King Alexander I of Yugoslavia Is Assassinated in Marseille
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was assassinated in Marseille on October 9, 1934, along with French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou.
Bombing of the Beirut Barracks
A truck bomb killed 241 US Marines in Beirut on October 23, 1983. A second bomb killed 58 French troops. The force withdrew soon after.
A Suicide Bomber Attacks the US Embassy Annex in Beirut
On September 20, 1984, a suicide bombing at the US embassy annex in Beirut killed 23 people and deepened the American withdrawal from Lebanon.
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro and the Killing of Leon Klinghoffer
Gunmen from the Palestine Liberation Front seized the cruise ship Achille Lauro on October 7, 1985, and killed passenger Leon Klinghoffer.
The September 11 Attacks on the United States
On September 11, 2001, hijackers flew four planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people.
George W. Bush Announces the War on Terror to Congress
On September 20, 2001, Bush addressed Congress after 9/11 and demanded the Taliban surrender al-Qaeda, setting out what became the war on terror.
The United States Begins Air Strikes in Afghanistan
American and British forces began air strikes in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, starting a war that ran for almost twenty years.
The Moscow Theatre Hostage Crisis
On October 23, 2002, armed hostage takers seized a Moscow theatre with about 850 people inside, demanding a Russian withdrawal from Chechnya.