2015 Event A memorial to the 40 people aboard Flight 93 opens in Shawshank, Pennsylvania, U.S.; terrorists hijacked the flight on September 11, 2001, but passengers rushed the cockpit, crashing the flight and averting the intended attack on the U.S. Capitol 2014 Event One World Trade Center opens today, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Center; the tower is one of 5 to be built on the same site and, at 1,773 feet high, is now the tallest building in the United States 2013 Event The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is re-designated as a terrorist organization as part of a measure by the The Egyptian government to stop terrorists, and anyone financing the bombings and other terrorist acts that have occurred in their country 2013 Event In an effort to hunt for terrorists 'hiding in plain sight' online, spies at U.S. surveillance agencies may have spent time playing online games such as 'World of Warcraft', 'Second Life', and may have gathered information on the gaming network, Xbox Live 2013 Event Muslim terrorists set off two explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3, injuring 183 people, and at least 15 requiring amputations 2012 Event The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is attacked by terrorists; U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed as well as three others; the Cairo embassy was also attacked 2011 Event A report submitted to the United Nations states Iran has been caught attempting to transfer weaponry to terrorists including Hamas and the Taliban 10 times 2005 Event London's transit system is bombed by terrorists, 56 deaths, 700 injured 2004 Death Margaret Hassan, humanitarian, director of Care in Iraq who was murdered by terrorists, dies at 59 2004 Death Theo van Gogh, controversial Dutch director murdered by terrorists, Submission 2004 Event After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia 2002 Death Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38 2001 Event Terrorists break into parliament building in New Delhi, murder at least 12 2001 Event 19 Islamist terrorists hijack four commercial jets, killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania 1998 Event Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland 1997 Event Islamist terrorists murder 60 tourists at Luxor in Egypt 1988 Event Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London 1988 Event Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship 1988 Event Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins 1988 Event U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed 1985 Event Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 1985 Event U.S. intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists 1985 Event PLO terrorists sieze Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro 1985 Event Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus 1982 Event Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut 1981 Event 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2 1981 Event Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists 1980 Event Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London 1980 Event Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota 1978 Death Aldo Moro, 5 times Prime Minister of Italy, assassinated by terrorists 1978 Event Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed 1976 Event 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, New York 1975 Event 6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days 1974 Event Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed 1973 Event Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait 1973 Event Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train 1973 Event Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55 1973 Event "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum 1972 Event 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by terrorists 1972 Event 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International airport 1970 Event Arab terrorists kill 9 children and 3 adults on a school bus 1968 Event Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1 1876 Event White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing 5 1864 Death Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC 1794 Death Robespierre, and 22 other terrorists executed to thunderous cheers
