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  8 palestinians ( Black September) kidnap 11 israel olympians, 8 in total are killed. 5 terrorists killed.
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  66 Americans kidnapped by
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  Lebanon: Thirty US and other Western hostages kidnapped in Lebanon by Hezbollah. Some were killed, some died in captivity, and some were eventually released. Terry Anderson was held for 2,454 days.
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  He was the victim of an atempt assassination
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  Al queda bomb twin toweres injuring 1,000
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  Timothy McVeigh bombs the Oklahoma City federal building
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  Islamic group explodes a truck bomb in Saudi Arabia killing 19 Americans.
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  truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya and 11 in Tanzania) and injuring about 4,500.
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  Two planes fly into the twin towers
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  US ambassador to Libya and three other officials killed in Libya by terrorists.
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  Two terrorist plant bombs at the finish line of the boston marathon.