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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 1945-07-28 July 28, 1945: Empire State Building Struck by US Army B-25 Bomber
  2. 1968-05-02 May 2, 1968: Advert in New York Times Warns of WTC Danger, Shows Plane About to Strike One of the Towers
  3. 1972-11-10 November 10-12, 1972: Hijackers Threaten to Crash a Plane into a Nuclear Facility in ‘the Most Chilling Domestic Hijacking in US History’
  4. 1974-02-22 February 22, 1974: Man Tries to Take Over a Commercial Aircraft to Crash It into the White House
  5. 1976-09-01 September 1, 1976-Early 1980s: Secret Intelligence Cabal Works with Rogue CIA Elements to Influence Middle East and Africa
  6. 1979-07-03 July 3, 1979: President Carter Approves Covert Aid to Anti-Soviet Forces in Afghanistan
  7. 1979-11-04 February-November 4, 1979: US Attempt to Create De Facto Alliance with Khomeini’s Iranian Government Ends Disastrously
  8. 1979-12-08 December 8, 1979: Soviet Forces, Lured in by the CIA, Invade Afghanistan
  9. 1979-12-26 December 26, 1979: Memo to President Carter Gives Pakistan Green Light to Pursue Nuclear Weapons Program
  10. 1980-01-23 January 23, 1980: Invasion of Afghanistan Leads to Build Up of US Forces in Persian Gulf
  11. 1981-02-20 February 20, 1981: Boeing 707 Nearly Hits Television Mast atop World Trade Center
  12. 1982-02-11 February 11, 1982: CIA Is Given Green Light to Take Part in Illegal Drug Trade in Afghanistan
  13. 1982-06-16 After June 16, 1982: Arrest of ‘Rogue’ Agent Leads US to Divert Blame for Terrorist Acts from Iran to Libya
  14. 1982-11-07 November 7, 1982: Port Authority Practices for Plane Crashing into the WTC
  15. 1983-07-29 July 29, 1983: SAAR Network Is Founded
  16. 1983-10-23 April 18-October 23, 1983: Beirut Bombings Begin Era of Suicide Attacks
  17. 1984-01-04 January 4, 1984: Alleged Terrorist Plot to Bomb WTC Uncovered
  18. 1984-01-17 January 17, 1984: Port Authority Terrorist Intelligence Unit Issues Report on WTC Security
  19. 1985-09-16 September 16, 1985: Presidential Directive Lays Out Government Plan for Responding to National Emergencies
  20. 1985-12-12 December 12, 1985: Plane Crash in Canada Kills 256; Evidence Suggests Links to Iran-Contra and BCCI Covert Operations
  21. 1986-04-29 April 29, 1986: Future Radical Imam Improperly Obtains British Citizenship
  22. 1986-09-26 (Shortly After September 26, 1986): Bin Laden Associate Obtains Photos for CIA
  23. 1986-12-15 December 15, 1986-1989: ’Blind Sheikh’ Obtains First US Visas with Help from CIA
  24. 1987-04-17 April 17, 1987: Bin Laden-Led Assault in Afghan War Is Total Failure
  25. 1987-05-28 May 28, 1987: Teenager Eludes Soviet Air Defenses, Lands on Red Square; Many Russian Officers Fired for Failings
  26. 1987-09-14 September 14, 1987-March 2005: Arrested Militant Not Asked by US about Various Crimes
  27. 1987-09-18 September 18, 1987: Lebanese Hijacker Is First Known Islamist Terrorist to Be Rendered by US
  28. 1987-12-18 December 18, 1987: Congress Approves Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Pakistan, Despite US Knowledge of Nuclear Weapons Program
  29. 1988-02-09 February 9, 1988: Emad Salem Arrives in US; Becomes FBI Informant
  30. 1988-04-10 April 10, 1988: US Government Uninterested in Stopping Drug Trade in Afghanistan
  31. 1988-04-10 April 10, 1988: Munitions Explosion Hides Evidence US Aid to Mujaheddin Is Really Funding A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Program
  32. 1988-08-11 August 11-20, 1988: Bin Laden Forms Al-Qaeda
  33. 1988-08-17 August 17, 1988: Pakistani President Zia Killed in Plane Crash
  34. 1988-11-18 November 18, 1988: Presidential Order Details Government Agencies’ Responsibilities in National Emergencies
  35. 1988-12-21 After December 21, 1988: CIA Worried Lockerbie Investigation Will Expose Dealings with Iran
  36. 1989-01-20 January 20, 1989: George H. W. Bush Is Inaugurated US President
  37. 1989-02-16 February 16, 1989-December 1990: CIA Continues to Work with ‘Blind Sheikh’ and Supports Mujaheddin Despite Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
  38. 1989-05-31 (May 31, 1989): TV Documentary Warns of the Possibility of Terrorists Crashing a Plane into a Building in Washington
  39. 1989-06-04 June 4, 1989: Ali Mohamed Shows US Military Training Videos to Muslim Radicals
  40. 1989-11-09 November 9, 1989: Cold War Ends; US Asserts World Dominance
  41. 1989-11-24 November 24, 1989: Bin Laden’s Mentor Assassinated
  42. 1990-08-02 August 2, 1990-March 1991: Bin Laden and Saudi Government Clash Over First Gulf War
  43. 1990-11-05 November 5, 1990: First Bin Laden-Related Terror Attack in US as Jewish Rabbi Is Assassinated
  44. 1990-11-05 November 5, 1990 and After: US Promotes Lone Gunman Theory in Kahane Assassination, Hiding Evidence of Al-Qaeda Links
  45. 1990-11-08 November 8, 1990: Bush Announces Massive Troop Deployment in Persian Gulf
  46. 1990-11-28 November 28, 1990: US Intelligence Predicts Political Collapse and Civil War in Yugoslavia
  47. 1990-11-28 Between November 28, 1990 and February 28, 1991: Radical London Imam Bakri Calls for Assassination of British Prime Minister, but Is Not Prosecuted
  48. 1991-02-28 (February 28, 1991): Head of Al-Kifah Charity Front Murdered, Increasing Al-Qaeda’s Strength in US
  49. 1991-06-25 June 25, 1991: Croatia and Slovenia Declare Independence; War Between Croatia and Serbia Begins
  50. 1991-07-05 July 5, 1991: Criminal BCCI Bank Is Shut Down