupied territories
The deportation of Jews from Bulgarian-occupied territories was the March 1943 roundup of 11,343 Jews from Macedonia, Thrace, and Pirot, sent to Treblinka, where virtually all died.
Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
Sürgünlik (Sürgün, "exile"): the Soviet deportation of about 191,044 Crimean Tatars from Crimea, 18–20 May 1944, ordered by Stalin, run by Beria's NKVD on collaboration charges, with mass exile mortality, detatarization, and return only from 1989.
Deportation of the Jews of Thessaloniki
The deportation of the Jews of Thessaloniki was the March–August 1943 deportation of more than 45,000 Jews from Salonika to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where most were murdered.
Destruction of cultural heritage during the 2026 Iran war
Destruction of cultural heritage during the 2026 Iran war: U.S.-Israeli strikes damaged UNESCO-verified Iranian sites including Golestan Palace, Chehel Sotoun, Masjed-e Jāme, and Khorramabad Valley; Iran later reported 149 sites damaged.