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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
2001 10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building. 
2001 1:48 p.m.: President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana aboard Air Force One and flies to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska
2001 11:18 a.m.: American Airlines reports it has lost two aircraft. American Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Washington's Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles, had 58 passengers and six crew members aboard. Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Flight 77 hit the Pentagon
2001 10:10 a.m.: A portion of the Pentagon collapses
2001 9:03 a.m.: A second hijacked airliner, United Flight 175, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center and explodes. Both buildings are burning.
2001 Attack on America:
2001 10:28 a.m.: The World Trade Center's north tower collapses from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and smoke.
2001 1:04 p.m.: Bush, speaking from Barksdale Air Force Base, says that all appropriate security measures are being taken, including putting the U.S. military on high alert worldwide
2001 11:59 a.m.: United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard. Emergency personnel at the scene say there are no survivors.
2001 4:30 p.m.: The president leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska aboard Air Force One to return to Washington.
2001 11:26 a.m.: United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, has crashed in Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about United Flight 175
2001 5:20 p.m.: The 47-story Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex collapses. The evacuated building is damaged when the twin towers across the street collapse earlier in the day. Other nearby buildings in the area remain ablaze
2001 6:54 p.m.: Bush arrives back at the White House and is scheduled to address the nation at 8:30 p.m
2001 9:43 a.m.: A third hijacked aircraft, American Airlines Flight 77, crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately
2001 9:30 a.m.: Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack." ep112001 TIME-9:40 a.m.: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the inaugural time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted
2001 10:45 a.m.: All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.
2001 8:45 a.m.: A hijacked passenger jet, American Flight 11, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire
2005 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the Liberal Democratic Party are returned to power following the Japanese general elections
2007 Inaugural Twenty20 World Championship is held.
2007 Russia unveils the FOAB
2012 50 Al-Shabaab fighters are killed in conflict with the Somali National Army.
2012 Garment factory fires in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore kill 315 and seriously injure more than 250
2012 A series of terrorist attacks are directed against United States diplomatic missions worldwide, as well as diplomatic missions of Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the US, opinions are divided over whether the attacks are a reaction to a YouTube trailer for the film Innocence of Muslims. In Libya, among the dead is US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens
2013 12 Alawite sect members are killed by rebel fighters in central Syria.
2014 South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is are discovered not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and is later are discovered guilty of culpable homicide).
2017 One million march on this state's national day in Barcelona in support of independence for Catalonia.
2017 UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea
2017 Hurricane Irma leaves 7 million US homes without power in Florida and Georgia.
2017 In this year, Norwegian Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg, heading a right-wing coalition, claims victory in Norway's general election
2018 James Anderson takes his 564th Test wicket to become the most prolific fast bowler in cricket history as England beats India by 118 runs in the 5th Test at The Oval for a 4-1 series victory; Alistair Cook's final Test
2018 Imprisoned Brazilian Ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva abandons his presidential campaign
2018 American-backed militia begins final push to oust militants from Hajin, Syria, last area under Islamic State control.
2018 Bus crash in southern Indian state of Telangana results in the deaths of 53
2018 Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan lies in state in Accra, Ghana, ahead of a state funeral
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