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  • Christmas Island
    Thursday Sep 27, 2001
    Christmas Island

    The "Pacific Solution"

    Christmas Island
    Thursday Sep 27, 2001

    The Howard government operated the "Pacific Solution" from 2001 to 2007, excising Christmas Island from Australia's migration zone so that asylum seekers on the island could not apply for refugee status. Asylum seekers were relocated from Christmas Island to Manus Island and Nauru.




  • J. Edgar Hoover Building Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 27, 2001
    September 11 (9/11) Attacks

    Fbi Released Photos of All 19 Hijackers

    J. Edgar Hoover Building Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 27, 2001

    On September 27, 2001, FBI released photos of all 19 hijackers, along with information about possible nationalities and aliases. Fifteen of the men were from Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt, and one from Lebanon.




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