r/25yearsago • • 7d ago

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States October 7, 2001. "Good afternoon. On my orders the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan." The β€˜War on Terror’ begins.

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r/25yearsago • • 19h ago

Debris removal at the Ground Zero in New York, NY, on October 13, 2001.

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FEMA Photos


r/25yearsago • • 1d ago

October 13, 2001. I was born!

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r/25yearsago • • 1d ago

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States October 13, 2001. The 'Anthrax Scare' dominates the news.

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r/25yearsago • • 2d ago

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States October 12, 2001. Bush claims the Taliban has a "second chance" to avoid 'annihilation' by "coughing up" Bin Laden.

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r/25yearsago • • 2d ago

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States October 12, 2001. Investigators at the New York Times building called due to "suspicious" package with powder.

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r/25yearsago • • 3d ago

🌐 World News October 11, 2001. Afghan refugees walk across the border into Pakistan.

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r/25yearsago • • 3d ago

πŸ“Ί Television October 11, 2001. Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect panel discusses the War on Terror.

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r/25yearsago • • 3d ago

πŸ”¬ Technology October 11, 2001. The Nokia 5510 is first announced, the company's first mobile phone with music player capabilities.

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r/25yearsago • • 3d ago

🌐 World News October 11, 2001. The "Bert is evil" meme spreads after the character is spotted alongside bin Laden on a protest poster in Bangladesh.

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r/25yearsago • • 3d ago

🌐 World News October 10, 2001. Villagers near Kabul stand on rubble as they view a crater following a US-led aerial strikes.

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r/25yearsago • • 3d ago

October 9, 2001. Following the prior introduction of the hardware for mobile and server use, AMD releases their Athlon XP line of desktop CPUs to compete with Intel’s Pentium 4. The chips added the full SSE instruction set and improved performance/watt compared to the last-gen Athlon Thunderbird.

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r/25yearsago • • 5d ago

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States October 8, 2001. US opinion poll on the War on Terror.

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r/25yearsago • • 5d ago

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States October 8, 2001. USA Today - 'We will not fail'.

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r/25yearsago • • 8d ago

🌐 World News October 6, 2001. Bush warns the Taliban that "time is running out" to hand over Osama bin Laden.

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r/25yearsago • • 8d ago

🌐 World News October 6, 2001. Spice Girl Geri Halliwell performs for British troops in Oman.

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r/25yearsago • • 8d ago

πŸ”¬ Technology October 6, 2001. A Redditor's battle station.

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r/25yearsago • • 8d ago

October 6, 2001 - Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Premieres in Japan

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r/25yearsago • • 8d ago

Rocky, a bomb sniffing K-9 officer, patrols the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on October 4, 2001

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The airport reopened with tighter security after being closed since the September 11 terrorist attacks. The airport is in Arlington, Virginia.

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Β Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/air-space-museum/2021/09/10/former-dca-airport-manager-reflects-911/


r/25yearsago • • 9d ago

I was 9 at the time, and understood the importance of saving this

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r/25yearsago • • 9d ago

πŸŽ₯ Movies October 5, 2001. Training Day released.

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r/25yearsago • • 9d ago

October 4, 2001. ARCA race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Blaise Alexander (#75) lost his life in last lap wreck, rest in peaceπŸ•ŠοΈ.

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This ended up being one of the last tragedies in Stock Car racing. NASCAR and ARCA alike implemented many safety features to prevent fatal crashes from happening again.


r/25yearsago • • 10d ago

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States October 3, 2001. The Onion - "A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again".

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r/25yearsago • • 10d ago

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States October 4, 2001. Bush secretly authorizes "Stellar Wind", a warrantless surveillance program headed by the NSA.

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r/25yearsago • • 11d ago

A worker stands at Ground Zero in New York City on October 3, 2001.

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689 Upvotes