May 2

On this day - May 2nd 2011 - Osama Bin Laden was killed

Osama Bin Laden was the founder of the terrorist group al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda is most known for taking responsibility for the September 11 attacks against the United States of America in 2001. Bin Laden founded al-Qaeda in 1988 in Saudi Arabia, the group was forced out in 1992 and settled in Sudan. The US pressured Sudan to forcing Bin Laden out of Sudan and in 1996 he left for Afghanistan. While in Afghanistan he declared war against the United States. In 1998 his involvement in the 1998 embassy bombing in Kenya, landed Bin Laden a spot on the FBI's ten most wanted list. After 9-11 the FBI upped the bounty on his head to 25 million USD. Bin Laden was found and killed in Pakistan by SEAL team Six under the orders of president Barrack Obama