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• Ransom of Atahualpa Nov 1532 – Jul 1533After his capture Atahualpa offered a room of gold and silver, fearing he would be killed; the metal was gathered from November 1532 to July 1533, and he was killed anyway.
• Recall of Neutrogena and Aveeno aerosol sunscreens 14 Jul 2021July 2021 recall of five aerosol sunscreen lines after tests found low levels of benzene.
• Recall of one lot of Johnson's Baby Powder 18 Oct 2019October 2019 voluntary recall of one lot after an FDA test found chrysotile asbestos in a sample.
• Recognition of the Taliban, 1997 25–27 May 1997Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE recognized the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government on 25 to 27 May 1997.
• Red River Talc bankruptcy plan 31 Mar 2025A third Johnson & Johnson talc bankruptcy; the court declined to confirm its plan on 31 March 2025.
• Reform of Vatican finances since 2010 30 Dec 2010 –Anti-money-laundering law, MONEYVAL evaluations and the IOR account review, 2010 onward.
• Reichstag election of 5 March 1933 5 Mar 1933The election the fund of February 1933 was raised for; the Nazis did not win a majority.
• Reign of Terror 1793–1794Period from 1793 to 1794 when revolutionary tribunals tried suspected enemies of the French Republic.
• Release and return of the deported peoples (1955-57) Dec 1955 – 1957Between 1955 and 1957 the special-settlement rules were lifted for several peoples, and some were allowed home.
• Release of the withheld Kennedy assassination records, 2017 to 2026 24 Jul 2017 – 30 Jan 2026The National Archives’ releases, from July 2017 to January 2026, of Kennedy assassination records that agencies had withheld in full or in part.
• Release of the “28 pages”, 2016 15 Jul 2016On 15 July 2016 Congress released the declassified Part Four of its 2002 Joint Inquiry report.
• Removal and internment of the Dakota, 1862 to 1863 Nov 1862 – May 1863About 1,600 Dakota women, children and older men were marched to Fort Snelling and held in a camp through the winter.
• Removal of Bikini's inhabitants Mar 1946 – Nov 1948In March 1946 the U.S. moved the 167 people of Bikini Atoll to Rongerik for atomic tests; they moved on to Kwajalein in March 1948 and Kili in November 1948, and have not returned to live on Bikini.
• Removal of the Cherokees, 1838 1838The forced removal of the Cherokees from their eastern lands to Indian Territory.
• Reports of Ford and Hitler, 1922 and 1923 1922–1923Newspaper reports from Munich and Berlin of a picture of Ford in Hitler’s office, of Ford’s book at Nazi headquarters, and of Hitler’s praise of Ford.
• Rescue of AIG 16 Sep 2008The Federal Reserve lent AIG up to $85 billion on 16 September 2008.
• Resignation of Richard Nixon 9 Aug 1974President Nixon announced on 8 August 1974 that he would resign, and left office the next day.
• Retreat from Tenochtitlan, 1520 1520In 1520 the Spaniards and their allies fought their way out of the capital. Cortés counts the Spanish and allied dead and the lost gold; Bernal Díaz counts far more Spanish dead.
• Return of hostages under the 2025 ceasefire Oct 2025 – Jan 2026Twenty living hostages were released in October 2025 and the last remains returned on 29 January 2026, with the ICRC facilitating.
• Return to Rongelap, 1957 Jun 1957 – 1985In June 1957 the U.S. returned the Rongelap people to their atoll; they left it again in 1985.
• Review of the Essilor and Luxottica merger (2018) 2017 – 1 Mar 2018Reviews of the Essilor and Luxottica combination by competition authorities, including the European Commission and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, closed on 1 March 2018.
• Review of the Wounded Knee Medals of Honor 2024 – Sep 2025Pentagon review of the 20 medals given to 7th Cavalry soldiers, ordered in 2024 and decided in September 2025.
• Revlon talc ruling, August 2024 12 Aug 2024Bankruptcy court ruling that Revlon's 2023 plan bars 42 lawsuits claiming asbestos-contaminated talc in its products.
• Rise of cities in Mesopotamia c. 3500 BCE – c. 3000 BCEGrowth of cities in southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq); by about 3200 BCE Uruk was the largest settlement in the region.
• Robinhood trading restrictions of 2021 28 Jan 2021 – 5 Feb 2021Robinhood's temporary limits on customer purchases of GameStop and other volatile stocks, 28 January to 5 February 2021.