Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (died 2011)

Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death in 2011. A Salafi jihadist, bin Laden worked to establish a pan-Islamist caliphate by using al-Qaeda to organize and fund jihadist militants and terrorists worldwide. Al-Qaeda's terrorist attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 directly killed 2,977 victims, and caused the global war on terror.

Born

1957

March 10

Died

2011

Era

1950s

Country

Saudi Arabia

About

Osama, in brief

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1957 Born
2011 Died

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-241 First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
298 Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
947 The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor.
1496 After establishing the city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command.

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The world in 1957

When Osama arrived

april 11 United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
april 24 Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
april 30 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
april 6 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".

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Barry Fitzgerald 1888–1961 Irish actor (born 1888) Edward Hodges Baily 1788– English sculptor (died 1867) Hector Guimard 1867–1942 French-American architect (died 1942) John Playfair 1748– Scottish minister and scientist (died 1819) Logan Mankins 1982– American football player Marcello Malpighi 1628–1694 Italian physician and biologist (died 1694) Martellus Bennett 1987– American football player Pascual Ortiz Rubio 1877– Mexican diplomat and president (1930–1932) (died 1963) Val Logsdon Fitch 1923–2015 American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)

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Ade Edmondson 1957– English comedian and musician Ben Howland 1957– American basketball player and coach Bill Cartwright 1957– American basketball player and coach Bill Cowher 1957– American football player, coach, and analyst Bret Hart 1957– Canadian wrestler Bryan Robson 1957– English footballer and manager Chalermchai Sitthisart 1957– Thai military officer, 40th Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army Charlie Brandt 1957–2004 American serial killer (died 2004) Christopher Lambert 1957– American-French actor

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