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Riley Williams
Riley June Williams, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania woman convicted of civil disorder for the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack; charged but not convicted in Nancy Pelosi laptop theft; sentenced to 36 months, later pardoned by Trump.
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is an exoatmospheric interceptor of the US Navy and Japan that destroys ballistic missiles in midcourse flight with a hit-to-kill kinetic warhead.
RIM-162 ESSM
The RIM-162 ESSM, or Evolved SeaSparrow Missile, is a medium-range ship-launched surface-to-air missile developed by an international consortium and in full US Navy use since 2004.
RIM-174 Standard ERAM
The RIM-174 Standard ERAM, designated Standard Missile 6 or SM-6, is a Raytheon-built, ship-launched multi-mission interceptor of the US Navy, first deployed aboard USS Kidd in November 2013.
RIM-66 Standard
The RIM-66 Standard, or Standard Missile, is a medium-range surface-to-air missile family for the United States Navy, entering service in 1967 to replace the Terrier and Tartar.
RIM-67 Standard
The RIM-67 Standard ER, also designated SM-2ER, is a two-stage ship-launched surface-to-air missile developed for the United States Navy as the extended-range member of the Standard Missile family.
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
The RIM-7 Sea Sparrow is a radar-guided, short-range surface-to-air missile derived from the AIM-7 Sparrow, used since 1975 for ship self-defense against aircraft and cruise missiles.
Rim-Anum
Rim-Anum, also known as Rīm-Anum, was an Old Babylonian king of Uruk who took the throne during the southern revolt against Samsu-iluna of Babylon around 1742 BC.
Rim-Sin I
Rim-Sin I (Rīm-Sîn) was the last king of the Larsa dynasty in southern Babylonia, reigning about 1822 to 1763 BC, the longest reign of any known Mesopotamian ruler.
Rim-Sin I's conquest of Isin
Rim-Sin I's conquest of Isin was the capture of Isin by Larsa around 1793 BC, ending the dynasty of Isin and making Rim-Sin ruler of all southern Babylonia.
Rim-Sin II
Rim-Sin II (Rīm-Sîn II) was a rebel king of Larsa who claimed the kingship of southern Mesopotamia in the uprising against Samsu-iluna of Babylon, who defeated and killed him.
Rim-Sin II revolt
The Rim-Sin II revolt, also called the Revolt of Rim-Sin II, was an anti-Babylonian uprising in Larsa, southern Mesopotamia, beginning in Samsu-iluna's year 8 and suppressed within about two years.
Rima Azar
Rima Azar is a Lebanese-born Canadian health psychologist at Mount Allison University, known for her prenatal stress research and her 2021 suspension over pseudonymous blog posts.
Rima Hassan
Rima Hassan (ريما حسن), born 1992 in Aleppo, is a French-Palestinian La France Insoumise MEP since 2024, facing a French terrorism-glorification trial and sanctioned over a 2026 Israeli-flag removal.
Rimah hizb al-rahim
Rimah hizb al-rahim (رياح حزب الرحيم) is a Tijaniyya treatise by al-Hajj Umar Tal, completed around 1845, which became the most fundamental work in West African Tijaniyya libraries.
Rimbert
Rimbert, also Rembert, was a ninth-century archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, successor and biographer of the missionary Ansgar, and author of the Vita Anskarii, dying in Bremen in 888.
Rimbunan Hijau Group
Rimbunan Hijau Group, whose name means "Forever Green," is a Malaysian conglomerate founded in Sibu, Sarawak, in 1975 by Tiong Hiew King, spanning timber, palm oil, property, and Chinese-language media.
RIMPAC
RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) is the world's largest biennial international maritime exercise, U.S. Navy-led in and around Hawaii since 1971; the 30th iteration in 2026 gathered about 30 nations, 30,000 personnel, and tested unmanned systems and sinking exercises. China was disinvited in 2018.
Rimum (servant of Inzak)
Rimum, also written Ri'mum, was a ruler of Dilmun, ancient Bahrain, in the first half of the 2nd millennium BC and father of King Yagli-El.
Rimush
Rimush (Rîmuš) was a king of the Akkadian Empire and a son of Sargon of Akkad, reigning about 2278–2270 BC; he suppressed southern rebellions, warred against Elam, and was assassinated by his courtiers.
Rimush's campaign against Elam and Warahshe
Rimush's campaign against Elam and Warahshe was a military expedition of Rimush, second king of the Akkadian dynasty and son of Sargon, against Elam and Parahshum around 2278–2270 BC, known from his own inscriptions.
Rimush's campaigns against the Sumerian revolts
Rimush's campaigns against the Sumerian revolts were the military suppression of revolting southern Mesopotamian cities, including Ur, Umma, and Lagash, by Rimush, son of Sargon of Akkad, around 2278–2270 BC.
Rin (given name)
Rin is a unisex Japanese given name, often written with the kanji 凛 meaning dignified, that has ranked among Japan's most popular girls' names since the mid-2000s.
Rinaldo degli Albizzi
Rinaldo degli Albizzi (1370-1442), Florentine statesman, son of Maso, leader of the oligarchic regime, promoter of the catasto, exiler of Cosimo de' Medici in 1433, exiled himself in 1434 and died at Ancona.
Rinat Akhmetov (Рінат Леонідович Ахметов)
Rinat Akhmetov (Рінат Ахметов), born 1966 in Donetsk, is a Ukrainian industrialist who controls SCM, Ukraine's largest business group, and has long been ranked its richest man.
Rinchan Shah
Rinchan Shah (رینچن شاہ) was a Buddhist prince from Ladakh who seized the throne of Kashmir and, after converting to Islam, became its first Muslim ruler in the early 1300s.
Rind et al. controversy
Rind et al. controversy: dispute over the 1998 Psychological Bulletin meta-analysis by Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman of 59 college-sample CSA studies, its congressional condemnation, and scholarly critiques and rebuttals.
Rinderpest panzootic in East Africa
The rinderpest panzootic in East Africa was the late-1880s outbreak of cattle plague that killed over 90 percent of cattle, causing famine and colonial conquest.
Ring boy scandal
Ring boy scandal: allegations that WWF/WWE ring announcer Mel Phillips sexually exploited teenage ring crew boys in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading to 1992 departures of Phillips, Terry Garvin, and Pat Patterson, and an October 2024 negligence lawsuit against WWE, Vince and Linda McMahon, and TKO under Maryland's Child Victims Act.
Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten
The Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten (RCDS) is a federation of Christian democratic student groups at German universities, founded in 1951 and close to the CDU and CSU.