Bin Laden - Failed plan
Time: Thursday Nov 8, 1990
Place: New Jersey, U.S.
Details: On November 8, 1990, the FBI raided the New Jersey home of El Sayyid Nosair, an associate of al-Qaeda operative Ali Mohamed. They discovered copious evidence of terrorist plots, including plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers.
Related
Near
![Incandescent light bulb-Edison filed for a US Patent for an Electric Lamp using a Carbon Filament or Strip Coiled and connected to platina contact wires](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Incandescent light bulb with a medium-sized E27 (Edison 27 millimeter) male screw base - image](https://historydraft.com/files/b71b72ac-a80c-49e4-bdd6-e6be8d62d882.160.webp)
Incandescent light bulb-Edison filed for a US Patent for an Electric Lamp using a Carbon Filament or Strip Coiled and connected to platina contact wires
Tuesday Nov 4, 1879 - New Jersey, U.S.
![Incandescent light bulb-Edison filed his first patent Application for "Improvement In Electric Lights"](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Incandescent light bulb with a medium-sized E27 (Edison 27 millimeter) male screw base - image](https://historydraft.com/files/b71b72ac-a80c-49e4-bdd6-e6be8d62d882.160.webp)
Incandescent light bulb-Edison filed his first patent Application for "Improvement In Electric Lights"
Monday Oct 14, 1878 - New Jersey, U.S.
![Linux-Unix Release](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Linux logo Tux Image](https://historydraft.com/files/c2aeaf24-ce4f-4cc6-9619-5f9e98df3eb8.160.webp)
Linux-Unix Release
1971 - New Jersey, U.S.
![Incandescent light bulb-Edison's first Successful Test](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Incandescent light bulb with a medium-sized E27 (Edison 27 millimeter) male screw base - image](https://historydraft.com/files/b71b72ac-a80c-49e4-bdd6-e6be8d62d882.160.webp)
Incandescent light bulb-Edison's first Successful Test
Wednesday Oct 22, 1879 - New Jersey, U.S.
![Linux-Bell Labs began selling Unix as a proprietary product](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Linux logo Tux Image](https://historydraft.com/files/c2aeaf24-ce4f-4cc6-9619-5f9e98df3eb8.160.webp)
Linux-Bell Labs began selling Unix as a proprietary product
1984 - New Jersey, U.S.
On This Day - 8 November
![Crusades-Louis IX of France was defeated at Mansura](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Battle during the Second Crusade](https://historydraft.com/files/d30f6da1-2c8a-4a79-9e2d-c9f99fcacc88.160.webp)
Crusades-Louis IX of France was defeated at Mansura
Tuesday Nov 8, 1250 - Mansura, Egypt
![Inca Empire-Battle of Vilcaconga](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ruins of Machu Picchu Inca empire](https://historydraft.com/files/c9db90c0-3f5d-4ef1-ac7a-c351699e9075.160.webp)
Inca Empire-Battle of Vilcaconga
Wednesday Nov 8, 1533 - Inca
![Napoleon-The night of 8/9 November](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Napoleon Bonaparte](https://historydraft.com/files/9540a136-e5b1-4dfc-927d-e1c640099be7.160.webp)
Napoleon-The night of 8/9 November
Sunday Nov 8, 1812 - Russian Empire
![Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln carried all but three states](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Abraham Lincoln](https://historydraft.com/files/e2ca4bad-3a04-46db-afab-aa34f059894a.160.webp)
Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln carried all but three states
Tuesday Nov 8, 1864 - U.S.
![Frederick Douglass-Douglass supported John C. Frémont](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Frederick Douglass](https://historydraft.com/files/c42acc02-3aff-4aba-8784-c1cc53b6ce2f.160.webp)
Frederick Douglass-Douglass supported John C. Frémont
Tuesday Nov 8, 1864 - U.S.
November 1990
![Margaret Thatcher-The resignation of The last remaining member of Thatcher's original 1979 cabinet](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Margaret Thatcher Image](https://historydraft.com/files/b39ae2b9-3eb8-4080-a88e-41e0fa9cdb96.160.webp)
Margaret Thatcher-The resignation of The last remaining member of Thatcher's original 1979 cabinet
Thursday Nov 1, 1990 - London, England
![Nike, Inc.-The First Nike Retail Store](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Logo for American sportswear company Nike Inc.](https://historydraft.com/files/15f786f1-61fd-4ba9-8f29-74943f6c412b.160.webp)
Nike, Inc.-The First Nike Retail Store
Nov, 1990 - Portland, Oregon, U.S.
![Bosnian War-The First multi-party election](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bosnian War (The government building in the centre of Sarajevo burns after being hit by tank fire during the siege in 1992) Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d6e8ea5b-8722-4c16-996a-e9426d20b753.160.webp)
Bosnian War-The First multi-party election
Sunday Nov 18, 1990 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
![NATO Establishment-The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe](/assets/placeholder.png)
![NATO flag](https://historydraft.com/files/1cd9c96f-9822-40c7-8271-461cc8067f3d.160.webp)
NATO Establishment-The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Monday Nov 19, 1990 - Paris, France
![Margaret Thatcher-Resignation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Margaret Thatcher Image](https://historydraft.com/files/b39ae2b9-3eb8-4080-a88e-41e0fa9cdb96.160.webp)
Margaret Thatcher-Resignation
Wednesday Nov 28, 1990 - Downing Street, London, England
1990
![Rwandan genocide-The RPF invaded](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Rwandan genocide](https://historydraft.com/files/23504005-7164-415d-b29a-a6073d3b94fe.160.webp)
Rwandan genocide-The RPF invaded
1990 - Rwanda
![Rwandan genocide-Civil Defense](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Rwandan genocide](https://historydraft.com/files/23504005-7164-415d-b29a-a6073d3b94fe.160.webp)
Rwandan genocide-Civil Defense
1990 - Rwanda
![Croatian War of Independence-The League of Communists broke up](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Destroyed Yugoslav Army T-55 tank. This tank was hit by a Croatian AT missile, abandoned by its crew and later destroyed by another JNA tank](https://historydraft.com/files/c208a5e0-1b85-47de-a719-935af9cea077.160.webp)
Croatian War of Independence-The League of Communists broke up
Jan, 1990 - Croatia
![Kosovo War-the Yugoslav government announced it would press ahead with the creation of a multi-party system](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Kosovo War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/4c0d5bf3-5bde-40aa-b02e-21761e4ad850.160.webp)
Kosovo War-the Yugoslav government announced it would press ahead with the creation of a multi-party system
Jan, 1990 - Serbia (Yugoslavia)
![Rwandan genocide-Large numbers of grenades and munitions](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Rwandan genocide](https://historydraft.com/files/23504005-7164-415d-b29a-a6073d3b94fe.160.webp)
Rwandan genocide-Large numbers of grenades and munitions
1990 - Rwanda