Post-9/11Project
Timeline

The intent of this user-generated timeline is to provide greater context Minnesota’s place in America’s longest war.  If you have suggestions on additional milestones, please email us: rdietrich@mnmilitarymuseum.org

1979
Iranian Revolution, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

1983 
Bombing of U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon

1989
15 Feb: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 

1991
First Gulf War 

1993 
26 Feb: First World Trade Center bombing

1993
3 Oct: Blackhawk Down, Somalia

1996 
25 June: Khobar Towers bombing

1998 
7 Aug: U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania 

2000 
12 Oct: USS Cole bombing 

2001
11 Sept: Hijacking of 4 U.S. Airplanes

2001
20 Sept: President Bush addresses Congress 

2001
25 Sept: Operation Enduring Freedom announced

2001
7 Oct: U.S. air assault of Afghanistan begins

2001
19 Oct: U.S. ground assault begins

2002
21 Feb: U.S. civilian Daniel Pearl executed

2003
19 Mar: U.S. and allied invasion of Iraq

2003
20 Mar: U.S. invasion of Iraq

2003
13 Dec: U.S. captures Saddam Hussein

2004
7 Jul: Terrorist attack London commuters

2006
30 Dec: Saddam Hussein sentenced to death

2009
30 June: U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl goes missing

2010
30 Aug: President Obama ends U.S. combat operations in Iraq

2011
1 May: Bin Laden raid in Pakistan