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Timeline of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack
September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack
Timeline
Table of contents
1 Background History
2 The Day of the Attack
3 Rest of September
4 October and Aftermath
5 External Links
Background History
1973
:
World Trade Center
completed.
1989
:
Osama bin Laden
founds
Al-Qaida
.
1993
:
World Trade Center bombing
1996
: The
Taliban
, a radical
Islamic
movement, takes control of
Afghanistan
.
The Day of the Attack
8:46 AM
:
American Airlines flight 11
crashes into the
World Trade Center
north tower
9:02 AM
:
United Airlines flight 175
crashes into the
World Trade Center
south tower.
9:37 AM
:
American Airlines flight 77
crashes into
The Pentagon
10:03 AM
:
United Airlines flight 93
crashes in Pennsylvania
Rest of September
September 13
: The '
Star-Spangled Banner
' is played during the
Changing of the Guard
at
Buckingham Palace
.
Russia
observes a minute's silence. See
Memorials and services
.
September 11
to
September 18
: more than 540 attacks on Arab-Americans living in the US.
September 20
:
George W. Bush
announces that the USA is at war. See
US governmental response
.
September 14
to
September 21
: Worldwide
stock markets
plummet. See
World economic effects
.
October
and
Aftermath
October 1
:
Rudy Giuliani
speaks to the
United Nations
General Assembly
October 7
:
U.S. Attack on Afghanistan
commences
November 2001
:
Uniformed Firefighters Association[?]
holds a demonstration against the reduction in firefighters allocated to
The Pile
.
March 2002
: The
Tribute in Light
project begins.
September 2002
:
First anniversary memorials and services
are held throughout the world, particularly the USA.
External Links
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/27/spin/index.html
(written 27th Sept 2001)
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/attack.closings/
(written 11th Sept 2001)
wikipedia.org
dumped 2003-03-17 with
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