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9/11 Timeline

1954
Sayyid Qutb imprisoned in Egypt +
1978
Osama bin Laden attends university in Saudi Arabia +
December 1979
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan +
1988
Al-Qaeda formed +
1989
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan +
2nd August 1990
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait +
February 1991
Iraq defeated and sanctions imposed +
26 February 1993
1993 World Trade Center bombing +
1993
“Black Hawk Down”-The Battle of Mogadishu +
Simplified representation of Afghanistan's territorial control in spring 2000 by Benutzer:Sommerkom is licensed by CC BY - SA 3.0.
1994
Taliban movement founded in Afghanistan +
1996
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed suggests an attack on USA +
February 1998
Bin Laden warns USA to expect attacks +
August 1998
Bin Laden starts planning 9/11 attacks +
August 1998
Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania +
2000
Al-Qaeda agents move to USA +
08:14 11th September 2001
Flight 11 hijacked +
08:20 11th September 2001
Dulles Airport, Washington +
08:25 11th September 2001
Mid-air +
08:37 11th September 2001
Boston’s Logan International Airport +
08:42 11th September 2001
Newark Airport, New Jersey +
08:44 11th September 2001
Mid-air +
08:46 11th September 2001
New York City +
08:47 11th September 2001
New York City +
08:49 11th September 2001
New York City +
08:51 11th September 2001
Mid-air +
08:52 11th September 2001
Mid-air +
08:53 11th September 2001
Fighter jets sent by US air defense +
08:56 11th September 2001
New York City +
09:03 11th September 2001
The White House, Washington +
09:03 11th September 2001
New York City +
09:05 11th September 2001
Florida +
09:10 11th September 2001
New York City +
09:28 11th September 2001
Mid-air +
09:30 11th September 2001
Florida +
09:37 11th September 2001
The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia +
09:44 11th September 2001
Washington +
09:45 11th September 2001
Mid-air +
09:50 11th September 2001
USA +
09:55 11th September 2001
Florida +
09:57 11th September 2001
Mid-air +
09:59 11th September 2001
New York City +
10:03 11th September 2001
The White House, Washington +
10:03 11th September 2001
Shanksville, Pennsylvania +
10:15 11th September 2001
The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia +
10:20 11th September 2001
Mid-air +
10:28 11th September 2001
New York City +
11:45 11th September 2001
Louisiana +
13:44 11th September 2001
The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia +
14:50 11th September 2001
Nebraska +
20:00 11th September 2001
The White House, Washington +
17:20 11th September 2001
New York City +
20:30 11th September 2001
The White House, Washington +
23:59 11th September 2001
New York City +
13th September 2001
US air space reopened +
14th September 2001
President Bush visits Ground Zero +
18th September 2001
First 9/11 conspiracy theory published +
20th September 2001
President Bush declared “War on Terror” +
7th October 2001
US/UK invasion of Afghanistan +
26th October 2001
USA Patriot Act passed +
19th November 2001
UK Anti-terrorism Act passed +
December 2001
New Afghan government installed by US/UK +
22nd December 2001
“Shoe bomber” attack failed +
July 2001
Final planning of 9/11 attacks +
06:00 11 September 2001
Portland Airport +
07:15 11th September 2001
Flight 77 – Washington to LA +
07:30 11th September 2001
Flight 93 – Newark to San Francisco +
07:45 11th September 2001
Flight 11 – Boston to LA +
07:59 11th September 2001
Flight 11 – Boston to LA +
08:00 11th September 2001
Flight 175 – Boston to LA +
08:14 11th September 2001
Boston airport +
January 2002
First detainees arrive at Guantanamo Bay +
20th March 2003
Invasion of Iraq +
2004
US Commission Report published +
7th July 2005
London 7/7 bombings +
30th December 2006
Execution of Saddam Hussein +
30th April 2009
Last British combat troops leave Iraq +
May 2010
Row over “Ground Zero mosque” +
2nd February 2011
“Arab Spring” protests demand democracy +
2nd May 2011
Osama bin Laden killed +
11th September 2011
Ten years on from 9/11 – commemoration events +