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United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into Two World Trade Center (South Tower) at 9:03 AM EDT. American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. Killing at least 2,700 people at the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, it is the deadliest terrorist attack in history. 2001 Indian Parliament attack.
Mendocino War – Anti-Indian band of mercenaries known as the "Eel River Rangers" kill 283 Indians, as well as capturing 292, in 23 separate engagements meant to drive Indians out of Round Valley. Overall casualties may have been in excess of 600. Eel River Rangers, anti-Indian mercenaries. 20. February 26–28, 1860.
Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel since the Declaration of Principles (September 1993) to September 2000; Assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan: Documents from the U.S. National Archives ‹The template Curlie is being considered for deletion.› Terrorism Incidents at Curlie; History of Terrorism : Timeline of Terrorist Acts – Chronology
The September 11 attacks, which killed 2,977 people.It was the deadliest terrorist attack in human history. Members of the Mississippi branch of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist terrorist group, who were charged with the conspiracy to murder three civil rights activists in 1964. 1st row: Cecil R. Price, Travis M. Barnette, Alton W. Roberts, Jimmy K. Arledge, Jimmy Snowden.
Americans and the world watched on this day in history, Sept. 11, 2011, as the U.S. suffered a series of shocking terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
The September 11 attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in human history, causing the deaths of 2,996 people, including 2,977 victims and 19 hijackers who committed murder–suicide. Thousands [a] more were injured, [3][4] and long-term health effects have arisen as a consequence of the attacks. New York City took the brunt of the death ...
The term terrorism became increasingly used for acts of political violence from the 1840s onwards. [41] Anarchism, often in league with rising nationalism, was the most prominent ideology linked with terrorism. [42] Attacks by various anarchist groups led to the assassination of a Russian Tsar and a U.S. President.
The main target of these attacks is the military (31.7%), followed by civilians (25.0%) and police forces (18.3%). Afghanistan was the country most affected by Islamist terrorism, followed by Iraq and Somalia. With at least 82 Islamist attacks and 332 deaths, France remains the country most affected by Islamist terrorism within the European Union.